Outlook (like many mail clients,) displays HTML by default, which makes it easier to hide redirects.
I have my email client at home (Kmail) set to Text instead of HTML. It makes it easier to spot redirects and such, so phishing schemes are more obvious.
I don't use Outlook, so I don't know if it can be set to Text view for incoming messages. It would be very helpful for someone to post the steps needed to set Outlook for text view.
Although I support open source voting machines and paper receipts and such, I don't like those issues being packaged with the restoration of voting rights to felons. I believe the open-source voting should be debated (and hopefully approved) on its own.
Packaging the issues together allows the Democrats to win either way this goes, though. If the Republicans in Congress oppose it because of the felon-voting issue, Democrats can still claim that Republicans "opposed a bill guaranteeing open voting standards."
Since the drug companies invest so much in research due to the potential profit, wouldn't reducing the potential profit reduce the incentives for research?
I was referring to Amazon's One click patent as a business process whereby one patents an obvious business process. Since patenting One Click was a business process whereby they patented an obvious business process, they would be able to show Prior Art.
I am talking about scientific facts. Atlantic conveyor belt effect is what keeps Europe warm. It's driven by a saline gradient that WILL change when the polar ice melts.
The Gulf Stream Current is driven by the semi-permanent high pressure system over the Atlantic, just as the Kuroshio Current is driven by the semi-permanent high pressure system over the Pacific. Even if the polar ice cap melts and changes the saline gradient, the semi-permanent high pressure systems will continue to drive the currents.
The plant takes selenium (which is bad for other plants,) out of the soil, and the plant can be used for feed, since animals need selenium in their diets.
Since this is a mustard plant, will we have Selenium-fortified mustard on our grocery shelves soon?
oops. i just read "I think Bill could learn a lot from Slashdot...":) secret wish?
Although I don't know for sure, I believe that enough MSFT employees and contractors read Slashdot that the MS folks (in general) have a pretty good grasp on anything said here, and if there is something to learn from a post or topic, they learn it. If I worked for MS, and saw something here that could be used by the company, I would let my boss know, and hope the company took appropriate action.
Whether or not the new knowledge is implemented once learned is another question all together. It may be a good technical idea yet not fit their business model or vice versa.
I am not a hardware/encoding guru by any means, so if this doesn't make sense, please educate me.
Wouldn't it be possible to write a script that reads the DVD bit by bit and places those same bits in the same order on a blank DVD? Since we are talking about digital media, isn't a bit-by-bit copy the same as the original? I'm not talking about cracking code or changing the data while maintaining useability, just making a copy. Or is something going on that would make bit-by-bit copying impossible?
If bit-by-bit copying is possible, what could keep a copy from working while allowing the original, other than watermarks on blank/non-blank media coupled with hardware that checks for watermarks? (Obviously, watermarking isn't what the article is about since they maintain that their system will work with existing hardware.)
So, if the kid in the basement can write a bit-by-bit copying script, doesn't that defeat all anti-piracy checks on digital media that don't involve the blanks themselves?
And to automatically dispose of the deceased felines, you could automate a catapult. You probably couldn't patent it though, since I believe the French use of the device to dispose of cats in Monty Python and the Holy Grail constitutes prior art.
...due to costs associated with license administration and the risk of fines resulting from audits that find that the licenses were improperly administered. If it takes a bunch of man-hours to track the licenses and ensure compliance, the cost of those man-hours goes into the total cost of ownership. Those costs are avoided (usually) with free-as-in-beer software.
Or I could be wrong, and MS would grant a low-cost blanket license.
But should they be able to out-bid you on your own name?
If only the registered trademark owner is allowed to bid on ad space related to that registered trademark, the bidding is not going to go very high. For example, only Mazda would be allowed to bid on the Mazda keyword, and Google's options would be to A) Sell ad space only to Mazda at whatever price Mazda was willing to pay, with Mazda knowing that if they don't buy the space nobody can, or B) Don't sell the ad space to anyone. Even if a Mazda dealer wanted to buy the space, Mazda could sue (to eliminate ad competition, which may or may not be a good business decision). This would likely deter Google from selling the ad space to others due to the risk of a lawsuit.
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I would believe Ballmer if he said something that
1) I already knew to be true, and
2) Did not, in any way, benefit Microsoft by being said.
I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for those conditions to be met, though.
Outlook (like many mail clients,) displays HTML by default, which makes it easier to hide redirects.
I have my email client at home (Kmail) set to Text instead of HTML. It makes it easier to spot redirects and such, so phishing schemes are more obvious.
I don't use Outlook, so I don't know if it can be set to Text view for incoming messages. It would be very helpful for someone to post the steps needed to set Outlook for text view.
...according to Microsoft's Ballmer, there is no significant Linux deployment anywhere on earth...
I don't think that I would believe anything coming from Ballmer concering Linux.
...and Jeanne Yeager (who is Chuck's daughter, I believe).
Not according to this site. It seems that they are not related.
Mr. Rutan was accompanied by Ms. Yeager.
Although I support open source voting machines and paper receipts and such, I don't like those issues being packaged with the restoration of voting rights to felons. I believe the open-source voting should be debated (and hopefully approved) on its own.
Packaging the issues together allows the Democrats to win either way this goes, though. If the Republicans in Congress oppose it because of the felon-voting issue, Democrats can still claim that Republicans "opposed a bill guaranteeing open voting standards."
Since the drug companies invest so much in research due to the potential profit, wouldn't reducing the potential profit reduce the incentives for research?
We could do a search on Google to find out.
Well, in theory I believe they are supposed to consider it, but in reality, I guess you have a very valid point.
I was referring to Amazon's One click patent as a business process whereby one patents an obvious business process. Since patenting One Click was a business process whereby they patented an obvious business process, they would be able to show Prior Art.
... and thus prevent you from patenting the business process whereby one patents an obvious business process?
I am talking about scientific facts. Atlantic conveyor belt effect is what keeps Europe warm. It's driven by a saline gradient that WILL change when the polar ice melts.
The Gulf Stream Current is driven by the semi-permanent high pressure system over the Atlantic, just as the Kuroshio Current is driven by the semi-permanent high pressure system over the Pacific. Even if the polar ice cap melts and changes the saline gradient, the semi-permanent high pressure systems will continue to drive the currents.
...And just because you are a paranoid schizophrenic doesn't mean they aren't after both of you.
Note the use of the word "If", as in
If (employer="MSFT") AND (comment_value_to_MSFT>0) Then BossAlert=True
I know that the first condition is almost always false, but just in case...
(Please excuse the VB syntax, but given the subject, it is likely to be appropriate.)
The plant takes selenium (which is bad for other plants,) out of the soil, and the plant can be used for feed, since animals need selenium in their diets.
Since this is a mustard plant, will we have Selenium-fortified mustard on our grocery shelves soon?
oops. i just read "I think Bill could learn a lot from Slashdot ..." :) secret wish?
Although I don't know for sure, I believe that enough MSFT employees and contractors read Slashdot that the MS folks (in general) have a pretty good grasp on anything said here, and if there is something to learn from a post or topic, they learn it. If I worked for MS, and saw something here that could be used by the company, I would let my boss know, and hope the company took appropriate action.
Whether or not the new knowledge is implemented once learned is another question all together. It may be a good technical idea yet not fit their business model or vice versa.
I am not a hardware/encoding guru by any means, so if this doesn't make sense, please educate me.
Wouldn't it be possible to write a script that reads the DVD bit by bit and places those same bits in the same order on a blank DVD? Since we are talking about digital media, isn't a bit-by-bit copy the same as the original? I'm not talking about cracking code or changing the data while maintaining useability, just making a copy. Or is something going on that would make bit-by-bit copying impossible?
If bit-by-bit copying is possible, what could keep a copy from working while allowing the original, other than watermarks on blank/non-blank media coupled with hardware that checks for watermarks? (Obviously, watermarking isn't what the article is about since they maintain that their system will work with existing hardware.)
So, if the kid in the basement can write a bit-by-bit copying script, doesn't that defeat all anti-piracy checks on digital media that don't involve the blanks themselves?
And to automatically dispose of the deceased felines, you could automate a catapult. You probably couldn't patent it though, since I believe the French use of the device to dispose of cats in Monty Python and the Holy Grail constitutes prior art.
...due to costs associated with license administration and the risk of fines resulting from audits that find that the licenses were improperly administered. If it takes a bunch of man-hours to track the licenses and ensure compliance, the cost of those man-hours goes into the total cost of ownership. Those costs are avoided (usually) with free-as-in-beer software.
Or I could be wrong, and MS would grant a low-cost blanket license.
If anyone from Microsoft said anything to indicate that their software is in any way inferior to other software, it would hurt their marketing.
Knowing this, their only option is to claim that they have the best software.
I wasn't sure I knew that song, so I was sitting here asking myself "Do I know the Muffin Man - the Muffin Man, the Muffin man?..."
Turns out I do know that song.
Major - An O4 in the US Army, Air Force, or Marines, or equivalent grade in services of other countries.
Hit - A ball that makes contact with the bat and enters the field of play in such a way that the batter makes it to first base.
Sounds like your high-school had a good college-prep program.
What's next? A course on editing child porn photos digitally?
Next are courses on Recreational Pharmaceutical Agriculture, Distribution, and Marketing.
But should they be able to out-bid you on your own name?
If only the registered trademark owner is allowed to bid on ad space related to that registered trademark, the bidding is not going to go very high. For example, only Mazda would be allowed to bid on the Mazda keyword, and Google's options would be to A) Sell ad space only to Mazda at whatever price Mazda was willing to pay, with Mazda knowing that if they don't buy the space nobody can, or B) Don't sell the ad space to anyone. Even if a Mazda dealer wanted to buy the space, Mazda could sue (to eliminate ad competition, which may or may not be a good business decision). This would likely deter Google from selling the ad space to others due to the risk of a lawsuit.