Have you ever looked at a McDonald's fry package? There's a patent there.
Turns out they also have a patent on the process of dumping a cup of steaming hot joe on your lap, and now they're going after that woman for patent infringement. A spokesperson for McD's said they expect to receive twice what they paid her.
...The:CueCat reader is only on loan to you from Digital:Convergence and may be recalled at any time.
Who do they think they're kidding? A person who has "borrowed" something is obligated to take reasonable care of it. So according to this EULA, you can't throw it away, damage it, leave it laying around where it might be stolen, etc.
It's like a Trojan horse. Once you've let it into your house you're screwed.
Maybe next time I need to store some stuff I'll drop it off somewhere with a note at the bottom saying I'm loaning the stuff to them and I can come back for it whenever I want.
I don't get it what's the problem. Just ignore them somehow.
Somehow? Could you be more specific?
What the problem with exceeding the speed of light? Just go faster, somehow.
What's the big deal about having cheap energy? Just use fusion, somehow.
Who cares about NP complete? Just figure out the shortest route, somehow.
There - I've solved three important problems in one slashdot posting, and it's not even lunch time.
That said, I also think GPS is really hurting GA. Pilots don't really have the skills anymore to navigate by a good old NOAA map and land marks. I have seen even good pilots fall into the GPS rut.
Yeah. There's not nearly as many good slide-rule users anymore, either.
Please. Not to defend Michoka, but if I've ever heard ignorance from bashers (or advocates) the worst have come from the Apple camp
I don't see your point. If you don't say this to defend him, then why say it at all? It's totally irrelevent to the topic. If the purpose is (although you say it's not) to defend him, then it's pointless anyway, as it doesn't make his rant any more cogent.
What's the relevance of a 7 year late OS? Apple makes good computers, but the bottom line is that the OS has been prehistoric.
Totally irrelevent to his rant.
Apple is now trumpeting OSX with its amazing features like protected memory and preemtive multitasking, but those are features near 30 years old, features that (gasp!) even Windows has.
Again, totally irrelevent to his rant.
Yes, if I were a Mac user, I would complain about no real multitasking.
Yet again, totally irrelevent to his rant.
Why not quote a marketer about technical issues?
Oh yes, that never happens.
The fact that it has happened before does make his doing it the least bit more valid.
With all due respect to Darek Mihocka's coding ability, this is just one long and lame rant. he's all over the map, spewing out whatever random disconnected criticism seems to pop into his head at the moment.
He sounds like every ignorant mac/windows/linux/whatever basher to ever post to *.advocacy.
por ejemplo: a 7 year late OS?
relevance? Apparently tossed in just to tarnish.
Real multitasking. Ooooh.
This is a complaint?
As one Apple engineer explained to me this morning, Apple needs to cover their development costs
Quoting engineers about marketing issues? Inappropriate appeal to authority,Why not quote a marketer about technical issues?
why I feel Windows ultimately won out over Mac OS in the mass market despite sleazy underhanded marketing by both Apple and Microsoft
This sentence makes no sense, and apparently was constructed just to use the words sleazy and underhanded in the same sentence as Microsoft and Apple.
Mac OS 8.6 and earlier are not even supported in emulation, leading me to wonder how compatible the "classic" mode even is
mud-slinging. "They don't do A, so I wonder if they don't do B!" Even though they freely state they don't do A. This is followed closely by
even Microsoft does not pull stunts like this
so now his speculation about "how compatable the classic mode is" has turn into a "fact," and such a low one that even Microsoft doesn't do it.
Nine out of every ten people who were borN After 1945 don't care a whit more than about A Zeroeth %. They'd rather watch the Wizard of OZ
In their homes, or read the swimsuit issue of SI.
1) Liberals are just as bad if not worse. They want free speech but at the same time want to make darn sure that they can monitor all of it and get you on every little bit of it.
2) Slashdot posters need to stop mass-labeling many groups of people.
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I think you must have taken a left turn at Albuquerque.
-Pete
Turns out they also have a patent on the process of dumping a cup of steaming hot joe on your lap, and now they're going after that woman for patent infringement. A spokesperson for McD's said they expect to receive twice what they paid her.
-Pete
-Pete
That's only because White America has this preconceived notion that blacks are not qualified to be helicopters.
-Pete
A Judo player?
-Pete
Who do they think they're kidding? A person who has "borrowed" something is obligated to take reasonable care of it. So according to this EULA, you can't throw it away, damage it, leave it laying around where it might be stolen, etc.
It's like a Trojan horse. Once you've let it into your house you're screwed.
Maybe next time I need to store some stuff I'll drop it off somewhere with a note at the bottom saying I'm loaning the stuff to them and I can come back for it whenever I want.
-Pete
That would be a convenient excuse for a person who was wrong but didn't want to admit it. Therefore, it is worthless.
-Pete
Somehow? Could you be more specific?
What the problem with exceeding the speed of light? Just go faster, somehow.
What's the big deal about having cheap energy? Just use fusion, somehow.
Who cares about NP complete? Just figure out the shortest route, somehow.
There - I've solved three important problems in one slashdot posting, and it's not even lunch time.
-Pete
Yeah. There's not nearly as many good slide-rule users anymore, either.
-Pete
Buh-dum-bum. Thank you ladies and germs.
-Pete
With luck, though, they'll accidentally go to salshdot.
-Pete
-Pete
I don't see your point. If you don't say this to defend him, then why say it at all? It's totally irrelevent to the topic. If the purpose is (although you say it's not) to defend him, then it's pointless anyway, as it doesn't make his rant any more cogent.
What's the relevance of a 7 year late OS? Apple makes good computers, but the bottom line is that the OS has been prehistoric.
Totally irrelevent to his rant.
Apple is now trumpeting OSX with its amazing features like protected memory and preemtive multitasking, but those are features near 30 years old, features that (gasp!) even Windows has.
Again, totally irrelevent to his rant.
Yes, if I were a Mac user, I would complain about no real multitasking.
Yet again, totally irrelevent to his rant.
Why not quote a marketer about technical issues? Oh yes, that never happens.
The fact that it has happened before does make his doing it the least bit more valid.
-Pete
Yeah, moderator, this post is hilarious. Right up there with Algorithms in C.
-Pete
He sounds like every ignorant mac/windows/linux/whatever basher to ever post to *.advocacy.
por ejemplo:
a 7 year late OS?
relevance? Apparently tossed in just to tarnish.
Real multitasking. Ooooh.
This is a complaint?
As one Apple engineer explained to me this morning, Apple needs to cover their development costs
Quoting engineers about marketing issues? Inappropriate appeal to authority,Why not quote a marketer about technical issues?
why I feel Windows ultimately won out over Mac OS in the mass market despite sleazy underhanded marketing by both Apple and Microsoft
This sentence makes no sense, and apparently was constructed just to use the words sleazy and underhanded in the same sentence as Microsoft and Apple.
Mac OS 8.6 and earlier are not even supported in emulation, leading me to wonder how compatible the "classic" mode even is
mud-slinging. "They don't do A, so I wonder if they don't do B!" Even though they freely state they don't do A. This is followed closely by
even Microsoft does not pull stunts like this
so now his speculation about "how compatable the classic mode is" has turn into a "fact," and such a low one that even Microsoft doesn't do it.
etc. etc. etc.
-Pete
Well, they have this thing called Mac OS X. I'm surprised you haven't heard about it.
-Pete
Do you have evidence of this? A link? It's the first I've heard this.
-Pete
That's rein, as in controlling a team of horses. Same deal with "keep a tight rein on it."
-Pete
No he didn't. He equated communication skills in the U.S. with skill at speaking English. Hardly racist.
-Pete
I do I do.
I'm in Costa Rica, and I'm learning Spanish as quickly as I can. (Mostly to help in chasing the beautiful Ticas, but still...)
-Pete
That would be "if I were"
-Pete
As for Apple, they should be ashamed. (I type this in my office full of Macs.)
-Pete
After 1945 don't care a whit more than about A
Zeroeth %. They'd rather watch the Wizard of OZ
In their homes, or read the swimsuit issue of SI.
-Pete
1) Liberals are just as bad if not worse. They want free speech but at the same time want to make darn sure that they can monitor all of it and get you on every little bit of it.
2) Slashdot posters need to stop mass-labeling many groups of people.
Nope, no contradictions there....
-Pete
Cool. When do I get mine?
-Pete