Maybe it just had to be developed by another, new company, instead of one with a massive vested interest in paper documents. The way I understand it, a company that made a fortune in copying pieces of paper, enough to fund some real research, that research came up with a way to replace paper documents with computer screens - no wonder mgmt wanted to deep six it.
Um, in order to really do it accurately, the model would have to include the military base, building and facility in which the earth II simulator resides, and the model would have to have a model of that etc to infinity - like what you get with two mirrors.
Yep - the 'videophone' is an 'invention' that comes up and dies away with astounding regularity. I have a 1927 silent film about the future where a character makes a pay phone call on one. Tele-video actually had a lot of research in the 20's thru 40's and came to fruition with the common TV system in the early 50's (all the experience and research in WWII radar helped tremendously). The videophone was the future of Telephony in the 1964 worlds fair exhibit by ATT, and about every half generation since someone has had the same brilliant idea followed by the same lack of consumer excitement and demand.
1000 years of technological change in a month.
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and you thought the patent office was busy and overwhelmed now
But the conspiracy theorist in me is wondering how someone 'new around here' in one article just happens to have worked for the company featured in the very next one;^>
If only more people in the world were motivated by altruism rather than the almighty dollar...
THEN you would have a huge population of greedy people in poverty waiting for some altruist (i.e., naive rich kid) to come around and do their work for them.
We can appreciate the dreamy sentiment, but it's always an unrealistic fantasy that inevitably turns into a brutish nightmare of coercion and pretensions. Be natural, use ego and greed for the benefit of humanity. Anything else if an unsustainable fake. Heavens, paradises and utopias are always the abodes of the dead.
If it's so sad that Intel is going to provide proprietary drivers, do you get sad everytime you get into your automobile?
No, I get sad every time I take it in for service and have to pay $400 for a new computer control module to fix a problem that a new $75 generic open source controller could fix;^)
if you're a good enough scientist to make a breakthrough worthy of a Nobel prize,
One famous counterexample: William Shockley, Nobel Prize winner and his stand on racism. It's no suprise that someone can be an advanced wizard in one subject and completely off base in another.
it matters what the law and the courts decide is right or wrong.
The Law is an Ass, it is stupid, blunt and rarely just. I don't know why most every 'do-gooder' consists primarily of getting laws passed and then think they've accomplished something. The decline of the west is largely the legislation of freedom and common sense out of existence, sacrificing the greater for the benefit of lessers.
The way I look at it, you are simply trying to convince the powers that be that your firm has the talent and expertise in house to manage software from the raw code up - as opposed to outsourcing it to Msft etc, where you pay them a fee and get a nice shiny shrink wrapped product that you just run insert and run setup on (and even that vision is not true, Msft products often take a LOT of effort to get working the way you want it, sometimes harder because of everything they are hiding from you).
In sum, if you have the resources to do something in house you can save $$$. If you don't, you have to pay somebody else to do it. Just like if I can operate a lawn mower and have the time, I can save some bucks over paying a commercial firm to come around and do it.
This question gets asked every time the subject comes up so I have one suggestion. The February 2004 issue of "Circuit Cellar" has a nuts-bolts article about RFID called "Low-Cost RFID Solution", but also states that "Many RFID protols are available only under NDA". It also refers to www.rfidjournal.com as a good starting point.
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(taking a page from Dave Barry)
SCO has a well defined roadmap, unfortunately the lug nuts of ethical competition came off the left front wheel of research and marketing, causing the SUV of profitability to crash into the ditch of bankruptcy.
I don't care whether it is open source or closed source
It does matter to me - the closed source deal is we sell you a device but we cant reveal how it works due to trade secrets so you just have to trust us. Oh by the way we are not liable for any damages caused by defects in the software, you have to take responsibility for that. When something goes wrong, and it usually does, it just sucks all around, especially for the customer.
If the code is open, not necessarily free to give away, but available to see the customer can at least study the blueprints of his machine and maybe spot defects before they occur and instigate a fix. That way the manufacturer gets extra debugging help free and the customer gets to know his machine better and has more confidence in it. If they both miss a bug, and they often do, at least there's none of the finger pointing and feelings of betrayal and lawsuits etc.
so they can stick low price tags in big numbers on the shelf. That's gotten me a few times - you see, "Oh, an X for only $19.95!" so you take it up to the counter, and the cashier rings you up for $39.95 - often by then the consumer is already psychologically committed and just pays it. It's a common tactic, rebates are just one methode of exploiting consumer naivety. Bottom line is, it generates more sales.
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Now if the Japanese would only raid the Redmond Washington offices.
Just Xerox was not smart enough to cash in on it
Maybe it just had to be developed by another, new company, instead of one with a massive vested interest in paper documents. The way I understand it, a company that made a fortune in copying pieces of paper, enough to fund some real research, that research came up with a way to replace paper documents with computer screens - no wonder mgmt wanted to deep six it.
Um, in order to really do it accurately, the model would have to include the military base, building and facility in which the earth II simulator resides, and the model would have to have a model of that etc to infinity - like what you get with two mirrors.
Metropolis?
Yes! That's it - all I could think of was 'futuropolis' and that's surely not it.
Yep - the 'videophone' is an 'invention' that comes up and dies away with astounding regularity. I have a 1927 silent film about the future where a character makes a pay phone call on one. Tele-video actually had a lot of research in the 20's thru 40's and came to fruition with the common TV system in the early 50's (all the experience and research in WWII radar helped tremendously). The videophone was the future of Telephony in the 1964 worlds fair exhibit by ATT, and about every half generation since someone has had the same brilliant idea followed by the same lack of consumer excitement and demand.
and you thought the patent office was busy and overwhelmed now
Well, now you did something right.
;^>
But the conspiracy theorist in me is wondering how someone 'new around here' in one article just happens to have worked for the company featured in the very next one
quite a coincience you have to admit.
Oh No, your post was moderated "offtopic" - Looks like you did something wrong!
Don't worry about it.... here, truth is modded 'flamebait' and jokes are modded 'insightful' all the time.
If only more people in the world were motivated by altruism rather than the almighty dollar...
THEN you would have a huge population of greedy people in poverty waiting for some altruist (i.e., naive rich kid) to come around and do their work for them.
We can appreciate the dreamy sentiment, but it's always an unrealistic fantasy that inevitably turns into a brutish nightmare of coercion and pretensions. Be natural, use ego and greed for the benefit of humanity. Anything else if an unsustainable fake. Heavens, paradises and utopias are always the abodes of the dead.
If it's so sad that Intel is going to provide proprietary drivers, do you get sad everytime you get into your automobile?
;^)
No, I get sad every time I take it in for service and have to pay $400 for a new computer control module to fix a problem that a new $75 generic open source controller could fix
"Jprogjorjfwwfffffffwweewer33111l"
Ahem, you might want to change the "331111" part, as it might get confused with the calendar in Windows For Workgroups 3.11.
if you're a good enough scientist to make a breakthrough worthy of a Nobel prize,
One famous counterexample: William Shockley, Nobel Prize winner and his stand on racism. It's no suprise that someone can be an advanced wizard in one subject and completely off base in another.
"Well, that guitar isn't going to tune itself".
Other inventions we need:
self cleaning clothes
self washing dishes
yes, you can tuna fish. Indeed, most tuna fish consumed comes from cans.
I believe every employer appreciates a bit of honesty.
Yes, if you can fake that, you have it made. (Geo. Burns, on the secret of acting)
it matters what the law and the courts decide is right or wrong.
The Law is an Ass, it is stupid, blunt and rarely just. I don't know why most every 'do-gooder' consists primarily of getting laws passed and then think they've accomplished something. The decline of the west is largely the legislation of freedom and common sense out of existence, sacrificing the greater for the benefit of lessers.
that seems to be ID software's strategy - and I'm in pain and agony waiting for Doom3! Please, give me an alpha 0.9a prerelease, anything man.
The way I look at it, you are simply trying to convince the powers that be that your firm has the talent and expertise in house to manage software from the raw code up - as opposed to outsourcing it to Msft etc, where you pay them a fee and get a nice shiny shrink wrapped product that you just run insert and run setup on (and even that vision is not true, Msft products often take a LOT of effort to get working the way you want it, sometimes harder because of everything they are hiding from you).
In sum, if you have the resources to do something in house you can save $$$. If you don't, you have to pay somebody else to do it. Just like if I can operate a lawn mower and have the time, I can save some bucks over paying a commercial firm to come around and do it.
This question gets asked every time the subject comes up so I have one suggestion. The February 2004 issue of "Circuit Cellar" has a nuts-bolts article about RFID called "Low-Cost RFID Solution", but also states that "Many RFID protols are available only under NDA". It also refers to www.rfidjournal.com as a good starting point.
(taking a page from Dave Barry)
SCO has a well defined roadmap, unfortunately the lug nuts of ethical competition came off the left front wheel of research and marketing, causing the SUV of profitability to crash into the ditch of bankruptcy.
An unhappy clone hunts down with intent to kill the scientist that created him. See the dramatic conclusion in tonights episode of "Clone Stalker".
The Simpsons Personality Test
I'm Homer Simpson, WooHoo!
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D'oh!
I don't care whether it is open source or closed source
It does matter to me - the closed source deal is we sell you a device but we cant reveal how it works due to trade secrets so you just have to trust us. Oh by the way we are not liable for any damages caused by defects in the software, you have to take responsibility for that. When something goes wrong, and it usually does, it just sucks all around, especially for the customer.
If the code is open, not necessarily free to give away, but available to see the customer can at least study the blueprints of his machine and maybe spot defects before they occur and instigate a fix. That way the manufacturer gets extra debugging help free and the customer gets to know his machine better and has more confidence in it. If they both miss a bug, and they often do, at least there's none of the finger pointing and feelings of betrayal and lawsuits etc.
Wonder if GE would kvetch if I registered the domain name GeneralEclectic.com
Why oh why do companies use mail in rebates?
so they can stick low price tags in big numbers on the shelf. That's gotten me a few times - you see, "Oh, an X for only $19.95!" so you take it up to the counter, and the cashier rings you up for $39.95 - often by then the consumer is already psychologically committed and just pays it. It's a common tactic, rebates are just one methode of exploiting consumer naivety. Bottom line is, it generates more sales.