The link you provided did nothing to back up your assertion.
If you don't recall - you said MS unwittingly bought stolen goods, from (presumably) Canyon, the 'fence' was Intel and MS were the poor unwitting buyer of what they believed to be completely legitimate.
Just to refresh your memory, you said:
So if you buy stolen goods, even though you thought they were completely legitimate, you'd be happy to take the punishment for their theft ?
One example was given of a touted apparel stock jumping from 6 cents to 45 cents over a period of days before settling down to ten cents a share and near 65,000 or about $6500 in transactions (an eighth of the peak share volume, and a 50th of the peak transaction value).
Can someone please lend cowboyneal some punctuation marks?
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I think that those licensing terms are only talking about MS' own code ("Distributable Code", defined as the code and text files (included in the SDK) that you are permitted to distribute).
Correct.
Nothing stops you implementing your own encoder/decoder and distributing it under any terms you want.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but mp4 is a video container format, much akin to avi, mkv, ogm etc. It's not an audio format:).
Erm, while my usage of the 'mp4' wasn't completely correct (it is a container format), it's a multimedia container format:
is a multimedia container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4. It is most commonly used to store digital audio and digital video streams, especially those defined by MPEG, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images.
That said, it's pretty clear I was talking about aac/mpeg2-7.
Not going to end jpg - everyone dissatisfied with JPG is already using RAW. Everyone satisified with jpg will stick with jpg.
This is going to enjoy the same sort of limited uptake as jpeg2000 vs jpg, mp4/wma/ogg vs mp3, png vs gif, etc.
Few other things to note:
1) The 'HD' doesn't stand for High Definition, it's just there to get the association with HD TV in consumers minds. *rolls eyes*
2) This technology is patented to the hilt & the licensing terms for the HD Photo Device Porting Kit 1.0 licensing terms specifically exclude copyleft (GPL style) licenses.
Is this an example of free speech and anonymity gone too far, or is internet trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the legal community?
Is this an example of free speech and anonymity gone too far, or is slashdot trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the slashdot community?
"Windows Vista, Office 2007, and IE7 are widely recognized by independent analysts to offer dramatic improvements in security, management features, new collaboration capabilities and productivity enhancements.
We did not get pubic lice from other hominids. We got them from the ancestors of gorillas.
Did anyone else read that line and think that this was article could have some link to the Monkey's Uncle (proto chimp/proto human interbreeding) story from a while ago on slashdot?
Afraid not, TFA states:
Is this evidence of a Pliocene love that dare not speak its name? Not according to Reed. He and his colleagues suggest that hominids might have gotten crabs by eating gorilla flesh, perhaps scavenging a carcass. Or they might have slept at nesting sites that gorillas contaminated with their lice. This study just so happens to have come out a few months after another team of scientists showed that chimpanzees not only gave humans HIV but also gave gorillas a related strain of the virus. If chimpanzees can give gorillas a blood-borne virus, it's not too surprising that gorillas could give hominids some lice.
Anyway, best article linked from/. in ages. Great, thought provoking read.
I'm going to wonder whether there were savanna gorillas or deep Forest hominids all night now:-)
Why would anyone seriously consider his claims on this topic?
Because Gate's comments (Like Steve Jobs's blog about DRM) are self serving and corerct.
The last quote of the article really drives this point home:
"These reforms do not pit US workers against those foreign born," he said. "Far from displacing US workers, highly skilled foreign-born workers will continue to function as they always have: as job creators."
Hey - you're the one arguing that they should have cited his real age rather than the date of first appearance [which is standard operating procedure for fictional characters].
Incorrect.
My comment was aimed at the headline - I wouldn't have had a problem with "Dead after 66 years" or some other wording more appropriate for a fictional character.
According to the Captain America Wikipedia page (far more in depth than the encyclopedia britannica page I might add!), Steve Rogers was born on July 4, 1917 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, to Irish immigrants Sarah and Joseph Rogers.
Anyway, lets hope this original & innovative storyline is as lucrative as the "death of Superman" thing DC ran a while back.
For those of us who do have actual iPods, having a dock connector is better than a minijack because it can be used to transmit control signals in addition to the audio.
Yes, but for people with ipods, a minijack works & for people with anything else, a minijack works.
It depends on what do you think is better? Works pretty for everyone, or works very well for a segment of your customer base.
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I watched a movie called the corporation not so long ago,
Torrent (via mininova) available here. Everyone watch this - it's great.
If you don't recall - you said MS unwittingly bought stolen goods, from (presumably) Canyon, the 'fence' was Intel and MS were the poor unwitting buyer of what they believed to be completely legitimate.
Just to refresh your memory, you said:You fucking retarded little monkey.
And, the ultimate test: Google returns more than twice as many hits for "whiny" as it does for "whiney."
I don't doubt it. There's more than twice as many American English speakers as other English speakers.
Looks right to me.
And who cares if you're off topic & modded down? Do you like my current sig/diary?
Can someone please lend cowboyneal some punctuation marks?
Check out how this summary scored on the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level:
I think that those licensing terms are only talking about MS' own code ("Distributable Code", defined as the code and text files (included in the SDK) that you are permitted to distribute).
Correct.
Nothing stops you implementing your own encoder/decoder and distributing it under any terms you want.
Patents.
As a Mac fanboy and regular poster, I *really* wish you'd learn to spell the word whiny
Both spellings are correct. Sorry.
PS. Why too gutless to login to ask this question?
does the same reasoning extend to compilers?
Yes. For instance Apple uses the GPL'd GCC to compile all their proprietary stuff.
Erm, while my usage of the 'mp4' wasn't completely correct (it is a container format), it's a multimedia container format:That said, it's pretty clear I was talking about aac/mpeg2-7.
Some licenses are best meant to preserve the orginal work of art, not enforce the shared derivitaves thereof.
Do you believe that your documentswill be subjected to MS's licensing terms when you save them in word? Of course not.
The GPL does not cover works created using GPLd tools. Learn the difference between code & content.
Which raw are you talking about? Is it DNG, PEF or a hundred other proprietary raw formats?
Doesn't matter, the point is that anyone who's dissatisifed with JPG has allready found an alternative.
How many browsers do you know that render that format?
If you'd bothered to read the article before commenting, you would know that support in the camera is the support that matters.
Not going to end jpg - everyone dissatisfied with JPG is already using RAW. Everyone satisified with jpg will stick with jpg.
This is going to enjoy the same sort of limited uptake as jpeg2000 vs jpg, mp4/wma/ogg vs mp3, png vs gif, etc.
Few other things to note:
1) The 'HD' doesn't stand for High Definition, it's just there to get the association with HD TV in consumers minds. *rolls eyes*
2) This technology is patented to the hilt & the licensing terms for the HD Photo Device Porting Kit 1.0 licensing terms specifically exclude copyleft (GPL style) licenses.
Is this an example of free speech and anonymity gone too far, or is internet trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the legal community?
Is this an example of free speech and anonymity gone too far, or is slashdot trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the slashdot community?
*heh*
It's bad enough that the editors do it, can we at least avoid submitors doing it please?
Wot? You seriously want the editors to aspire to submitor standards?
I linked to the article I was commenting on.
Dupe article is here.
Dupe - and the original story was much funnier - it covered MS's promotional site being flagged as a phishing site by MS's own IE7.
Did anyone else read that line and think that this was article could have some link to the Monkey's Uncle (proto chimp/proto human interbreeding) story from a while ago on slashdot?
Afraid not, TFA states:Anyway, best article linked from
I'm going to wonder whether there were savanna gorillas or deep Forest hominids all night now
No, Mr. Gates is not interested in US job creation, he's interested in lower operating costs for M$.
Absolutely, however the fact is that highly skilled migrants help create jobs, and have a postiive impact on the economy overall.
Like I said, Gates is self-serving, but correct.
Because Gate's comments (Like Steve Jobs's blog about DRM) are self serving and corerct.
The last quote of the article really drives this point home:
Hey - you're the one arguing that they should have cited his real age rather than the date of first appearance [which is standard operating procedure for fictional characters].
Incorrect.
My comment was aimed at the headline - I wouldn't have had a problem with "Dead after 66 years" or some other wording more appropriate for a fictional character.
He's actually a fictional character - not a real guy.
:-(
Damn it! Really?
Next you're going to be telling me the Super soldier serum isn't real either
He's been around (as a character) for 66 years, not him being alive (as a person) for 66 years.
Yes, I gathered that. Dead at X, tends to mean dead at X years old tho.
Dead at 66?
According to the Captain America Wikipedia page (far more in depth than the encyclopedia britannica page I might add!), Steve Rogers was born on July 4, 1917 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, to Irish immigrants Sarah and Joseph Rogers.
Anyway, lets hope this original & innovative storyline is as lucrative as the "death of Superman" thing DC ran a while back.
If only there were some kind of universal connection that could be controlled with software and therefore flexible . . .
If only Apple had gone with one of the money standards out there, rather than creating their own proprietary interface.
Revenue from iPod accessory makers is more important than following open standards I guess.
For those of us who do have actual iPods, having a dock connector is better than a minijack because it can be used to transmit control signals in addition to the audio.
Yes, but for people with ipods, a minijack works & for people with anything else, a minijack works.
It depends on what do you think is better? Works pretty for everyone, or works very well for a segment of your customer base.