I've never understood why people let some book of fairy tales determine what they eat and don't eat. People should catch up with the Enlightenment and give up their stupid dietary rules. No pork... what a load of shit.
And I've never understood why people mock what they don't understand.
Are you sure about the finish? Looking at the pictures and the Quicktime-VR thingy it looked matt to me.
It was a joke - the link I provided was to someone complaining about their scratched up ipod. I seem to have not a single of the +1 Funny mods I crave so much however:-(
On a slightly more serious note, I remember a while ago some mutterings about the suitability (or lack thereof) of GM foods for people on Halal / Kosher diets (I think pig genes in tomatos was the particular exanmple used)
Are there any moslem or jewish/. readers who would be able to answer whether or not products like this rice could interfere with a religious diet?
When clean water is not always at hand, diseases such as dysentery are easy to catch. Although this rice is no cure, it can help prevent the loss of fluids associated with this disease and help save lives.
It's not like they're going to ship the rice for the local farmers to grow - from tfa:
The company says the chance of its genetically engineered rice ending up in the food supply is remote because the company grinds the rice and extracts the protein before shipping.
Ventria owns product and enabling technology rights from its internal development effort and by license, assignment, or exclusive option agreements as follows:
* 5 issued United States patents relating to protein expression and products
* 4 foreign patents relating to protein expression and products
* Over 10 filings relating to ExpressTec
* Over 10 filings for the products, their formulations,
So, we've got a new method of manufacturing proteins by extracting them from GM rice. US rice farmers are worried that it will affect trade with anti-GM nations. Environmentalists are worried about it for the usual GM worries (cross pollination with wild rices, unknown future side affects, species jumping, etc).
I think the way to cure dysentry is like many other posters have said, to fix infrastructure.
I mostly agree with your comment, but to clarify, I don't think the creative complaint has any merit.
You're right that Apple deserves sympathy for what happened in the late 80s & early 90s (and I actually think MS's war on Apple went well beyond marketing), but now, they're playing the patent game too. Play with fire & all that.
C'mon Sun, we're sick of hearing about the pending open sourcing of Java. Show us the license!
I know, I know, Sun's afraid that Eclipse is going to... well eclipse the sun, but c'mon! make it GPL, retain the trademark and you won't believe the explosion in Java coding you'll see!
Goddamn it! A 'wireless' plane! My first thought was why the hell would you want to do that? First thing I decided after 802.11 got cheap was "wireless for convenience, wired where it matters". The following quote from TFA clued me in however:
the aim is primarily to reduce weight and power requirements. "Also, if you do not have the cables then the system is much more flexible to changes," she says.
I tell you what ladies & gents - this is one plane where I'd take notice when told to switch my cell phone off!
PS - I note the next story on the front page is "IT: Wireless Security Attacks and Defenses." Coincidence? I think not;-)
Sounds like Mark's one of the good guys - who wouldn't try to stop someone else using his ideas simply because they had the same 'look', or the same 'feel'
but are you saying the word "patent" in the original sentence didn't provide enough context to illustrate that it was referring to, um, patents?
Hmmmmn, let's have a look at the original sentence again.
Patent law unambiguously grants owners of intellectual property...
The fact that it says "unambiguously grants", strengthens the following "intellectual property."
Additionally, the use of four words (owners of intellectual property) where two (patent owners) would do, shows... well I'll say 'confusion' (but I'm thinking 'bias').
If I say "Brewery best practice tells us that the optimum amount of hops in the beverage is...", you wouldn't complain that "beverage" wasn't specific enough, would you?
If I read it in "Beer Drinkers quarterly" and I knew the brewery in question produced light, old & decaf beer, then I would complain that beverage wasn't specific enough.
Its all about context you see. Forbes (of all places) should know better.
I'm not sure what you mean - but if you're saying Creative was another "Patent Troll", then I don't think you're correct.
Patent troll companies generally do not produce technology, just sit on patent portfolios. While Creative's suit has no merit, Creative have been selling mp3 players for far longer then Apple has (they even bought out a 'nano' branded model first!).
Oh - and there's another big patent threat to the iPod out there - the click wheel patent... and the company who owns that patent produces real (if crap) technology products too.
All through this article, Ms Holzer uses the term "intellectual property owner" where she means "patent owner". I know its all the rage these days to blur the lines between copyright, trade secrets, attribution rights, patents, moral rights, trademarks, etc etc, but this is the legal section of an economics rag.
If they can't get simple terminology correct, how can we trust their reporting?
For those who're not following me, consider the following quote from the article:
Patent law unambiguously grants owners of intellectual property the same rights as regular property holders, including the right to exclude others from using their property.
As they've written "owners of intellectual property" rather then "patent owners", the sentence actually means:
Patent law unambiguously grants owners of copyright, trademarks, etc the same rights as regular property holders, including the right to exclude others from using their property.
Wait until you see the new Apple Beige Box (tm) line that's set to replace the high end G5 line (as soon as enough important 3rd party software has gone fat binary)
These mac intel Beige Box (tm) are going to blow the PC world's mind - you've never seen the sort of bold looks and design as the new Apple Beige Box (tm).
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s it not more ethical to fix the most horrid symptoms first, to ensure that some children have a better quality of life,
How about we don't pretend its for third world children, admit its for rich western people & discuss it with that as a starting point?
I've never understood why people let some book of fairy tales determine what they eat and don't eat. People should catch up with the Enlightenment and give up their stupid dietary rules. No pork... what a load of shit.
And I've never understood why people mock what they don't understand.
In many areas the West has tried to do exactly that - but then they are pilloried for meddling where they aren't wanted.
Oh bollocks. (Do you mean like the US's attempt to free the Iraqi people from enslavement?)
The west is pilloried for supporting authoritarian & repressive regimes all over the world. They are rarely criticized for genuine attempts to help.
Can the farmer put away some of his harvest for next year to plant a new crop or is the outcome of the rice sterile?
The farmer can't even grow the rice - read the article, the rice is grown in the US, ground up & the protein extracted.
This medicine is destined for rich first worlders, the whole 'think of the 3rd world children' is just to try & get public sympathy for their GM crop.
Are you sure about the finish? Looking at the pictures and the Quicktime-VR thingy it looked matt to me.
:-(
It was a joke - the link I provided was to someone complaining about their scratched up ipod. I seem to have not a single of the +1 Funny mods I crave so much however
On a slightly more serious note, I remember a while ago some mutterings about the suitability (or lack thereof) of GM foods for people on Halal / Kosher diets (I think pig genes in tomatos was the particular exanmple used)
/. readers who would be able to answer whether or not products like this rice could interfere with a religious diet?
Are there any moslem or jewish
It's not like they're going to ship the rice for the local farmers to grow - from tfa:And its not like they're going to give it away for free:So, we've got a new method of manufacturing proteins by extracting them from GM rice. US rice farmers are worried that it will affect trade with anti-GM nations. Environmentalists are worried about it for the usual GM worries (cross pollination with wild rices, unknown future side affects, species jumping, etc).
I think the way to cure dysentry is like many other posters have said, to fix infrastructure.
Basically, yeah, this is blatant patent trolling on Creatives part and will ultimately lose them a lot of money and be tossed out.
Thank you for your interesting psychic predicition!
(I presume its psychic?)
LGPL'd maybe.
*slaps forehead*
Of course - you're completey correct.
I mostly agree with your comment, but to clarify, I don't think the creative complaint has any merit.
You're right that Apple deserves sympathy for what happened in the late 80s & early 90s (and I actually think MS's war on Apple went well beyond marketing), but now, they're playing the patent game too. Play with fire & all that.
C'mon Sun, we're sick of hearing about the pending open sourcing of Java. Show us the license!
I know, I know, Sun's afraid that Eclipse is going to... well eclipse the sun, but c'mon! make it GPL, retain the trademark and you won't believe the explosion in Java coding you'll see!
Could we have just one story about either the PS3 or the X-Box 360 that isn't stuffed without enthusiastic shills
*sighs* I know what you mean - I feel the same way about the mac shills in windows/linux stories. At least I don't call them astroturfers tho'.
Oh wait! I do. Sorry.
Really? I could've sworn he said:Sorry big V - ipods can't do that.
PS - I note the next story on the front page is "IT: Wireless Security Attacks and Defenses." Coincidence? I think not
Phew!
Sounds like Mark's one of the good guys - who wouldn't try to stop someone else using his ideas simply because they had the same 'look', or the same 'feel'
Thanks for the info!
Hahahahaha :-)
Definitely the funniest (and most insightful) comment in this entire thread!
Decaf beer?
;-)
You know, the kind you have when its not breakfast, so you can sleep OK at nighttime
Hmmmmn, let's have a look at the original sentence again.The fact that it says "unambiguously grants", strengthens the following "intellectual property."
Additionally, the use of four words (owners of intellectual property) where two (patent owners) would do, shows... well I'll say 'confusion' (but I'm thinking 'bias').
If I say "Brewery best practice tells us that the optimum amount of hops in the beverage is ...", you wouldn't complain that "beverage" wasn't specific enough, would you?
If I read it in "Beer Drinkers quarterly" and I knew the brewery in question produced light, old & decaf beer, then I would complain that beverage wasn't specific enough.
Its all about context you see. Forbes (of all places) should know better.
I'm not sure what you mean - but if you're saying Creative was another "Patent Troll", then I don't think you're correct.
Patent troll companies generally do not produce technology, just sit on patent portfolios. While Creative's suit has no merit, Creative have been selling mp3 players for far longer then Apple has (they even bought out a 'nano' branded model first!).
Oh - and there's another big patent threat to the iPod out there - the click wheel patent... and the company who owns that patent produces real (if crap) technology products too.
If they can't get simple terminology correct, how can we trust their reporting?
For those who're not following me, consider the following quote from the article:As they've written "owners of intellectual property" rather then "patent owners", the sentence actually means:This is clearly not true.
Make sure that Microsoft does slip any rohypnol in your drink while she's flirting with you!
Wait until you see the new Apple Beige Box (tm) line that's set to replace the high end G5 line (as soon as enough important 3rd party software has gone fat binary)
These mac intel Beige Box (tm) are going to blow the PC world's mind - you've never seen the sort of bold looks and design as the new Apple Beige Box (tm).
Oh... and FWIW *all* digital music is compressed.
1) All recorded music is compressed.
2) There's a big difference between lossless & lossy compression.
3) I think the GPs point was you cannot buy music compressed in a lossless format (apart from on traditional media)
One can buy a lot better notebook much lower price.
But...but...but!
The macbook pro comes with a webcam!!!!1!!!