Same here; it's pretty much a spam wasteland. I still have the account credentials in Pidgin, but disabled the account for the past 3 years because only spammers used it.
I'll have to say this for ICQ though - their feature to store offline messages server-side was a feature far beyond what AIM had or even has now.
My UID was 282026638. Funny how some numbers just stick in memory.
Mh... but it would be pretty easy to whip up a social network that had no "friend" feature whatsoever, giving a perfect place to everyone whose friends are just an annoying bunch.
I'd call it youhavenofriends.com, but it seems that is taken by a maker of misanthropic T-shirts.
That will trigger a buffer overflow and segmentation fault in the recognition software, consequently snow-crashing the surveillance network wherever I go.
You're missing the fine print loophole. Yes, software applications are not patentable.
However, the loophole is that an invention that solves a "technical problems" in a non-obvious way (rather than just a "business problem") is still patentable - which according to this court decision includes file systems.
As far as this non-lawyer can see, that makes the law a paper shell because it protects only software that is obviously not patentable anyway (Say, Microsoft getting a patent on word processors*) but leaves algorithms unprotected. (Ironically, algorithms are also considered unpatentable in the narrowest sense, which is why patents have to replace the word "algorithm" with one that the Patent Office does not understand.)
(*Or Amazon getting a patent on a web shop UI... OH WAIT.:P )
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How long is it going to take till I can read a word starting with "cyber" without grinning? :D
Should have gone with that name.
Same here; it's pretty much a spam wasteland. I still have the account credentials in Pidgin, but disabled the account for the past 3 years because only spammers used it.
I'll have to say this for ICQ though - their feature to store offline messages server-side was a feature far beyond what AIM had or even has now.
My UID was 282026638. Funny how some numbers just stick in memory.
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Now you really CAN download an internet, in the loosest definition. :D
(But it still won't fit on a floppy disk.)
... Unlike traditional lasers, which look more like trucks.
There is a cost to upgrading the corporate intranet, and there is a cost to being owned by industrial spies and spam botnets.
Executives will upgrade when the cost of the one exceeds the cost of the other. Or otherwise, the company will eventually lose enough money and die.
Bing'er? I hardly know'er!
I'm picturing a team of Googlers driving by in a black van, holding out their cameras sideways while busting some pictures now. :P
Mh... but it would be pretty easy to whip up a social network that had no "friend" feature whatsoever, giving a perfect place to everyone whose friends are just an annoying bunch.
I'd call it youhavenofriends.com, but it seems that is taken by a maker of misanthropic T-shirts.
Heh... hehe... HAHAHA! Good one! ;)
That will trigger a buffer overflow and segmentation fault in the recognition software, consequently snow-crashing the surveillance network wherever I go.
(Or maybe settle for sending a temporary sleep command.)
Could have been a LOT worse.
They might have kicked him out earlier.
Is this about the right of politicians to look at porn on the job? :P
You're missing the fine print loophole. Yes, software applications are not patentable.
However, the loophole is that an invention that solves a "technical problems" in a non-obvious way (rather than just a "business problem") is still patentable - which according to this court decision includes file systems.
As far as this non-lawyer can see, that makes the law a paper shell because it protects only software that is obviously not patentable anyway (Say, Microsoft getting a patent on word processors*) but leaves algorithms unprotected. (Ironically, algorithms are also considered unpatentable in the narrowest sense, which is why patents have to replace the word "algorithm" with one that the Patent Office does not understand.)
(*Or Amazon getting a patent on a web shop UI... OH WAIT. :P )
Well thank you. >:P
Lufthansa is planning to get him drunk on the flight and hoping he'll leave his phone on the plane.
And the measure didn't require 2/Pi votes.
Just in time!!
Quick, weigh him against a duck!
Not just a tattoo. Even printing a water-soluble barcode on your wrist for entrance control would be covered by this.
Don't tell Steve Jobs; he'll start monitoring your browsing history and media library. :P
I've even heard that some of its users are (gasp) not programmers. It's too mainstream for my elitist taste! :P
(Using it since 8.10)
Um, they are calling you because they want your help to figure it out.
It is a concept known as "Open Source".
The Peaches-and-Nuts state.