Its good that there are agencies out there that look for bad patents and bring them to the gov't's attention, but it would be much better if the patent clerks did a better job screening the patents, or these challenges came during the comment period.
I don't think he's against neutrality, just legislation as a means to enforce it. Because, then, if someone does come up with a better system later, it will be hard to implement. However, the telecom's current proposal isn't really better, and does need to be dealt with somewhere.
Is this tested at all by the FDA, or is it like a supplement, and not subject to testing? Are these common bacteria that we already consume, or are they introducing new bacteria into our system?
All valid points, but it will affect competitors as well. Right now, people in the consumer smart phone market will be at least tempted to hold out and wait for the iPhone. Since those companies are already in the market, and Apple is not, who will it hurt more? Also, I think its good to announce 6 months out, with the 2 year cycle of cell phone plans. This gives consumers enough advanced notice to decide about entering into a new plan now, or just extending their old plan until the iPhone is available.
No, it won't burst the damn, but it is some private companies doing what little they can. China survived without them before the Internet, and will continue to do so after. However, every little bit counts, and so this is just one more step on the way to an open China. For another example, look at China's new accounting rules.
It may still be a step in the right direction, but I would rather have the source code. Really, aren't we as both citizens and voters buying the machines? Shouldn't we have access to them? If a company doesn't want to open the source code, then they shouldn't bid. And arguing that the methods might be copied is easy to overcome. Governments are really the only ones buying these machines, so let them sign a long term contract, and the company gets the same business regardless. And if the contract was long enough, technology would render obsolete anything they develop anyway.
I never understood why it was called a law. It was an incredibly accurate prediction, but there was nothing holding is there. I would think that any dramatic increase in technoloby would lead to a jump larger than Moore's law.
Reporting it shouldn't remove you from a list of suspects if an exploit is attacked. The proper forensics should be done if there is attack. However, merely reporting it shouldn't get you in trouble.
What's the problem with sending info to a webmaster? And what's the point of doing anything else? If you post it publicly, you've created a race condition between script kiddies and the site admin, and should be punished. If you send it to the webmaster, you are doing a service, and shouldn't be punished. As long as you don't exploit it, you should be ok.
It gets people in the door, and once people are in the door, its easier to convert them. Also, some people do have issues with breaking the law, whether moral or immoral, and if this was the last hurdle for them (codecs are a big deal for some people), it will let them adopt. Sometimes you have to sacrifice to move forward. Also, there is no restriction on continuing to develop open libraries, and once those are better than the closed versions, people will move to them.
A lot of people will complain about this, but I think it is good. The more software, of any kind, that comes out on Linux, the better. The more software that eliminates some of the work to get a system up and working, the better. The more shrinkwrapped software for Linux on store shelves, the better. As Linux gets more visibility, and day to day tasks become easier, more people will adopt. This will drive development for Linux. Hopefully some of those adopters, especially the younger ones, will get involved in Linux, see what it has to offer, and become contributers. They may or may not move to a fully open system, but some of them will, and the more people who do, the better. The more weight behind Linux, the more power the community has, even if that weight was gained, at least initially, through propriety software.
I would rather see the government force the carriers towards network neutrality. They were awarded a monopoly by the government, and can't complain about regulation. I am usually a free market person, but in this case, I would like to see the government enforce the status quo. Once Wi-Max is mature enough to give people options, then maybe the carriers can have some freedom.
Actually, it helped customers quite a bit. Instead of having to rent rotary phones from AT&T, you can buy cheap cordless phones from Walmart. You are right, the carrier service was stagnant for awhile, but all of the other things that AT&T had locked down opened up.
Why not use an XML standard? If sites used a or similar, then people could put whatever they wanted inside. It would be simple for automated tools and users to find the tags and search against them. One of the most useful things that are similar to tags is the alt field in img. It allows people to search for photos online. Of course, this is open to abuse like anything else, and weren't search engines based on meta tags in the header at one point until people took advantage of them? Still, if tags are going to be standardized, I think it should be through a mark-up standard, and allows people to be as creative as they want with the actual tag itself.
The Euro is getting stronger, but birthrates in Europe are declining. I wonder if Europe can be the first empire (Yeah, I am using that term very broadly) to continue to advance with a negative birthrate. I think that you will see the nationalization of Central and South America will reduce their long term scientific advances. I don't think the US is in as dire straights as people like to make out. MIT is very relevant, they still get many more applicants than they can take, and they are far from alone. The US higher education is still the best in the world, and the pendulum will swing back the other way with regards to the moral and scientific relativism.
How is the US pressuring Canada to get rid of fair use, when the US still has it? Granted, the RIAA is trying to chip away at it, but its still there. The US pays the blank media tax as well, I wish we had a court that would say the tax exempts consumers from piracy charges like Canada's did. Maybe the US is trying to get something like the DMCA passed to protect DRM, but not fair use. The article goes on to talk about pirated music, which has nothing to do with fair use. Fair use is based on music you buy. It seems like the title is trolling a little bit, although the issue needs to be addressed.
Myth 1 response: The author supposes that Apple will include Cingular's 3G network, when it is available. He was saying that Apple can't include every feature people want, and made some decisions. EVDO specifically can't be offered for legal reasons, and the benefits the deal with Cingular outweigh, at least in Apple's mind, outweigh one particular brand on 3G. Hopefully, Apple will include some sort of 3G capability in the future, or the iPhone will have issues.
Myth 2 response: I think the iPhone will segment later. Making supposions based on the Macworld announcement is shortsighted. Apple knows they need a low end model, I think they are just trying to squeeze the top end later.
Myth 3: Both your response and the author's are correct. For an example, look at Firefox. It is wonderful software, I personally use it, and it has energized a dead segment of software. However, it does have memory leaks, especially when third party extensions are added. There are benefits and expenses to both methods, and Apple chose their poison. I don't think its a horrible idea, as the average user will blame all problems on Apple, regardless of what causes them, and in a phone, stability is much more important. However, they will have to deal with the expense, which you all lay out in your response.
I don't know that all of the myths speak of fanboism. The iPhone certainly isn't a developers' paradise, and it does have its issues. No one can really predict how well it will do, as I am sure it will have revisions before it comes out. But it is unique, and Apple deserves some credit. Maybe it won't be a run away success, but hopefully it will at least prompt other companies to improve their offerings. I certainly won't be buying one initially, as I didn't buy the first iPods. But I think I will get one a few generations down the road, as it gradually approaches the feature set and price I want, just like the iPod.
The article also says that the four major labels refuse to put music on eMusic. The DRM free songs they have released are few. Some conspiracy theorists claim this is to show it doesn't work, but I think they don't like Apple being the dominant one in the relationship, so they are trying a variety of means to see what works best, including subscription services, PlayForSure, and DRM free music. They wouldn't be doing this if Apple hadn't flipped the tables. As to why Apple won't let artists upload music DRM free, I can take a couple of guesses, but they are just guesses. Maybe the DRM process is automated, and Apple sees no need to go through the process of releasing music in different formats. Maybe their agreement with the big four requires it. Maybe they do want to lock people in. But if so, I wouldn't think they would have provided such an easy to use back door, as well as all of the tools to make it work.
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Its good that there are agencies out there that look for bad patents and bring them to the gov't's attention, but it would be much better if the patent clerks did a better job screening the patents, or these challenges came during the comment period.
I don't think he's against neutrality, just legislation as a means to enforce it. Because, then, if someone does come up with a better system later, it will be hard to implement. However, the telecom's current proposal isn't really better, and does need to be dealt with somewhere.
Is this tested at all by the FDA, or is it like a supplement, and not subject to testing? Are these common bacteria that we already consume, or are they introducing new bacteria into our system?
All valid points, but it will affect competitors as well. Right now, people in the consumer smart phone market will be at least tempted to hold out and wait for the iPhone. Since those companies are already in the market, and Apple is not, who will it hurt more? Also, I think its good to announce 6 months out, with the 2 year cycle of cell phone plans. This gives consumers enough advanced notice to decide about entering into a new plan now, or just extending their old plan until the iPhone is available.
Earth and maps are doing pretty well, I think
No, it won't burst the damn, but it is some private companies doing what little they can. China survived without them before the Internet, and will continue to do so after. However, every little bit counts, and so this is just one more step on the way to an open China. For another example, look at China's new accounting rules.
It may still be a step in the right direction, but I would rather have the source code. Really, aren't we as both citizens and voters buying the machines? Shouldn't we have access to them? If a company doesn't want to open the source code, then they shouldn't bid. And arguing that the methods might be copied is easy to overcome. Governments are really the only ones buying these machines, so let them sign a long term contract, and the company gets the same business regardless. And if the contract was long enough, technology would render obsolete anything they develop anyway.
There are two kinds of contempt in the US, civil and criminal. Yes, for criminal, you can go to jail.
Will they get anything more than a contempt charge?
I never understood why it was called a law. It was an incredibly accurate prediction, but there was nothing holding is there. I would think that any dramatic increase in technoloby would lead to a jump larger than Moore's law.
Reporting it shouldn't remove you from a list of suspects if an exploit is attacked. The proper forensics should be done if there is attack. However, merely reporting it shouldn't get you in trouble.
What's the problem with sending info to a webmaster? And what's the point of doing anything else? If you post it publicly, you've created a race condition between script kiddies and the site admin, and should be punished. If you send it to the webmaster, you are doing a service, and shouldn't be punished. As long as you don't exploit it, you should be ok.
It gets people in the door, and once people are in the door, its easier to convert them. Also, some people do have issues with breaking the law, whether moral or immoral, and if this was the last hurdle for them (codecs are a big deal for some people), it will let them adopt. Sometimes you have to sacrifice to move forward. Also, there is no restriction on continuing to develop open libraries, and once those are better than the closed versions, people will move to them.
As long as men can say "My pipe is bigger than yours," Internet bandwidth will never stop expanding.
A lot of people will complain about this, but I think it is good. The more software, of any kind, that comes out on Linux, the better. The more software that eliminates some of the work to get a system up and working, the better. The more shrinkwrapped software for Linux on store shelves, the better. As Linux gets more visibility, and day to day tasks become easier, more people will adopt. This will drive development for Linux. Hopefully some of those adopters, especially the younger ones, will get involved in Linux, see what it has to offer, and become contributers. They may or may not move to a fully open system, but some of them will, and the more people who do, the better. The more weight behind Linux, the more power the community has, even if that weight was gained, at least initially, through propriety software.
I would rather see the government force the carriers towards network neutrality. They were awarded a monopoly by the government, and can't complain about regulation. I am usually a free market person, but in this case, I would like to see the government enforce the status quo. Once Wi-Max is mature enough to give people options, then maybe the carriers can have some freedom.
Actually, it helped customers quite a bit. Instead of having to rent rotary phones from AT&T, you can buy cheap cordless phones from Walmart. You are right, the carrier service was stagnant for awhile, but all of the other things that AT&T had locked down opened up.
Why not use an XML standard? If sites used a or similar, then people could put whatever they wanted inside. It would be simple for automated tools and users to find the tags and search against them. One of the most useful things that are similar to tags is the alt field in img. It allows people to search for photos online. Of course, this is open to abuse like anything else, and weren't search engines based on meta tags in the header at one point until people took advantage of them? Still, if tags are going to be standardized, I think it should be through a mark-up standard, and allows people to be as creative as they want with the actual tag itself.
The Euro is getting stronger, but birthrates in Europe are declining. I wonder if Europe can be the first empire (Yeah, I am using that term very broadly) to continue to advance with a negative birthrate. I think that you will see the nationalization of Central and South America will reduce their long term scientific advances. I don't think the US is in as dire straights as people like to make out. MIT is very relevant, they still get many more applicants than they can take, and they are far from alone. The US higher education is still the best in the world, and the pendulum will swing back the other way with regards to the moral and scientific relativism.
Why are the politicians wasting time trying to stop terrorists and piracy when they should be protecting valuable beer! That is true terrorism!
How is the US pressuring Canada to get rid of fair use, when the US still has it? Granted, the RIAA is trying to chip away at it, but its still there. The US pays the blank media tax as well, I wish we had a court that would say the tax exempts consumers from piracy charges like Canada's did. Maybe the US is trying to get something like the DMCA passed to protect DRM, but not fair use. The article goes on to talk about pirated music, which has nothing to do with fair use. Fair use is based on music you buy. It seems like the title is trolling a little bit, although the issue needs to be addressed.
Myth 1 response: The author supposes that Apple will include Cingular's 3G network, when it is available. He was saying that Apple can't include every feature people want, and made some decisions. EVDO specifically can't be offered for legal reasons, and the benefits the deal with Cingular outweigh, at least in Apple's mind, outweigh one particular brand on 3G. Hopefully, Apple will include some sort of 3G capability in the future, or the iPhone will have issues. Myth 2 response: I think the iPhone will segment later. Making supposions based on the Macworld announcement is shortsighted. Apple knows they need a low end model, I think they are just trying to squeeze the top end later. Myth 3: Both your response and the author's are correct. For an example, look at Firefox. It is wonderful software, I personally use it, and it has energized a dead segment of software. However, it does have memory leaks, especially when third party extensions are added. There are benefits and expenses to both methods, and Apple chose their poison. I don't think its a horrible idea, as the average user will blame all problems on Apple, regardless of what causes them, and in a phone, stability is much more important. However, they will have to deal with the expense, which you all lay out in your response. I don't know that all of the myths speak of fanboism. The iPhone certainly isn't a developers' paradise, and it does have its issues. No one can really predict how well it will do, as I am sure it will have revisions before it comes out. But it is unique, and Apple deserves some credit. Maybe it won't be a run away success, but hopefully it will at least prompt other companies to improve their offerings. I certainly won't be buying one initially, as I didn't buy the first iPods. But I think I will get one a few generations down the road, as it gradually approaches the feature set and price I want, just like the iPod.
The article also says that the four major labels refuse to put music on eMusic. The DRM free songs they have released are few. Some conspiracy theorists claim this is to show it doesn't work, but I think they don't like Apple being the dominant one in the relationship, so they are trying a variety of means to see what works best, including subscription services, PlayForSure, and DRM free music. They wouldn't be doing this if Apple hadn't flipped the tables. As to why Apple won't let artists upload music DRM free, I can take a couple of guesses, but they are just guesses. Maybe the DRM process is automated, and Apple sees no need to go through the process of releasing music in different formats. Maybe their agreement with the big four requires it. Maybe they do want to lock people in. But if so, I wouldn't think they would have provided such an easy to use back door, as well as all of the tools to make it work.