Surely the main position on Wiki and patents is disclosure. If the idea has been disclosed publicly prior to one year (? - INAL) then it can't be patented. So if some one has placed it in a public Wiki it surely must be considered publicly disclosed? The follow up may be a law suit against who ever made it public (not necessarily in the Wiki) if a breach of confidentiality was involved.
So if I nail the easy chick at the end of the bar and contract AIDs that's my parents problem right! For not giving me the common sense to not have sex with easy chicks found in bars. It's not my problem for not being smart enough to leave the package alone or use a prophylactic.
(Yes I know this is Slashdot and that I'm living in my own little fantasy land with this analogy)
If they are performing a public duty, in anyway, great, run the light. If they're just driving around then follow the laws.
Why make a big stink? Surely, if no one complained and bought this into the limelight, then they could always jump the light and then later casually say "oh i thought I saw X...". now they have to justify running the light, most likely in writing and in triplicate. I wonder why people don't realize it's better to be quiet about something, sometimes.
Perhaps it's prime directive is to throw itself off a table at any opportunity. He should call it a Suicidebot. I personally bow to anyone who's a robotics hobbiest and drinks Pabst.
I played Lunar Lander and Manic Miner as a kid, did I grow up to be an astronaut or a miner? No. However, without these violent games I got arrested for just aggravated assault and not murder, thus out of jail in only 1 year, I call that a positive result!
(ED. I just made this up, except for the bit about Lunar Lander, Manic Miner and not being and astronaut. I have not been to jail, do not have prison 'tats' and was never anyones bitch)
"we're possibly the most welcoming country in the world"
Unless you're English. Try moving to Scotland at the age of ten from England. It's funny how a much crap the Scottish can dish out because they're indoctrinated at an early age by their parents that anyone/thing from England must be the devil in disguise and out to beat the Scotsman while they're down. At 23 I left and came to the US.
Been doing that for other people at my company since OO v1. The other thing you can do, or could do, is open a Excel spreadsheet with password protected cells in Calc and just uncheck 'protection' then re-save as an Excel file. Really helps when the original spreadsheet designer has left the company and something needs changed.
"but what is always with the anti-mac posts when it comes to viruses and crap?
Probably it's something to do with Mac's add campaign pointing out all the flaws in Windows, while implying that Mac's have no flaws. People love to pick holes in pompous statements. It's sort of like the US pointing their finger at Chinas human rights abuses all the time and then the US wondering why people get excited when others show the US is also abusing human rights. (Disclaimer: I don't believe that operating system flaws are on par with human rights abuse, it was just an analogy)
This is the third news article this afternoon that I read on the BBC website this morning...where's the old cutting edge that had Slashdot before other feeds for news?
I agree, using Vista at home and I only had an issue with my linksys wireless driver and Microsoft Money 2007 having compatibility problems with Vista (now that's dumb, especially as all the supposed fixes don't seem to work). Everything else seems fine (yes I also use Linux and am personally not biased either way as long as I can get the job that I need done, done).
Now at work they upgraded to Office 2007 on XP, now that's something to bitch about. Opening an Excel file created in 2003 takes eons and that's if you don't have to tickle the program to remind it to show the spreadsheet once it's open. This compatibility mode is just killing my time compared to some file transfer issue. I haven't seen a/. article on that yet.
I also have a very hard time with his accent, it sounds really forced. As with dogtanian, it doesn't help that I grew up in 80's UK as a teenager in the world of Ben Elton. However, all of my friends here in the US don't seem to think there's anything wrong with it...
When I speed I calculate the distance needed to stop by multiplying how long it takes me to hit the car in front, after I apply the brakes, by my speed at the time I apply my brakes. I don't bother to calculate the exponential decay of speed due to applying the brakes, or adjust for weather conditions, or the speed of the car in front, or my reaction time due to sleep deprivation of alcohol content, that just makes it messy. I reckon that assuming that I'll be traveling at the same speed until I hit the car in front will build in enough padding to make a good safety margin. Using that same reasoning I can also figure out how hard my 9 month old son will hit the windscreen should his car seat come loose.
"The advisory committee's report is not the first to express doubt as to whether the prime goal of Greenpeace activities really is to protect natural resources. Patrick Moore, who co-founded Greenpeace in Canada in 1971, has his doubts, too. He believes that the thrust of the group's campaigns has, for some time, been geared primarily towards self-promotion. And he argues that such misguided priorities can actually end up being harmful to the environment. For example, Moore points out that the sinking of the Brent Spar oil platform owned by the Shell Corporation in 1995 - which Greenpeace protested against by calling for a global boycott of Shell - would have done no damage to the environment. In Germany, Greenpeace officials had to concede that they had misled the public by exaggerating the risk of pollution from oil residues on the Brent Spar platform. Moore also believes that Greenpeace's outright rejection of genetic engineering does not benefit the 'public good', since it tends to scaremonger about pretty safe and good advances in crop production and agriculture more broadly." from http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/artic le/2843/
But surely in infinity probability becomes 1. Thus anything and everything can exist. The whole point being that there is an infinite amount of time that doesn't stop allowing even the slightest chance of something the statical probability that it can happen. So if there is an even infinitesimally small chance that a God exists, with in infinity we can't say that he doesn't and that the existence of a God can't be proven.
I hope existence of a God can be disproved, otherwise when I die I'm heading downstairs with the murderers and the French for not believing in him.
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Surely the main position on Wiki and patents is disclosure. If the idea has been disclosed publicly prior to one year (? - INAL) then it can't be patented. So if some one has placed it in a public Wiki it surely must be considered publicly disclosed? The follow up may be a law suit against who ever made it public (not necessarily in the Wiki) if a breach of confidentiality was involved.
(Yes I know this is Slashdot and that I'm living in my own little fantasy land with this analogy)
Why make a big stink? Surely, if no one complained and bought this into the limelight, then they could always jump the light and then later casually say "oh i thought I saw X...". now they have to justify running the light, most likely in writing and in triplicate. I wonder why people don't realize it's better to be quiet about something, sometimes.
You took a six sigma course didn't you...
Oh how I wish we could draw out a SyProc for life and human nature
You want to get to absolute zero, go see my first wife
Perhaps it's prime directive is to throw itself off a table at any opportunity. He should call it a Suicidebot. I personally bow to anyone who's a robotics hobbiest and drinks Pabst.
My god! I know what he's talking about, I'm doomed!!
(ED. I just made this up, except for the bit about Lunar Lander, Manic Miner and not being and astronaut. I have not been to jail, do not have prison 'tats' and was never anyones bitch)
Unless you're English. Try moving to Scotland at the age of ten from England. It's funny how a much crap the Scottish can dish out because they're indoctrinated at an early age by their parents that anyone/thing from England must be the devil in disguise and out to beat the Scotsman while they're down. At 23 I left and came to the US.
You mean "hairy geeks with moobs"
There was a report on cnet Jan 7 this year. They unveiled the concept and Philips interest at CES 2007 http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12760_7-9673092-5.htm l
It suggests that 48% of American refuse to evolve, the question is from what?
That was you? I thought it was Chuck Norris out for a brisk walk on the freeway
Been doing that for other people at my company since OO v1. The other thing you can do, or could do, is open a Excel spreadsheet with password protected cells in Calc and just uncheck 'protection' then re-save as an Excel file. Really helps when the original spreadsheet designer has left the company and something needs changed.
Probably it's something to do with Mac's add campaign pointing out all the flaws in Windows, while implying that Mac's have no flaws. People love to pick holes in pompous statements. It's sort of like the US pointing their finger at Chinas human rights abuses all the time and then the US wondering why people get excited when others show the US is also abusing human rights. (Disclaimer: I don't believe that operating system flaws are on par with human rights abuse, it was just an analogy)
This is the third news article this afternoon that I read on the BBC website this morning...where's the old cutting edge that had Slashdot before other feeds for news?
Now at work they upgraded to Office 2007 on XP, now that's something to bitch about. Opening an Excel file created in 2003 takes eons and that's if you don't have to tickle the program to remind it to show the spreadsheet once it's open. This compatibility mode is just killing my time compared to some file transfer issue. I haven't seen a /. article on that yet.
Does this mean that sheep may eventually able to cook?
There is an integrated screen cleaning device wouldn't the wiper blades get in the way when you close the top?
I also have a very hard time with his accent, it sounds really forced. As with dogtanian, it doesn't help that I grew up in 80's UK as a teenager in the world of Ben Elton. However, all of my friends here in the US don't seem to think there's anything wrong with it...
fire them before they burnout and bring in a fresh batch of folk for cheaper. Of course you then get nailed on the knowledge transfer problems
When I speed I calculate the distance needed to stop by multiplying how long it takes me to hit the car in front, after I apply the brakes, by my speed at the time I apply my brakes. I don't bother to calculate the exponential decay of speed due to applying the brakes, or adjust for weather conditions, or the speed of the car in front, or my reaction time due to sleep deprivation of alcohol content, that just makes it messy. I reckon that assuming that I'll be traveling at the same speed until I hit the car in front will build in enough padding to make a good safety margin. Using that same reasoning I can also figure out how hard my 9 month old son will hit the windscreen should his car seat come loose.
Well, I welcome our spectrograph designing high school overlords
"The advisory committee's report is not the first to express doubt as to whether the prime goal of Greenpeace activities really is to protect natural resources. Patrick Moore, who co-founded Greenpeace in Canada in 1971, has his doubts, too. He believes that the thrust of the group's campaigns has, for some time, been geared primarily towards self-promotion. And he argues that such misguided priorities can actually end up being harmful to the environment. For example, Moore points out that the sinking of the Brent Spar oil platform owned by the Shell Corporation in 1995 - which Greenpeace protested against by calling for a global boycott of Shell - would have done no damage to the environment. In Germany, Greenpeace officials had to concede that they had misled the public by exaggerating the risk of pollution from oil residues on the Brent Spar platform. Moore also believes that Greenpeace's outright rejection of genetic engineering does not benefit the 'public good', since it tends to scaremonger about pretty safe and good advances in crop production and agriculture more broadly." from http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/artic le/2843/
I hope existence of a God can be disproved, otherwise when I die I'm heading downstairs with the murderers and the French for not believing in him.