Canada managed to cope just fine..... There's no real reason for -you- to change though.
Canada managed to cope just fine, because they didn't have a choice. And yes -I- have to change, when all the sizes change around me.
While I agree that metric is cool, everyone loves it cause it is easy to convert... But honestly, as a lay person when was the last time you needed to convert from kilometers to liters?
Huh?
Isn't this "news for nerds?"
Don't nerds like legos AND Star Wars?
Wouldn't nerds want to know about the world's largest lego replica?
Why does everything have to be a "slashvertisement?"
>Even more so, don't let them directly sue consumers.
WHOA... Hold on. If you can walk into walmart and purchase product X. Then walk into Kmart and purchase product Y. Then walk into Costco and purchase product Z. Then use X, Y, and Z together against a patent, then you open yourself up for a lawsuit. Not Walmart, nor the manufacturer of product X.
That is what the patent trolls are claiming what is going on here. Buy a copier/scanner. Hook it up to a network. Copy a file and send it across the network (nevermind that isn't really what the patent is about) But that is what they claim (and nevermind that the device is performing exactly as the manufacturer designed it. The patent trolls claim it isn't. (Also ignore the fact that one of the patents was applied for just 4 short years ago)
While I believe the patent trolls are wrong, they are claiming this isn't a simple matter of buying a product and doing what that product is supposed to be doing.
A car analogy would be, you buy a car. Then take the car home, and hook some other device up to the car. (and thus breaking some random patent) Then claim "you can't sue me, I bought the car legally.
The little shell companies have paperwork granting them the right to threaten to sue based on the patent, therefore they have the right to send you a letter threatening to sue.
No, they don't. (well not more than anyone else) Ignore the fact that the patents should be rubbish (one patent, filed in 2008, is for copying paper from a conventional copier to a remotely located second device) Lets completely ignore the fact that we've been able to do that for at least a dozen years before this patent was even filed. These patent trolls claim the devices don't go against the patent. Its only when the user uses the entire system (exactly the way the device was intended, but I digress)
But you know, any can sue anyone for anything. Your lawsuit might get thrown out of court, but you could still sue... or threaten to sue. And that is what these people are doing. They are threatening to sue, for something that the patents don't exactly cover... using what should be bogus patents.
Only if the person he is hiring is PERFECT. I don't know any human being that is perfect.
But as I understand it, he is paying the devs to find their own bugs. But if someone else finds the bug, he won't pay for it.
The main problem with Linux is that it arrived too late.
Consider that UNIX has been around a bit longer than Window's, that really isn't Linux's issue. The issue was (is?) the poor design of the desktop UI, and how hard it is for no techs to use it. Windows is hard enough, and it is significantly easier to use than Linux distributions.
If the claimed invention passes that threshold, then 35 USC 103 requires that the invention must be nonobvious. The red car is obvious if blue cars existed, even if no one has ever made a red car before.
The problem isn't the novel or nonobviousness of it... It seems that lately a lot of patents are "we painted the car red" and then "we painted the boar red" and then "we painted the plane red" and now the watches and eye glass are coming out...
It is very obvious that you painted the previous incarnation red, so of course it is obvious you'll paint the new version red, even if no one has done it on the new version yet.
What is even worse, when people try to patent stuff "on the internet" that was done on bbses years ago.
As I learned in Boy Scouts, if you don't like the law, try to have it changed in an orderly manner, rather than disobey it
Rosa Parks would tell you the Boy Scouts are wrong. There are two basic ways to fight a law. One is the orderly manner you hint at, the other is to disobey it, and fight it in the courts.
Nor should copying be considered some heinous crime. It isn't.
It is a heinous crime. It is a crime against our culture. It is a crime against everyone.
Not only should copying not be considered an offense at all, it should be encouraged because it is a huge social good.
The problem with copying and "sharing" is you are discouraging the creator to create again. And thus you rob everyone of this person's next great work of art. Not everyone can climb onto a giant's shoulders, and you are encouraging the giant to sit down, to stop standing and lending is shoulders out.
I appreciate this is a cool hobby project, I just wish the guy would use his not inconsiderable talents to work on something that has a more obvious real-world payoff
So people need to work on productive stuff that will save lives and treat disease, 24/7. They can't go to the movies, they can't go to the park, they can't take a break. The MUST always be doing something productive? You know, stuff like this is the way some people take a break from their other work. Maybe they enjoy solving problems, or doing something different sometimes. Maybe this person learned something from this?
Everyone can't be solving hard problems all the time.
Hey. I'm an American. Our H1-B visa program has tanked our industry. Substandard code, slipping release schedules, low wages.
Code was substandard, schedules slipped before the "tanking" of the industry. Some of the best programmers I know were hired on H1B visas... and some of the worst programmers I've worked with were H1Bs... But some of the best programmers I know are Americans, and some of the worst are Americans.
Not defending Apple's pricing, in fact I think that they are in many ways douchebags, but why is this an antitrust situation? They are negotiating with vendors to reach the price point they desire. They are just reaching for a higher price point, instead of a lower one..... If Apple's customers are such zealots that they won't consider other sources for their media, let them pay the prices.
Well whether you are a zealot or not, you don't have a choice BUT to pay Apple's prices. Even if you want to buy from Amazon. This wasn't about Apple setting a higher price point for Apple, this is about Apple forcing the publishers to set a higher price point for EVERYONE.
Sounds like Amazon's monopoly was broken. What's the problem with that again?
Monopolies aren't necessarily a bad thing. Instead of Amazon having a "monopoly" and charge decent prices. Apple and the Big 5 formed their own "monopoly" and charged higher prices... So in this case, for the consumer, it was a very bad thing
Because it is fake. If I was standing there with the photographer, the image he created wouldn't have been what I saw.
He deliberately muted the colors, to take your focus away from the vibrant colors. He highlighted the faces, to well highlight the faces. While he didn't add detail to the photo, he did change the lighting. Made it lighter in some, and darker than others. NOT something the naked eye would see if standing there.
In effect to recreate what the eye sees and get a larger dynamic range
He brightened faces and muted colors. So no, it isn't what the eye sees. While the original is a powerful image, it isn't as powerful as the manipulated version.
Did you read Hacker Free? He has two versions of the photo... they are different. One was published earlier, and looks more real. The award winner looks fake to me... (the lighting feels wrong) and it is.
last election they gave you $50k in donations... voting against this thing they are "Strongly supporting" clearly means what to your next campaign effort? It's pretty easy to do the math.
How is that any different than an individual contribution? Other than the fact that corporations can donate larger sums of money, I don't see how it is any different. You said it yourself, an individual donates money because they feel the candidate will do the right thing in office (with "right thing" having varying definitions for different people.) So when the candidates doesn't do the "right thing" the individual will donate money to someone else next time. What is the difference?
Everyone should learn to program because programming makes the modern world go round, and it's good for everyone to have at least an inkling of what that involves.
I think we should give everyone an opportunity to learn how to code. But I don't think it should be required. Programming is HARD. And many, many people just don't get it. Requiring them to take a course or two in it, isn't going to teach them anything. For the other people who might learn something, but will never use it, what inkling will it give them?
Personally I think the confusion that it would cause trying to teach the people who just can't understand it, isn't worth it.
Uhm... I don't know what you think you tried, but Visual Studio isn't a framework or a language, it is just an environment. Mostly an editor that you can attache different compilers to. It helps manage your projects and even has hooks to source management. But you can use it for just about anything.
Why don't people start to differentiate in the actual "language" and the bloated "framework".
People never actually stop differentiating them. They are different. A framework is just a set of APIs, while a language is a bit more than that. While a good programmer should be able to easily transition to a new language, a good programmer should be able to transition to a new framework, in a language they already know, even easier.
Is their a steep learning curve creating for job security? Not in the least bit... Its just that, simply programming is hard.
>When I was in elementary school most people couldn't type well. Now it's pretty much taken for granted that everyone can type. Basic coding skills will be like that in ten years.
That is not going to happen, unless basic coding improves. "basic scripting" isn't easy. Its not something people can just pick up on the side.
You want people to do repetitive tasks? Then built that ability into your software. Make it easier for them to do it. People don't want to be programmers, and many of them CAN'T be programmers.
It is our job as programmers to make their jobs easier.
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Canada managed to cope just fine..... There's no real reason for -you- to change though.
Canada managed to cope just fine, because they didn't have a choice. And yes -I- have to change, when all the sizes change around me.
While I agree that metric is cool, everyone loves it cause it is easy to convert... But honestly, as a lay person when was the last time you needed to convert from kilometers to liters?
Fahrenheit is quite useful when you are thinking in terms of human comfort and safety.
Summer weight clothing will be appropriate and comfortable at 75, autumn weight at 50, winter weight at 25.
F was designed to be 0 was COLD and 100 was HOT to humans.
Huh?
Isn't this "news for nerds?"
Don't nerds like legos AND Star Wars?
Wouldn't nerds want to know about the world's largest lego replica?
Why does everything have to be a "slashvertisement?"
>Even more so, don't let them directly sue consumers.
WHOA... Hold on. If you can walk into walmart and purchase product X. Then walk into Kmart and purchase product Y. Then walk into Costco and purchase product Z. Then use X, Y, and Z together against a patent, then you open yourself up for a lawsuit. Not Walmart, nor the manufacturer of product X.
That is what the patent trolls are claiming what is going on here. Buy a copier/scanner. Hook it up to a network. Copy a file and send it across the network (nevermind that isn't really what the patent is about) But that is what they claim (and nevermind that the device is performing exactly as the manufacturer designed it. The patent trolls claim it isn't. (Also ignore the fact that one of the patents was applied for just 4 short years ago)
While I believe the patent trolls are wrong, they are claiming this isn't a simple matter of buying a product and doing what that product is supposed to be doing.
A car analogy would be, you buy a car. Then take the car home, and hook some other device up to the car. (and thus breaking some random patent) Then claim "you can't sue me, I bought the car legally.
The little shell companies have paperwork granting them the right to threaten to sue based on the patent, therefore they have the right to send you a letter threatening to sue.
No, they don't. (well not more than anyone else) Ignore the fact that the patents should be rubbish (one patent, filed in 2008, is for copying paper from a conventional copier to a remotely located second device) Lets completely ignore the fact that we've been able to do that for at least a dozen years before this patent was even filed. These patent trolls claim the devices don't go against the patent. Its only when the user uses the entire system (exactly the way the device was intended, but I digress)
But you know, any can sue anyone for anything. Your lawsuit might get thrown out of court, but you could still sue... or threaten to sue. And that is what these people are doing. They are threatening to sue, for something that the patents don't exactly cover... using what should be bogus patents.
This man's view of bugs is the right one,
Only if the person he is hiring is PERFECT. I don't know any human being that is perfect.
But as I understand it, he is paying the devs to find their own bugs. But if someone else finds the bug, he won't pay for it.
The main problem with Linux is that it arrived too late.
Consider that UNIX has been around a bit longer than Window's, that really isn't Linux's issue. The issue was (is?) the poor design of the desktop UI, and how hard it is for no techs to use it. Windows is hard enough, and it is significantly easier to use than Linux distributions.
If the claimed invention passes that threshold, then 35 USC 103 requires that the invention must be nonobvious. The red car is obvious if blue cars existed, even if no one has ever made a red car before.
The problem isn't the novel or nonobviousness of it... It seems that lately a lot of patents are "we painted the car red" and then "we painted the boar red" and then "we painted the plane red" and now the watches and eye glass are coming out...
It is very obvious that you painted the previous incarnation red, so of course it is obvious you'll paint the new version red, even if no one has done it on the new version yet.
What is even worse, when people try to patent stuff "on the internet" that was done on bbses years ago.
As I learned in Boy Scouts, if you don't like the law, try to have it changed in an orderly manner, rather than disobey it
Rosa Parks would tell you the Boy Scouts are wrong. There are two basic ways to fight a law. One is the orderly manner you hint at, the other is to disobey it, and fight it in the courts.
Why should they care?
There's no benefit to them keeping your information safe, it.
Perhaps that is the reason why the asker asked if there was legislation dealing with this. Then the corporation might care.
Why is there something wrong with the system when one person does better than everyone else?
Nor should copying be considered some heinous crime. It isn't.
It is a heinous crime. It is a crime against our culture. It is a crime against everyone.
Not only should copying not be considered an offense at all, it should be encouraged because it is a huge social good.
The problem with copying and "sharing" is you are discouraging the creator to create again. And thus you rob everyone of this person's next great work of art. Not everyone can climb onto a giant's shoulders, and you are encouraging the giant to sit down, to stop standing and lending is shoulders out.
I appreciate this is a cool hobby project, I just wish the guy would use his not inconsiderable talents to work on something that has a more obvious real-world payoff
So people need to work on productive stuff that will save lives and treat disease, 24/7. They can't go to the movies, they can't go to the park, they can't take a break. The MUST always be doing something productive? You know, stuff like this is the way some people take a break from their other work. Maybe they enjoy solving problems, or doing something different sometimes. Maybe this person learned something from this?
Everyone can't be solving hard problems all the time.
Hey. I'm an American. Our H1-B visa program has tanked our industry. Substandard code, slipping release schedules, low wages.
Code was substandard, schedules slipped before the "tanking" of the industry. Some of the best programmers I know were hired on H1B visas... and some of the worst programmers I've worked with were H1Bs... But some of the best programmers I know are Americans, and some of the worst are Americans.
Not defending Apple's pricing, in fact I think that they are in many ways douchebags, but why is this an antitrust situation? They are negotiating with vendors to reach the price point they desire. They are just reaching for a higher price point, instead of a lower one. .... If Apple's customers are such zealots that they won't consider other sources for their media, let them pay the prices.
Well whether you are a zealot or not, you don't have a choice BUT to pay Apple's prices. Even if you want to buy from Amazon. This wasn't about Apple setting a higher price point for Apple, this is about Apple forcing the publishers to set a higher price point for EVERYONE.
Sounds like Amazon's monopoly was broken. What's the problem with that again?
Monopolies aren't necessarily a bad thing. Instead of Amazon having a "monopoly" and charge decent prices. Apple and the Big 5 formed their own "monopoly" and charged higher prices... So in this case, for the consumer, it was a very bad thing
It's even amazing that the "fixed" prices are not essentially different than Amazon or Alibris or BN. Very clever price fixing indeed.
The "fixed" prices were drastically different than the prizes Amazon WAS offering. After the prices were fixed... well they were fixed.
. It may look fake only because
Because it is fake. If I was standing there with the photographer, the image he created wouldn't have been what I saw.
He deliberately muted the colors, to take your focus away from the vibrant colors. He highlighted the faces, to well highlight the faces. While he didn't add detail to the photo, he did change the lighting. Made it lighter in some, and darker than others. NOT something the naked eye would see if standing there.
In effect to recreate what the eye sees and get a larger dynamic range
He brightened faces and muted colors. So no, it isn't what the eye sees. While the original is a powerful image, it isn't as powerful as the manipulated version.
Did you read Hacker Free? He has two versions of the photo... they are different. One was published earlier, and looks more real. The award winner looks fake to me... (the lighting feels wrong) and it is.
I'd be willing to bet that the little leagues and the YMCA could have used $8,000 more than Tom Apodeca could.
last election they gave you $50k in donations... voting against this thing they are "Strongly supporting" clearly means what to your next campaign effort? It's pretty easy to do the math.
How is that any different than an individual contribution? Other than the fact that corporations can donate larger sums of money, I don't see how it is any different. You said it yourself, an individual donates money because they feel the candidate will do the right thing in office (with "right thing" having varying definitions for different people.) So when the candidates doesn't do the "right thing" the individual will donate money to someone else next time. What is the difference?
Everyone should learn to program because programming makes the modern world go round, and it's good for everyone to have at least an inkling of what that involves.
I think we should give everyone an opportunity to learn how to code. But I don't think it should be required. Programming is HARD. And many, many people just don't get it. Requiring them to take a course or two in it, isn't going to teach them anything. For the other people who might learn something, but will never use it, what inkling will it give them?
Personally I think the confusion that it would cause trying to teach the people who just can't understand it, isn't worth it.
It tried Visual studio 2010
Uhm... I don't know what you think you tried, but Visual Studio isn't a framework or a language, it is just an environment. Mostly an editor that you can attache different compilers to. It helps manage your projects and even has hooks to source management. But you can use it for just about anything.
Why don't people start to differentiate in the actual "language" and the bloated "framework".
People never actually stop differentiating them. They are different. A framework is just a set of APIs, while a language is a bit more than that. While a good programmer should be able to easily transition to a new language, a good programmer should be able to transition to a new framework, in a language they already know, even easier.
Is their a steep learning curve creating for job security? Not in the least bit... Its just that, simply programming is hard.
>When I was in elementary school most people couldn't type well. Now it's pretty much taken for granted that everyone can type. Basic coding skills will be like that in ten years.
That is not going to happen, unless basic coding improves. "basic scripting" isn't easy. Its not something people can just pick up on the side. You want people to do repetitive tasks? Then built that ability into your software. Make it easier for them to do it. People don't want to be programmers, and many of them CAN'T be programmers. It is our job as programmers to make their jobs easier.