First, I'd argue that most software doesn't emulate physical artifacts - we don't "pull" open file drawers for instance. Second, this doesn't sound like anything that's really about GUI, it's just prettying stuff up - much like the concept of "skins."
You are right, MOST software doesn't. BUT there is a trend, pushed by Apple, to design UI close to the original device, when possible.
The Apple reference... oh sigh.
I'm not sure why you are sighing. This skeumatic stuff is part of Apple's design guides. First time I've ever seen it in a companies design guide.
. The idea that you can patent things as silly as a lot of what comes through in the IT world (rounded corners, click to buy, slide to unlock, etc) is stifling not only competition, but entrepreneurs, students, and people who could take it and do something better.
This is really the problem. That too many patents are given to things that are not new or not novel.
If your company has to bank on a patent to remain profitable, then you probably don't deserve to continue to be a company -
And yet this is the main reasons patents exist. Patents are about protecting the little guy from the big guy who has more money and resources.
I've had experience with pair programming. In my mind here are the pro's:
1. It keeps you engaged and prevents your mind from wandering.
So what is better, two people doing the work of one person, engaged 100% of the time.
Or one person doing the work of one person, engaged 75% of the time?
So if I paint a painting, and sell ONE copy... It is your duty to copy the painting and sell it?
If I decide to make a limited edition set, it is your duty to make the set unlimited?
Actually, at least in America, the whole point of copyright is to help the creators create content. "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts..." It doesn't say anything about making it available to the public. Or are you suggesting that if a performer wants to do a stage show, once, he MUST record it and distribute the recording?
Yes, but not in the way you are thinking. Apple and Microsoft are tired of paying for customer support to help people fix broken software. Apple and Microsoft are tired of hearing about people complain about how stuff doesn't work. The walled garden, where they can help control what software runs, helps alleviate the problem. People in general just want stuff that works.
He won 7 Tours. That was enough for some people to be bitter, and whine and moan and complain.
- Why not fight these charges to the last?
Fighting isn't easy, it takes time and effort. It is stressful, emtionally draining, and expensive. I am a bit surprised he threw in the towel. But I can also see why he just wants to move on with his life.
Actually, the anti-vaxxer movement could be a fantastic way of getting dumbfuck retards out of the gene pool.
Well yeah, except that the dumbfuck retards have already been vaccinated. It is their offspring, that aren't necessarily dumfucks that aren't vaccinated.
2. A fresh Windows install means a lot of your hardware doesn't work and you have to hunt for drivers from third party websites. This is particularly fun if it is your wireless network card that isn't working. For the most part, hardware "just works" in Linux these days.
Sure, if your devices are 20 years old. For the most part, hardware "just works" with Windows these days (and has for the last 15 years). If you have to hunt for drivers from a third party website you are doing something wrong, and dangerous. If your hardware isn't supported automatically under Windows it is highly unlikely to also work automatically under Linux.
6. Linux is secure. You don't have to worry about viruses, spyware, etc. You spend your time using your computer as opposed to fixing your computer.
Really? Are you sure about that? And what happens when more than a handful of people are using Linux and more virus, spyware, etc writers target Linux?
7. Have a Windows app you can't leave behind? There is a decent chance it runs in Wine. And since we have shifted more to web-based apps, desktop apps are less important today than they were 10 years ago.
If I have a Windows app I can't leave behind, why should I bother to under it under an emulator when I can run it under the real thing? And desktops apps are just as important today than they were 10 years ago.
there's basically no difference between any of the 100 different types Coke,
You mean there is no difference other than taste? I can't stand drinking cola's that aren't Coca-Cola. I also don't care for any of the other flavored Coca-Cola's either. Branding is HUGE for products, look at Red Bull. But saying the only difference between Coke and Pepsi is their branding is entirely inaccurate.
No. The judges are supposed to interpret the law, and they are supposed to decide if a law is constitutional. Judges can strike down a law, that is also their job.
Yeah I agree... why should we get to enjoy movies and tv shows and listen to songs?
If you got rid of copyrights, those things would no longer be created. Or actually they would, but they'd be made by amateurs and they'd suck.
but find Hollywoods desire to hedge on known quantities (sequels, copy-what's-popular, rehash/remake) is killing the creative content
So you stopped watching hollywood movies in like the 50s? I've heard this "killing the creative content" for years now. But sequels and remakes are nothing new. Shoot there were three Star Wars flicks, and the first one came out 35 years ago.
Thankfully the world will never get rid of religion. But you already know the problem you are referring to has nothing to do with religion. If it wasn't religion it would be something else.
Back in the early days of the internet me and my friends used to dream of what the internet would bring, new levels, new modes, online scoreboards, new content, online multiplayer, cheaper localization, the end of region restrictions...
With the exception of region restrictions, what hasn't been realized? New levels? Various games get those from time to time. New modes? ditto. Online scoreboards? all over the place. New content? Ditto. Online multiplayer... yep, and too much of it. Cheaper localization, yep.
What do you actually want?
I don't get it... you prefer console games because they "just work" but at the same time you hope they update some of the bugs...
Generally when I hear the phrase "it just works" I don't expect it to be followed up with "I hope they fix the bugs" because that implies it doesn't "just work"
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First, I'd argue that most software doesn't emulate physical artifacts - we don't "pull" open file drawers for instance. Second, this doesn't sound like anything that's really about GUI, it's just prettying stuff up - much like the concept of "skins."
You are right, MOST software doesn't. BUT there is a trend, pushed by Apple, to design UI close to the original device, when possible.
The Apple reference... oh sigh.
I'm not sure why you are sighing. This skeumatic stuff is part of Apple's design guides. First time I've ever seen it in a companies design guide.
"Allow any patent that is submitted into public domain, to be filed free of charge."
That would be called "publishing your 'patent' "
The problem is, that the jury admitted to skipping entire parts of the case... ... uneducated jury when it comes to patents.
Perhaps they were uneducated because they skipped entire parts of the case?
. The idea that you can patent things as silly as a lot of what comes through in the IT world (rounded corners, click to buy, slide to unlock, etc) is stifling not only competition, but entrepreneurs, students, and people who could take it and do something better.
This is really the problem. That too many patents are given to things that are not new or not novel.
If your company has to bank on a patent to remain profitable, then you probably don't deserve to continue to be a company -
And yet this is the main reasons patents exist. Patents are about protecting the little guy from the big guy who has more money and resources.
And this is a guy who holds a patent and should, ostensibly, have some simple understanding of prior art.
Just because he holds a patent does not mean he has ANY understanding of prior art.
One thing I love about driving in Europe. The majority of the cars are small cars, and not these behomouth suvs.
I've had experience with pair programming. In my mind here are the pro's: 1. It keeps you engaged and prevents your mind from wandering.
So what is better, two people doing the work of one person, engaged 100% of the time. Or one person doing the work of one person, engaged 75% of the time?
So if I paint a painting, and sell ONE copy... It is your duty to copy the painting and sell it?
If I decide to make a limited edition set, it is your duty to make the set unlimited?
Actually, at least in America, the whole point of copyright is to help the creators create content. "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts..." It doesn't say anything about making it available to the public. Or are you suggesting that if a performer wants to do a stage show, once, he MUST record it and distribute the recording?
Actually even if the author wants a work released there is no practical way to release it that is accepted in US law.
Citation needed.
Yes... I think the hundreds of thousands of thick clients on the iPad agree with you!
It is pure greed.
Yes, but not in the way you are thinking. Apple and Microsoft are tired of paying for customer support to help people fix broken software. Apple and Microsoft are tired of hearing about people complain about how stuff doesn't work. The walled garden, where they can help control what software runs, helps alleviate the problem. People in general just want stuff that works.
- Why are so many people out to discredit him?
He won 7 Tours. That was enough for some people to be bitter, and whine and moan and complain.
- Why not fight these charges to the last?
Fighting isn't easy, it takes time and effort. It is stressful, emtionally draining, and expensive.
I am a bit surprised he threw in the towel. But I can also see why he just wants to move on with his life.
I've always used my companies phone number. It has the added advantage of I get plenty of discounts even though I barely shop there.
Actually, the anti-vaxxer movement could be a fantastic way of getting dumbfuck retards out of the gene pool.
Well yeah, except that the dumbfuck retards have already been vaccinated. It is their offspring, that aren't necessarily dumfucks that aren't vaccinated.
2. A fresh Windows install means a lot of your hardware doesn't work and you have to hunt for drivers from third party websites. This is particularly fun if it is your wireless network card that isn't working. For the most part, hardware "just works" in Linux these days.
Sure, if your devices are 20 years old. For the most part, hardware "just works" with Windows these days (and has for the last 15 years). If you have to hunt for drivers from a third party website you are doing something wrong, and dangerous. If your hardware isn't supported automatically under Windows it is highly unlikely to also work automatically under Linux.
6. Linux is secure. You don't have to worry about viruses, spyware, etc. You spend your time using your computer as opposed to fixing your computer.
Really? Are you sure about that? And what happens when more than a handful of people are using Linux and more virus, spyware, etc writers target Linux?
7. Have a Windows app you can't leave behind? There is a decent chance it runs in Wine. And since we have shifted more to web-based apps, desktop apps are less important today than they were 10 years ago.
If I have a Windows app I can't leave behind, why should I bother to under it under an emulator when I can run it under the real thing? And desktops apps are just as important today than they were 10 years ago.
Apparently this is the "less is more" philosophy...
You mean "more is more" since this logo has more than the previous logo.
there's basically no difference between any of the 100 different types Coke,
You mean there is no difference other than taste? I can't stand drinking cola's that aren't Coca-Cola. I also don't care for any of the other flavored Coca-Cola's either. Branding is HUGE for products, look at Red Bull. But saying the only difference between Coke and Pepsi is their branding is entirely inaccurate.
Judges are supposed to uphold the law.
No. The judges are supposed to interpret the law, and they are supposed to decide if a law is constitutional. Judges can strike down a law, that is also their job.
But copyrights? Fuck those.
Yeah I agree... why should we get to enjoy movies and tv shows and listen to songs?
If you got rid of copyrights, those things would no longer be created. Or actually they would, but they'd be made by amateurs and they'd suck.
but find Hollywoods desire to hedge on known quantities (sequels, copy-what's-popular, rehash/remake) is killing the creative content
So you stopped watching hollywood movies in like the 50s? I've heard this "killing the creative content" for years now. But sequels and remakes are nothing new. Shoot there were three Star Wars flicks, and the first one came out 35 years ago.
all he would have to do is knock on the door and say "Hotel security. Open the door, please".
The hotel has a voice activated door? Cause otherwise I don't quite understand how claiming to be hotel security causes the door to open.
Thankfully the world will never get rid of religion. But you already know the problem you are referring to has nothing to do with religion. If it wasn't religion it would be something else.
Back in the early days of the internet me and my friends used to dream of what the internet would bring, new levels, new modes, online scoreboards, new content, online multiplayer, cheaper localization, the end of region restrictions...
With the exception of region restrictions, what hasn't been realized? New levels? Various games get those from time to time. New modes? ditto. Online scoreboards? all over the place. New content? Ditto. Online multiplayer... yep, and too much of it. Cheaper localization, yep.
What do you actually want?
I don't get it... you prefer console games because they "just work" but at the same time you hope they update some of the bugs...
Generally when I hear the phrase "it just works" I don't expect it to be followed up with "I hope they fix the bugs" because that implies it doesn't "just work"