If you are really concerned about keeping it "yours", then write it down and register the copyright for it in your country. I believe that sending it as a fax to someone is a proper and legal way of making it "published". If you really think that it's also valuable, file a patent application (this is not automatic like the copyright, but works on a first come, first served basis, so better be first than sorry).
The "writing it down" (and optionally faxing it) makes sure that you are the author of that specific "version" of the idea, which could come in handy later, but it's also probably the first step required to be able to distribute it "as yours" to other people and have it peer-reviewed (in a sense) by your colleagues/friends/whatever.
You could use this second "step" before applying for a patent to avoid extra costs for having to revise it should something be wrong and the initial application is rejected by the Patent Office - although the nice country of the USA allows patents on software and I'll bite my nails for the first flawless piece of software, so I wouldn't worry about flawed ideas that you might want to patent if they're worthy...
In summary, share it (publish), fix it (peer-review), and use it (?)
not to forget that power steering and ABS, well, need electricity to work.
How is that cutting power in the car while you are speeding at over 70mph (to give an example on UK motorways) will actually decrease the chance of killing someone?
If instead we are talking about urban areas (inside cities), then someone has to explain me what difference it makes to be hit at 30mph (the speed limit) or 35mph (which in "their" opinion would be enough to cut the power). Either that person should not be crossing the street in that place or in that moment, or the car should not be moving because of a traffic light or a pedestrian crossing.
Either way, I dont see how it would actually improve anything...
And because they haven't indicated what version of the Operating System it applies to, Microsoft can cripple them for the next 20 years? Nice! (I wonder if it also applies to Azure)
Time to switch away from Microsoft, oh wait, I already did:-)
If the Patent Office can be convinced that a piece of software (computer program) can be called in many different ways, they haven't got a clue of what they're doing...
Luckily software patents are not enforceable in the EU:
"A computer program implementing a business process is therefore not an invention, but a computer program implementing an industrial process may well be."
Shareware anyone?
How on Earth have they been granted such a patent? (No, I haven't read TFA but it once again shows that the Patent Office has no idea whatsover of what it's doing...)
Luckily, software patents are not enforceable in the EU. Time to move.
How much OEMs like Dell are paying for the various Windows versions
- Let's say $110 for Vista Home Premium based on OEM prices at a retail store. Take these off an entry-level model and it's a 30% "discount"
What the contracts specify about pricing and how non-Microsoft OSes affect the prices Dell is chared by Microsoft
- Let's say these are mostly anti-competitive things (as judged by the two biggest economies in the world, EU and USA) and users will surely gain from the absence of these restrictions - while Dell might save on lawyers and accountants to keep the system running...
How much the various add on/bundling software vendors are paying to subsidize the cost of Windows on x86 boxes
- This made sense when people were not computer-savvy. Today's teens were born with a computer next to the baby-monitor so that's not an issue anymore to know that you need an anti-virus software with Windows... This sounds a little like commercials on your favourite radio station to counterbalance the costs of running the equipment and song royalties - people just skips them.
How much it really costs Dell to support, advertise, and ship Linux in addition to Windows
Then why the heck computers with GNU/Linux still cost the same price as their Windows counterpart with the same configuration, while they could be up to 40% cheaper?
If OEM don't have the "special" deals with Microsoft anymore, then I guess their price for Windows would be only slighter less than Enterprise deals (or whatever they call them these days)...
Surely the first manufacturer to apply the due reduction for not enabling Windows by default (I guess that it could still be installed as a dual-boot by the manufacturer and only charge the end-customer if they do accept the T&C and enable it) would sell them at the lowest price among the competition or are these guys not interested anymore in market share?
They actually get another $100 from Microsoft for not doing so, why should they give-up $300 for the sake of the users/customers?
These companies prefer to "invest" millions in cheating consumers and risking billions of fines (Intel is the latest example) rather than play it fair.
Sure, it wouldn't matter if we were all super-rich and could spend enough money to make everyone and ourselves go for a holiday each year. Think about the increase of house prices and fuel prices in the last 10 years and then think how much an entry level job salary has increased in the same period (don't consider your salary augmentation when changing jobs, that's a false increase: not every new kid on the block might be as lucky...)
you friggin' asked if I knew what they were "running" and surely I was answering to that...
in any case, they come with a user manual indicating the specifications...
I wonder what would happen if, taking a monopolistic approach, all Web Servers out there started to mis-count the browser/OS version of the client accessing its pages... not that you would agree on the fact that two thirds of them are Apache anyway...
<rant>
Yes, go ahead, mod me off-topic since TFA was about Linux and not Open Source, but then you'll have to admit that Open Source is not a company and also that Microsoft XP is quite not the same thing as Windows Vista, so why would you still count them together as "Windows"?
</rant>
Instead, I'll admit that Windows has 45% of the market when you count in the BSA "pirate" rate...
Do YOU have an output device on all those appliances? (how the heck do you suppose to obtain that information without a RS232 comms port or a screen with related {i} button?)
[ my responses are limited, you must ask the right questions ]
That hugely depends on your audience...
If your dataset is pensioners living in a retirement house, then that'll be:
- 99% (the guests): "we are not allowed swear words in here";
- 1% (the receptionist): "this one here" - pointing to the screen
I'm sorry guys, but if all of you have been upgrading to IE8, it means that the previous IE version is not there anymore, so how can you all say "IE8 didn't become the default browser"... what is it now, a zombie set as default?
They still probably think that it adds to the glamour having a "Class A" network, like having an AAA score would have prevented the fall of the markets... (for your information: it didn't)
and make sure that it's a good DATA signal and not only a good VOICE signal...
oh, and check how many other users there are in the vicinity because the bandwidth decreases exponentially (2 users get half, 3 users get a third,...)
again, I've never been to a concert, but your $50000 for "gross tour income" seems a little disconcerting. I can imagine $200 a ticket for famous artists and maybe $100 for less famous ones, and that would mean 500 total fans during the whole tour in your example. unbelievable!
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If you are really concerned about keeping it "yours", then write it down and register the copyright for it in your country. I believe that sending it as a fax to someone is a proper and legal way of making it "published". If you really think that it's also valuable, file a patent application (this is not automatic like the copyright, but works on a first come, first served basis, so better be first than sorry). The "writing it down" (and optionally faxing it) makes sure that you are the author of that specific "version" of the idea, which could come in handy later, but it's also probably the first step required to be able to distribute it "as yours" to other people and have it peer-reviewed (in a sense) by your colleagues/friends/whatever. You could use this second "step" before applying for a patent to avoid extra costs for having to revise it should something be wrong and the initial application is rejected by the Patent Office - although the nice country of the USA allows patents on software and I'll bite my nails for the first flawless piece of software, so I wouldn't worry about flawed ideas that you might want to patent if they're worthy... In summary, share it (publish), fix it (peer-review), and use it (?)
not to forget that power steering and ABS, well, need electricity to work.
How is that cutting power in the car while you are speeding at over 70mph (to give an example on UK motorways) will actually decrease the chance of killing someone?
If instead we are talking about urban areas (inside cities), then someone has to explain me what difference it makes to be hit at 30mph (the speed limit) or 35mph (which in "their" opinion would be enough to cut the power). Either that person should not be crossing the street in that place or in that moment, or the car should not be moving because of a traffic light or a pedestrian crossing.
Either way, I dont see how it would actually improve anything...
And because they haven't indicated what version of the Operating System it applies to, Microsoft can cripple them for the next 20 years? Nice! (I wonder if it also applies to Azure) :-)
Time to switch away from Microsoft, oh wait, I already did
If the Patent Office can be convinced that a piece of software (computer program) can be called in many different ways, they haven't got a clue of what they're doing...
Luckily software patents are not enforceable in the EU: "A computer program implementing a business process is therefore not an invention, but a computer program implementing an industrial process may well be."
You clearly never used QDOS, ehm, MS-DOS.
OS interrupted.
Shareware anyone?
How on Earth have they been granted such a patent? (No, I haven't read TFA but it once again shows that the Patent Office has no idea whatsover of what it's doing...)
Luckily, software patents are not enforceable in the EU. Time to move.
Allow me to translate that:
US gallon = 3.78 liters
UK gallon = 4.54 litres
Therefore it would be 50 mpg in UK... good luck with that!
How much OEMs like Dell are paying for the various Windows versions
- Let's say $110 for Vista Home Premium based on OEM prices at a retail store. Take these off an entry-level model and it's a 30% "discount"
What the contracts specify about pricing and how non-Microsoft OSes affect the prices Dell is chared by Microsoft
- Let's say these are mostly anti-competitive things (as judged by the two biggest economies in the world, EU and USA) and users will surely gain from the absence of these restrictions - while Dell might save on lawyers and accountants to keep the system running...
How much the various add on/bundling software vendors are paying to subsidize the cost of Windows on x86 boxes
- This made sense when people were not computer-savvy. Today's teens were born with a computer next to the baby-monitor so that's not an issue anymore to know that you need an anti-virus software with Windows... This sounds a little like commercials on your favourite radio station to counterbalance the costs of running the equipment and song royalties - people just skips them.
How much it really costs Dell to support, advertise, and ship Linux in addition to Windows
I'd change that to
How much it really costs Dell to support Windows
- 100 people? 200 people?
Then why the heck computers with GNU/Linux still cost the same price as their Windows counterpart with the same configuration, while they could be up to 40% cheaper?
If OEM don't have the "special" deals with Microsoft anymore, then I guess their price for Windows would be only slighter less than Enterprise deals (or whatever they call them these days)...
Surely the first manufacturer to apply the due reduction for not enabling Windows by default (I guess that it could still be installed as a dual-boot by the manufacturer and only charge the end-customer if they do accept the T&C and enable it) would sell them at the lowest price among the competition or are these guys not interested anymore in market share?
They actually get another $100 from Microsoft for not doing so, why should they give-up $300 for the sake of the users/customers?
These companies prefer to "invest" millions in cheating consumers and risking billions of fines (Intel is the latest example) rather than play it fair.
Sure, it wouldn't matter if we were all super-rich and could spend enough money to make everyone and ourselves go for a holiday each year. Think about the increase of house prices and fuel prices in the last 10 years and then think how much an entry level job salary has increased in the same period (don't consider your salary augmentation when changing jobs, that's a false increase: not every new kid on the block might be as lucky...)
Unless it's your plan to eradicate all of humanity?
No, just of the assholes that you refer to... most of which are _ _ Y _ _ S
you friggin' asked if I knew what they were "running" and surely I was answering to that...
in any case, they come with a user manual indicating the specifications...
I wonder what would happen if, taking a monopolistic approach, all Web Servers out there started to mis-count the browser/OS version of the client accessing its pages... not that you would agree on the fact that two thirds of them are Apache anyway...
<rant>
Yes, go ahead, mod me off-topic since TFA was about Linux and not Open Source, but then you'll have to admit that Open Source is not a company and also that Microsoft XP is quite not the same thing as Windows Vista, so why would you still count them together as "Windows"?
</rant>
Instead, I'll admit that Windows has 45% of the market when you count in the BSA "pirate" rate...
When I switched my entire home network to Linux, it went from 0% to 100% in under 2 hours... I wouldn't call it a far cry!
Do YOU have an output device on all those appliances? (how the heck do you suppose to obtain that information without a RS232 comms port or a screen with related {i} button?)
[ my responses are limited, you must ask the right questions ]
That hugely depends on your audience...
If your dataset is pensioners living in a retirement house, then that'll be:
- 99% (the guests): "we are not allowed swear words in here";
- 1% (the receptionist): "this one here" - pointing to the screen
good luck with that on a netbook (most of which have 600 pixels of vertical size)
I'm sorry guys, but if all of you have been upgrading to IE8, it means that the previous IE version is not there anymore, so how can you all say "IE8 didn't become the default browser"... what is it now, a zombie set as default?
They still probably think that it adds to the glamour having a "Class A" network, like having an AAA score would have prevented the fall of the markets... (for your information: it didn't)
as in POKE 192.168.11.12@1900:1060,#00FF00 to flip the bottom-right corner to green?
I knew these "card readers" on my laptop had a second use after all...
is this "comic book guy" thing a trilogy?
I thought it had been falling from the sky at winter for the last 6000 years, god why are they stopping the supplies?
and make sure that it's a good DATA signal and not only a good VOICE signal... ...)
oh, and check how many other users there are in the vicinity because the bandwidth decreases exponentially (2 users get half, 3 users get a third,
where have the goold old days of punctuating an acronym gone?
W.H.O. as in World Health Organisation
not to be confused with abbreviations like Inc. (for Incorporated, and yes, I'd like people to puctuate this as well...)
again, I've never been to a concert, but your $50000 for "gross tour income" seems a little disconcerting. I can imagine $200 a ticket for famous artists and maybe $100 for less famous ones, and that would mean 500 total fans during the whole tour in your example. unbelievable!