Yeah, that head is pretty cool. Some people brought it to an event a few years back in Brazil that RMS was at and gave it to the FSF as a gift. There are also hooves that go over your hands, but they couldn't hand out copies of Trisquel with them on.
It would be impossible for even a superhuman judge to read every court document that comes their way. Judges often rely upon their clerks to actually get all the court documents read and understood. The clerk will often deal with smaller trial motions, such as motions to dismiss, then report to the judge on how they should rule.
This doesn't make the author's situation any better though. Just because a judge isn't able to read all the documents doesn't mean that they shouldn't be read. In all likelihood it was the clerk who was not doing his duty. Many judges (who decide whether to keep a particular clerk in their employ) might actually be a little intrigued to find out whether their clerks were doing their jobs or not.
In a time when many people believe that environmentalism and governmental regulation are synonymous I think an article demonstrating the contrary is interesting. When taken with the fact that increases in gas prices have been hurting SUV sales there seems to be a developing picture of market forces working towards environmental ends.
I bet they actually like getting linked, but they see it as something that they might be able to extract money from. Why get only free advertizing when you could get google to pay you for it?
It's actually a pretty popular business plan. Like the telcos and net neutrality. Why get only free content that makes my service actually worth having when I can get google to pay for it?
new patented business model: get something for free from google, then force them to pay me for it.
This is just along the lines of what I was thinking. People often take up positions such as "your software is slow" or "your company is inept" when in reality it is some other interest that they actually need fulfilled. Sometimes when you are dealing with a stubborn customer the best thing to do is calm down, start asking questions about their whole experience and find out what they are really after. "your product is slow" could mean they had a bad experience with a salesperson or as ductape said that they just feel like they paid too much. Once you find what they really want you'll be better able to come up with creative solutions that will meet their needs.
Not that that's easy.
I also found that title somewhat lacking. In my mind, envisioning free computing is not the same as patenting a business model. I guess they meant "free" as in ad-ware.
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Yeah, that head is pretty cool. Some people brought it to an event a few years back in Brazil that RMS was at and gave it to the FSF as a gift. There are also hooves that go over your hands, but they couldn't hand out copies of Trisquel with them on.
It would be impossible for even a superhuman judge to read every court document that comes their way. Judges often rely upon their clerks to actually get all the court documents read and understood. The clerk will often deal with smaller trial motions, such as motions to dismiss, then report to the judge on how they should rule. This doesn't make the author's situation any better though. Just because a judge isn't able to read all the documents doesn't mean that they shouldn't be read. In all likelihood it was the clerk who was not doing his duty. Many judges (who decide whether to keep a particular clerk in their employ) might actually be a little intrigued to find out whether their clerks were doing their jobs or not.
In a time when many people believe that environmentalism and governmental regulation are synonymous I think an article demonstrating the contrary is interesting. When taken with the fact that increases in gas prices have been hurting SUV sales there seems to be a developing picture of market forces working towards environmental ends.
I bet they actually like getting linked, but they see it as something that they might be able to extract money from. Why get only free advertizing when you could get google to pay you for it? It's actually a pretty popular business plan. Like the telcos and net neutrality. Why get only free content that makes my service actually worth having when I can get google to pay for it? new patented business model: get something for free from google, then force them to pay me for it.
This is just along the lines of what I was thinking. People often take up positions such as "your software is slow" or "your company is inept" when in reality it is some other interest that they actually need fulfilled. Sometimes when you are dealing with a stubborn customer the best thing to do is calm down, start asking questions about their whole experience and find out what they are really after. "your product is slow" could mean they had a bad experience with a salesperson or as ductape said that they just feel like they paid too much. Once you find what they really want you'll be better able to come up with creative solutions that will meet their needs. Not that that's easy.
I also didn't think they were all that funny. My thoughts were more along the lines of "well that's typical" as opposed to sad.
I also found that title somewhat lacking. In my mind, envisioning free computing is not the same as patenting a business model. I guess they meant "free" as in ad-ware.