We know that life arose from self-assembling molecules formed in a primitive thick atmosphere that rained into a primordial ocean where membranes wrapped around RNA packages to create unicellular life which eventually clustered and evolved into...us. Mars has not had the atmosphere with methane and ammonia needed for amino acids to form and, if it did indeed have oceans, they were too small, too shallow, and far too short-lived to have allowed life to have evolved. Ergo...life on Mars is...impossible. Cleared that right up for ya.
Dude, can you share a) your time travel machine, or b) your method of achieving a lifespan of 3 billion years? I think the rest of the world would love to hear about it.
I'm not the Anonymous Coward, but I'll toss in my experience. I went to the University of Maine, which is an above average engineering school (it ain't MIT, but it's one of the better state universities in the northeast). For my Computer Science degree, we were required to take three semesters of calculus (I got AP credits for the first two semesters), one semester of linear algebra, one semester of probability/statistics, two semesters of introductory physics (one mechanics, one electricity/magnetism), and two more physical science classes. I took introductory modern physics (basic relativity and quantum mechanics) and nuclear physics for extra science classes, and I took differential equations as an extra class because I needed it for the nuclear physics class and other high-level physics classes (I had been considering picking up a physics minor). I don't think differential equations is required for most Computer Science majors because it isn't used nearly as frequently as calculus or even linear algebra or statistics.
he absolutely positively did not get $1 billion for mysql he got about $16.6 million... The whole company was bought for $1 billion and a very small portion, reportedly about 12% or less of that went to Widenius and the other mysql founder.
Well, 12% of $1 billion would be $120 million, so if Widenius only got $16.6 million, the other founder must have gotten approximately $100 million, right?
Even if you are correct, I don't see why receiving "only" $16 million should make a difference in people's criticism.
Issues that NAT causes? Like shielding n00bs from the wilds of the internet?
NAT is a blessing. It allows people to access the net without being exposed to it.
Someone should write some software that can be put on a router that would offer the same protection without also causing all the problems that come with NAT. It would be like this large barrier that burns up any unauthorized data that tries to get by.
Hopefully a good marketing person can think up a decent name for such a thing.
In the second place, you can't copyright a name. I should write a story with characters from all the books of dead authors whose greedy estates want copyright on them, and let these Dicks sue me.
The first sentence is true, but your idea in the second sentence isn't quite correct. You can copyright fictional characters, so if you write a book using characters from other books, you are liable for infringement. If you use the same name for a completely different character (or in this case, something that isn't even a character), you might be safe, but most authors wouldn't take the risk of there being some similarity in the characters that can be used in an infringement case.
I'm pretty sure the summary is incorrect. From the Google posting:
Today, the web store allows you to purchase the Nexus One without operator service or with service from T-Mobile USA. We expect to add more operators, more devices and more countries in the future, including Verizon Wireless in the U.S. and Vodafone in Europe.
I would read that as "adding more operators, more devices, and more countries" refers to the web store, not the Nexus One.
As for the other half of your question, I would think any sensible person would consider the money 'spent' as soon as the check was written, and not spend it on something else.
The problem with that theory is that it only takes one such check to make your account statements not match your own records from that point on, which would become a bookkeeping nightmare.
Not necessarily; even though people are struggling there are always people who are doing very well. Just a few of those pitching in can help considerably.
I have the feeling that most of the people that are doing "very well" these days are not particularly interested in supporting a project that reveals secrets.
Yeah it works if you know what you're doing, but usually swap file is there for a reason.
It's there for when the operating system wants to have more data in memory than you have physical RAM. If you have 4 GB of RAM and never use more than 3 GB of it, the swap space will never get touched.
which ever technology makes the most profit and has the best ROI is the one any real free market company will use. it's only when you get government involved and disturbing the free market that you have issues with political moves and motivations. such as shelving something to make a point.
Wait, are you trying to say that the only reason a large company would buy and then suppress technology that might threaten their profits is because there's government interference instead of a "real free market"? Wouldn't a "real free market" absolutely allow this kind of dirty trick, while preventing it from happening is what would require government interference?
and many others want to have a portfolio for defensive purposes.
This alone speaks to the brokeness of the system.
I dunno, I can see how you could argue that "defensive patents" are in some way the purpose of the system. Instead of all of these technology companies making their knowledge trade secrets, they sign cross-licensing agreements so that both companies involved can use the other's research to make their own products better.
I can't just open a new business called General Motors All Donkey Erotica, because General Motors has a trademark on General Motors
Of course you can. You're forgetting why it's called trademark. Your trademark rights apply only within your specific trade. Then again, I'm sure some creative lawyer could find away to connect GM to donkey erotica.
No, the bible clearly states it is NOT the word of God. Check how different parts is attributed to different evangelists, none of them being God, and none of them under direct guidance by God.
There's more than the New Testament, you know. A slightly older bit that some people may have heard about. Of course, about 2,000 years ago, some rabbis found a couple verses that supported their effort to reinterpret the laws as they saw fit:
"It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'; Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'; But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it." D'varim 30:12-14
Google bought the software company almost 5 years ago, so that part is technically correct. It just took a long time for any manufacturers to release a phone using it.
Wasn't "can make phone calls" something like fourth on the N900's feature list? I don't really consider the N900 a cell phone, I'd call it a handheld computer. And I want one really, really bad.
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We know that life arose from self-assembling molecules formed in a primitive thick atmosphere that rained into a primordial ocean where membranes wrapped around RNA packages to create unicellular life which eventually clustered and evolved into...us. Mars has not had the atmosphere with methane and ammonia needed for amino acids to form and, if it did indeed have oceans, they were too small, too shallow, and far too short-lived to have allowed life to have evolved. Ergo...life on Mars is...impossible. Cleared that right up for ya.
Dude, can you share a) your time travel machine, or b) your method of achieving a lifespan of 3 billion years? I think the rest of the world would love to hear about it.
Damnit, Cartman, get off Slashdot.
How you got an interesting moderation, I'll never know.
Allow me to be the first person to welcome you to Slashdot.
If I have prior art of a hinge and you put a hinge in the accelerator pedal of a car can you patent it?
If the combination is considered not obvious, then I believe the answer is yes.
I'm not the Anonymous Coward, but I'll toss in my experience. I went to the University of Maine, which is an above average engineering school (it ain't MIT, but it's one of the better state universities in the northeast). For my Computer Science degree, we were required to take three semesters of calculus (I got AP credits for the first two semesters), one semester of linear algebra, one semester of probability/statistics, two semesters of introductory physics (one mechanics, one electricity/magnetism), and two more physical science classes. I took introductory modern physics (basic relativity and quantum mechanics) and nuclear physics for extra science classes, and I took differential equations as an extra class because I needed it for the nuclear physics class and other high-level physics classes (I had been considering picking up a physics minor). I don't think differential equations is required for most Computer Science majors because it isn't used nearly as frequently as calculus or even linear algebra or statistics.
he absolutely positively did not get $1 billion for mysql he got about $16.6 million... The whole company was bought for $1 billion and a very small portion, reportedly about 12% or less of that went to Widenius and the other mysql founder.
Well, 12% of $1 billion would be $120 million, so if Widenius only got $16.6 million, the other founder must have gotten approximately $100 million, right?
Even if you are correct, I don't see why receiving "only" $16 million should make a difference in people's criticism.
Issues that NAT causes? Like shielding n00bs from the wilds of the internet?
NAT is a blessing. It allows people to access the net without being exposed to it.
Someone should write some software that can be put on a router that would offer the same protection without also causing all the problems that come with NAT. It would be like this large barrier that burns up any unauthorized data that tries to get by.
Hopefully a good marketing person can think up a decent name for such a thing.
In the second place, you can't copyright a name. I should write a story with characters from all the books of dead authors whose greedy estates want copyright on them, and let these Dicks sue me.
The first sentence is true, but your idea in the second sentence isn't quite correct. You can copyright fictional characters, so if you write a book using characters from other books, you are liable for infringement. If you use the same name for a completely different character (or in this case, something that isn't even a character), you might be safe, but most authors wouldn't take the risk of there being some similarity in the characters that can be used in an infringement case.
Today, the web store allows you to purchase the Nexus One without operator service or with service from T-Mobile USA. We expect to add more operators, more devices and more countries in the future, including Verizon Wireless in the U.S. and Vodafone in Europe.
I would read that as "adding more operators, more devices, and more countries" refers to the web store, not the Nexus One.
Past success is not a guarantee of future performance.
Just fork the thing, call it MontyScrewedUpSQL or whatever and away you go.
And it could be abbreviated MSSQL
Bono is not number 2!
As for the other half of your question, I would think any sensible person would consider the money 'spent' as soon as the check was written, and not spend it on something else.
The problem with that theory is that it only takes one such check to make your account statements not match your own records from that point on, which would become a bookkeeping nightmare.
They just have good PR people
Because there's no way that Google could ever be popular simply because they have good products and services.
Pontiac Aztek. 'Nuff said.
If you take the antidote without consuming the synthehol, will you become excessively sober?
So the antidote to Romulan ale is Klatchian coffee?
Not necessarily; even though people are struggling there are always people who are doing very well. Just a few of those pitching in can help considerably.
I have the feeling that most of the people that are doing "very well" these days are not particularly interested in supporting a project that reveals secrets.
Yeah it works if you know what you're doing, but usually swap file is there for a reason.
It's there for when the operating system wants to have more data in memory than you have physical RAM. If you have 4 GB of RAM and never use more than 3 GB of it, the swap space will never get touched.
which ever technology makes the most profit and has the best ROI is the one any real free market company will use. it's only when you get government involved and disturbing the free market that you have issues with political moves and motivations. such as shelving something to make a point.
Wait, are you trying to say that the only reason a large company would buy and then suppress technology that might threaten their profits is because there's government interference instead of a "real free market"? Wouldn't a "real free market" absolutely allow this kind of dirty trick, while preventing it from happening is what would require government interference?
*must fight urge to put a joke about Garry Glitter in this comment*
*must fight...*
HEEEEYYY *head explodes into a cloud of glitter*
Fixed that for you.
This alone speaks to the brokeness of the system.
I dunno, I can see how you could argue that "defensive patents" are in some way the purpose of the system. Instead of all of these technology companies making their knowledge trade secrets, they sign cross-licensing agreements so that both companies involved can use the other's research to make their own products better.
I can't just open a new business called General Motors All Donkey Erotica, because General Motors has a trademark on General Motors
Of course you can. You're forgetting why it's called trademark. Your trademark rights apply only within your specific trade. Then again, I'm sure some creative lawyer could find away to connect GM to donkey erotica.
No, the bible clearly states it is NOT the word of God. Check how different parts is attributed to different evangelists, none of them being God, and none of them under direct guidance by God.
There's more than the New Testament, you know. A slightly older bit that some people may have heard about. Of course, about 2,000 years ago, some rabbis found a couple verses that supported their effort to reinterpret the laws as they saw fit:
"It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'; Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'; But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it." D'varim 30:12-14
Google bought the software company almost 5 years ago, so that part is technically correct. It just took a long time for any manufacturers to release a phone using it.
Wasn't "can make phone calls" something like fourth on the N900's feature list? I don't really consider the N900 a cell phone, I'd call it a handheld computer. And I want one really, really bad.