This is exactly what I was thinking. How does this help them in court? They're still hosting a web site that allows a lookup of copyrighted material and then gives you a set of instructions on how to obtain that material.
What does it matter if those instructions come in the form of a torrent/tracker or a magnet uri/PEX? How much different is tracker.piratebay.com from router.piratebay.com? Practically speaking they're still doing the same thing. And they're still hosting torrents, so wouldn't that leave an avenue available for the prosecution?
Connectify lets a Windows 7 laptop "tether" other wireless devices to a single Internet connection by effectively turning that PC into a software-based wireless router, added Gizis.
Serious question: can you do this easily with linux? I mean with only one wireless NIC.
This reminds me of that scene in Revolution OS where Linus is asked if he's angry that people are making billions of dollars off his work and not getting any of it directly:
So, if I hadn't made Linux available, I mean, I wouldn't have gotten any money that way either. So I mean, It's a win-win situation. Uh, just the fact that there are a lot of commercial companies means that there are a lot of Linux people who used to work on Linux kind of on the side. And now they get paid for doing what they wanted to do. And that helps me in the sense that I wanted them to work on Linux anyway.
"Support" doesn't mean "set up your system for you"...people seem to get that confused a lot. It means that if something isn't working as designed, they (the support people) will help you figure out why.
As a person who works for a company that sells Linux support, I can say that support means a lot more than that. While it does not mean "set up your system for you", it can mean making the process of setting up the system easier, or helping debug the customers "set up the system" script. And more often than not the system is "working as designed", just it was either designed counter-intuitively or it's not working as expected by the user. The support person will help you through that. Hell, as a support person I've even patched a customer's C code for them after an API change, even though it was technically out of SLA.
I'm not sure why everyone keeps bringing this up. IIHS doesn't consider it pointless to demonstratably show how far we've come since they started improving vehicle safety way back when. Additionally, it's an easy way to showcase the importance of the organization to the general public, kind of like how NASA highlights it's spacewalks and additional modules to the ISS even though most of what they do is boring research.
According to the Massachusetts secretary of state, the state public records law requires municipal employees to save electronic correspondence for at least two years, even if the contents are of "no informational or evidential value." The only e-mails that can be deleted are those containing completely inconsequential information, such as spam or questions about lunch orders.
So what? It shouldn't be left up to the end user to decide whether the email should be retained or not. Who's to say that a message titled, "Here's the $20k bribe for the big dig contract" doesn't contain spam or other "completely inconsequential information"?
Seeing as how the first 3 comments (including mine) are of the form "What's the reference?" and the 4th is of the form "The reference is..." I believe you're requiring %90 of/. must turn in their geek cards.
Mikes Toilet seems to be 1000x more interesting, if only for the fact that the updates seem automatic, meaning someone actually did hook up a twittering device to his toilet!
The primary reason why AutoProfile is not prior art is because the IBM patent specifically refers to a:
remote controller, suitable for use while viewing media programming and content
I primarily use my computer to "view media programming and content." The remote controller in this context is usually called a computer mouse.
and:
The enhanced remote controller allows the viewer to both communicate with a blogging server, and thus to a blogging service, as well as to display responses to and from other bloggers with whom the viewer is communicating. These blog communications may be accomplished without the viewer having to leave the broadcast receiver of the television.
which AutoProfile is not and has no functionality for.
If it's the fact the remote can post twitter updates, how is it any different than a nokia tablet with mythetomer? Or a phone that can also be used as a remote control? I use bluetooth to change the channels on my MythTv for example, and could you really say your tivo isn't technically a computer?
I'm aware that Nokia and Motorola didn't specifically design a phone for this purpose, but it probably is already used as such by some users.
So maybe it's time for both kernel developers and distribution packagers to focus a little bit more on which hardware users are buying.
Which is not multi (4+) core servers, but rather cheap laptops and netbooks.
Someone's buying those, and it's the people with the money. Con Kolivas ran into the same problem years and years ago.
Microsoft and Apple have versions of their OS that you should never install on a laptop. Linux has distros you should not install on a laptop, as well as someyoushould.
This is the same lame defense that the telecoms used. The court asked Google to violate their privacy policy, and Google said, "Yes sir, while you're at it would you like me to bend over?" From my reading of the story, there was absolutely no push back from Google. They totally deserve this suit.
Google should stop logging IP addresses for its other services just like it did for search.
The market doesn't work like that. People flock to the features that they want most, not the features that you deem are the most useful. For example, everyone in Japan is already using swipe payment, in spite of the fact that you think it is "retarded". This is a selling point for almost every smart phone but the iPhone.
Free news isn't all that hard to find. Neither is tabloid news. I had to stave off about 3 free tabloid vendors just on my way to work today.
Quality journalism is hard to find. Not only that, but it's expensive. There is a reason that HuffPost and DailyKos and TPM don't have bureaus in Iraq or Afganistan. That stuff costs $$$$$
It may be the more interesting aspect of this story isn't the record industry losing customers, but the younger generations skipping the main marketing arm of the recording industry, FM radio.
MTV already replaced radio for this function a long time ago. You mentioned Britney Spears; I didn't hear her on the radio, rather I "heard" her first single on Carson Daily's TRL. MTV is quickly being replaced by YouTube, ala OK Go.
Damn Brit was hot as a 17 year old school girl though (before you say anything, I was 16 at the time)
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This is exactly what I was thinking. How does this help them in court? They're still hosting a web site that allows a lookup of copyrighted material and then gives you a set of instructions on how to obtain that material.
What does it matter if those instructions come in the form of a torrent/tracker or a magnet uri/PEX? How much different is tracker.piratebay.com from router.piratebay.com? Practically speaking they're still doing the same thing. And they're still hosting torrents, so wouldn't that leave an avenue available for the prosecution?
I think the people who modded this "Informative" are a bit misinformed.
Connectify lets a Windows 7 laptop "tether" other wireless devices to a single Internet connection by effectively turning that PC into a software-based wireless router, added Gizis.
Serious question: can you do this easily with linux? I mean with only one wireless NIC.
Maybe Shuttleworth will eventually get what he wanted after all!
"Support" doesn't mean "set up your system for you"...people seem to get that confused a lot. It means that if something isn't working as designed, they (the support people) will help you figure out why.
As a person who works for a company that sells Linux support, I can say that support means a lot more than that. While it does not mean "set up your system for you", it can mean making the process of setting up the system easier, or helping debug the customers "set up the system" script. And more often than not the system is "working as designed", just it was either designed counter-intuitively or it's not working as expected by the user. The support person will help you through that. Hell, as a support person I've even patched a customer's C code for them after an API change, even though it was technically out of SLA.
I'm not sure why everyone keeps bringing this up. IIHS doesn't consider it pointless to demonstratably show how far we've come since they started improving vehicle safety way back when. Additionally, it's an easy way to showcase the importance of the organization to the general public, kind of like how NASA highlights it's spacewalks and additional modules to the ISS even though most of what they do is boring research.
Oh that sounds cool but I already have a technology to transfer a full-length Blu-ray movie in less than 30 seconds.
It's called a cable.
"Everyone here is familiar with the Linux video ads created by IBM, Red Hat, and Novell..."
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I don't believe that he meant everyone like everyone in the world, just everyone from
So what? It shouldn't be left up to the end user to decide whether the email should be retained or not. Who's to say that a message titled, "Here's the $20k bribe for the big dig contract" doesn't contain spam or other "completely inconsequential information"?
Guess you're not from Cleveland.
I read the books... 8 years ago.
/. must turn in their geek cards.
Seeing as how the first 3 comments (including mine) are of the form "What's the reference?" and the 4th is of the form "The reference is..." I believe you're requiring %90 of
Either that or kdawson is an epic troll.
I'm guessing the reference is the beloved ex governor, but is it that really so obvious on first reading? Unless I missed it entirely...
It's not like as though the company was named "Rusty Trombones Inc." or something
Amen to that,
I can only immagine not haveing apple+q quit the application in favor of ctl+f4 on mac. Or having ctl+W not work in linux.
whoops, didn't read Trebuche's comment.
Mikes Toilet seems to be 1000x more interesting, if only for the fact that the updates seem automatic, meaning someone actually did hook up a twittering device to his toilet!
The primary reason why AutoProfile is not prior art is because the IBM patent specifically refers to a: remote controller, suitable for use while viewing media programming and content
I primarily use my computer to "view media programming and content." The remote controller in this context is usually called a computer mouse.
and:
The enhanced remote controller allows the viewer to both communicate with a blogging server, and thus to a blogging service, as well as to display responses to and from other bloggers with whom the viewer is communicating. These blog communications may be accomplished without the viewer having to leave the broadcast receiver of the television.
which AutoProfile is not and has no functionality for.
Sorry, wrong plugin.
If it's the fact the remote can post twitter updates, how is it any different than a nokia tablet with mythetomer? Or a phone that can also be used as a remote control? I use bluetooth to change the channels on my MythTv for example, and could you really say your tivo isn't technically a computer?
I'm aware that Nokia and Motorola didn't specifically design a phone for this purpose, but it probably is already used as such by some users.
Ugh, can someone say prior art?
So maybe it's time for both kernel developers and distribution packagers to focus a little bit more on which hardware users are buying. Which is not multi (4+) core servers, but rather cheap laptops and netbooks.
Someone's buying those, and it's the people with the money. Con Kolivas ran into the same problem years and years ago.
Microsoft and Apple have versions of their OS that you should never install on a laptop. Linux has distros you should not install on a laptop, as well as some you should.
Bullshit.
This is the same lame defense that the telecoms used. The court asked Google to violate their privacy policy, and Google said, "Yes sir, while you're at it would you like me to bend over?" From my reading of the story, there was absolutely no push back from Google. They totally deserve this suit.
Google should stop logging IP addresses for its other services just like it did for search.
The market doesn't work like that. People flock to the features that they want most, not the features that you deem are the most useful. For example, everyone in Japan is already using swipe payment, in spite of the fact that you think it is "retarded". This is a selling point for almost every smart phone but the iPhone.
Ahh it may be too late for mod points, but xkcd is always relevent.
Free news isn't all that hard to find. Neither is tabloid news. I had to stave off about 3 free tabloid vendors just on my way to work today.
Quality journalism is hard to find. Not only that, but it's expensive. There is a reason that HuffPost and DailyKos and TPM don't have bureaus in Iraq or Afganistan. That stuff costs $$$$$
It may be the more interesting aspect of this story isn't the record industry losing customers, but the younger generations skipping the main marketing arm of the recording industry, FM radio.
MTV already replaced radio for this function a long time ago. You mentioned Britney Spears; I didn't hear her on the radio, rather I "heard" her first single on Carson Daily's TRL. MTV is quickly being replaced by YouTube, ala OK Go.
Damn Brit was hot as a 17 year old school girl though (before you say anything, I was 16 at the time)