Dude, you need to back up and understand electronics and microprocessors first. But something tells me you got an MIS degree, and decided to hack a little. Are there a lot of systems? Yup. Do they do radically different things? Nope. RAM isn't part of the OS level? Hmmm...
Those are actually such incredibly complex technologies that they'll make any engineer dizzy if they think about them too much, and such that no single company can deal with that entire complexity.
NOT. We engineers objectify the different systems and modularize them for easy interaction and replacement. We can also understand (and even improve!) the individual systems without getting dizzy. This is why the majority of software engineers oppose software patents. If it was really that hard, we might think that monopolies on things like "one click" were warranted. They aren't.
I do agree that to your average user, this seems very complex. It's like trying to teach creative writing to a member of an isolated tribe who has never seen writing. Very few common points of reference.
So now all the USPTO needs to do is replace the isolated tribe members with Engineers...
Yes, of course parody is legal in the US and not in the UK. Who do you think the founding fathers were making fun of in the newspapers? And who do you think wanted it stamped out?
At this point, I think the Republicans would stamp out parody in the US if they could. They're really easy targets, and have lost elections with parody playing a big part. (Bob Dole and Palin jump to mind.) On the other side, the Democrats would just stamp out anything that hurt anyone's feelings.
There you go, Mike, thinking that you can judge Trademark cases.
Just sit down, take a deep breath, and realize that the best judge of the "moron-in-a-hurry" test is the Judge presiding in the case.
Strange, how history repeats itself. I get the feeling that every copyright defender AC views himself or herself as a "Lord", and the rest of us are serf scum.
Oh, well. My dad always said we came from "sturdy peasant stock," and my last name apparently means "chaff" (as in "separate the wheat from the")
With flames like this, you'd better hope Mike is right, and the New York senators never get their bill passed.
You may not live in New York, but if you ever visit...
Exactly. If you are into comics, you go to a COMIC BOOK STORE, and get a PULL BOX for your comics of choice. Then, the store will put a copy of every comic you have signed up for in your pull box, and you never miss an issue.
Buying at B&N is just for browsers and gifts for kids. It will hurt DC a lot more than B&N.
I've always found the "exclusive" deals to be gutless, anyway. Sell to everyone, or don't sell to anyone.
As a software developer who mainly uses Microsoft products, I can tell you you're full of it. Microsoft is a safe bet, and sets up faster. Period. There are a lot of competing software in the open source arena which can do the things Microsoft products can do. It certainly can't do it out of the box, but then, you have the source code, don't you?
Microsoft used to have massive documentation as well, but that's pretty much down the can. Useful tech docs are few and far between, and most people have to rely on Microsoft Partners, who have a direct line to Redmond.
There's less and less you can do with Microsoft products. And if they don't get the message, you can bet that they will be losing considerable market share in the coming years.
Ya know, even though these posts don't generate many comments, and I'm a big geek so I generally have seen the articles already, they are still pretty cool. Just the way they are related and written up is nice. And when you get one that I haven't seen, it's really cool!
The key phrase here is "have been." They are now trying to be part of the "Cargo Cult" of Apple, I guess because of Apple's huge market cap. They have completely forgotten they own 90% of the PC market, and the lion's share of the Enterprise sector. Now, they are changing their entire line to chase the consumer market, and in my opinion, throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
You want to give people a different UI? Go ahead. But leave the old one, and see what user's use. Don't just change for the sake of change.
The other thing is - Microsoft is a software company. Hardware agnostic. That alone keeps them more open than the others. They do, however, attempt to lock software platforms, with Directx and the new .NET. The new .NET is no longer platform-independent, thanks to hooks into the Windows API. Windows 8 looks to mark a particularly dark turning point for Microsoft.
...this is a business opportunity.
Lock up your hockey, football, etc. and fans just might look for some open hockey, football, etc.
The question is, who will take advantage of it, and when?
And most people would agree that the "rightful" owner is the artist who created the work. We can also agree that the rightful owner rarely sees any of the money which does get paid, thereby significantly reducing the moralistic stance of the "legal" owners.
Most people would also agree that taking, copying, and sharing are 3 different words which mean 3 different things.
Computers have had voice recognition since they could record voice, at least since 1991. The question is, does it work in the wild? Please do not add to the unbalanced fervor of a Gizmodo fanboi until you've used the feature yourself, or had reliable people test it.
Hey, way to totally miss the point. I was showing that the Republicans (who run on a religious platform) are just as big a bunch of hypocrites as the Democrats.
At one time, I identified myself as a conservative. Then, the US took 5 steps to the right. I'm hanging out in the middle now, and that scares me.
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NOT. We engineers objectify the different systems and modularize them for easy interaction and replacement. We can also understand (and even improve!) the individual systems without getting dizzy. This is why the majority of software engineers oppose software patents. If it was really that hard, we might think that monopolies on things like "one click" were warranted. They aren't.
I do agree that to your average user, this seems very complex. It's like trying to teach creative writing to a member of an isolated tribe who has never seen writing. Very few common points of reference.
So now all the USPTO needs to do is replace the isolated tribe members with Engineers...
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History...
At this point, I think the Republicans would stamp out parody in the US if they could. They're really easy targets, and have lost elections with parody playing a big part. (Bob Dole and Palin jump to mind.) On the other side, the Democrats would just stamp out anything that hurt anyone's feelings.
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Fixed
Step 2: "Dontate" to PACs
Setp 3: Wait
Inflation, dude. Yer still trippin' in the '60s.
You got a lot of multi-billionare's to outbid.
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Just sit down, take a deep breath, and realize that the best judge of the "moron-in-a-hurry" test is the Judge presiding in the case.
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We went from an 80% cluster f**k to 100%.
Vote Democrat this time. They at least PRETEND to care.
(People who make over $1 million in a year aren't rich? WTF?)
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Oh, well. My dad always said we came from "sturdy peasant stock," and my last name apparently means "chaff" (as in "separate the wheat from the")
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You may not live in New York, but if you ever visit...
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Buying at B&N is just for browsers and gifts for kids. It will hurt DC a lot more than B&N.
I've always found the "exclusive" deals to be gutless, anyway. Sell to everyone, or don't sell to anyone.
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Microsoft used to have massive documentation as well, but that's pretty much down the can. Useful tech docs are few and far between, and most people have to rely on Microsoft Partners, who have a direct line to Redmond.
There's less and less you can do with Microsoft products. And if they don't get the message, you can bet that they will be losing considerable market share in the coming years.
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Keep up the good work!
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You want to give people a different UI? Go ahead. But leave the old one, and see what user's use. Don't just change for the sake of change.
The other thing is - Microsoft is a software company. Hardware agnostic. That alone keeps them more open than the others. They do, however, attempt to lock software platforms, with Directx and the new .NET. The new .NET is no longer platform-independent, thanks to hooks into the Windows API. Windows 8 looks to mark a particularly dark turning point for Microsoft.
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This isn't a problem...
Lock up your hockey, football, etc. and fans just might look for some open hockey, football, etc.
The question is, who will take advantage of it, and when?
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Most people would also agree that taking, copying, and sharing are 3 different words which mean 3 different things.
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Does it work in the wild?
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At one time, I identified myself as a conservative. Then, the US took 5 steps to the right. I'm hanging out in the middle now, and that scares me.
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