Comment Steve what happened with the Mac in the 80's? (Score 2) 612
Steve just wanting to know the story with Steve jobs baby "The Mac" in 80's
and what were your thoughts on its development?
They make it seem like this is some revolutionary new way to identify pneumonia and is better than anything we currentally have. But it just turns a cheap microphone into a crappy stethoscope.
You forgot to add the Million dollars of Doctors training also connected to said scope and its not just a crappy stethoscope it is a measuring device used day to day by medical professionals.
This app turns a (smart? its running windows) mobile and crappy microphone into Expert recommendations this means you and I could diagnose this condition as well as a medical professional with years of training.
Are 12-16 Hour Workdays Productive? - This is the wrong question.
The Real Question/s should be Why ?
Why does the company find it necessary ?
Why can't they employ more staff?
Why do staff spend 16 hours at this company?
Why haven't they got a life outside of work ? (I mean come on 8 hours which is just enough time to sleep)
How sad and cynical do you have to be to seriously believe that all the time and money Gates has spent, especially post-Microsoft, is some sort of elaborate ploy to make people think better of him? I'm sure he's under no illusion that he can convince certain elements of the Slashdot community, but really, that's far more a reflection on those people than it is him.
Your comment has truly depressed me. Doubly so that it got modded anything other than flamebait.
I hope your joking please don't kill yourself , it is only Bill Gates after all....
Bill Gates is just following the pattern of all powerful people who discover they are hated and founding a charity to present them in a better light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel
My Memories of Micro$oft and Bill is of an aggressive Tech company that had no ethics and would follow a pattern of Steal , Sue and Buyout.
But hey hes doing some good now changing from the Anti-Christ into something sweeter smelling... (still shit but a with touch of roses)
I find this article annoying as the poster is using this article to promote his point of view which is biased and misleading.
The CSIRO is a scientific research organization and as such it can in no way commercialize the technology.
I agree that it was sad that CSIRO have to take companies to court to defend their patents but if these these companies would play by the rules and license the technology then CSIRO would not have to resort to the flawed legal system.
The fact that you do not like the way it uses patents to fund research is neither here nor their it as it is using patent law for it's intended purpose which is different from a person or organization that uses patents purely for litigation.
I would ask the poster that if he is going to submit propaganda that at least he should be truthful and honest about what he is doing.
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And letting in the US is better ?
Well I think it's , at least for westerners, a case of the devil ( USA) you know.
USA is a very easy devil to deal with just throw money at it and it will let you do what ever you like.
Cause it's gets a bit nasty if you don't have money but at least it's an honest devil.
Speaking as an Indian, I can safely say that we as a country don't deserve to have ANY control over the Internet......
However if you think about it the Indian government, going by past experience with the commonwealth games, could runs things so badly it just might be a positive. Internet chaos might be good.
Do you think big content cares about what's legal and what isn't?
Mod Parent post up +5 Insightful This is the real issue here .
I don't understand what Optus is doing. If they win then they will have no long term competitive advantage because their competitors could then do it too. It seems to be all risk with no real reward.
What Optus (big nasty Telco) is doing is getting around a monopoly on broadcasting rights that Telstra (other big nasty Telco) bought from the AFL & NRL (Australian football sports leagues) . It has the potential to save them millions in broadcasting license fees just by facilitating a service and saying "we are not doing anything illegal its the customer who wants to time-shift the broadcast". Can you imagine all the "poor" (he he) footballers not getting paid the "big bucks" if this is allowed to go through ? You have to give Optus points for "having the balls" to try it.
The same goes for you Ipad people. These guys took radio signal processing that they used to study stars and applied it to data communications.
I remember the early 1990's and mobile data communications meant dial up speeds and that was only IF you were the only person sending data to the mobile phone tower in your area its the one of the reason's why sms text messages are so short that is all you could send with the technology at the time.
As long as we're going to reinvent the wheel again, we might as well try making it round this time. - Mike Dennison
