Comment when can we expect them to sue everyone else? (Score 0, Troll) 282
When they try to enforce a patent on a slightly modified geometric shape that there is prior art for in a 40+ year old movie and 25 year old television programs.
When they try to enforce a patent on a slightly modified geometric shape that there is prior art for in a 40+ year old movie and 25 year old television programs.
...Even knowing they are, I'm not sure I really care. I guess on a theoretical level it's annoying, But I have too many other things to worry about to get worked up over this....
Congratulations...you're apathy is deep enough to drown in. Not only that, but this is precisely why these companies a) do this, and b) get away with this.
While on one hand I totally agree with you, I also don't really want to live in a uni-bomber style shack/lifestyle. Frankly you are either too young/naive and are sponging off of your parents or are talking out of your ass. There is no way in hell you can be a productive well adjusted member of society (not that I'm sure this is that great of a thing, but I digress)and truly be fighting all of the injustices in the world. OnStar knowing exactly where I am in my car is an annoyance at best, but is still pretty far down on my list of world problems right now. Hell, as ubiquitous as cell phones have become, how may companies/gov't agencies know exactly where you are currently?
I own a 2003 GM vehicle and I know f that the previous owner upgraded the OnStar system when they changed over from analog to digital. I've often wondered about how this works and if they can still track the car. Even knowing they are, I'm not sure I really care. I guess on a theoretical level it's annoying, But I have too many other things to worry about to get worked up over this. Actually, I've wondered if there is some kind of liability for them if they are still tracking my car w/o their service. If I get in a wreck and even though I don't have their service, can they be held accountable if they are still tracking me and choose withhold assistance? Honestly I assumed that they wouldn't want to have this kind of liability.
You missed my point. I restated the golden rule: treat others as you would have them treat you. It's not about getting something out of it (preferential treatment by the government), it's about doing the right thing.
Apparently it's been a while since you last visited Slashdot.
It turned you INTO google apps?! You should see a doctor!
See? This is proof that Google was justified in "killing" this app.
I'd say he was lucky the Gov't didn't decide to cover this one up. This kind of thing never turns out well for zombies. I can't image that apps would fair any better.
And just to throw more wood on the fire, James Cameron is planning to go to the bottom of the see as well.
See what?
Did it come back up?
Yes.
Who losses a phone in a bar anyway?!
Apparently Apple employees.
Wonder if it gets any service.
Only if you hold it correctly.
I have friends who lose their phones in bars every month. I had no idea they were strategic geniuses, I assumed they were just clumsy and drunk. Silly me!
There's a bit of a difference when you lose your own production version phone vs. an unreleased version of an upcoming phone the company you work for is going to be marketing/selling in the near future. It makes me wonder just how many drunken clumsy incompetent idiots work in the iPhone department at Apple.
FTA:
A particularly good candidate is a 10-meter object called 2008EA9 which will pass within a million kilometres or so of Earth in 2049.
they estimate that a two-kilometer-wide metallic asteroid (about 1.2 miles across) could be worth something like 25 trillion dollars
I'm sure they'll get funding from somewhere to continue research if 25,000,000,000,000 is on the line...
So are we're talking about $25 trillion American? With the inflation adjustment in 2049 that should buy you a Happy Meal from McDonald's, unless you are in San Fancisco.
That T5200 was handed back for re-use but I don't know what became of it. Perhaps it's lurking in some basement, still unbroken...
It's probably in an IT storage closet along with a model M keyboard. I can picture them both smacking around all of the newer pansy newer hardware.
Reading that made my BP jump 20 points.
Remember, UNIX spelled backwards is XINU. -- Mt.
