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Comment: Re:No, he didn't (Score 2) 381

by MindPrison (#43831269) Attached to: Microsoft Files Dispute Against Current Owner of XboxOne.com
I know what you're saying, but this isn't a pure trademark, it's a sentence including a name.

Xbox ONE
Not Xbox

Eg. Nintendo Fan Club
It's very difficult for Nintendo to sue them for the name, or take over the domain in such a case.
It's not illegal to be a fan of a brand, nor is it illegal to start a sub-branch company (3rd party if you like) based on a brand.
Well, it might be in the USA, but not here.

Comment: Re:Who knew the name would be Xbox one anyway? (Score 1) 381

by MindPrison (#43830939) Attached to: Microsoft Files Dispute Against Current Owner of XboxOne.com
If he gambled on the next name of the Xbox, what's wrong with that? MS chose that name. What are the odds? I'd go with the 720, but for some reason they went with Xbox One. He might as well have planned to call the site Xbox one - for your ONE stop information - everything about the Xbox etc. What do we know? I don't think you can just point at some poor schmuck who just happened to have the same name 2 years before they even came up with it, and sue him, the world doesn't work that way, and thankfully so.

If this is the case, he deserves all he can beat out of MS.

Comment: Who knew the name would be Xbox one anyway? (Score 2, Interesting) 381

by MindPrison (#43830505) Attached to: Microsoft Files Dispute Against Current Owner of XboxOne.com
C'mon guys, this guy just won the lottery.

I for one, wouldn't have guessed it'd be Xbox One, especially not 2 years ago. I Microsoft really wants this name, it's not difficult for them to pony up the dough. Even at 1.000.000$, for MS this would have been a good deal. Going the lawsuit way for someone as powerful as MS, is stupid, they're most likely just going to have haters against them etc.

On the other hand, I don't side with Cybersquatters or people who just purchase 10000 random domain names just because they want to prey on any-company-dot-com, but business is business, if you don't make it your own - it'll be someone else. That's the hard facts of life.

Comment: Re:He's right and wrong...here's why (Score 1) 808

by MindPrison (#43750331) Attached to: Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years
*one of our commenters above, mentions the transition period (immerman), I believe he's spot-on with that comment.

There WILL be a transition period where there will be near world-uproar and revolt amongst people because of the unfair balance of money and power. It's the same scenario that happens in a kindergarten. Why would the well off kids give up their toys to the begging, screaming fleabag of an uncared for kid who don't really see the fairness in this? Because if he doesn't, violence will occur at some point, and the rich kid will have to realize he needs to share his toys in order to have a good balanced life with everyone around him. Who wants to party alone anyway?

Open Source is a great example of this. Lawyers fighting like mad for the companies to own and patent code, and Open Source people fighting equally hard to keep source code open and free to everyone. Now we see that Open Source is slowly becoming the acceptable way to spread code and ideas, and the only thing that will bring home the bacon, is actual work done on request, by companies or individuals...and all coders will get their fair share by doing individual requests, perhaps installing and maintaining some companys hardware & software, this happens more and more today.

Same thing with goods and services, entertainment and so forth. It'll be a heck of a ride though, and if you want to avoid being poor in the transition period, you'd better stay on top of your game, whatever that is to you.

Comment: Re:He's right and wrong...here's why (Score 1) 808

by MindPrison (#43746413) Attached to: Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years
<quote><p>And how will we get money to pay for this entertainment?  The only people earning money for supplying the essentials will be the owners of the robots, and their entertainment needs will be no greater than they are now.  Why should they care about the rest of us?</p></quote>

Like we have always done it, you'll be working with something, and so will I - we will exchange our services either in the form of money or services. The work we do then, will be different from what we do now. I may get you entertained with my fancy 3D animations for your video games, and you may be my personal fitness-coach, a robot just won't be the same thing even do we probably will have something much more advanced than todays Wii-Fit.

I can assure you there have never been a greater need for entertainment than there is today, I work in entertainment and make a better and better living of it every year, why? That's how I know. Simple statistics. Such as I see it, the need for entertainment will EXPLODE beyond our wildest dreams.

Interestingly enough (and a bit of a coincidence), I also work with robotics. And I can pretty much promise you, robots will need programming and creativity, that could be your job (work with me here, I don't know you...I'm just making an example to answer your questions).

Comment: He's right and wrong...here's why (Score 4, Insightful) 808

by MindPrison (#43745589) Attached to: Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years
He is right when it comes to actual physical hard labor.

He is wrong when it comes to us being out of work, the biggest (and hardest challenge of all times) will be in entertainment. The lazier we become, the more entertainment we need, online series, drawings, animations, films, stories, interactive experiences etc. will be the biggest thing on earth.

We will NEVER be out of work. We'll just work DIFFERENTLY than what we do now.

Comment: Denmark used to have that issue as well (Score 4, Insightful) 230

by MindPrison (#43628135) Attached to: UK Benefits Claimants Must Use Windows XP, IE6
Not many years ago in Denmark, they had that issue as well.

Even with the banks you had to use IE(some version), otherwise you just couldn't pay your bills.
I'd say they did us a favor, because it taught a lot of people to get "off the system" instead of being dependent on it.

The narrower your choice as a citizen becomes, the more need for freedom you'll have (Geez, I might want to hold back on the booze, starting to sound like Yoda here)...;)

Comment: Same problems as with 2D printers (Score 1) 348

by MindPrison (#43573393) Attached to: What's Holding Back 3-D Printing
The cost of materials are WAY too expensive.

I'm a 3D modeller and work with this for a living, and the thing is...if  you buy a printer today, you can get it almost for free, but as you know, there really are no such thing as a free lunch, the only reason you get the printer thrown at you - is because the manufacturer wants you to buy printer cartridges that cost up to 4 times the price of the printer, and you'll run out of them fast because todays cartridges are chipped and holds a VERY small amount of ink.

There will be no difference in the 3D printer industry either. ABS rolls of plastic are sold at ridiculous prices, they are in fact more expensive than cables with copper-core wire inside of them, why? Because you NEED those to make your 3D printer...print. Without it, your printer will just sit there on its desk, just like your already emptied printer does.

It's also true that these setups are FAR too complex for the average Joe, but 3D wasn't meant for the average Joe - YET. First we need the enthusiast to get it going, to build a horde of competent 3D creators and users, magically...this will create many thousand jobs, but the price of the "Cartridges/ink/ABS-plast" is still the issue we've had for ages. Plastic cable doesn't cost DIDDLY to produce, but greed is universal.

Comment: That explains a few things... (Score 2, Funny) 103

by MindPrison (#43480809) Attached to: Low Levels of Toxic Gas Found To Encourage Plant Growth
I love to grow vegetables every summer here in my home.
It usually works like this:

1) Plant some seeds in fertile soil.

2) Water frequently.

3) Drink some beer.

4) Release some gas.

5) Watch the plants grow a little more.

6) Release some more gas...

7) watch the plants g.... oh well, you catch my win...drift, don't you? My plants sure do.

Can't open /usr/fortunes. Lid stuck on cookie jar.

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