So when someone gets around to inventing warp drive, their patent should be denied because Star Trek, along with every other sci-fi show, did it first?
Apple didn't patent the implementation of translating the gestures, they patented the gestures themselves! This is like patenting the idea of faster than light travel rather then the method of doing it.
It's hard to remember back to before the iPhone existed...
It's not hard for me to remember watching "Minority Report" in 2002 which demonstrated every gesture in this patent. And as part of a user interface, no less.
Sadly, you'd be just like you are now. Ignoring (or undervaluing) the fact that you've got access to explore strange words that people 500 years ago could only dream about.
Like "blogging", "twitter" and "app"
It's a little bit more, they do apparently have some sort of proprietary Commodore OS that you can use. Not sure what they mean by that, if it's the old one or one that's been designed to be compatible with the original ones. Screen shot at the bottom of the page.
It's Linux. Read the description.
http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_OS.aspx
And for those of you pining for an Amiga look-alike, they have that too.
I don't see how this is bad for B&N. Unless the hack destroys the DRM of the books, anything that will increase sales of the nook will keep B&N one extra step from bankruptcy.
You can install the Kindle app on a rooted Nook Color.
It wasn't astonishing or an attempt to prove anything. It was an observation.
I wonder why religions even have made sex to look like a bad thing.
Control. Why else?
Or... because for most of the history of mankind, single moms had no means to support their children and no reliable means to have sex without making babies.
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money? -- Ayn Rand
