from the " How'd you do on the SAT reading comprehension section?" desk of joschka fischer Oh no, Mr. Mackenzie. Your admonishments towards me are seriously...
Chill, Open Source will conquer all! There will need to be major movements to the middle, because that is the manner that the current socio-economic structure...
... Um, you've got to be kidding. . . Microsoft has stolen plenty of stuff. You don't need to make things up. TCP/IP was specified in 1974. The FreeBSD...
... This conversation is getting completely sidetracked. The real issue is whether the patent system works for software. Or for anything, for that matter. Is...
... No, you're missing the point. You're saying that Microsoft stole code that hadn't been written yet at the time of the alleged theft. tcp/ip in Windows...
from joschka fischer: Um....boy! Ok…let’s get explicit since you’re slow with this one. Main() { if Microsoft gets stunned for violating mp3 software ...
Greetings: You're missing the point. Is or isn't someone allowed to sell source from FreeBSD or Linux for profit or not if included in their software and...
You really crack me up. ... Sure, I'd love to heard you make this argument to a sane attorney. Is it possible that Microsoft had a tcp/ip implementation for...
BTW, I was the coauthor of a very successful software development product which was ripped off by two separate companies, one of which you definitely know. It...
Hi Futurists, Weblog post with links: http://www.futuresalon.org/2007/03/future_of_music.html Music Open Mike Future Salon Some of you may remember the fun we...
Greetings: And one final point. Your temporal complaint about software x being developed before software y denies evolution of code!!! Time-wise, one may have...
... Is there any graphical timeline showing the proposed event horizons for all the wonderful technology and proposed windows they exist in. Just trolling the ...
Troy: it's on my to-list, once I learn to upload my clone into a supercomputer... :) Meanwhile, there are some graphs in The Singularity Is Near that may be ...
Amara D. Angelica
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Mar 4, 2007 8:54 pm
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... People who rant about the "evils of Microsoft" are just sour grapes winers who can't accept the fact that Gates, Ballmer, et al, are smarter than them. Not...
I read the Wikipedia entry for cardinal utility http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_utility It's essentially the same idea as I was getting at -- that if you...
... How would one measure something against unexplored alternatives? If you put another company out of business via fraud, how do you measure the amount of...
... I am really very skeptical that you can know all of the reasons that a person might make a rant. Even self reported reasons are not always reliable. ...
... Apparently no one cares about the patent debate. Which is too bad, because this is supposedly a "future salon" discussion list and the patent and...
Dear Wayne: It's Sunday. You're not supposed to lie or equivocate on the Sabbath. Let's try this one more time, otherwise I'm calling your parents and having...
from the 'skepticism' desk of joschka fischer But...if Nicholas Carr, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_G._Carr author of "Does IT Matter" is correct, as...
Related Bafuture posting: 3156 In Silicon Valley, a Man Without a Patent - New York Times On patent rights and their interference with development, progress...
You're more than welcome to "cough one up". j. ... ___________________________________________________________________________ Découvrez une nouvelle façon...
http://freelists-180.iquest.net/archives/snafuu/06-2001/msg00017.html Microsoft Uses Open-Source Code Despite Denying Use of Such Software By LEE GOMES Staff...
from joschka fischer: Great! Will Mr. M. be describing his technique for creating harmonies et al. Any interest in looking at Indian music ( ragas etc) and...
http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8696443&fsrc=nwl Economist Magazine Feb 14 2007 JUDGING by the loud howls of concern this week,...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/britain_expedition_dc LONDON (Reuters) - A team of British scientists has set sail on a voyage to examine why a huge chunk of the...
... You're getting at what I think is the fundamental problem -- the non-rival nature of information means the concept of "ownership" doesn't make sense --...
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