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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 14 2012 @ 05:04 PM EDT |
Posting as AC as I've had some first hand experience with Stanford IP. They are
among the worst offenders. I ran into a problem where they had a patent on a
mathematical function that they actively licensed and enforced. Until groups
started pushing back that is. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: hAckz0r on Monday, May 14 2012 @ 06:42 PM EDT |
| Because they get lots of practice confusing students whom are CS majors and know
better, so jurors should be easy by that standard.
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DRM - As a
"solution", it solves the wrong problem; As a "technology" its only 'logically'
infeasible. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: celtic_hackr on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 01:36 AM EDT |
Dr. Mitchell: Not at all, a number can be a symbolic
reference.
How could he say that with a straight face? In
neither Java nor Dalvik can a number be a symbolic reference. Just try it
sometime.
Try to create a variable called 01 in a program and see what that gets
you.
I'll grant that 01 in a language like Ada might possibly be able to
be a symbolic reference, but this isn't Ada. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 02:09 AM EDT |
If I recall correctly Stanford is a private university. They are an elite
institution. They care for the elite. Serving the elite may be the highest
calling. It would not surprise me at all that they take the side of deep
pockets, rather than the advancement of society or some noble minded egalitarian
notion. They can just let Berkley handle those issues.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 02:42 AM EDT |
It appears he doesn't know (deliberately?) basic things like the difference
between direct, indirect, indexed, and symbolic addressing.
He also implies that since the power is on and a device is running, it must be
"dynamic" resolution. Google should have asked him to explain static
resolution. (And maybe run the Hello World "benchmark" with and
without power.)
This is really disgusting. I had to get up and walk around outside before
writing this so I could stay rational and keep my language appropriate.
Mitchell and Stanford are seriously tarnished, both academically and ethically.
Our legal system doesn't fare much better either. These two legal teams and the
judge are WAY above average in their grasp of the technical issues, yet truth,
accuracy, and facts all fall victim to the legal games. Is it any surprise we
have stupid patents like 'notification of a mail event via a small pop-up'.
Look up BIFF. I also seem to remember a whole movie You've Got Mail based on
just this about 15 years ago. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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