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Authored by: ChrisP on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 07:24 PM EDT
There, I've done my three canonical thread starters for this year, but I didn't
get the first post! :-((

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Gravity sucks, supernovae blow!

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  • Too bad - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 10:33 PM EDT
Do it "on the Internet," ...
Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Wednesday, October 17 2012 @ 12:46 AM EDT
Link

MARSHALL, TEXAS—The slide that defense lawyers showed to the jury read: "This isn’t new." In a patent case, it could have been a smoking gun—after all, it was written by the inventors themselves. They were describing their business, Nexchange, to a San Francisco conference back in 2000; it was three years before they received their first patent and turned their focus to litigation.

But hours later, inventor Daniel "Del" Ross Jr. was on the stand, and he seemed none too concerned that the crux of his idea was old—if not ancient. He had a patent, twice reviewed by the US Patent Office, and a simple story to tell: "The big difference is, we invented this for the Internet," he told the jury.

I note this one because it is now old, and I found it curious that no one else here pointed it out.

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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.

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Swiss clock licensee 'surprised' at news that Apple can use iconic design on iPad
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 17 2012 @ 03:44 AM EDT
In a press release the company said: "Mondaine holds a long term exclusive licensee according to a contract with SBB to produce, distribute and market watches and clocks based on the SBB design since 1986 and got surprised to hear about a license agreement between SBB and Apple."
Karen Haslam, Macworld UK

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Mondaine Watch Group
http://www.mondaine.com/

The Only Place to Meet
[.PDF] http://www.mondaine.com/assets/Uploads/PDF_group/Medienmitte ilungBiberistengl. pdf

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terms of Nokia's agreements - Windows low end
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 17 2012 @ 05:11 AM EDT

On this page of comments of Tommi Ahonen's blog, there are comments by a person "Mats" which seem to be very accurate and interesting.

  • specifics of why and when Nokia cancelled the "Meltimi" system
  • specifics of what Nokia's agreement with Microsoft says about "bill of materials"* price point targets for Windows
  • a reported quote from Microsoft that Meltimi was a "potentially dangerous" platform

This gives a clear explanation for a number of bits of Steven Elop's behavior which haven't previously been understood. The cancellation of all Nokia's own platforms apart from S40 was clearly a contractual thing agreed at the start of work with Microsoft. In that contract was a requirement for Microsoft to get the minimum BOM for a Windows phone below $100 and presumably when they achieved that it triggered killing Meltimi.

The crucial thing about this is that a contractual term such as this which limits the whole company could not be agreed on without explicit agreement from the Nokia board. Whilst Elop clearly made a major mistake and pushed for the Windows contract, the board should normally be responsible to ensure that there is a plan B if he fails. If this can be verified it definitely supports suggestions elsewhere on the internet (e.g. comments on here and on Tommi's blog) that the Nokia board is working for Microsoft.s interests.

Also interesting would be the level to which engineers working on Meltimi and Meego were decieved into continuing work which was already doomed.

Anyone have any other sources related to this?

*"bill of materials" is the cost to the manufacturer of all of the components which go together to make an electronic device. It sets the unavoidable minimum for the cost of making a device where other costs, such as construction, are more clearly under the control of the manufacturer.

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Code Project newsletter: What Does "Software Is Mathematics" Mean?
Authored by: Gringo_ on Wednesday, October 17 2012 @ 09:19 AM EDT

When I received my Code Project Insider Daily Developer News email alert this morning I was delighted to see that they have picked up PoIR's treatise on "Software Is Mathematics". His article along with all our discussion is about to get a much wider audience then we could have imagined!

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  • Excellent! - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 17 2012 @ 02:03 PM EDT
Chinese companies will be able to sue Canada in secret when FIPPA passes !
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 17 2012 @ 10:22 AM EDT
A Canada-China investment treaty, known as FIPPA, will hamstring BC from negotiating a greater share of profits and creating regulations related to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline for the next 31 years once it comes into effect at the end of October, an international investment law expert warns. 

"This treaty, in effect, will pre-empt important elements of the debate of the Northern Gateway pipeline and may frustrate in a very significant way the ability of the current BC government or any future government—if the NDP were to win in spring—from stopping that pipeline or bargaining a better deal for BC," said Gus Van Harten, an Osgoode Law professor who specializes in international investment law.

Beth Hong, The Vancouver Observer

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