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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 02:17 AM EST |
Nikola Tesla demonstrated the basic technology for this in 1891. Robert
Heinlein's SF novella "Waldo" explored the idea of a world in which it
was common. (And also invented the remote mechanical arm.)
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 03:50 AM EST |
Sorry I couldn't resist the joke :)
Seems SCOTUS is picking up the Myriad "gene case":
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/supreme-court-to-rule-on-patentabilit
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| Authored by: squib on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 08:16 AM EST |
| Dell Laptop Is $70 Cheaper with Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu
Vostro states explicitly that it includes “No Productivity Software,” even
though Ubuntu comes with the LibreOffice suite built in. This error will
certainly not encourage users to consider Ubuntu.-
I think this
was very much intentional. It probably best translates into “We find we are
unable to provided good customer support for Linux home users”
As Dell's
director of marketing for the Web vertical explains:
One reason Dell
hasn't been as successful in the past as it could have been with Linux-preloaded
desktop hardware “is that we made a consumer version of this without the proper
support,”
Dell's Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta,
'Blows Away' Expectations
Therefore, this “No Productivity Software”
comment helps to further filter out all those perspective home customers that
really don't know what they are buying and would only create fruststration on
both sides.
Besides, if after playing around with a Live CD and
discovering the Linux community, one (some) learn that if you what to buy a Dell
with Linux or without any OS at all, it is recommended that you contact the
manufacture direct. You can then find out how much you are saving at the
same time. This blogg also explains why Dell don't offer a 'No OS' clicky
box on their online store.
Buying a Dell without Windows is not easy, but
possible
Hopefully, thing will improve in the future.
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| Authored by: Doghouse on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 03:08 PM EST |
I suspect PJ will have observations to make on this in the fullness of time.
Bloomberg Business Week is reporting that Apple now admits, or at least says, that it didn't
know about Hogan's Seagate litigation until after the trial. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: kg on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 01:05 AM EST |
For those who care, I saved the file to Google Docs. This
link should keep
the file available if it is removed from
Google's cache.
http://bit.ly/XdwGqg
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IANAL
Linguist and Open Source Developer [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: tiger99 on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 10:11 AM EST |
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Obligatory link Well there is rather a lot of prior art, owned by God and
everyone's parents. In fact no other allegedly patentable thing has so much
prior art. If the Supremes allow this, not only is the patent system broken, but
the very basis of US law, amongst other things. Ultimately this could prevent
procreation unless you pay for a licence for every single gene. That may sound
alarmist, but when you allow anyone including patent trolls to "own" something
so fundamental, there is no knowing where it may end. The genes concerned are
involved with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, so if you have the
misfortune to suffer from one of these truly horrid diseases, will you need to
pay some patent troll? The concept of patenting human genes is so utterly
repellant that it has made me actually cry. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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