From: "StrandElectric" Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion References: Subject: Re: MS Word problem Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:07:04 +1000 Lines: 82 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6090 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.137.173 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.137.173 Message-ID: <4df52a7b@dnews.tpgi.com.au> X-Trace: dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au 1307912827 220.245.137.173 (13 Jun 2011 07:07:07 +1000) Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.octanews.net!indigo.octanews.net!news.glorb.com!news-xfer.nntp.sonic.net!rahul.net!wasp.rahul.net!rahul.net!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au!not-for-mail Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:243 "mbyerley" wrote in message news:za6dnRs3g5VluWjQnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@giganews.com... > > "DanS" wrote in message > news:Xns9F027B6CC915Dthisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131... >> "Mike Williams" wrote in >> news:isv6bl$osg$1@dont-email.me: >> >>> I see that Micro$oft have been caught thieving again! The >>> evil bastards attempt to screw everybody into the ground by >>> aggressively attempting to patent just about everything >>> they do, often including things they have themselves >>> previously stolen, and yet when they want to include somone >>> else's work into their own bloatware they just go ahead and >>> steal it. They have in recent years been caught behaving >>> like coporate gansters in Jamaica and now they have been >>> caught stealing stuff from Canada. What a bunch of >>> unprincipled bastards! >>> >>> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/microsoft-must-pay-copyright-cash-0 >>> 84855404.html >> >> Actually, s/w patent are ridiculous and the entire system >> needs to be overhauled for the computer industry. >> >> There are almost no *truly* innovative ideas anymore, and some > > > I have thought for a very long time, that in any given language to > address a specific problem, and the problem is addressed many to the > fourth or so, that exact source code replication is inevitable, so in that > context, when the particular replicator comes up with the exact solution, > independent of the discovery or exposure to the originating source code, > how has he violated anything? > > Music is another shithole of copyrights. An album/song can't be sold by > a label until each song has been checked for sampling and if any song has > (I don't know the exact standard) sampling, inadvertant or not, the label > has to secure a release by either paying for or being granted outright > before releasing for sale because of the monetary exposure.. > > >> companies buy & apply for and receive patents as their main >> business now. >> >> The system is ocmpletely broken..... >> >> Take this for example.... http://arstechnica.com/open- >> source/news/2009/11/microsofts-psuedo-sudo-patent-doesnt- >> really-cover-sudo.ars >> >> ....while the initial reaction across the open source & linux >> communities was appauled that MS was able to 'patent' the SUDO >> command, which was mistakn, I see nothing innovative in the >> nature of what this patent really covers..... >> >> What it covers is when elevated rightas are needed to do >> something, the OS will show you a GUI of all users that have >> admin rights, so you can pick it off a list, instead of having >> to type in a user name. >> >> That's it, in a nutshell. >> >> Forgive me if I'm simplfying this, but isn't this just a >> database lookup table ? >> >> I mean, really, the OS will look through the registry (or >> wherever this info is stored), filter out which don't have >> admin rights, and then present them to you in a box which you >> can scroll up or down to highlight the one you want to select, >> and prese enter. >> >> This certainly isn't anything 'innovative'. >> >> >> >> > It all sounds like American lawyers to me...