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Living Room / Apple sues Samsung AGAIN - adds 21 additional devices to list

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 10:54 AM »

From the "They're Baaaaack!" department, this news in from The Verge website (full article here.)

Apple turns up the pressure on Samsung, adds more devices to second patent suit
By Bryan Bishop on August 31, 2012 09:55 pm Email Email Larry @bcbishop

Well that didn't take long. A week after its $1.049 billion victory against Samsung, Apple has accused four more products of infringement in its other case against the electronics giant. It's the same lawsuit that targeting the Galaxy Nexus — for which Apple received a temporary injunction before the ban was lifted while Samsung appealed the decision.

According to an amended complaint filed today, Apple is naming "at least 21 new smartphones, media players, and tablets that Samsung has released beginning in August 2011 and continuing through August 2012." (The full list, which actually consists of 22 devices, is reproduced below). Some of the devices named were also part of the just-concluded trial, but are being named here because Apple is citing a different set of utility patents — eight of them in total.

Hope Samsung gets sharper attorneys and pays closer attention to jury selection this time around.

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Living Room / Re: Non-Douchiness From the MAFIAA? Am I High?

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 10:32 AM »

^Link is broken. Coincidence?

EDIT: Appears to be ok now. See next two posts. 

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Living Room / Re: President Obama randomly dropped by Reddit today for an AMA session.

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 06:25 AM »

That fateful Hanging Chad 2000 election might have 50 year consequences...

-TaoPhoenix (September 01, 2012, 01:41 AM)

Try more like 100 years of consequences...

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Living Room / Re: Apple v Samsung Verdict is in

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 06:20 AM »

Just goes to reaffirm the importance of your "jury selection strategy" in bringing about the "correct" outcome in a US trial.

It worked for OJ. It worked for Apple. And now, it can work for you!

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Living Room / Re: I want a Sony Xperia SX, but I think it's stupid to buy one.

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 06:14 AM »

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What the f--- does "In Japanese only" mean?

-superboyac (September 01, 2012, 03:39 AM)

Well...in this case, I think it means: Moka-moka Su-su, Yankee-Boy. (In a polite way of course.)

Am I going to have to contact my corporate Sony contact to get it?  Will he even help me?

-superboyac (September 01, 2012, 03:39 AM)

Yes. But only if you speak Japanese.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 15 less of a memory hog

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 06:00 AM »

Bah. F FF. Or F Fx. Whatever. Sick of it. Damn thing froze on me while trying to scroll down the page. The mouse was already sluggish inside of it. I can't be bothered to fart around with it anymore.

v15.  

-Renegade (September 01, 2012, 05:50 AM)

It was doing that on me yesterday under Linux. But it's since stopped. And I agree. I almost dumped it yesterday because of that. However, there were several updates to Nix that took place this morning. None of them were directly related to FF, so I'm guessing something else was actually responsible for my scrolling problem.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 15 less of a memory hog

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 05:58 AM »

I'm trying to switch over to FF/Fx/whutchamacallit, but it doesn't seem to like embedded Vimeo video much. Anyone else notice that?

-Renegade (September 01, 2012, 04:44 AM)

Working ok for me at the quietearth.us website which can and has been fussy under FF in the past. Page for the tested Vimeo that worked here.

It also handles general embedded video ok. This trailer of Sightseers provided by the Manchester Guardian worked fine too. I couldn't get it to run under FF14 previously. Page here.

Luck!

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P.S. @Ren - check out that second link. Does that movie look like it's going to be good in a "sick but still funny" way or what? Shades of 1982's Eating Raoul!

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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ... guidance on Zorin as portable

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 05:41 AM »

I've run into stability problems (i.e. app crashes, odd behaviors, and lockups) with Zorin in the past. I don't know if they've since fixed it or if it was just my installation that was having those problems.

Q: You mentioned Zorin being very Windows-like. How important an issue is that?

I'm also a little confused who you're doing this for. Is this a USB key just for you  - or is it something that you may also want to hand out to others?
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why not to bother with being "loyal" to Microsoft brands

« Last post by 40hz on September 01, 2012, 05:33 AM »

Isn't one of the problems with One Note that you cant export?
... or am I wrong there?

-tomos (September 01, 2012, 03:29 AM)

Starting with 2007 you can. Choices for filetype are PDF, XPS, MHT, DOC and DOCX along with a OneNote section (.one).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why not to bother with being "loyal" to Microsoft brands

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 10:18 PM »

^ OneNote

-rgdot (August 31, 2012, 12:51 PM)

^ +1 for OneNote from me. It's a remarkably well-designed piece of software. I was very surprised when I started to use it about 3 years ago. I still keep discovering undocumented features that are quite literally mind-blowing - "How the heck did they do that?" sort of thing.
Mind you, I also reckon that Word and Excel are pretty powerful tools - but we only typically tend to use 20% or so of their functionality.

-IainB (August 31, 2012, 06:06 PM)

OneNote isn't that bad. I use it although I'm not as sold on it as several of my friend are.

About the only serious complaint I have is how much useful stuff you can do with it goes undocumented by Microsoft. I could understand if it were a F/OSS project. But OneNote costs some decent coin. And Microsoft is a big company. So maybe I can't really get too much behind it because I feel the paying customers deserve better documentation than that.

That said, it is a very nice free form info manager. I use it on project work with some of my clients and it serves its purpose quite well.

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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 02:58 PM »

^Talk about an oxymoron. Why do they call those places 'gassing' or 'kill' shelters? Why not just call them "animal disposal centers" and be done with it?

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Living Room / Re: Help me pick a midrange Android phone?

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 02:50 PM »

I used The Scream as the image that comes up if my kids go to a blocked site.

-daddydave (August 31, 2012, 01:11 PM)

I use this pic for my clients kids

 

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Living Room / Re: Apple v Samsung Verdict is in

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 02:45 PM »

This just posted over at Tom's Hardware:

Japan Court Rules in Favor of Samsung in Apple Lawsuit
1:20 PM - August 31, 2012 by Jane McEntegart - source: Reuters

Samsung wins in Japan after heavy blow of US loss.

Samsung may have just suffered a massive blow in its battle against Apple, but the company was today handed a win by the Japanese courts. According to Reuters, Tokyo District Court Judge Tamotsu Shoji today ruled that Samsung's devices did not violate an Apple-owned patent involved in synching mobile devices and computers. The news outlet cites the judge as saying Samsung's products don't infringe on Apple's technological scope.

Looks like "East is East and West is West..." as the old song goes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fake Reviews: Amazon's Rotten Core

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 02:39 PM »

Guys and gals, please do not bring another real thread into politics debate land please.

-mouser (August 31, 2012, 01:54 PM)

Apologies...Must be tired. Won't bring the 'real' world into a 'real' DoCo discussion ever again. Promise. (And this time I reeally mean it. )
 

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Living Room / Re: Help me pick a midrange Android phone?

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 12:32 PM »

getting a Windows Phone

-daddydave (August 31, 2012, 12:23 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why not to bother with being "loyal" to Microsoft brands

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 12:23 PM »

IMHO the only piece of hardware Microsoft ever really did get right was the scroll-wheel mouse.

And the only pieces of software they ever got mostly right were Flight Simulator X...and maybe (just maybe) Word 6.0.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fake Reviews: Amazon's Rotten Core

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 12:02 PM »

I wonder if one can make a candidate sign a contract in which if he/she does not makes good on his promises, they are automatically, and personally,  in debt for 1 million, per each incident.

-rxantos (August 30, 2012, 11:49 PM)

Probably not legally since it would be a violation of an oath of office to sign such a contract. And it might also be illegal in that it could be viewed as a form of coercion employed against an elected official. Something which is a crime.

There's already been some discussion about US reps who have signed a public pledge (i.e. Norquest No-Tax Pledge) that they will oppose and attempt to block any new tax bills no matter what the circumstances. In a Huffington Post editorial, retired judge H. Lee Sarokin raises the issue of whether this may constitute a violation of the oath of office or a dereliction of duty on the part of the reps signing it.

Interesting question.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 11:42 AM »

I wonder why anybody would consider that important? 

-40hz (August 31, 2012, 11:01 AM)

Sure thing Linux fanboys don't.

-Tuxman (August 31, 2012, 11:17 AM)

Anytime you're done trolling and flamebaiting would be fine.   

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 11:01 AM »

The WTFPL is a rephrased BSD license, basically. I wonder why people always forget that one.

-Tuxman (August 31, 2012, 10:53 AM)

I wonder why anybody would consider that important?  

Besides, when it comes to legal language, any attorney will tell you there's no such thing as "rephrased." Legal wording is legal wording. Period. Change a single word in a existing legal document at your peril. One minor edit or word substitution can radically change things.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 10:26 AM »

The point about linux or open source is not to replace the mainstream brands but to offer people the same experience without them having to cut leg and arm for it.

-mahesh2k (August 31, 2012, 10:11 AM)

Something most people (including some notables in the Linux community) miss: Linux is not about "winning" or "dominating." It's about providing the user a better alternative than just saying: "none of the above."

-40hz (August 31, 2012, 10:23 AM)

Reminds me of Yoda - "No. There is another..."

-Renegade (August 31, 2012, 10:24 AM)

Yeah. Too bad for Luke that svelte little hottie in the equation turned out to be his sister huh?  

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 10:23 AM »

The point about linux or open source is not to replace the mainstream brands but to offer people the same experience without them having to cut leg and arm for it.

-mahesh2k (August 31, 2012, 10:11 AM)

+1. Something most people (including some notables in the Linux community) miss: Linux is not about "winning" or "dominating." It's about providing the user a better alternative than just saying: "none of the above."

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 09:23 AM »

I'm dead center of a user that Linux should be able to make happy, and they keep missing the boat.

-TaoPhoenix (August 31, 2012, 08:47 AM)

And therein lies the problem. There is no single "Linux." And the "they" who are involved in it's development are both numerous and divergent in their goals. And not everybody playing the game is interested in playing fairly. Or even rationally. These are points de Icaza discusses in his blog post.  

From my perspective it's amazing that the bloody thing boots at all. Especially when you consider how the GNU/Linux open development model is probably one of the least efficient methods (except for a few rare Cinderella stories) of software development out there.

Remove financial incentives from the mix and you need to expect seeing developers insisting on their own agendas and priorities. "Free" in the F/OSS world is often explained as "Free as in speech." I think a better characterization is more along the lines of "You don't pay me - and you're not my boss. So don't tell me what to do!"

Ain't nobody in the world so "free" as the person who makes the time to do something and not need to get paid for doing it.
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 08:30 AM »

Closed like the Ubuntu ecosystem?

-Tuxman (August 31, 2012, 08:23 AM)

Ubuntu is not Linux. Even Ubuntu says so. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by 40hz on August 31, 2012, 08:09 AM »

^How about walled gardens for the users and closed ecosystems for developers for starters? Just the thing to destroy any real innovation.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by 40hz on August 30, 2012, 11:47 PM »

As for "Theological discussion and debate, in actual practice, is something best left to professionals.", that is a disastrous assumption to make.

-NigelH (August 30, 2012, 11:05 PM)

Hardly an assumption by any stretch. It is my conclusion after much serious thought and consideration.

Again, I'm referring only to the Bible.
There is no other divinely inspired book.

I will neither agree nor disagree.

And perhaps it's best if we let it rest here.

As Mouser has previously pointed out, DoCo's forum is generally not an appropriate place for ongoing discussions or debates about political or religious subjects. Let's get back to talking about books as simply things to read. And maybe leave the issue of divine or inspired authorship for another place and day?

(The same goes for you folks on the other side of the aisle. )

Good chatting. Best!