EU Software Patent Law Said in Danger
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I hate software patents. I hope the EU does away with most of the protections. I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents that are allowed here in the US. For example: http://news.com.com/Kodak+wins+Java+patent+suit/2100-1014_3-5394765.html[^] How do the other SW engineers on this board feel about SW Patents? EU Software Patent Law Said in Danger Related Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050705/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_software_patents[^]
TonyJ wrote: I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents Do you mean to say you're an American who's sick of some of the silly SW patents? :) There are lots of people on CP who're not native speakers of English, and I can understand it when they make mistakes. But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. :doh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
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TonyJ wrote: I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents Do you mean to say you're an American who's sick of some of the silly SW patents? :) There are lots of people on CP who're not native speakers of English, and I can understand it when they make mistakes. But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. :doh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
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The scary thing is that I almost don't notice it any more. Mostly I still manage to keep my own writings readable (minimum of errors ;P)... Paul
Given the number of people who interchange whose and who's, and your and you're; I wish I were de-sanitized desensitized. But I'm not. :sigh: They hurt my eyes, much like misaligned braces. :rolleyes: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
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Given the number of people who interchange whose and who's, and your and you're; I wish I were de-sanitized desensitized. But I'm not. :sigh: They hurt my eyes, much like misaligned braces. :rolleyes: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
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5. I stand corrected. :laugh: Funny thing is, I *was* thinking of the word sanitize when I posted that. :suss: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
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5. I stand corrected. :laugh: Funny thing is, I *was* thinking of the word sanitize when I posted that. :suss: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
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TonyJ wrote: I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents Do you mean to say you're an American who's sick of some of the silly SW patents? :) There are lots of people on CP who're not native speakers of English, and I can understand it when they make mistakes. But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. :doh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. Why? A lot of us have short comings. I don't mean this to start some type of on-line war either. There are enough p*ssed off people in the world aren't there? I retracted parts of this message. I don't or didn't or did not like the tone. Guess I've seen enough anger to make me want to say something that's all.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. Why? A lot of us have short comings. I don't mean this to start some type of on-line war either. There are enough p*ssed off people in the world aren't there? I retracted parts of this message. I don't or didn't or did not like the tone. Guess I've seen enough anger to make me want to say something that's all.
Code Frog wrote: A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own. Opinion? You're saying people have opinions on how words like 'whose' and 'your' should be used? :confused: Code Frog wrote: I don't mean this to start some type of on-line war either. Neither did I in my original OT post, Rex. :) I merely corrected a grammatical error and made an observation about the increasing number of native English speakers who make mistakes. Before this gets any further and becomes a full-fledged flame war, I suggest we drop this. Peace? Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
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TonyJ wrote: I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents Do you mean to say you're an American who's sick of some of the silly SW patents? :) There are lots of people on CP who're not native speakers of English, and I can understand it when they make mistakes. But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. :doh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. My native tongue is Malayalam and I don't speak/write it with as much authority as I use English - so I guess I am guilty too (of not knowing my mother tongue well enough). I do speak TVM-Mallu-slang quite well though :-)
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. My native tongue is Malayalam and I don't speak/write it with as much authority as I use English - so I guess I am guilty too (of not knowing my mother tongue well enough). I do speak TVM-Mallu-slang quite well though :-)
I think that is a big problem all over India. :( I have seen people conversing in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu (not much experience in other parts of India) and they all use English words liberally. Of course, people in rural areas speak chaste Hindi/Marathi/other native tongue. Nishant Sivakumar wrote: I do speak TVM-Mallu-slang quite well though My bay at office is more than 50% Mallu and they converse amongst themselves only in Malayalam. Try as I might, I'm not able to pick it up by listening to them. :sigh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "I don't have time to read all that, but I do believe those stats to be ludicrous." — Stan Shannon.
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Code Frog wrote: A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own. Opinion? You're saying people have opinions on how words like 'whose' and 'your' should be used? :confused: Code Frog wrote: I don't mean this to start some type of on-line war either. Neither did I in my original OT post, Rex. :) I merely corrected a grammatical error and made an observation about the increasing number of native English speakers who make mistakes. Before this gets any further and becomes a full-fledged flame war, I suggest we drop this. Peace? Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
I wasn't going to take it any further, farther, farthest. You're not likely to get much war out of me. I'll usually make a comment and that's about it. This makes two comments and that is one more than usual which is unusual. Maybe it rubbed me a bit though. I'm a good speller but my grammar sucks. So if I make a grammatical error you'll have to sell me an exemption. No, you'll have to give me an exemption and probably several. My further, farther, farthest is me showing off. It's all I've got and I had to Merriam Webster it to be sure it was correct. My wife busts me all the time for my grammar. I'm starting to wild card it. Now if I write a there and am not sure I write the* and let my wife figure it out. So maybe it was a knee-jerk reaction because if I didn't draw a line you would be banging on my grammar next and don't worry you'll likely get a chance soon enough if it isn't in here somewhere already. I'm sure it is if only I knew what to look for...{SIGH}...but I don't.
I know you can't become if you only say what you would have done and you'll miss a million miles of fun." - Len Work hard, play hard. Don't forget who you are and don't forget where you're from. Do all these things well and you won't have to wonder where you are going.
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I wasn't going to take it any further, farther, farthest. You're not likely to get much war out of me. I'll usually make a comment and that's about it. This makes two comments and that is one more than usual which is unusual. Maybe it rubbed me a bit though. I'm a good speller but my grammar sucks. So if I make a grammatical error you'll have to sell me an exemption. No, you'll have to give me an exemption and probably several. My further, farther, farthest is me showing off. It's all I've got and I had to Merriam Webster it to be sure it was correct. My wife busts me all the time for my grammar. I'm starting to wild card it. Now if I write a there and am not sure I write the* and let my wife figure it out. So maybe it was a knee-jerk reaction because if I didn't draw a line you would be banging on my grammar next and don't worry you'll likely get a chance soon enough if it isn't in here somewhere already. I'm sure it is if only I knew what to look for...{SIGH}...but I don't.
I know you can't become if you only say what you would have done and you'll miss a million miles of fun." - Len Work hard, play hard. Don't forget who you are and don't forget where you're from. Do all these things well and you won't have to wonder where you are going.
Code Frog wrote: I wasn't going to take it any further, farther, farthest. You're not likely to get much war out of me. From what I know of you, Rex, Yes. :) Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "I don't have time to read all that, but I do believe those stats to be ludicrous." — Stan Shannon.
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It makes sense to me, Kodak must not be making too much money from cameras nowadays. I agree with you, it's all stupid. What if all branches of science could patent it's fundamentals ? How would we move beyond them if other scientists could not reuse them ? Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Are you sure you're on topic? The directive that is likely to be cancelled today is only about patents on computer programs. _________________________________ Please inform me about my English mistakes, as I'm still trying to learn your language!
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I hate software patents. I hope the EU does away with most of the protections. I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents that are allowed here in the US. For example: http://news.com.com/Kodak+wins+Java+patent+suit/2100-1014_3-5394765.html[^] How do the other SW engineers on this board feel about SW Patents? EU Software Patent Law Said in Danger Related Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050705/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_software_patents[^]
I can only hope that our european deputies think about the consequences of their decision. Personally I hope that the bill about software patents will be rejected, because I too, fear that small businesses will lose ground towards greater software firms. Also I think that a law like this will provoke and complicate patent lawsuits. I think it would do more damage than it would help protect innovations. Regards Mathias P.S.: I am from Germany.
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TonyJ wrote: I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents Do you mean to say you're an American who's sick of some of the silly SW patents? :) There are lots of people on CP who're not native speakers of English, and I can understand it when they make mistakes. But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. :doh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
I think it's kind of annoying that such an important topic get's this kind of feedback! I don't like gangsta style spelling, but I don't hate it either. Also we had this conversation about gangsta style some days ago, now calm down and head on to the more important things. Regards Mathias
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I hate software patents. I hope the EU does away with most of the protections. I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents that are allowed here in the US. For example: http://news.com.com/Kodak+wins+Java+patent+suit/2100-1014_3-5394765.html[^] How do the other SW engineers on this board feel about SW Patents? EU Software Patent Law Said in Danger Related Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050705/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_software_patents[^]
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=a.QckuA8V3H8&refer=home[^] Everything will go on as it does today (every EU member country has its own laws about patents), there'll be no software patents in general. :) _________________________________ Please inform me about my English mistakes, as I'm still trying to learn your language!
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I can only hope that our european deputies think about the consequences of their decision. Personally I hope that the bill about software patents will be rejected, because I too, fear that small businesses will lose ground towards greater software firms. Also I think that a law like this will provoke and complicate patent lawsuits. I think it would do more damage than it would help protect innovations. Regards Mathias P.S.: I am from Germany.
Mathias Buerklin wrote: I hope that the bill about software patents will be reje Yeah, we've won! ;) The bill has been rejected. Certain big companies will try to reboot the CreateLaw.exe process, but it will take a loooooong time... _________________________________ Please inform me about my English mistakes, as I'm still trying to learn your language!
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Given the number of people who interchange whose and who's, and your and you're; I wish I were de-sanitized desensitized. But I'm not. :sigh: They hurt my eyes, much like misaligned braces. :rolleyes: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: They hurt my eyes, Better put me on your ignore list. :rolleyes: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=a.QckuA8V3H8&refer=home[^] Everything will go on as it does today (every EU member country has its own laws about patents), there'll be no software patents in general. :) _________________________________ Please inform me about my English mistakes, as I'm still trying to learn your language!
Somehow, your subject line reminded me of the Deus Ex Machina from Revolutions. :rolleyes: BTW, good news. Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "I don't have time to read all that, but I do believe those stats to be ludicrous." — Stan Shannon.
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TonyJ wrote: I'm an American whose sick of some of the silly SW patents Do you mean to say you're an American who's sick of some of the silly SW patents? :) There are lots of people on CP who're not native speakers of English, and I can understand it when they make mistakes. But when native English speakers make glaring errors or use 'gangsta spelling', it p*sses me off. :doh: Cheers, Vikram.
http://www.geocities.com/vpunathambekar "It's like hitting water with your fist. There's all sorts of motion and noise at impact, and no impression left whatsoever shortly thereafter." - gantww.
Vikram, Let us all bow down to your superior intellect and master spelling abilities. Could it be that I know the difference between "who's" and "whose" and made a mistake while writing fast and multi-tasking. You are an ass! Go screw your goat! Any mistakes here?