@Eternal Density said:
example: (anonymised)
Do you happen to go to the University of Canberra in Australia? You fail at anonymity.
@Eternal Density said:
example: (anonymised)
Do you happen to go to the University of Canberra in Australia? You fail at anonymity.
So basically their patent covers: software components, databases, functions/sub routines, reports, network protocols, caching, logic, and events in the context of insurance. <sarcasm>What an innovative company</sarcasm>
Patents are good, if they actually cover something that YOU designed created and poured your life into, not a history of the development of computers, networking, and software.
i’ve coined a new word for this: lametarded.
That's priceless, I definitely have to incorporate that into my vocaublary.
Yes of course. But I was referring to property rights which definitely don't mean harming random people. What I said was in the context of incandescent light bulbs (the ones that get hot). If you do not properly dispose of a bulb with mercury in it, it WILL damage someones land and I completely agree with you.
My comment was just directed at the forced recycling policies (for tungsten and glass I assume). Tungsten is pretty rare and if we are indeed on the brink of a shortage, there should be plenty of people willing to buy it back; I shouldn't be forced to place it in a little bin given to me by the government for fear of fines, that's all I'm saying.
I don't want this to regress into a big political flamewar :-/
@asuffield said:
Quoted for hilarity.
Haha, I see your point. Tack on a big "with respect to light bulbs" to the end of that.
@acne said:
One should not simply throw used bulbs in the garbage! At least, dealers in France must collect them to be handled specificaly.
<political rant>
In the US we don't yet have laws telling us what we can and cannot do with what we own. Check back in 10 years or so though when every person in the country must pay daily homage to our lord and savior Al Gore.
</political rant>
@vt_mruhlin said:
If you're installing new efficient florescent bulbs
...and then proceed to burn your house down because you toss the hot bulb in the garbage. But at least you saved that 20 minutes it would take to cool down the bulb (and you helped the environment!).
See what you should do, is place a separate order for each of the twelve shirts you want. That way you get your shirts AND $120!
I know, it was designed by a company "to avoid the many pitfalls associated with proprietary technologies, [we] employ open standards, open source and industry-standard technologies."
On the topic of security:
"security is evident throughout the system and accommodates users in a true multi-user modality. Because Infinite Campus is a multiple tier system, it employs an advanced object-based security model that is role and function-based. Individual stakeholders are assigned one or more login password identities. Stakeholders can be assigned to more than one group providing true multi-user modality. When a stakeholder logs in with a particular identity, they see only the tools they have been assigned and only the data that the Infinite Campus business logic associates with those tools."