Allan
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-- On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:08 PM, rigsy03 <rigsy03@yahoo.com> wrote:
Have been working on "Babette's Feast" (?) but oatmeal has
limitations!
I agree about the i-pad and smart phones- it's clever but almost an
addiction. My youngest laughs about the games on his phone- he is a
down-to-earth sort. My daughter and son-in-law sleep with their i-pads
on the the nightstands and her apps are endless- it may be a form of
escape.
On Aug 28, 6:08 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Apple is 'worth more' than all US retail on market capitalisation.
> The company works through tax dodging and race to the bottom working
> conditions. I doubt they innovate. The copyright and patent claims
> are a sham. I agree with Al. When products reach the bauble stage
> like i-phone and design is largely cosmetic we should let in the cheap
> clones. I have a laptop these days because I can get 6 hours out of
> mine on battery and play the odd game when I'm bored. My PC is
> obsolete. If there was a phone in my laptop my mobile would be too.
> Lying behind this courtroom nonsense is the ludicrous 'growth
> economy'.
> The difficult questions concern how we promote innovation. My guess
> has long been we don't understand what technology is. The technology
> we've been neglecting is decent society - subsuming this to
> pathological commerce. I have a cheap Chinese "i-phone" which works
> as well as the real one bought for grandson and his fascination with
> chic. Dinner with rigsy (or anyone else in here) would be more
> entertaining than anything 'apps' provide - which isn't a back-handed
> compliment - even if I'm sure everyone can see how it could be. I-
> phones are toys and frankly pretty boring ones.
>
> The innovation in my laptop is that I can carry it about, type
> reliably on it if I disable the mouse pad and don't need a power
> source. I had a pc back in 1982 and really (it was an Ericsson with
> 128K ram and largely floppy driven). My new machine and software is
> an improvement, but as I get round to the first print draft of my
> book, I have to say not that much has changed in that process since my
> productions in the 80s and the only innovation in word-processing is
> the spell-check (perhaps the ability to write equations too). Most of
> the rest is toy-fetish.
>
> No one would want to go back to dial-up Internet, but apart from some
> databases like Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy and PLOS and
> online banking, I see little of interest. If I had the energy, I
> might design some university courses as video games - I was involved
> in something rather like that in the 80s when the technology was too
> limiting. I've just played my way through something called Darkspore
> to see how the new technology might apply and can see that it could.
>
> Our current legal-political-commercial paradigm is decadent. This is
> why Apple is in court over rounded squares and hieroglyphics.
>
> On 28 Aug, 08:47, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Molly what you are saying about the patent office to vary it a little,, is
> > I am allowed to copy the Mona Lisa , put my name on it ,, then copy write
> > it, then I control the design of any one wanting to reproduce it in any
> > form I can sue. Apple has stolen from our history intentionally and is
> > trying to deceive the public. the shape and design belongs to the entire
> > world and any one is allowed to use it.
> > Allan
>
> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Yes that is true Molly but the slate Table existed long before copy
> > > writes existed. For this reason alone the design can not be a copy write.
> > > Apple already had lost that argument in England and Apple has to publish
> > > written that Samsung that were did not violate its copy writes.
>
> > > All apple did was go though items that were copy writed to save time..
> > > and they know that the the slate tablet existed long before,, I think
> > > they even used a slate tablet in an advertisement. The Jury ruling has to
> > > be over ridden when that information becomes public. the design sits
> > > in emanate domain.
> > > Allan
>
> > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > >> If the copyright was granted, it was a valid application. The office
> > >> of copyright does a thorough search of previous copyrights issued
> > >> before granting. Now, anyone can file a lawsuit in the US, and a
> > >> judge or jury decides if the copyright has been infringed.
>
> > >> On Aug 27, 9:57 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > they don't pay dividends.. they have over a billion in china so they do
> > >> not
> > >> > have to pay US taxes.. I will leave the politics out of it.. they
> > >> lost in
> > >> > England the same case,, and they have to print for online and
> > >> television
> > >> > for 6 months that samsung did not steal their ideas..
>
> > >> > I have a hunch before to long long Apple will face problems for filing
> > >> > false copy right claims.. I do think they are over their head and do
> > >> not
> > >> > know it yet. Their problems are just beginning including their lawyers..
> > >> > oh yeah big trouble..
> > >> > Allan
>
> > >> > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:01 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> > > Not sure if Apple even pays a dividend- I think the stock is trading
> > >> > > in the $600.'s and is now described as the most profitable company on
> > >> > > earth beating out Exxon-Mobile (who still hasn't fixed the Valdez
> > >> > > spill/aftermath which may be impossible anyway). So while I agree I
> > >> > > would be gracious for Apple to donate to food programs, I think it
> > >> > > would be for the sake of pr at this time as they are essentially a
> > >> > > snob catering to narcisstic, conspicuous consumer types, i.e. creating
> > >> > > their own universe and standards. More companies than Samsung will be
> > >> > > affected.// The world is looney. Too bad the craftsmen that created
> > >> > > those ever-gorgeous Gothic cathedrals can't sue the dull, repetitive
> > >> > > skyscrapers that clutter the canyons of commerce.
>
> > >> > > On Aug 27, 5:42 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > > > Gabby ,, my material world is reasonably secure and I do not see
> > >> how
> > >> > > that
> > >> > > > has any relevance to lawsuits brought by apple against Samsung..
> > >> and they
> > >> > > > own and control the design of the slate tablet.
>
> > >> > > > As for cooling down .. i hope I never do, it is important to say
> > >> > > something
> > >> > > > when there is a major wrong doing especially when it is a major
> > >> > > > corporation. One should not remain silent when you observe a
> > >> criminal
> > >> > > > violating the law. if for no other reason we all have to pay for
> > >> these
> > >> > > > crimes.
>
> > >> > > > As for Apple I think they should be required to put up the
> > >> equivalent
> > >> > > > amount of cash as they are suing for to one of the UN children
> > >> > > programs..
> > >> > > > maybe corporations will think twice about stealing what is not
> > >> theirs.
> > >> > > > Allan
>
> > >> > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:59 AM, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > > > > The pursuit of happiness needs to be secured in its material
> > >> > > > > manifestations in the here and now, is one possible explanation to
> > >> > > > > make you cool down and understand the well meaning idea behind
> > >> how you
> > >> > > > > experience this matter. Embrace this and get on with your life.
>
> > >> > > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com>
> > >> > > wrote:
> > >> > > > > > As I live in the Netherlands now and am hearing about the
> > >> massive law
> > >> > > > > suit
> > >> > > > > > brought by Apple over its intellectual design of their tablet..
> > >> How
> > >> > > can
> > >> > > > > you
> > >> > > > > > claim copy write to something they did not design but was
> > >> designed
> > >> > > > > > centuries ago.
>
> > >> > > > > > I have some serious problems that, they did not design the
> > >> rounded
> > >> > > > > corners
> > >> > > > > > with the square writing surface.. I bought a chalk / slate
> > >> tablet of
> > >> > > > > that
> > >> > > > > > design long before Apple existed.. Dr Caroline McGill, the
> > >> Lady
> > >> > > that
> > >> > > > > > started the rock Mountain museum showed one and told me that is
> > >> what
> > >> > > she
> > >> > > > > > used for going to school learning her alphabet and math on, by
> > >> now
> > >> > > that
> > >> > > > > > would have been well over one hundred years ago, who ever
> > >> actually
> > >> > > owned
> > >> > > > > > the copyright it has expired long ago. That person or persons is
> > >> > > lost in
> > >> > > > > > history.
>
> > >> > > > > > As I pick up my modern day slate board to write this email I am
> > >> > > angry
> > >> > > > > over
> > >> > > > > > some arrogant rich corporation claiming the slate board design
> > >> as
> > >> > > their
> > >> > > > > > intellectual property. As for rounded corners,, well that copy
> > >> write
> > >> > > > > belongs
> > >> > > > > > to some father protecting his beloved child.
> > >> > > > > > Allan
>
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> > >> > > > > > |_D Allan
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> > >> > > > > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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> > >> > > > |_D Allan
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> > >> > |_D Allan
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> > >> > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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> > > |_D Allan
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> > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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> > |_D Allan
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|_D Allan
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