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by binspace 16y ago
I just hope for all of our sakes that this is the final nail in the coffin of industry self-regulation. It does not work when it is against your interests to be safe; after all, we love to take risks. I also hope that America begins to real
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by binspace 16y ago
Wow, who cares?!?
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by binspace 16y ago
Maybe that's an indicator that bad patents are being granted?
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by binspace 16y ago
Steak is an extension of rspec and sortof inspired by Cucumber. I do remember Obie Fernandez had a blog post about a dsl that looks very similar a few years ago, however I cannot find it. Maybe I'm going senile.
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by binspace 16y ago
+1 I really like rspec because it reads nice and has a nice object model, however, I'm not really compelled to use Cucumber because it seems like a there is overhead involved and I havn't had the case where the project manager needed to rea
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by binspace 16y ago
Webrat and/or Capybara. Other than that, it is pretty much rspec on top of integration tests.
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by binspace 16y ago
Well, duh, Steak is an extension of rspec. Very nice. :-)
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by binspace 16y ago
I'm happy with Rspec. It accomplishes the same thing with slightly different wording. Actually, I can have Steak in rspec. class Spec::ExampleGroup class << self alias_method :context, :feature alias_method :exam
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by binspace 16y ago
I remember how annoying opening multiple web pages were before tabs. I don't want to be constrained. Being able to open tabs is better than not. If the hardware/network does not support that very well, that is an issue with the hardware/net
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by binspace 16y ago
Apple should come up with a gesture to switch between tabs. IMO, one of the big achievements of Fingerworks keyboard was it's vast array of gestures. Apple drastically watered down the gesture support in it's various products. Perhaps to ma
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by binspace 16y ago
They are open just like Microsoft :-)
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by binspace 16y ago
Also, the lawyers have promised to basically sue open source developers who do not pay royalties.
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by binspace 16y ago
The problem with H.264 is there is a conflict of interest involved. Microsoft and Apple have lots of money riding on the adoption of H.264. If it is the standard, they directly profit. In the medium to long term, end-user quality is negativ
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by binspace 16y ago
Steve Jobs is trumpeting open standards for the web yet supporting closed standards, hence the hypocrisy.
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by binspace 16y ago
What isn't a Ponzi Scheme? -- Sorry I edited my question, and then reverted it back.
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by binspace 16y ago
Well I was thinking they could evolve a bit. Maybe with their analytics?
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by binspace 16y ago
Hmm, not quite a Haiku... Maybe, Theres Dev sharecropping? The platform must progress now. Innovate or die!
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by binspace 16y ago
> Of course, they can take all the hate from developers because the mindless Apple legions will still love them. So true.
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by binspace 16y ago
> What about drug discovery? I can see how patents could help there. Are there any studies that favor patents?
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by binspace 16y ago
> Tell that to the HTML5 video codec people. Yes I will. HTML5 (and thus HTML5 video codecs) are still very young in the grand scheme of things. It's pretty innovative stuff and it's evidence that patents slow down innovation via collab
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by binspace 16y ago
You can work around the system until it becomes irrelevant. For example, patents are not prevalent in software. There is hardly an innovation crisis in software. Hardware design is also becoming more like software design. Same with business
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by binspace 16y ago
I've found plenty of research that concludes that patents hinder innovation. I have been able to find any studies that conclude that patents help innovation. Can somebody provide links if there are any? I only see the number of patents ment
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by binspace 16y ago
Good point, however bit.ly has a good customer base for a very simple product. Besides, I imagine that Twitter will have an api for their shortener + analytics, so bit.ly can still integrate. Also, bit.ly can make a play to service multiple
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by binspace 16y ago
Meanwhile, they don't allow the gardeners to weed the garden because the gardeners are not dressed in their sunday best.
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by binspace 16y ago
Good thing Android sales are on track to surpass the iPhone. http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005344/android-unit-sa... +1 for openness.
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by binspace 16y ago
Actually, it kindof tarnishes my image of Apple.
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by binspace 16y ago
Leave it to the suits to create artificial barriers.
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by binspace 17y ago
I really hope the open market (Android) wins this. I'm not looking forward to Steve Job's (similar to Bill Gates') vision of the marketplace.
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by binspace 17y ago
Apple's approval process makes the apps worse because they circumvent the iteration cycle. Companies cannot change their product to their customers' wishes without approval from Apple. Besides, there are other solutions to the quantity/qual
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by binspace 17y ago
> The market was apparently not a viable one, and both parties have profited enormously in spite of not being a part of it. That's good for them. Unfortunately nobody else can enter that market, even if they independently come up with t

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