errrrrr...no On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Scott Melton <scott_rides_ag...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> Are you by any chance Rakesh Menon? If you are, I found your JavaFX site. > Great examples. Thanks for publishing. > > http://fxexperience.com/2009/11/text-effects/ > > > --- On *Sat, 4/10/10, Rakesh <rakesh.mailgro...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Rakesh <rakesh.mailgro...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Software Patents and Joe bashing > To: javaposse@googlegroups.com > Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 12:48 PM > > Hi Scott, > > what insult to Joe are you referring to? Stating Joe has an Apple bias is > not an insult but pretty much a fact that can be backed up with examples. > > Sorry Scott but I can't help feeling you are , as we say in the UK, > stirring. > > R > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Scott Melton > <scott_rides_ag...@yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=scott_rides_ag...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > >> Do you really expect me to believe that one sentence from one letter from >> another country, taken out of context supports your assertion that patent >> lawyers are retarded(special needs, LOL) morons and idiots? I may resemble a >> young baboon but even I don't buy that one. >> >> Regarding your post about Joe deserving the beating. Your rational falls >> well short of polite behavior. You say if he deserves it, I guess meaning it >> is true, it's ok for someone to insult and berate him? If someone personally >> insults someone else, then maybe your argument holds some water, even though >> I'd argue that retaliation in kind is usually not the best way to handle >> things. Fact is, he did not. He voiced his opinion and now you are telling >> me that because you think he is wrong he deserves to be personally insulted >> in public? I don't think so. Not even in my backyard. >> >> Even if we were sitting in my backyard drinking beer and telling dirty >> jokes, try calling Willy Nelson a burned out old hippy. It may be true, but >> I doubt he'd cotton to it. (no, I don't know the burned out old hippy ;) >> >> This isn't my backyard. It's a professional forum of your peers read by >> (possibly) thousands of people of all walks of life, burned into virtual >> stone for posterity to read and ponder. Women, children and people of other >> cultures who might find ugly or off color posts offensive or at least, >> unpleasant. Some people might be ok with them, thick skin and all, but it's >> these others that we should consider when we choose our wording. >> >> Or at least, that is my opinion, from my country, Texas, my culture, >> Texas, imposing my behavioral standards from Texas, blah blah blah... >> >> >> >> >> Opinion sent from Mybacksideistan phone. >> >> >> --- On *Fri, 4/9/10, Reinier Zwitserloot >> <reini...@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=reini...@gmail.com> >> >* wrote: >> >> >> From: Reinier Zwitserloot >> <reini...@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=reini...@gmail.com> >> > >> Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Software Patents and Joe bashing >> >> To: "The Java Posse" >> <javaposse@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=javapo...@googlegroups.com> >> > >> Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 3:45 AM >> >> >> Nope. People who write these laws are retarded morons who get played >> by lobbyists. >> >> A british MP (something that bears some resemblance to a US senator or >> house representative) recently wrote a letter to another MP to try to >> convince her of the importance of a new law that, amongst many other >> things, will bring a three-strikes-and-you're-out system to internet >> access in the United Kingdom: If you get *accused* 3 times of breaking >> copyright law, you get your internet disconnected. It's not quite - >> that- dramatic, but that's not really the point. The letter included >> the following text: >> >> An IP Address (Intellectual Property Address) >> >> That's right. Apparently IP Address doesn't stand for Internet >> Protocol Address anymore. >> >> See. Idiots. >> >> Regardless of whether the current patent system is good or bad, and >> regardless of whether joe is being bashed, and regardless of whether >> or not he deserves that, your point about the current law being made >> by people 'infinitely more knowledgable than you' is only true if >> you're a baby baboon with a learning difficulty. You seem to be able >> to type, so, I doubt that. >> >> >> On Apr 8, 6:12 pm, Scott Melton >> <scott_rides_ag...@yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=scott_rides_ag...@yahoo.com>> >> wrote: >> > In a free and open society it is easy to find fault in complicated >> systems, just as it is easy to have a bias, pick sides and misrepresent the >> facts. One example in this thread, I may be wrong, but I think there is good >> reason for simplifying the patent granting process from who invented it >> first(which can be very difficult and costly to prove) to who filed first. >> Is the change a choice between the lesser of two weavels? Certainly. >> Infinitely more knowledgeable people than I made the decision. I will side >> with them until I become a patent lawyer or become so well informed that I >> can pass judgment on this complicated system. >> > >> > On to the Joe bashing or un-bashing if you will. Everyone has a bias. If >> you think you do not then you are biased toward the delusional. I enjoy the >> spirited discussions on the Java Posse podcast and think it is crucial to >> have them. If a bias surfaces from time to, (Apple, UNIX!, Windows) that is >> fine with me. I am lucky to know where they sit, before they tell me where >> they stand. >> > >> > The Posse members take extreme measures to inform people about where >> they sit. They do an exemplary job of presenting the issues in a well >> thought out, open, balanced and professional manner. Knowing their bias(or >> assuming I do) sometimes helps me understand their position more clearly. >> > >> > Having listened to over half of the podcasts, I have come to the >> conclusion that the format is an easy, open and professional one. It is easy >> to listen to, very informative and sometimes as fun as a barrel of monkeys. >> (That is a whole lot of fun!) For someone to personally criticize and insult >> a member for having a bias and not conforming to their way of thinking(right >> or wrong) is non-productive and unnecessary(unwanted?) in this format. >> > >> > That is my opinion. Take it or leave it. There is no reason to >> personally criticize or insult me for it. >> > >> > Apologies for high jacking this thread, >> > Scott Melton >> > >> > Opinion sent from my ASS phone. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> javaposse@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=javapo...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+ >> unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> javaposse@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=javapo...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. 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