CM wrote:
What was criticized was your approach, which
seemed counter-productive, and so much so that it seemed like you are
"really" advocating FOR software patents by discrediting the position
against them.
Oh, the "thou protesteth too much" argument...
... well, I can only say that none of
On Apr 14, 1:50 am, harrismh777 wrote:
> Westley Martínez wrote:
> I don't even know one person who has Win7 installed, running, and
> likes it...
> > >> not even one.
>
> >>> > > Hi, m harris, nice to meet you. Now you do.
>
> >>> > > To the online community: Is there a
geremy condra wrote:
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:50 PM, harrismh777 wrote:
>>
My major professor once told me, "You know you've won the argument when they
start calling you names!"
I think your professor should have said "you know you've won the
argument when you can prove it".
If you can
geremy condra wrote:
> But on a serious note, I did wonder who would be the first jouster to offer
> the argumentum ad hominem? ... ah, sticks and stones...
> My major professor once told me, "You know you've won the argument when they
> start calling you names!"
I think your professor
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:50 PM, harrismh777 wrote:
> Westley Martínez wrote:
>
> I don't even know one person who has Win7 installed, running, and
> likes it...
> > >> not even one.
> >
> > Hi, m harris, nice to meet you. Now you do.
> >
> > To
Westley Martínez wrote:
I don't even know one person who has Win7 installed, running, and likes it...
> >> not even one.
> >
> > Hi, m harris, nice to meet you. Now you do.
> >
> > To the online community: Is there a name for trolling for A by
> > advocating for not-A in a way tha
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 11:13 -0700, geremy condra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:48 AM, CM wrote:
> >> I don't even know one person who has Win7 installed, running, and likes
> >> it...
> >> not even one.
> >
> > Hi, m harris, nice to meet you. Now you do.
> >
> > To the online community:
On 4/12/2011 2:44 PM, Dan Stromberg wrote:
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
On 4/11/2011 4:36 AM, rusi wrote:
http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~dqg/papers/cie05.pdf
may be of interest (and also other papers of Peter Wegner questioning
the universality of Turing machines lambda ca
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 4/11/2011 4:36 AM, rusi wrote:
>
>> http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~dqg/papers/cie05.pdf
>>
>> may be of interest (and also other papers of Peter Wegner questioning
>> the universality of Turing machines lambda calculus etc)
>
> Thank you for tha
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:48 AM, CM wrote:
>> I don't even know one person who has Win7 installed, running, and likes
>>it...
>> not even one.
>
> Hi, m harris, nice to meet you. Now you do.
>
> To the online community: Is there a name for trolling for A by
> advocating for not-A in a way th
> I don't even know one person who has Win7 installed, running, and likes
>it...
> not even one.
Hi, m harris, nice to meet you. Now you do.
To the online community: Is there a name for trolling for A by
advocating for not-A in a way that discredits your point of view an
case so that A now
On 4/11/2011 4:36 AM, rusi wrote:
http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~dqg/papers/cie05.pdf
may be of interest (and also other papers of Peter Wegner questioning
the universality of Turing machines lambda calculus etc)
Thank you for that reference. In summary, it says that while Turing
machine are univ
On 7 apr, 09:39, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> It's astonishing how anti-Mono FUD just won't die. (Something can be
> true, and still FUD. "Oh no, people might *choke* on a peanut, or have an
> allergic reaction, we must label every piece of food May Contain Nuts
> just in case, because you never know
rusi wrote:
From
http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~dqg/papers/cie05.pdf
may be of interest (and also other papers of Peter Wegner questioning
the universality of Turing machines lambda calculus etc)
This is very interesting indeed.
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
wisecrac...@tesco.net wrote:
Do I have your permission to quote your reply intact in threads where the
patent, etc,
issues arise, and they often do on other sites.
TIA...
Feel free, the more folks we have dialoging about this issue, the better
for everyone who values freedom.
--
http://m
On Apr 11, 12:53 pm, geremy condra wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:49 PM, harrismh777 wrote:
> > Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> >>> > All software can be expressed as lambda calculus. The point being,
> >>> > all
> >>> > software is mathematics...
>
> >> With enough software, you can simulate
Hi harrismh777...
>> With enough software, you can simulate anything. That means that the
>> entire universe can be expressed as lambda calculus. Does that mean
>> that nothing can ever be patented, because it's all just mathematics?
> Great question... the simple answer is, no. But the exten
On Apr 7, 7:17 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Steven D'Aprano
>
> wrote:
> > Do you want to know who scares me? Google and Apple. Google, because
> > they're turning software from something you run on your own computer to
> > something you use on a distant server you
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