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Web does not and will never have the same quality of experience as a native application.
What is missing in your estimation?
WebAssembly and efficient arrays bounds checks.
Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
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Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#382Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only if the trolls won. On the other hand, if Google's lawyers gave them the smack down then all the patent trolls would go scurrying back under the rocks they crawled out from
Even when trolls lose, they're typically shell companies with no assets, so they can't pay for the legal fees of the winner (they just go bankrupt) and the winner still loses in terms of money.
Wouldn't they stand to loose their patents if they declare bankruptcy?
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#383Someone really needs to create a patent that defines methods of patent trolling, so every time one of these scumbags starts a lawsuit you can sue them.
Someone (Halliburton!) already tried: http://www.google.com/patents/US20080270152 Edit: And IBM apparently got one granted: http://www.google.com/patents/US8386350
lol, after a quick glance at the IBM one it seems to be patenting software that manages patent portfolios (maybe). How utterly bizarre
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#384Earlier quoted context omitted.
| We do not have equal access to our judicial system in the United States. If you have money, you have the power... Your POV that money distorts and helps determine winners, while seeming so prima facie obvious, does not come close to getting to the real problem. I know this because I have money and I've spent well over a million dollars on attorneys in the last decade and I got very little in the way of ... not just…
Nothing astounds me more than the Herculean lengths a judge will go to to avoid the 'core legal questions' in a case. Not only in the judgement, but by disallowing even the most basic testimony or evidence to be presented. While this violates due process or 'the principle of natural justice', no judge on appeal ever seems to rule that the lower court judge was acting in an obviously corrupt manner. The fiction of the…
The supreme court routinely smacks down the federal circuit verbally for not following higher court guidance, but it seems to have no repercussions.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#385Earlier quoted context omitted.
Google offers pretty handcuffs that developers mistake for bracelets. Consider how Google is helping the OEMs get Android updates out. Consider how easy it is to call google customer care. The real question should be: what the fuck developers? Why do you keep hitching yourself to such an unreliable partner? When is it enough?
Good question. What's the alternative for delivering software to a consumer market? Many people have Android phones.
Amazon have their own app store for Fire devices and Androids. It requires installing Amazon's apk though, which also requires changing a security setting.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#386Will Peter Thiel help? These trolls are actually destroying lives.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#387Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Almost every country except the United States uses this system. Almost every country except the US uses agencies of their executive branch of government to enforce most labor, housing, discrimination, harassment, and civil rights laws. In the United States the enforcement of such laws is often split, with only very serious violations being handled by an executive agency and the more common violations simply creatin…
The problem of being out-lawyered by a richer opponent exists in both cases, so I don't see how that's an argument for or against either system. The point about potentially discouraging lawsuits has a grain of truth in it, but not more than a grain. In the US you'd have to pay $X regardless of whether you win, and with the loser pays system you pay $0 if you win and $2X if you lose. It is at most a factor of two. The…
His first paragraph explains why the public policy implications of loser-pays are different for civil law countries: far fewer controversies are handled in the court system, because the executive branch is given much more power.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#388Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fun fact: their website has listings turned on and runs an ancient version of WordPress last touched in 2012. http://www.uniloc.com/wp-content/ It's like they're trying to be as obviously illiterate as they possibly can.
Including publicly accessible database backups. I haven't seen such disregard for security in a very long time. For a "software security company" they sure are begging for their website to be hacked. Or maybe it is a honeypot?
INSERT INTO `wpu_users` VALUES (2, 'bdavis', [...], 'bdavis', 'bdavis@uniloc.com', '', '2010-08-05 18:06:44', '', 0, 'bdavis');
What the hell? Could this be the lawyer the video talks about?
Apparently not:
> Bradley C. Davis, Brad serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Uniloc USA
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#389"I'm not here to raise awareness! Ok, yes, maybe that's what I'm doing."
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#390Can these services just be disabled in East Texas to avoid their jurisdiction? At the very least, it would force the patent trolls into more neutral territory.
That's a very interesting idea. I wonder if it's a viable option. edit: It'd actually be pretty effective if you stop to think about it, even if it doesn't technically prevent litigation. Just think: "Sorry, this product isn't available in you're area due to patent litigation concerns". Part of me wonders if that happened with Netflix, Google Maps, etc. wouldn't the people start hating the patent litigation instead o…
Interesting thought. You should ask german Youtube users how they feel about GEMA. You certainly won't hear rave reviews.