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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The Reminder of License Versus Ownership

January 13, 2010 by Jason Bean  
Filed under Computers

The Reminder of License Versus Ownership

An interesting conversation took place today. The discussion centered around copyright, inventions and patents. The reality of the world around us has nearly completely detached itself from the ideas and laws around the ideas of property and intellectual rights.

We spoke about developing software and if that software is then copyrighted, would that also hinder the type of code or chunks of code that were used in the various functions of the application. It quickly became apparent that it would be very hard to enforce a copyright on the individual pieces of code that make up an application.
It then became a …read more

CONTEST ALERT! – The all-knowing and all-listening IT confessional

June 17, 2008 by Jesse  
Filed under Computers

CONTEST ALERT! – The all-knowing and all-listening IT confessional

Haven’t you always wanted to get all of your IT-related questions answered by “highly trained” professionals? How about sharing your PC or IT horror story with the world? Maybe you simply want a great new keyboard or free backup services for your PC? If any of the above are true then you’re in the right place! That Damn PC is holding a contest for some of the greatest IT stories of all time.
We’re looking for the ugliest, saddest, happiest and all-around funniest stories from IT history. Things like my computer exploded while loading Windows to …read more

Let the user in on your little secrets

May 30, 2008 by Jesse  
Filed under Computers

Let the user in on your little secrets

It’s never easy to do but its a necessary evil. Sometimes you have to open up and tell the people what’s going on. This is something that Twitter has learned recently. With all of their downtime and problems, they have found that simply notifying their users that something is wrong makes everyone feel a bit more comfortable that their favorite micro blogging service will be around.
The IT folk out there could really learn from this. Inform, don’t shelter.

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