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Kategorie: Computers

  • The Biggest Threat to Cyber-Security is Surveillance

    The biggest threat to cyber-security is surveillance. Or rather the will, ability and legal status of organisations who prioritise surveillance and active attack abilities above defence and security.

  • On Ebooks and pricing

    There is a „sweet price“ for ebooks, where people will just buy them, regardless of whether they already read or have them on paper or even expect to find the time to read them.

  • On Ebooks and pricing

    There is a „sweet price“ for ebooks, where people will just buy them, regardless of whether they already read or have them on paper or even expect to find the time to read them.

  • Swisscom Peering Policy Perversions

    Die Swisscom verlangt monatlich Geld fürs Peering. Das kann sie nur unter Missbrauch Ihrer Marktmacht.

  • Swisscom Peering Policy Perversions

    Die Swisscom verlangt monatlich Geld fürs Peering. Das kann sie nur unter Missbrauch Ihrer Marktmacht.

  • Patents on Bronze Age Technology

    Apple managed to get a patent on an invention which dates at least from 1290 B.C.

  • Patents on Bronze Age Technology

    Apple managed to get a patent on an invention which dates at least from 1290 B.C.

  • The New Robot Patent

    Just like the old Robot Patent (by Emperor Joseph II) this is of course all about rent-seeking. As we’ve noted in The Moby Dick Support Device, some egregiously stupid patent-officers started accepting patents based on the un-reasoning that a computer running a program makes it a different computer, just as a bookshelf which is used…

  • The New Robot Patent

    Just like the old Robot Patent (by Emperor Joseph II) this is of course all about rent-seeking. As we’ve noted in The Moby Dick Support Device, some egregiously stupid patent-officers started accepting patents based on the un-reasoning that a computer running a program makes it a different computer, just as a bookshelf which is used…

  • A (Patent-)Law to promote the welfare of Lawyers

    I already wrote about it, on how Patents kill Innovation. If you’re looking for more background on some of the assertions in this text, they’re explained there. Right now the german Bundesgerichtshof decided that it would be a good idea to allow software Patents, even if the European Patent Treaty says in Article 52 “The…