It’s very good. You won’t believe it, but 40 years ago I thought so too. I needed a copy of my parents’ marriage certificate and went to the parish. Because I was born on September 28, 1965, I told the office to look in the books from 1964. Nothing. Well, maybe 1965. nothing either. And the third time, 1966. Here it is. In communist Poland, you had to have a civil wedding earlier than a church wedding. I went to the City Hall – it’s 1966. A month before the church one. They didn’t tell me, and suspicions arose. WTF Who am I?
Unfortunately, the emotions have already expired because when I shave I see my Father, and when I pose for photos I have confused face of my Mother.
Thanks.
You ask embarrassing questions in a time when so many things have become shaky and ambiguous, where so many people are constantly redefining themselves. I think that Darek is too modest and timid proposal for these times. You can call me Suzie. I hope that step by step I will somehow find myself in this new reality in which personal sexuality has become public information and a reason to be proud or ashamed. I am amazed by both the first and the second
My name is Vader. Darth Veder. Dar-er.
You won’t believe it, but some of my pseudo-scientific creations are due to jealousy. You present the name of your prestigious university, whose budget was larger than the budget of the entire higher education system in Poland not so long ago, and you have solid knowledge in many fields. I what? I started listening to the Ehrman Creig debate because my son left for the US and I wanted to understand what they would say to me when I went there and wanted to buy fish at Pike Market. Or when they ask at the coffee shop, “Sugar?” What to answer? I chose an answer to make myself stand out.
– No thanks. I’m sweet enough.
As the saying goes, look the waiter in the eye. This greatly enhances the reaction. Women’s reactions are usually very nice, often flirtatious, but men’s reactions are only a real struggle with emotions.
Google paid, is paying and will pay Bill $5 for every Android installation. On a tablet, on a laptop, on a smartphone, on a TV. On all devices made by anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Do you have a citation for that? All I can find pertains to a settlement specifically between MS and HTC (not Google), which was estimated to come to $5 per device, but actual terms of the settlement were not (so far as I can find) disclosed. Have I missed something?
I found out about it during a casual conversation with people from Windows Mobile. We played soccer and talked about Ballmer, fb’s decline in the stock market, etc.. I didn’t look for it in the sources, assuming they know what they’re talking about. I doubt they would have access to specific contracts because their NDA would apply.
I kept looking. Around 2010-2012 MS signed patent licensing deals with all major manufacturers of Android phones, except Motorola Mobility. The terms of these agreements were, as far as I can tell, private, but people estimated (based on financial filings) that MS was making more licensing patents to Android manufacturers than they made on their own Windows Phones (ha! remember those?).
Motorola–having their own very deep patent portfolio–decided to litigate rather than license. This sparked a years-long patent war, with suits and counter-suits being filed and appealed across at least two continents (it played out mainly in the US and Germany). Sorting through the decisions is impossible, but both sides had victories. In the middle of this, Google acquired Motorola, then turned around and sold them shortly thereafter, but retained most of Motorola’s patent portfolio. Google also kept the patent war going with MS. At the end of 2015, Google and Microsoft ** you do not have permission to see this link ** and dropped their lawsuits against each other. Terms were not disclosed.
In 2018 Microsoft made peace with the open source community (I remember this was a big deal at the time–a very public and complete about-face) and, among other things, ** you do not have permission to see this link ** MS agreed not to seek patent royalties related to Android from other OIN members. As far as I can tell, that was the end of Microsoft’s efforts to collect patent licensing fees from Android–but my info may be incomplete.
Sorry for the thread drift.
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