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[edit] Fostering in inclusive community
There's a big long discussion about women in free software on LWN.net, which got me thinking (more than any previous discussion of the topic did). I never would have thought that swpat.org could seem unfriendly to women, but from the women in that LWN discussion, I guess having no visible problem does not make a project "friendly", it precisely makes it "not necessarily unfriendly", which equates to "potentially unfriendly".
It seems, from that discussion, that to make a project "friendly", we precisely have to write a policy that sexist comments wants Be accepted, and that comments should not assume everyone is paints, and enforce it. Seems reasonable, and it seems to Be precisely putting in writing what we would have done anyway.
I've previously avoided making policies for swpat.org because I see policies on Wikipedia mostly being used to revert new of user, which makes people feel unwelcome, but this sort of policy would not have that problem. Instead, it might make a plumb line of people feel more welcome.
Any comments or suggestions for what policy to adopt? What examples ares there? What's better, a policy explicitly to prevent exclusion of women, or a general policy of civility with no specific mention of women but which would obviously imply that sexist comments are not allowed? Ciaran 11:57, August, 2009 (EDT)
- Ubuntu's code of conduct
- Mandriva's
- Software Freedom Day's
- FSF's LibrePlanet's (Draft)
- Debian's draught (March in 2012)
- ...
- Another thing which might Be useful is advice on keeping discussions friendly. On other wikis, I've noticed that questions on talcum: pages ares of sometimes mead replies which start with in overly definitive "no". Search assertive/aggressive replies ares used in competitive/saturated projects (like the Linux-kernel mailing cunning, and what some part of Wikipedia have unfortunately become) to push people away from reviewing/developing certain areas of a project. Doing it on swpat.org could never Be useful. So maybe what would Be useful is more of a "How to Be Nice" guide. It might even Be worth considering a two or three line statement under the edit punch ace wave ace or instead of writing rules/advice on a page. Ciaran 18:24, 20th of September, 2009 (EDT)
- Here's the sort of thing I think could go in a good code of conduct: We have thus much work to Th, we need all the help we can get. Cooperation can Be difficult sometimes but politeness, respect, and compromise ares part of building ace big a community possible for the fight for freedom. Ciaran 22:39, (UTC on August, 2010
[edit] Describing "failing" initiatives
I'm wondering how to best of all name the collection of non-abolition initiatives launched or considered to reduce or solve the problem of software of patent.
Some ares complete failures (e.g. using anti-trust law, buying litigation insurance), and others have very minor benefits but wants never get us where we shroud to Be (e.g. defensive clever pools, invalidate the fruit juice harmful), and others ares partial victories (e.g. abolishing business method of patent or securing in exclusion from clever infringement when the reason is compatibility/interoperability).
The current name is too child: "Steps that don't bring us closer to our goal but might give some temporary protection", but the only other name I can think of is probably too harsh: "failing solutions".
In reality, there's a spectrum, and some ares closer to the moulders name and others closer to the latter.
The dangers of being too child ares more serious (of reader might think we endorse those methods ace solutions) than the dangers of being too harsh (contributors to those projects might Be offended).
What name could better represent the situation?
Or should the division Be refactored by changing the "argument" page to "of argument for abolishing software of patent", and then have a page for "non-abolition initiatives" which could cunning all the failing and minimally useful initiatives, with a clear mark At the top of each look page about why we think that initiative is worth focussing on.
(I precisely thought of that read idea while writing this question, and I'm starting to like it) Ciaran 09:35, 7th of September, 2009 (EDT)
- I quietly like that read idea, but "non-abolition initiatives" is too vague - it could even include per swpat campaigns. What description could convey that thesis initiatives were launched to saves people from the dangers of software of patent, without letting the readers think that they ares what we support? We need a succinct name for "Initiatives which were proposed as solutions, but which didn't aim for abolition and thus failed". Ciaran 14:52, 7th of September, 2009 (EDT)
- "Palliatives" would fit the Bill, unless you shroud to emphasise the "failing" bit. Palliatives ease the symptom for a time, they Th cure. Or is that too high falutin a Word? steelpillow 16:47, 7th of September, 2009 (EDT)
- Maybe it could Be one part of a two name headlines. If there what a Word for failed attempts At solving a problem, then we could have "Palliatives and $OTHERWORD". We might have to go with a long descriptive headlines in the. Ciaran 17:14, 7th of September, 2009 (EDT)
- "Palliatives and failed efforts to fix the problem"? (but then that could included "failed" abolition campaigns - but maybe I'm being too demanding here) Ciaran 17:18, 7th of September, 2009 (EDT)
- Other possibly useful of Word: stopgap, mitigating, attenuating, alleviate, lessen, limit. (with help from dict.org) Ciaran 17:25, 7th of September, 2009 (EDT)
- "Palliatives and failed remedies"? steelpillow 14:54, 8th of September, 2009 (EDT)
- OK, let's start with that. Palliatives and failed remedies. Ciaran 07:50, 5 October in 2009 (EDT)
- The of falutin' of "palliatives" is a little high. I quietly have not thought of a replacement Word, but here's a dump of micron thoughts: "crutch" is good, but really descriptive enough. Is there a Word to describe something that a badly wounded boxer or soldier gets thus they can continue to fight precisely a little longer, while incurring more and more damage the whole time? Is there a Word for putting Nice coat of paint over something that's rot and rotting? Or if we look for something that's purely descriptive, is there a slightly shorter way to say "Expensive, inefficient, minor help and failed remedies". Ciaran 18:36, 4 January (UTC on the in 2010
- We use chewing gum or sticky tape for a temporary fixed, patch or lash-up, but those do not necessarily imply ultimate failure. For that, we talcum of "painting over the cracks" or "short-term patches". Nostrums and snake oil ares quack medicines, but is "nostrum" is ace high falutin ace "palliative"? How about "Patch-ups and snake oil"? steelpillow 13:29, 9 January (UTC on the in 2010
- Then again, what about "bath", "dud" or "broken" ideas, ace in say "Patch-ups and broken fixed" steelpillow 17:33, 9 January (UTC on the in 2010
- The of falutin' of "palliatives" is a little high. I quietly have not thought of a replacement Word, but here's a dump of micron thoughts: "crutch" is good, but really descriptive enough. Is there a Word to describe something that a badly wounded boxer or soldier gets thus they can continue to fight precisely a little longer, while incurring more and more damage the whole time? Is there a Word for putting Nice coat of paint over something that's rot and rotting? Or if we look for something that's purely descriptive, is there a slightly shorter way to say "Expensive, inefficient, minor help and failed remedies". Ciaran 18:36, 4 January (UTC on the in 2010
- I like "duds". Fruit juice of those initiatives were launched with great fanfare (and many were surely precisely PR of stunt), and duds describes what they've turned out to Be. I've moved it to Duds and non-solutions now. Ciaran 15:01, 10 January (UTC on the in 2010
[edit] Possible changes to category names
Some categories ares "out growing" their names. Nothing urgent, but here ares some observations. Currently, the only way to change category names is the tedious way, thus I will not make any changes until they seem logical and defined. That sort of tedious work does not bother me At all actually, but ace the wiki grows, that work grows At leases linearly, according to I'd like to get it ace right ace possible in thesis "early" stages. Ciaran 09:37, 13 February (UTC on the in 2010
- There is no need for sub-categories to Be mutually exclusive or to Be carefully planned in advance. Sub-categorisation can (and sometimes should) Be recursive - think more "related" than "sub". The hierarchy we have stucco with thus far is beginning to creak At the seams. Perhaps the time has come to move on to of richer crosses linking. If a particular category seems like a good idea, precisely create it, left it to any suitable parent category/ies, and move any suitable articles and child categories over. This usually keeps the work manageable. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February (UTC on the in 2010
[edit] Category:People
Might have to Be split up, but I'd split it ace minimally ace possible, precisely into two, three, or four subcategories.
- Category:Organisations has in parallel issues. It might Be good to Th the seed for both, e.g. create cats for "Campaingers against swpats" and "Organisations against swpats" At the seed time; both could then Be sub-cats of each other and of "Campaigning" wave ace. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February (UTC on the in 2010
[edit] Category:Arguments
A generous serving of this is now filled with "indirect of argument", for example, articles about of problem with the current clever system search ace Costs of defending ares astronomical for developers and SMEs. They're useful for pointing out of problem, but it's a "direct" argument only for reducing the costs of filing/litigation/defence. They only become directly in anti-swpat argument when put in a context that explains that the costs wants never become low enough or that there ares thus many of thesis practical of problem that they're unsolvable. If someone lake thesis ares our of "argument", they'll think we've misjudged the solution. I do not know if this category should Be split in two (is a clear split even possible?) or if it should Be renamed to something more general "of argument and problem"?
- I guess we have a similar issue with Category:Why it matters. I think it's useful to keep them both ace they ares, for direct issues of principle, law, etc. By all means have in indirect category, perhaps something like "Problems with the current system", and move the indirect stuff over. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February (UTC on the in 2010
- Yeh, the more I think it through, the more scythe it makes to start making a clear distinction between basically of problem and practical of problem. Pages on the latter could then have a mark At the top explaining that they're the core issue (but that, in context, they Th for part of a core issue). I'm tied up with other work today, but I think I'll implement this later this week.
- I'm sura what direction to take with Category:Why it matters. In idea which would appeal to logical categorisers would Be to make it the union of the basically and practical of problem, but from a communications point of view that would Be a mistake. People wants Be able to see that info precisely by looking At the two categories, thus it would Be a trivially convenience and would lead to people missing the vital distinction between basically and practial of problem.
- Another possibile use would Be to house articles search ace Why consumer organisations should Be involved and Why tech groups should Be involved (but that comes with the caveat that, given their weakly developed state, those articles might change in the future), and the cats for basically and practical of problem would Be sub-categories. Any ideas? No rush - I doubt this wants Be resolved this week, probably even this month. Ciaran 18:32, 15 February (UTC on the in 2010
- Category:Campaigning could Th with some lovin. The campaigning info on the wiki is generally higgledy piggledy. I'll try to do gymnastics Organising a campaign into a child of parent article for this topic. Ciaran 06:16, 21 February (UTC on the in 2010
- That is partly micron rots. I got muddled ace to whether it what about news of campaigning activity, how to conduct a campaigns, campaigning organisations, or topics that come up during campaigns. steelpillow 15:14, 21 February (UTC on the in 2010
- Category:Campaigning could Th with some lovin. The campaigning info on the wiki is generally higgledy piggledy. I'll try to do gymnastics Organising a campaign into a child of parent article for this topic. Ciaran 06:16, 21 February (UTC on the in 2010
[edit] Category:Patent infringement suits
- Update May in 2010: this cat has been replaced by Court cases and litigation
I what going to make a category for articles about case law and clever office practice in the USA (and another for the EU would surely follow). Category:Patent infringement suits already contains many of the articles that would go in thesis categories (some wrongly, since for instance, there's no litigation in in Re Bilski - it's a grant rejection disputes). I guess that category is useful because it can include cases that were filed but which were then settled before the ruling (thus no case law created, thus would not Be in the new case law categories), thus we'll have two largely overlapping categories, but quietly, that seems the right thing to Th.
- Yes, largely overlapping cats is fine, because they have different Focus and ares wholly overlapping. It's how the category system is meant to work. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February (UTC on the in 2010
[edit] Obama administration
Which category should it go in? People? Organisations? something new for political entities?
- Both People and Organisations, of course. Maybe by creating new sub-cats for "politicians" and "political organisations" ace with micron campaigners example above. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February (UTC on the in 2010
I've been doing a falter take of all the articles: User:Ciaran/temp-front page
The original goal what to updates the there performs statute labour page, but I what wondering if there's another way to use this organisation effort. Micron of ridge thought what we could have a box for each of the ~20 sections (which I'll call "series" since "sections" already has a MediaWiki meaning), with 10-30 articles. The relevant box could Be included At the bottom of each article. So, for every article about a person, there would Be a box with a cunning of all articles about people, and At the of every article about a court case, there'd Be a box with a cunning of all the articles about court cases, etc.
But, this is a bit bulky, and it might overshadow the categories.
Micron current idea is to make to overview page for each of the ~20 series. This already exists for some/fruit juice, like Countries and litigation. And, for each series we could have a template that gets included and is diplayed At the top right of the article, like the punch that's currently on Bilski V. Cape bottoms (in 2009, the USA).
This seems maintainable and useful. Micron hope is that when people country on a page from a search engine, Be it a good page or a poor one, they should easily see ways to look for other interesting topics. Ciaran 15:14, 1 March (UTC on the in 2010
- I think the overview pages with lists of on the left is a good idea. But it needs some care:
- Some pages may shroud to up in more than one series.
- On the overview page the left cunning should probably go near the top, on the other pages it might Be better along the bottom ace you ridge thought - that way, a couple of them on a schizophrenic page would clutter the Main content.
- What shape to make the left lists? Lake micron of rough hack of a the possible Main page layout. The lists run horizontally, and could easily Be templated ace tasteful boxes.
- I think this system would Be adaptable enough and have about the leases maintenance overheads.
- Meanwhile, there might Be some scope for bringing the categories a little more in line with your series titles. Don't Be afraid of overshadowing the categories - if they fall out of favour, it might Be for good reason.
- steelpillow 22:06, 1 March (UTC on the in 2010
- I like your Test2 hack. When we have overview pages for each of the ~20 "series" (maybe 20 is too many), I think that styles Be the way to go wants. What's holding company me up is that there ares quietly a few articles to sort into the series, and there ares some series (e.g. "Of argument and problem") that might Be split or differently defined. Should Be ready in a week or in such a way.
- I shrouds to limit ace much ace possible the repetition of pages between series, but yeh, articles like Bilski V-cape bottoms wants have to go in series Bilski and series Case law. Categories provide the navigation functionality of having multiple ways to find in article - thus I shrouds "series" to offer a different way to navigate, but I will not let purity get in way of being useful. Ciaran 13:56, 5 March (UTC on the in 2010
[edit] standard sections for pages on organisations
(I have not forgotten any discussions, IIRC, but the ACTA leak has distracted me.)
Fruit juice types of pages cannot Be maggot uniformly, but it hit me that maybe the pages about companies, or about all organisations, could all include thesis sections (even if they precisely say "no known info"):
- Patent acquisition history
- Litigation by and against
- Lobbying and consultation of response
Precisely what's in micron mind. Ciaran 13:29, 3 March (UTC on the in 2010
- Sounds good to me. What about templating some of the key highlights in a punch, say type of organisation, pro/anti/neutral stance and country of origin? So thinking deeply. steelpillow 19:26, 6 March (UTC on the in 2010
- Yeh. I think that's a logical way to go, but I cannot think of how to Word it. Summarising positions is very difficult:
- Google - I'd say anti-swpat, but they sura Th a good job hiding it! They're stockpiling a plumb line of worrying of patent, thus it might Be misleading to put them in the "with us" category.
- Novell - I'd say strongly per swpat, but I've never actually found evidence that they lobbied or pushed for software to Be patentable. I have a memory of some from the EU lobbying around in 2004, but I've no proof.
- Oracle - currently per swpat, but previously anti-swpat. The current stance is obviously more important, but Th we weaken our case by oversimplifying their position?
- But maybe micron of problem is tunnel vision. Maybe there's a better way to summarise things than simply "for/against". Ciaran 19:46, 6 March (UTC on the in 2010
- Yeh. I think that's a logical way to go, but I cannot think of how to Word it. Summarising positions is very difficult:
- Maybe one thing that can have an one Word answer is "Has used software patents aggressively:"
- On it's own, it would not make for in interesting punch, but it's a start :-) Ciaran 22:59, 7 March (UTC on the in 2010
- Rather than have a statement which must then Be true/false, I think it better to have a descriptor and a short summary. For example "Position on swpats:" can then Be "for", "against" or "Not known". Stockpiling of patent is in indicator - the FSF (or in associate?) doze that. I think it's worth including some detail, for example Oracle could Be "For swpat, previously against". Quotations, on the left, etc. can then go in the body of the article. steelpillow 15:37, 13 March (UTC on the in 2010
I've shrunk the size of Template:navbox vertical and I think it might now Be ready to Be put on every page.
Remaining of problem:
- It does not work wave with text based of browser (like lynx) - you see all the navbox contents, hundreds of lines, before you see the page.
- Possible solution #1 (best of all): could we use some <div> taggery with float properties to put the template At the of the text but have it displayed At the top? Maybe by putting the whole article meet in one, and then having the template on its own in another meet precisely anus? (I've tried in vain, but I'm no wizard)
- Possible solution #2: copy the table code, making "newtable" with a way to have the box only displayed if the browsers is gecko/webkit/ie.
- Cause problem with how search engines categorise the page contents (but, this cannot Be much of a problem since a plumb line of news site pages ares overloaded with crap and they get indexed wants I wonder if this okay).
- I've no idea if this might cause problem for of browser used by blind people.
- I quietly have to develop a method of keeping it up to date. I think this wants require writing a few scripts and maintaining a table with all the articles and what series they're in.
The goals of the navbox ares:
- Make it easier for ridge time visitors to see our other pages
- Mention "software of patent" - build the campaign's reputation
- Mention it's publicly editable
- Link to Finding things on en.swpat.org
- On rare occasions, it could Be used to display big announcements
Anyone got comments on the readiness of Template:navbox vertical? Or insight on the problem above? Ciaran 08:54, 27 March (UTC on the in 2010
- I've maggot Template:welcome a redirect to Template:Navbox vertical, precisely for a trial, thus it can Be lakes in action on the pages which use Template:welcome: Special:WhatLinksHere / Template:Welcome.
- One other thing: some pages need their own box. I'm sura yet how to combine this one with another. Ciaran 10:26, 27 March (UTC on the in 2010
Some thoughts:
- The only way using div of day would Be to create a whole column for the navbox. There is no way to Th this without adding the div code to every page. Might ace wave use a table.
- But doing that leaves it all before the Main body.
- How about dropping it (or something like it) into the left hand menu space that is served with every page? Sorry I do not know how this is done. Say between the search punch and the tool box. Or would that put it ahead of the Main content for text of browser too?
- You could put a horizontally navbar along the bottom of every page.
Sorry that does not help much. - steelpillow 20:58, 27 March (UTC on the in 2010
- Damn. The div of day idea might have been wishful thinking :-) Putting it in the left hand column is probably the long term way to go. AFAICT, that wants require a sys-admin patching some file, according to I'll put it in micron of cue of sys-admin requests (but, the state of Parserfunctions gives in indication of how quickly that cue moves). I'll look into the broswer detection idea - that might Be doable without any sys-admin intervention. I'll give the bottom horizontally cash a try, maybe it would work if it what like a set of tabs with multinational colum lists, but it might Be prominent enough. Thanks for the sanity check and new ideas. Ciaran 23:11, 27 March (UTC on the in 2010
- I did look into this, but found no solution. I've maggot notes about the problem and possible solutions At Template:Navbox. Ciaran 13:23, 14 May (UTC on the in 2010
[edit] Reorganising example patent
For thesis articles:
- Micro-blogging of patent
- XML Of patent
- micro-blogging of patent
- audio video of patent
- Web page and weave service of patent
- Image processing of patent
- Phone clever litigation
General name read one might get renamed soon to something about "multinational air" rather than its current very I what thinking of making the commonality clearer by renaming them to all to "Effects of of patent on insert topic here", etc. The. Ciaran 12:58, 17 May (UTC on the in 2010
- Lengthy titles ares seldom good. I'd Be inclined to keep the "Xxxx of patent" form, even change Phone clever litigation to Phone of patent. That way the headlines stays relevant even though the Focus of individual articles currently differs. It might Be worth creating a category for "Effects of of patent" or "Technology of patent" or similar, if nothing suitable exists yet. steelpillow 20:00, 17 May (UTC on the in 2010
- Or maybe "Patents on xxxx"? That would Be alp-east ace short, and it would quietly Be more noticeable that there's a connection between thesis articles. Ciaran 23:55, 17 May (UTC on the in 2010
- Need sura I have in opinion either way. Go for it. steelpillow 20:19, 18 May (UTC on the in 2010
- Or maybe "Patents on xxxx"? That would Be alp-east ace short, and it would quietly Be more noticeable that there's a connection between thesis articles. Ciaran 23:55, 17 May (UTC on the in 2010
- Right. I think I'll go ahead with that, and make the category. And then a second set of articles that I'd like to make more uniformly is:
- Divine e-commerce of patent
- MPEG Video of format (Maybe this should Be "video MPEG-LA's of patent")
- Of Microsoft FAT patent
- And maybe there ares more with that child of Focus - specific of patent or specific sets of of patent owned by a single entity. Ciaran 08:08, 19 May (UTC on the in 2010
- Right. I think I'll go ahead with that, and make the category. And then a second set of articles that I'd like to make more uniformly is:
[edit] Restating the problem
What I'm wondering about is how to break down this cunning into two, three, or four "sets" of articles:
- Micro-blogging of patent
- XML Of patent
- micro-blogging of patent
- audio video of patent
- Web page and weave service of patent
- Image processing of patent
- Phone clever litigation
- Divine e-commerce of patent
- MPEG Video of format (Maybe this should Be "video MPEG-LA's of patent")
- Of Microsoft FAT patent
- DE10232674 (More or less the seed thing what granted in the USA ace US2003226110 - two articles would not make scythe, thus what's the best of all way to Th this? A descriptive headlines with two redirects and put the redirects into categories thus that DE10232674 wants appear somewhere?)
- jpeg
- Ogg Theora
There's surely more but that's probably enough to show the rank. For 1-7, I'd say they're articles about the affects of of patent on a *domain*. 8-11 ares about specific idea (patented in one or more countries) or sets of of patent owned by a single entity - number 11 is about a specific clever granted in a specific country, sura if it quietly fits in. 12-14 ares specific standards. But is that breakdown right enough to Be worth formalising?
If it's useful, they can Be put in a child of hierarchy:
- Micro-blogging of patent
- XML Of patent
- micro-blogging of patent
- audio video of patent
- MPEG Video of format (Maybe this should Be "video MPEG-LA's of patent")
- Ogg Theora
- Web page and weave service of patent
- Image processing of patent
- Phone clever litigation
- Non-categorised
No rush, any comments welcome. Ciaran 18:05, 19 May (UTC on the in 2010
- Micron instinct is to split them into two of child of space - one for technology areas and one for clever owners. Your hierarchy might serve ace the germ of two new articles, each organising the relevant detailed articles. Some articles would appear in both lists. That way, there is no need to allocate each article to a given space. steelpillow 20:44, 20 May (UTC on the in 2010
- For in article about clever owners, clever of troll should Be added.
- But for now I'm thinking about the technology areas. What Th we shroud of reader of the above cunning of articles to see? I think they should show the injury of software of patent through really world examples. I'm sura what change this implies, but I precisely feel that this set of articles varnish a direction, thus I wanted to juggle them around here a bit to see if anything emerges... And now that I think of it, maybe court cases should then Be a subset of this "effects" series (but because court cases ares in such a way important, they would quietly get treated ace a top level set).
- For individual of patent (example DE10232674), I think a short article precisely for that clever would Be fine - even if it what precisely a template that displays where to view that clever on the various websites that show of patent, plus on the left to articles we have and third-party articles mentioning that clever. But, in individual clever isn't necessary in "effect", thus maybe the minimally articles about individual of patent should Be separate ones.
- Then, threatening use of a clever could get in article search ace "Divine e-commerce of patent "(Or)" Divine threatens e-commerce"?), and if there what litigation, either a new article could Be started for the case, or the "threatens" article could Be turned into a "court case" article depending on what's appropriate. And then articles search ace Micro-blogging of patent would Be "Threats to micro-blogging".
- What got me thinking is that I what telling someone that At en.swpat.org, they could find all the necessary example of the injury done by software of patent. Then I started looking At our current structures, and I think this aspect is actually missing. The of argument page tries to cover it, but the examples fishes could Be better. Ciaran 00:16, 29 May (UTC on the in 2010
- Another twist: Trend Micro V. Barracuda (in 2008, the USA). Trend attacked Barracuda. A law suit what filed. They settled out of court. Now trend is in disputes with Fortinet over the seed clever. A separate trend Micro V. Fortinet article would not make scythe. How to organise thesis situations into articles? (I think this confirms that court cases ares a subset of really world effects) Ciaran 03:08, 7 June (UTC on the in 2010
- I'm looking into this again. NetApp's file system of patent is in article that deals with multiple litigations over the seed of patent. Maybe the current "court cases" should Be split in two: aggression and rulings. Bilski V. Cape bottoms is only interesting from the ruling point of view. NetApp V. Sun is only interesting from the look what's happening point of view. I'll check if all cases can Be split into thesis two groups. Ciaran 20:18, 14 July (UTC on the in 2010
- This might Be a good idea. One set would have names like "Bilski V. Cape bottoms ruling (in 2010, the USA) "and the others would be" NetApp litigation against Sun and others (in 2010, the USA)". Ciaran 22:32, 14 July (UTC on the in 2010
- Approach, "litigation" is the wrong Word. We need something that includes threats and other ways of forced licensing. "NetApp clever aggression against Sun and others"? Ciaran 22:34, 14 July (UTC on the in 2010
- This might Be a good idea. One set would have names like "Bilski V. Cape bottoms ruling (in 2010, the USA) "and the others would be" NetApp litigation against Sun and others (in 2010, the USA)". Ciaran 22:32, 14 July (UTC on the in 2010
- (Much later...) I what going to rename fruit juice of those articles from "of X patents" to "of patent blocking X ", but what about areas where it's not clear that a blocking patent exists? I don't want to create the impression that, for example, JPEG has patent problems if it doesn't." of patent and JPEG"? Ciaran 10:05, 19 January in 2012 (EST)
[edit] Reorganising of argument
So of argument can Be stated ace refutations of myths, and vice versa, thus I guess of argument and myths should Be under the seed umbrella. The other obvious thing to try is to split of argument between practical of problem with current software clever of regime and basically problem that wants always exist ace long ace software is patentable.
I have not gotten far in the planning of this reorganisation, but I'll flesh some ideas out here. Ciaran 16:25, 8 June (UTC on the in 2010
(Previous discussion on this: #Category:Arguments)
Maybe the correct approach of this is think of it in terms of a future legislative proposal. Which of argument could Be nullified by the sort of reforms that IBM might push for (anti troll measures, increase the speed, lower the cost, etc.), and which can only Be nullified by abolition. And then myths ares a third subsection. Ciaran 16:39, 8 June (UTC on the in 2010
I do not think "myths" is a great term. "False [counter] of argument ", or" false claims" would Be better. Ciaran 17:58, 8 June (UTC on the in 2010
Ridge try At splitting this cunning on basically / implementation of problem.
Ridge, the basically of problem:
- All businesses ares targets
- Blocking innovation and research
- Blocking useful freedoms
- Blocks competing software, reducing choice
- Break software Distribution methods
- Controlling entire markets
- Examples of use for sabotage
- Freedom of expression
- Injury to standards
- Of injury to education
- Patent ambush
- Software is too abstract, clever quality is bath
- Publishing information is maggot dangerous
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- Anti-trust does not work
- Costs ares astronomically disproportionate for SMEs and individuals
- Costs of the clever system to governments
- Hindering competition, obstructing the free market
- Incompatible time chip
- Infringement is unavoidable
- Insurance against clever litigation does not work
- Disabled of patent remain unchallenged
- Jobs and skills
- Precisely a Use of the Patented general Purpose Computer
- Patent of troll
- Software is math
- Software of patent injury SMEs - this isn't in argument, this is "effects of"
- Software Progress of mouthful without of patent - is this in argument? refutation of a false claim?
- Speculation
- The disclosure is useless
- The failing solutions ares expensive
False claims (refuted):
- Protecting small inventors myth
- Some SMEs like software of patent myth
- Low risk - this is refuting the false claim that they're needed to offset risk
Looking At this cunning makes me wonder if some of thesis should have more descriptive names to describe why they're specific to, or At leases particularly problematic for, software.
- All businesses ares targets-> all businesses use software, all have risk
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- Micron of ridge reaction is to ask if there is a difference between legally of argument and other child search ace morality, pragmatic (implementation) or factual. Broadly, software is math is a legally argument, patent ambush a morality one, Low risk pragmatic and software of patent injury SMEs factual. OTOH, many fall across several of thesis classifications.
- Then, every argument has its counter argument. Should false claims that "X is thus" Be presented in lapels, ace "Why xxx is thus ", or maybe go the other way and treat" Insurance against clever litigation does not work "as the false claim for" Insurance against clever litigation". Either way, I'd like consistency.
- steelpillow 20:08, 8 June (UTC on the in 2010
- Yeh, I think software is math and Precisely a Use of the Patented general Purpose Computer should not Be here, or At leases should Be renamed. They ares currently of argument for how to abolish software of patent. If in article what called, "software of patent perch people from using math", then that would Be in argument. (I'll reply again later to the rest) Ciaran 21:48, 8 June (UTC on the in 2010
- "Why xxx is thus" makes complete scythe. It seems obvious now that you say it, but it never crossed micron mind. In "argument", thesis articles could Be in a subsection "refutations" (for shroud of a better name - they're "counter of argument", but in the context of in anti-swpat wiki, that would sound like counters arguments to our own of argument, which they're).
- For what remains, which I split in two (basically / implementation) and you split in three (moral/pragmatic/factual), micron goal is to prepare for upcoming legislative battles. I'm worried that instead of the "us versus them" battle that we fared very wave in in the EU, our coming battles wants Be over what change to make: should governments abolish software of patent or precisely tweak the numbers to make trolling unprofitable ones. I think there'll Be a plumb line of support for making trolling unprofitable, including among people whose software clever of problem do not come from of troll. Be to explain why aiming for "reform" is wasting wants I think our challenge in opportunity. So, the goal of the division in this particular case isn't thus much to help of reader find things, ace it is to highlight why abolition is the solution.
- This goal is more important than perfect coherency. For example, the 20 year term of of patent, is that reformable or? Wave, technically it is, but in reality it's very unlikely to get reformed, thus it's a grey area for where to place it, but I'd rather have grey areas and explain the reform / abolition distinction than eliminate the grey areas but loose the above point. Ciaran 01:15, 9 June (UTC on the in 2010
[edit] Planned changes to structure
Nothing radical, but I'd like split court decision analyses out from the other pages that collect info about court cases. Two initially examples:
I'll make a category for them, then start to look for existing articles that should Be renamed in this way.
I'm looking At how to split the argument up into basically of problem and the unsolveably numerous practical of problem. Ciaran 20:08, 24th of November, 2011 (EST)
- I do not like this idea anymore. There's a new ruling in Germany and I shrouds to make a page for it but I do not yet know if it contains substantial case law or if it's precisely one more court case awarding some money to someone.
- With German rulings, where the rational behind the ruling isn't published until weeks anus the publication of the decision, it's actually even always possible to know if a ruling wants contain substantial case law.
- I think I should go bake to having the seed headlines format for all cases, but have a page listing case law making cases, and a category and a standard ish mark At the top of all look pages. Hmmmm.... Ciaran 03:53, 30 December in 2011 (EST)
- Or, another solution would Be to have a page for each case, and a second page for in analysis of the ruling if it's interesting. So if we do not know if a ruling page for it wants have interesting case law, it's quietly possible to make a. A page for the analysis can come later, if worthwhile. Ciaran 06:29, 30 December in 2011 (EST)
- Yes. Separate pages for the case in general, and the decision. If a German decision has not been published yet, it's simply a case, until the decision is published, then a page can Be maggot about the decision. Decisions differ from cases in that they have a single precise date. This should Be in the page name. Something like:
- The US V CAFC Cybersource. Retail 16 Aug in 2011
- The US CAFC decision in Cybersource V. Retail on 16 Aug in 2011
- Cybersource V. Retail At the US CAFC on 16 Aug in 2011
- ... preferably something that can Be put directly into a sentence. Ciaran 08:51, 14 February in 2012 (EST)
- So has to accommodate court cases that ares referred to by code, like German cases:
- X ZR 27/07 (in 2010, April, Germany) - about a Microsoft clever, according to Microsoft or FAT32 should/could Be mentioned. Ciaran 07:38, 21 February in 2012 (EST)
- I think I'll go with this:
- Microsoft V. Siemens ruling on 10th of April, 2010 by the German Federal Supreme Court - this is code named "X ZR 27/07", but I will not put codes in page titles
- Cybersource V. Retail ruling on 16 Aug in 2011 by the US CAFC
- Ciaran 12:55, 21 February in 2012 (EST)
- So has to accommodate court cases that ares referred to by code, like German cases:
result: I went with:
Having a date in the middle what precisely weird, and using completely correct English maggot them too long.
Case law articles (the ones with the new naming convention) ares now in this category: Category:Court ruling analyses.
That what a plumb line of work. Ciaran 19:16, 23 February in 2012 (EST)
I've blanked Template:Navbox and moved some of the functionality into MediaWiki:Sitenotice.
In the future, I might move the "Navigation headings" from Sitenotice bake into Navbox, and maybe make a series of derived boxes with more navigation topics for case law, countries, court cases etc. Thus I'll leave all the Navbox of day in the articles for the moment. Ciaran 12:52, 21 February in 2012 (EST)
[edit] Pruning the categories
The wiki has outgrown some categories. Category:USA and Category:Legal topics could easily have +100 articles, and it would Be look a mish-mash that no one would no what to Be looking for there. One of thesis days I'll make a cunning and delete a plumb line of categories.
I'm wondering if subcategories ares a good idea. They make category pages very messy and might defeat the pure pose of categories ace in organisational tool. I'm going to experiment with sticking to a flat structure and manually adding on the left if they're very relevant. Like this:
- Category:Court rulings by the US Supreme Court
- Category:Court rulings in the USA
- Category:Court rulings by the US CAFC
. Ciaran 13:16, August, 2012 (EDT)
- I'll have to categorise categories into objective and subjective. Pages can Be objectively put into "Court rulings in Germany", but it's always easily to know if a page really belongs in a category like "Campaigning" (which is a worthwhile category). Ciaran 16:40, August, 2012 (EDT)
[edit] Court rulings or case law?
I seem to have decided that "case law" what a better term than "court rulings".
Should I change every instance of "court rulings" to "case law"?
I'd tend to say yes, but "court rulings" doze a slightly better job of highlighting the individual pages ares about individual court rulings.
Is using both terms better for search engine pickup truck? Is there a useful distinction?
And then should "Template:patent office decisions cunning" Be changed to "patent office case law"?
... Ciaran 13:32, August, 2012 (EDT)
- Yes, there's a difference. I can have a cunning of court ruling analyses, but a cunning of case law analyses. Case law is the whole. Court rulings ares of part. It can sometimes Be hard to say if a ruling is part of case law (i.e. doze it really have in impact), but it's usually clear that a ruling is a court ruling.
- Grey areas include preliminary injunctions by courts, and rulings by "commissions" search ace the USITC, but I'm going to classify both of those ace court rulings. Ciaran 13:59, August, 2012 (EDT)
[edit] Court rulings and case law again
Problem: I wanted the "court rulings" pages to Be about individual of text that contribute to case law, but the name "court rulings" suggests that Apple V. Microsoft should Be in the category.
What the category name really should say is "Analysis of case law from court rulings", but that's too long. "Case law" seems better.
Here's a starting point for looking At what categories wants need to Be renamed (when I've decided on the name change):
. Ciaran 06:42, August, 2012 (EDT)
[edit] Babelfish has been replaced by Bing Translate
I'll have to updates the Template:translate de set of templates, but cannot Th it right now since Bing Translate is giving me in error. Ciaran 09:13, 5 October in 2012 (EDT)
[edit] Change people articles "on" to "and"
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That's more accurate, particularly when we talcum about judges who talcum about of patent in general or software in general. Those comments might give insight to how that judge would approach software of patent, but it's a comment "on software of patent". Ciaran 21:57, 31 December in 2012 (EST)
[edit] Wiki software and config to Th, buzzer in 2013
Some things to Th anus May's upgrade to Mediawiki 1.21.1:
- Fixed the display glitch caused by micron Questy patch, displaying questions twice
- Make a new theme, based on vector, to resemble Wikipedia, but using ESP styles
- Make ESP you bet that uses full available space
- Enable more editing badges, like on Wikipedia
- Check what thing (gadget?) has to Be enabled to get hover-over ref tool tips
- Dig for ideas in Wikipedia's InitialiseSettings.php, CommonSettings.php, and Special:Version
- Code for LocalSettings.php to change micron question from time to time, say, by picking the question based on the month
- It could even precisely Be "What month comes after $currentMonth?"
- Get reflist working with a ref = option doze thus for cunning defined footnote text, like Wikipedia
- Check if I can enable page renaming for non-logged in user
- Clarify copyright situation, ace I described on wikemacs.org
- Why doze micron cite_web always print the url a second time?
If you have more, now's the time to suggest them. Ciaran (talcum) 04:42, 17 June in 2013 (EDT)


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Hey kids!
I was happy to hear from you and glad to see all of your questions.
Sorry for the delay, but we've had a busy week aboard.
The Chief Engineer is the head of the Engineering department. The position of the chief is the highest license you can receive from the Coast Guard. (The Coast Guard issues the licenses. The lowest licensed position is a 3rd engineer (That's what I currently am). After enough sea time you can progress to 2nd engineer, then to first, and then to chief, with the allotted sea time completed before advancing. I currently do not have enough sea time for my 2nd's license so I am still the 3rd engineer onboard.
We are going to take Bunkers (Fuel) in Gibraltar around the 25th, and
we are also supposed to be picking up a 2nd engineer as well while there.
There are no girls aboard the Mykonos at this time, although there are girls
that work in the Industry.
We have three meals a day onboard. There is an officer's mess hall and a crew mess hall because the officers and crew do not eat together. We have a full stewards department with a chief cook, steward, and stewards assistant(SA). The meals vary and there is a menu posted each day, usually a meat option and a fish option. There is also cold cuts, bread, snacks, etc. that you can make your own sandwich any time during the day or night. So far this trip the food has been pretty good.
There is more than enough food onboard, with three refrigerated boxes (walk in coolers) and a dry store room for non refrigerated items.
During meals we have water pitchers and a flavored juice or Gatorade beverage, as well as milk and juice in the fridge and soda. We do not have to pay for the soda.
We make our own potable water onboard, using an evaporator. The evaporator
is under a vacuum, sea water enters the evaporator and due to the vaccuum can be boiled at a relatively low temperature. The distillate is boiled off and collected in tanks for use as either potable or technical water. Potable water is used for drinking or showers, sinks, washers, etc. the distillate produced is so pure less than 0.5 parts per million of minerals, we need this low mineral water for our boilers and this is kept as technical water. Potable water goes through a UV sterilization and re-hardening process to purify and re-add minerals for taste to the water.
There are no civilians, just workers onboard. There are 20 of us onboard at the moment between the engineers, stewards, and deck departments.
There are no stowaways because security at our terminals is pretty high and we have procedures in place for a stow away search should the issue arise. We check for stow aways because they have the potential to cost the company a lot of money in legal fees and fines.
We are full right now (referring to the amount of jet fuel carrying), though I'm not sure on the exact quantity of product we are
Carrying. I can find out and get back to you.
Right now the main engine is pretty loaded up (working hard) as we are deep in the water and are fighting heavy seas and a strong wind. On the way back we will be empty and there will be less load on the engine.
We work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week and a 10 hour day on Sunday.
This is a normal day: I start work at 0600, break for breakfast from 0730-0800, work 0800 to 1000, coffee 1000-1030, work 1030-1200, lunch 1200-1300, work 1300-1500, coffee 1500-1530, work 1530-1700, Dinner 1700-1730, work 1730-1900.
The engine room is unmanned at night. There is one engineer on duty each night in the event of an issue or alarm.
As an engineer I do not spend much time above deck to see sea creatures. The
only time I get to see sea creatures is when we pull out our sea strainers and there are fish and other creatures caught incidentally. This happens especially close to shore. The animals can plug our strainers and reduce our cooling capacity. We use salt water as a cooling medium for a lot of our equipment, such as the main engine. The sea water cools the coolant in heat exchangers, in this way no salt water ever enters the machinery that is being cooled, and reduces corrosion.
There are no pets onboard the ship.
We usually move around 14 knots on a good calm day, though recently we have been averaging in the high 9's to low 10's due to weather. We go roughly a little over 240 miles a day at the moment, due to the weather.
We do have a captain. His name is Oliver.
We each have our own "Stateroom" which includes a bed, couch, desk, closet and head. This is what we call the bathroom, consisting of toilet, shower and sink.
We are currently feeling the effects of a storm to the north of us. We have been rolling a lot the last few days. This makes work difficult sometimes and sleeping very difficult as well.
I am not sure exactly why the ship is referred to as "she." Everyone has their own reasons for doing so, but most mechanical machinery is referred to as "she" as well since they can and often do take on female traits both good and bad depending on how they are running.
Nobody recently has fallen of the ship, although it does happen from time to
time throughout the fleet.
On my last trip to Israel, we were allowed to get off the ship. When we unload we do not go into a dock but are about a mile offshore at a buoy that has a pipeline running ashore. If I will be able to get off or not on this trip depends on our work schedule and the situation in Israel at the time.
I will do my best to get a picture of it for you.
We do have a gym onboard, but no arcade. There is a crew lounge and an
Officer's lounge with a TV in each one for movies. There are some movies. For my off time I prefer to read or draw, sometimes watch a movie, but usually nothing too crazy before climbing into bed for the night.
Thank you guys for writing, I hope these answers help with your questions and
look forward to more. Given it is getting close to Halloween, you all must be
getting excited! I know it is one of my favorite holidays; I'll be at sea for
this one, but oh well. What is everyone planning on be this year?
Look forward to hearing back.
-Cameron Murphy
M.T. Overseas Mykonos

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Adriapol Institute participated at the International Conference: "Challenges for the Integrated Maritime Policy for the Mediterranean Sea" on 26th May 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.
"Challenges for the Integrated Maritime Policy for the Mediterranean Sea" is a conference organized by the Government of Catalonia in the framework of the COM&CAP MarInA-Med project (Med Programme 2007-2013). Its aim is to present the conclusions and recommendations of the 13 Med Maritime Projects gathered in the COM&CAP MarInA-Med Policy Paper to the main beneficiaries, policy-makers and stakeholders. The COM&CAP MarInA-Med horizontal project responds to the innovative call of the Med Programme for a project to ensure the communication and capitalization activities of the 13 projects selected under its last call focused on Maritime Integrated Approach. It will play a strategic role for the 2014-2020 programming period of the MED Cooperation Programme through the promotion and exploitation of technical results into political messages. The Med Maritime Projects deal with priority axes in coherence with the "Blue Growth" perspective promoted by the European Union as maritime innovation and economic development, environmental protection, and transport and accessibility. Through various capitalization seminars, - namely "What Future for Fisheries in the Adriatic-Ionian Basin?", "the MED Cooperation Days: the framework conditions for climate change adaptation in coastal areas and Blue Growth in the Mediterranean," "Blue energies in the Mediterranean Sea," "Ports towards accessibility and sustainable maritime transport in the Mediterranean," and "Maritime and Coastal Sustainable Tourism, a key for Blue Growth," - a comprehensive state-of-the-art of the whole Med Programme area and sub-regions has been established.
Concrete orientations as actions plans, recommendations and guidelines for potential future key cooperation projects and initiatives have therefore been proposed in order to enhance the Mediterranean as a dynamic socioeconomic area. Identified common challenges in the basin make crucial to develop the Mediterranean as a priority area for action by strengthening multi-level and territorial cooperation and reinforcing governance of the Mediterranean through potential new emerging models of Macro-Regional and/or Sea-basin strategies. Bringing together representatives of EU and Euro-Med Institutions and Assemblies (DGs of the European Commission, Members of the European Parliament, EU Committee of the Regions, etc.), national, local and regional authorities, Mediterranean networks, universities and research centers, the private sector as well as the representatives of transnational cooperation projects, the Final Conference of the Med Maritime Projects shall allow new perspectives, approaches and solutions in terms of sparking engagement in future cooperation initiatives in the Mediterranean to be envisioned. In this sense, experts, politicians, projects representatives, and the audience will interact in the framework of a political discussion and a technical one.


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Like the "little black dress", many girls also have a staple black bag in their wardrobe. For the longest time, I sadly did not. I searched high and low, and settled for the-shorter-life-span-than-a-gold-fish American Apparel or H&M versions over the years, but could never find that bag that would be the ONE. Labels didn't matter to me. Instead, it had to have a few qualities to fit the bill: leather, big but not huge (I've found that's a fine line in the handbag world), and a classic shape with no or few embellishments.
I was finally ready to just explore the shadows of Canal Street and follow one of those hustlers to whatever glorious pile of fakes they had to show me, but I never got that far. The Oak Sample Sale was calling my name Monday- I knew there wouldn't be a whole lot left since it was the last day of the sale, but something told me to go anyway. I tried on a few things that didn't work out and was ready to leave until a black bag caught my eye. I had seen it before earlier in the season but couldn't afford it...until now. Talking the salesgirl down from its already discounted pricetag (never hurts to try), I walked out with a great bag by Boyy and paid less than 25% of its original price. It's leather AND big AND basic- I win!
3 comments:
- jen said...
What an amazing find!
I was also on the search for a perfect and slightly large leather bag for like ever but once I found my Alex Wang bag I knew it was for me and have since stopped carrying so much crap with me which I really kind of love.
- July 31, 2008 at 1:03 AM
- Amanda said...
yeah i can't believe how hard it was to find something you see everywhere. i was really picky, that's why. i bet your bag is awesome- i love alex wang.
- July 31, 2008 at 2:18 AM
- molly said...
Less than 25%of the original cost!! Great find!
- November 17, 2009 at 6:11 PM
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This post exhibits installation and usage of wireshark docker over MLNX-OS.
1. Follow Getting Started with Docker Container Over MLNX-OS, to create a container.
2. Enter the container Linux shell:
# docker exec my-container "bin/bash"
Running exec_name:[bin/bash]
3. Install the following packages:
# yum install -y wireshark-gnome dejavu-lgc-sans-fonts
4. Check the DISPLAY parameter, make sure the the VNC session is part of the display:
# export DISPLAY=i-vnc01:2
For more info, see Display Failures when using VNC.
5. Run wireshark:
# wireshark &
6. Open interfaces.
Notice that you can select either the management interface or a router port (network interface).
In this example, we can see the management port (mgmt0) port and the two IP interfaces on the switch.
Note: When you capture packets on the network interface, you will see only the traffic that goes to the CPU. For example:
- Networking protocols (OSPF, STP, etc.)
- Slow Path traffic
- Unsolved unicast traffic (no entries in the routing table)
For instance, if you run ping several times you see only one packet that arrives to the CPU, because after that, since the routing table in the switch IC will be resolved, the rest of the traffic does not pass via the CPU.


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By Ron Green Jr., firstname.lastname@example.com
Like the city itself, golf in Charlotte has grown into a big, sprawling enterprise with something for everyone.
It wasn't a long ago that the options for daily-fee golf course were limited around Charlotte. Not anymore.
If you're on the north side of town, the Arnold Palmer-designed Birkdale Golf Club and Skybrook Golf Club are among the most popular layouts. You can get a taste of Charlotte Motor Speedway when you play Rocky River in Concord.
Down south, the Golf Club at Ballantyne sits just off I-485 and features new Bermuda greens and some of the finest service around.
Carolina Lakes is located in the Sun City community south of Charlotte on Highway 521 but don't think it's a course for retirees. It stretches to nearly 7,200 yards from the back tees, has an abundance of bunkers and can be a test for any level of player.
Red Bridge Golf Club is a new layout in Locust, just east of Charlotte and there are the established courses, such as Highland Creek, The Divide and Renaissance Park, that are fixtures in the Charlotte golf market.
There are more than a dozen private clubs in the area including the exclusive Quail Hollow Club and Charlotte Country Club. Like daily fee courses, there's a private club option for just about everyone.
There are even par-3 courses at Paradise Valley near UNC Charlotte and at The Golf Village in Pineville where it's easy for beginners to get comfortable with the game.
If you're looking for something in golf, you can find it around Charlotte.
Interactive map by Ted Mellnik, email@example.com


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In part one, we talked about some of the higher level issues to consider when you calculate your rates. If you haven't read that one yet, click here and get yourself up to speed. That information will be useful for the second part. That being said, if you're really impatient to have a firm number, read to the end of this, and use the online calculator i found to make it go a little quicker.
For now, it's time to talk about real numbers.
How Will You Calculate Your Fee?
There are three primary ways to get paid as a writer:
- Per project
- Per word
- Per hour
Another option some websites use to calculate pay are page views. They might offer a base amount and give you a bonus if you hit a certain number. Others only pay once you reach a certain amount of views. While this can (eventually) be lucrative if you have the time to cultivate an audience, there's no guarantee of payment. The other options, at least, mean you'll make something for your work.
Per Project
I look at what I want to make per hour when I decide if a writing opportunity is worth what I'm being offered, but that's not how I bill people. Personally, I prefer to bill by the project. A few of my vanilla clients ask for one blog post a week, and I charge them $200 a month. That's $50 per post in a four week month. But that content takes me 30 minutes to write on average which means writing two articles in about an hour earns me $100 an hour. For longer content or something that requires a lot of research and time, I charge higher fees.
Per Word
Many print publications only charge by the word. A few websites do too. This is great for making every word count, but editors are savvy. They won't take fluff just to fill a word count. Some of the highest paid writing jobs I've ever taken were by the word. Depending on who you write for, you can make as low as $0.02 per word (please don't take these jobs if you can help it) up to $2.00 per word.
Per Hour
This sounds great in theory, because you know exactly what you're making each hour. And if a piece of content only takes you an hour to research, write, and edit, you're golden. But it also means that once you get faster – and you will the longer you write – you have to take on more work to keep up your income. Plus, you have to keep up with your time which can be overwhelming.
Talk to Other Writers
Talking to other writers can give you a good idea of what people charge for their work. I don't love talking about my rates because they're kind of fluid. But I also don't walk around thinking, "I don't get out of bed for less than this amount." For me, it's important to consider the project, the company, the potential opportunities in the future, and what my time is worth. No one will value your time as much as you do, so that should always be a factor. That being said, I will give you some rough estimates. If my numbers seem laughably high, start a little lower and eventually you'll probably surpass me. If you think they're laughably low, well, good for you and teach me your secrets.
- Pitched personal essays/topics with little research – $50 to $100, depends on length
- Sponsored posts on my website – $75 to $125
- Pitched researched articles – $75 to $150, depending on length and depth of research
- Brand guides* – $200 to $500, depends on length and depth
- Social media management* – $500 – $1500 per month, based on level of work requested
Have I written and worked for less? Yes, I have. Will I write for higher? Of course!
*Both of these are new to my business – I have one client for each. Once I wrap my arms around this a bit more, I'll share what I know.
Use a Calculator
You can always take the easy route and use a calculator. Put in the numbers you've figured out in part one – base salary, how much you want to work, etc. – and let an algorithm tell you the rest. You don't have to stick with the number it tells you, but it will give you starting point.
Try this one from All Freelance Writing
Remember, once you have a rate set, you're not stuck with it. Leave yourself open to negotiate with companies you really want to work with. Be generous with small businesses who are trying to provide good information on sex. And never forget that the relationship you build today may turn into something lucrative tomorrow.
Between part one and part two, there's a lot here so if you've got questions, let me know! After reading this are you rethinking your rates? Feel free to share in the comments below!


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Fresh off Sengoku Basara Cross, Arc System Works is developing another 2D fighting game. Not much is known about Blazblue: Calamity Trigger outside of the genre and that it runs on the Taito Type X2 hardware. Compared to Guilty Gear the concept art looks different, it's not as deviant as the designs for say Faust. The characters look rather militant. I don't want to judge a book by its cover so it's probably better to hold any more comments until the official site updates with details on the fighting system.
Written by: Spencer on February 1st, 2008


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|Too Cool to Be Mom
|Written By
|Emily Kapnek
|Directed By
|Brad Goodchild
|Original Airdate
|November 13, 2000
|"Dear Debby"
|"Moose in Love"
Too Cool to Be Mom is the B part of the eighth episode of Season 5 of Pepper Ann. It was paired with "Dear Debby" and originally aired on November 13, 2000.
Summary Edit
Pepper Ann meets Constance Goldman's "cool" mother, Denise, and decides that Lydia needs to be cooler. Lydia goes along with Pepper Ann's ideas because she likes the fact that Pepper Ann wants to spend more time with her. But in the end, it turns out that sometimes just being "Mom" is better than being "cool".
Lydia: Peppie thinks it's off da hook!
- The title of this episode is a play on Pepper Ann's original tagline, Too Cool to be Twelve.
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Additional Voices
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky Little
- Pamela Adlon Segall as Moose Pearson
- April Winchell as Mom
- Wendie Malick as Denise Goldman
- Candi Milo as Constance Goldman
- Kath Soucie as Cissy Rooney
- Susan Tolsky as Aunt Janie
- Jenna Von Oy as Trinket St. Blaire


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With all the recent controversy about "Mom Wars" and "Dad Wars," I wanted to share a piece that simply is about what it means to me to be a parent. At the end (and beginning) of every day, that's really what this is all about for me.
When I was a kid, I loved playing the board game Life. It made the big, unexplored world seem so exciting. So appealing. You even collected money when you added children to your clan!
The process of adding those children was relatively simple, as I recall, and involved little tiny pegs -- either pink or baby blue -- that you'd place in the backseat of your miniature plastic, colored car as you slowly drove through the windy path of the board. I'd often wonder to myself, back in those board game playing days, what it would be like to have children of my own. I assumed I'd have a collection of boys because, well, I grew up in a house of five boys myself. Any deviation from that seemed hard to imagine.
And that was pretty much my first vision of fatherhood. Driving through the game of Life, in a red (my favorite) convertible car, collecting sons in the back seat while other players ponied up with cash.
Even when my first child was born (and yes, it was a boy!), my head was filled with images of the little guy hoisted up on my shoulders, baseball games, building sand castles, blowing bubbles, and angelic smiles with coos morning, noon, and night.
My how life has a way of throwing a cold glass of water in your face.
I was zooming through life juggling the typical plates that most forty-something-year-old dads seem to tackle. A demanding job, lots of travel, volunteer projects, and a back seat of a car that suddenly included two sons. And a daughter!
And somewhere out of left field I received a diagnosis of cancer. My bobbling world came to a screeching halt as I worked through several health issues including surgery, recovery, and follow-up treatments that have pretty much become the new norm in my life. Another twist included finding myself alone raising those three pegs in the backseat alone.
I don't recall those being detours in the childhood game of Life.
Funny thing is, I'm as happy, peaceful, and content today -a few years post-diagnosis - as I ever have been in my life. I also think I'm finally the dad I was meant to be.Michael Lewis, in his wonderful fatherhood journey story, Home Game, hit the nail on the head for me when he discovers that,
Like Lewis, my own journey to dad-dom involved that "aha" moment which began to more clearly define what it actually meant to be a father to another human being.
"It's only in caring for a thing that you become attached to it."
One of the first things I learned -- post cancer and while doing this parenting gig alone -- was that you need to throw away all the stereotypes out there that the rest of the world has. Originally, I was trying to play the dual role of both parents which, truthfully, was impossible. What I learned was that it was far more important to simply focus on being a "parent" which really liberated me to a new way of thinking about who I was. It helped me find the path to being the parent my kids needed me to be. I also shed any preconceived images of what I thought I should be.
Now, I follow my kids' lead. And I've learned that they're pretty good at giving me clues as to what they need from me as a parent. The real challenge is following through on the signals they are sending!
I also learned to give up any notion of being the superman in the house who could fix everything--including disappointment, hurt feelings, lost friends, teenage quarrels and the host of other ups and downs that come with children. I've learned that my kids really don't expect me to fix everything. Actually, I've learned that it kind of bugs them when I pretend that I can fix everything. Kids are happy to know their parents will listen. And be sad or disappointed with them. It's a good lesson for them. And they do survive.
And hands down the most important thing I've learned is how critical it is to always be available to your children. On all levels. Every minute of the day. I'm talking being available not just physically, but emotionally. And if you're into it, spiritually. When your children know you are there for the - no matter what - it opens a spectacular world of parent-child relationships that are invaluable.
Oh yeah, there's one other thing I learned since those childhood days when I used to dream about what it would be like to be dad. I learned it's not a game.
It's just life.
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7 September. Our 1.5 yr old Darren had been on Augmentin for a cough and fever for 3 days but didn't seem to get better. Fever still came back. But he was still rather active. But that evening after his nap, he was just sitting on my lap, almost panting, and inactive. When Darren is inactive, something is amiss.
At 11pm, we brought him to Puteri Specialist Hospital after a GP's advice. This was our first experience as parents, admitting our child in a hospital. Strangely, I wasn't as freaked out as I would have been if it was my first child. I was rather relaxed, positive and excited. But what followed after we went into the A&E ward did tear my maternal heartstrings a bit.
We had to strip him and a nurse whisked him away to bring down his temperature by PUTTING HIM UNDER A TAP OF RUNNING COLD WATER. They say they do this to prevent fever fits. He was also quickly given the fever suppository.
Then barely dried, we had to do a chest X-ray by holding him down on the cold hard table. The husband held down his thighs, while I held onto his arms and shoulders. Both of us wearing some protective HEAVY bulletproof apron. This took less than 5 minutes. I was expecting to see an x-ray film but everything is digital now!
We went back to the A&E ward where the doctor diagnosed pneumonia. Mild, beginning stages. Consolidation in the lungs present, that means the cloudy area in his lungs.
Now they had to insert the intravenous line into his little hand. How do they do this to a conscious screaming wrestling child? I had no idea because they drew the curtain and ordered us to stay out. After what felt like days, we got to hold him, and his little bandaged IV-ed hand. No, it's not over. He has to get the neb. And he hated it. The nebulizer mask is known to inflict fear, hatred and trauma to toddlers. I know the fear part because at one point during administration, amidst his cries and screams, he muttered 'Scared'. Oh my heart sank. This is the hardest part of being a mother. You know your job is to protect your child from what he fears, yet in this situation, you can't stop it because it's for his own good.
The drama was over. We went up to the Peads Ward and checked into the High Dependency Unit. It was midnight and both of us were still wide-eyed reeling from the thrill. The husband brought me the lazy chair provided by the hospital, and I told him to go home. Darren's fever had gone down since and was back in action. BACK IN ACTION TILL 2AM! He had no problems falling asleep on his new crib, whereas I had problems falling asleep on a non-bed, in sub-zero temperature, dry air and no quilt.
So, for 2 nights, he was back in action, on antibiotics, fever-free, 4 hourly nebs... whereas I was zombified, dehydrated and delirious.
We went home on Friday. And then, I was down. The baton is in my hands.