Software Patents Bye-Bye
So, it seems that the European Parliament did the only correct thing today. They voted massively against the proposed directive "Patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions Directive". 648 voted against, 14 for and there where 18 abstenstions. Now the European Commision has to restart the whole process, if they are going to do this at all.
More information: Aftenposten (Norwegian), Forbes (English), Webwereld (Dutch), Heise (German).
Life Line
It's been an interesting day.
Besides fixing up PECL, I have mostly dealt with journalists.
Half an hour phone chat with the Dutch NOS nieuws, and a 4 minute item for tonight's NOS Journaal (in 5 minutes).
And then a live interview for the international feed of BBC News.
Can I go back to bird watching?
Specify whether traffic signals have tactile indications that it's safe to cross
Determine roads lane count
Specify motorcycle parking capacities
Specify motorcycle parkings covers
Specify parking access
Specify road surfaces
Specify whether roads have lane markings
Survey postbox collection times
Specify street/place names to addresses
Survey opening hours
Survey hairdresser's customers
Survey if places still exist
Specify cycleways width
Specify width of opening
Specify whether there are cycleways
Created a main entrance and a home entrance
Okay, I think I fixed the PECL load situation.
Everything is now cached.
It means nobody can upload any new versions as you can't log in, but at least the server is not dying now.
It is deprecated, so this temporary measure is good enough for now.
I walked 2.8km in 18m39s
I've just finished reading The Things We Make by Bill Hammack.
A curious introduction into the world of the engineering method. How it's different from pure science and with the end product of serving mankind in mind.
Updated a restaurant
Updated 2 restaurants; Confirmed a bakery shop
I walked 4.1km in 48m53s
Updated a restaurant
Updated a bar
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