... when these wankers start drying off from old age and find themselves in front of the Gates of Hell (TM).
Other than that, I hope the patents are challenged and that each and every one of them are invalidated, with Eolas getting hit for fees, etc. Bunch of blood sucking psychopaths.
We also need, at least in the U.S. and probably elsewhere, representatives and senators that are financially responsible individuals as a whole.
I blew a gasket and wrote my senators and representative about the OMFG unbelievable passing of the senate bill that boosts government spending by 12 percent AND gives government employees a two percent raise. Why? Well, given the financial condition of the country and the already outrageous borrowing that has already been done, they are setting things up so that we have to borrow *even more*.
So, not only have past and current Administrations, Houses and Senates made things *worse*, but they are doing things to make the future even worse!
The U.S. is going to hell in a hand basket, and our politicians are happily helping it along at a faster and faster pace. It un-f*cking-believable, to say the least.
In truth, both of the major parties, as a whole, are quite a bit less than angelic.
They both blame and demonize the other party as a continual game "gotcha".
The result is ever increasing national debt, ever increasing mandated financial obligations (Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid) that have already factually bankrupted this country.
Both Democrats and Republicans (as parties) are hell bent on doing *everything other than" being responsible and honorable stewards of this country and its citizen's hard won tax money.
Per my last check of the Government Accountability Office, each U.S. citizen is on the hook for about $400,000.00 if the current national debt was divided by our citizenry. Horrific and criminal are the only words I can use to describe what current and past Administrations, Houses and Senates have done to this country economically. And, with the recent request to raise the debt ceiling, it is only going to get worse.
Only the person(s) covered by a security clearance that disclosed the information are the ones liable, as they signed the documents agreeing to be bound by the rules/laws governing the handling of such classified material.
A person receiving such disclosed material (a third party), is under no obligation to protect or otherwise not distribute the information. Oh, sure, they could turn the material over to the authorities and turn the person in, yeap.
This all sounds to me like certain members of the government are afraid that somethings they do not want disclosed are going to be, and all hell is going to break loose as a result.
I know from reading data about past disclosures, that the security classification system is used and abused to *deny* information to the people that should know what the heck is going on in this country, namely its citizens.
Well, that and a constitutional amendment that for every bill the House and Senate passes, that when the President signs it into law, that the House, Senate and President are obligated to rescind two equal laws (equal in terms of expense/government overhead or scope).
If, however, they pass a bill which greatly curtails a current existing former bill (i.e. now law), they get a pass on this.
After a while, the House, Senate and President would be very picky and careful about what laws get put on the books, which would be a good thing for all concerned.
-- as this "meat" will have to be exercised in some fashion to make it more "meat-like".
So, how are we going to accomplish this?
Have specially designed undergarments? You strap this synthetic meat to it, go to work, then at lunch, go to the bathroom and pull your meat out -- wait a minute....
Which, is just one of the reasons, lower on my own importance scale, that I will never own a cell phone.
The primary reason I will never own one is, I have a radio and satellite communications background, I know and have seen what RF radiation will do to a body first hand. I have an aversion to my brains and testicles (and other organs) being subjected to even more RF and other radiation.
If I ever am in an emergency, where I live, within a four block area, there are probably 50 plus cell phone owners around in cars, etc. I have no need for one, is the next secondary reason I will never own one.
-- for me to bitch and moan about how Verizon FiOS lines cover all the streets around my apartment complex, but, due to a Verizon f*ck up on the property years ago (which caused a couple thousand in damage to a drain and structures around it) that my apartment complex *will not* allow Verizon on the property to bring the FiOS lines to the various apartment buildings.
|| An invention that can easily be examined and cloned doesn't need patent protection. ||
Well, if this were the case, then our whole patent system in the U.S. should be completely dismantled.
Because, we have this little problem, where U.S. patent law (or regulation) speaks about a person having ordinary skill (or just skill) in the art being able to make or implement the invention from the data provided in the patent application. The problem with this is, from a few patents I have read, their wording is so convoluted and in nay cases ambiguous, that it would practically be impossible to make or implement them using the data in the patent.
This also ties into test of obviousness where something would be "obvious" to a person skilled in the art.
Patent law in the U.S. and how it is implemented by the U.S. PTO, is just an arbitrary bureaucratic mess overall, but with software patents in particular.
No idea, but I will find out. I will post what I find, when I find it.
However, in my view, if any citizens are required to pay income tax of any amount, then all citizens should be so taxed.
In other words, I find the current income taxation laws extremely unfair to all concerned. Not every one, as our V.P. Joe Biden says has "skin in the game". Roughly 40 percent do not have "skin in the game" in reference to income taxes (and Joe was referring to paying taxes, actually, paying more taxes).
So, in my view, we either all pay some income tax, or none do, it would be the only fair way to do so.
And, if you don't have one, set up circumstances so that one is created, then pump it for all it's worth!
Like even more uncontrolled spending of money that isn't there, which justifies increased onerous and enslaving income taxation, while roughly 40 percent pay absolutely NO income taxes, etc.
The last two years economic plundering of various populations by their governments are going to look like a picnic, compared to what I see is going to happen over the next few years.
Think taxes are high and getting worse? Pfft, you ain't seen nothing yet. Think government spending is out of control, into heights it has never seen before? Just give it a few years when Medic-are/aid and Social Security start running solely on borrowed and even more worthless money.That will be the next crisis, mark my words.
Well, back in the day, some 14 years ago, I had got the so many CDs for a dollar (or whatever it was) from BMG.
Had the requirement to buy 4 CDs or so after that, which I did pretty quickly.
I called and wrote to BMG to cancel my account with them, no joy, kept getting CDs every month. So, I just promptly, while at the post office, told them I did not want the item(s), that I cancelled my account and that I even called and wrote to cancel, after I bought my 4 CD obligation, but kept getting the CDs each month, so please just return these to the sender marked "Refused".
It took about six months of doing this, to the point where they finally stopped.
I then read, shortly after that, that they canceled their monthly sending of CDs, you just got a small catalog of "CDs of the month" selections or something like that.
If Video Professor is anything like the above, then I personally would not ever do business with them.
Like I said "Watching the fire works from all this is gonna be fun. Let the games begin!"
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
I am sure, as more e-mails and data are compiled, and investigations are done, that the CRU and people associated with it will be fully exonerated. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if things were even worse than these current e-mails have indicated.
Side note: I want a clean environment, for me, family, people I live and work with, country and world. But, I do not support any effort to massively tax (and therefore further enslave) which is touted as the thing necessary to save mankind from man-made global warming, er, climate change. Politics needs to be gotten fully out of the debate, that includes taxation related to it. As a general operating principle, I oppose any and all sorts of social engineering oriented taxation. These types of taxes are just a back handed way of curbing the exercise of individual rights and liberty.
-- Phil Jones, beleagured head of the CRU: "Our global temperature series tallies with those of other, completely independent, groups of scientists working for NASA and the National Climate Data Centre in the United States, among others. Even if you were to ignore our findings, theirs show the same results. The facts speak for themselves; there is no need for anyone to manipulate them."
Then why, per the e-mails from CRU saying just that, was data manipulated? Odd, very odd.
As opposed to Man Made Global Warming proponents who:
1. Use a "trick" to "hide the decline". 2. Redefine "peer reviewed" to actually prevent peer reviews of their data. 3. Conspire to thwart FOIA requests, by deleting or indicating that they will delete data in light of such requests. 4. Once the above is exposed, complain that the exposure of the truth of what they have been up to is a "smear campaign".
Watching the fire works from all this is gonna be fun. Let the games begin!
I had very good higher math from highschool and from a college level math course years ago. But no programming background, training, etc.
Tried to lean Java as my first stab at programming. Let's just say, I learned enough to create endless exception errors (or seemingly so).
Then, back tracked a bit, taught myself JavaScript, for where I was knowledge-wise, it was the proper entrance point.
From there, taught myself C, and while I did that, I even ventured into learning a bit about assembly (which, in hindsight, helped broaden my understanding of what my C code was doing that the lowest levels). Then, re-visited Java with much better results and also learned some C++ (but I am still very much a fledgling C++ coder).
The problem, as I see it, isn't the need to dumb programming down, there are really two tracks (maybe more) here:
1. Programming for those that want to stay away from the lowest levels of computer processing and 2. Those who want to code as close to bare metal as possible for speed, etc.
Both are needed, in different situations. And, some in "1", as they gain more knowledge, will gravitate to "2".
It is really a matter of personal interest, what problems the programmer is trying to solve and that sort of thing.
From my own experience (briefly noted above), the basics, what is happening with the system when you code a particular thing, helped me really evaluate what I was trying to do with a particular function or piece of code, which I then used to improve past code I had written and improved my programs for new projects I tackled.
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... when these wankers start drying off from old age and find themselves in front of the Gates of Hell (TM).
Other than that, I hope the patents are challenged and that each and every one of them are invalidated, with Eolas getting hit for fees, etc. Bunch of blood sucking psychopaths.
Pfft, yeah.
We also need, at least in the U.S. and probably elsewhere, representatives and senators that are financially responsible individuals as a whole.
I blew a gasket and wrote my senators and representative about the OMFG unbelievable passing of the senate bill that boosts government spending by 12 percent AND gives government employees a two percent raise. Why? Well, given the financial condition of the country and the already outrageous borrowing that has already been done, they are setting things up so that we have to borrow *even more*.
So, not only have past and current Administrations, Houses and Senates made things *worse*, but they are doing things to make the future even worse!
The U.S. is going to hell in a hand basket, and our politicians are happily helping it along at a faster and faster pace. It un-f*cking-believable, to say the least.
And, for bonus points: A classic example of what is wrong with the U.S. patent system -- sort of.
The global systematic destruction of human rights in so-called democracies or republics?
That would be a much more telling demo, I am quite certain.
Or, even better, the systematic economic destruction being done by central banks and the IMF?
In truth, both of the major parties, as a whole, are quite a bit less than angelic.
They both blame and demonize the other party as a continual game "gotcha".
The result is ever increasing national debt, ever increasing mandated financial obligations (Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid) that have already factually bankrupted this country.
Both Democrats and Republicans (as parties) are hell bent on doing *everything other than" being responsible and honorable stewards of this country and its citizen's hard won tax money.
Per my last check of the Government Accountability Office, each U.S. citizen is on the hook for about $400,000.00 if the current national debt was divided by our citizenry. Horrific and criminal are the only words I can use to describe what current and past Administrations, Houses and Senates have done to this country economically. And, with the recent request to raise the debt ceiling, it is only going to get worse.
You are correct.
Only the person(s) covered by a security clearance that disclosed the information are the ones liable, as they signed the documents agreeing to be bound by the rules/laws governing the handling of such classified material.
A person receiving such disclosed material (a third party), is under no obligation to protect or otherwise not distribute the information. Oh, sure, they could turn the material over to the authorities and turn the person in, yeap.
This all sounds to me like certain members of the government are afraid that somethings they do not want disclosed are going to be, and all hell is going to break loose as a result.
I know from reading data about past disclosures, that the security classification system is used and abused to *deny* information to the people that should know what the heck is going on in this country, namely its citizens.
Well, that and a constitutional amendment that for every bill the House and Senate passes, that when the President signs it into law, that the House, Senate and President are obligated to rescind two equal laws (equal in terms of expense/government overhead or scope).
If, however, they pass a bill which greatly curtails a current existing former bill (i.e. now law), they get a pass on this.
After a while, the House, Senate and President would be very picky and careful about what laws get put on the books, which would be a good thing for all concerned.
I wouldn't be surprised if the mangler -- er manager -- was out of a job shortly, due to the fucking stupid ass thinking on his part.
Also, I wonder if the MPAA is going to help the theatre get all lawyered up for the ensuing court room slug-fest they are surely going to receive.
-- as this "meat" will have to be exercised in some fashion to make it more "meat-like".
So, how are we going to accomplish this?
Have specially designed undergarments? You strap this synthetic meat to it, go to work, then at lunch, go to the bathroom and pull your meat out -- wait a minute....
-- this patent is bogus.
De-multiplexing has been around for a long time (circa late 60s or early 70s).
But, even with that out of the way, the patent is basically describing getting offset data after the de-multiplexing to then get at the data.
Both have gobs of prior art in their own rights. As well as this being obvious to anyone skilled in the areas of communications and programming.
The patent office needs a spanking.
Which, is just one of the reasons, lower on my own importance scale, that I will never own a cell phone.
The primary reason I will never own one is, I have a radio and satellite communications background, I know and have seen what RF radiation will do to a body first hand. I have an aversion to my brains and testicles (and other organs) being subjected to even more RF and other radiation.
If I ever am in an emergency, where I live, within a four block area, there are probably 50 plus cell phone owners around in cars, etc. I have no need for one, is the next secondary reason I will never own one.
-- for me to bitch and moan about how Verizon FiOS lines cover all the streets around my apartment complex, but, due to a Verizon f*ck up on the property years ago (which caused a couple thousand in damage to a drain and structures around it) that my apartment complex *will not* allow Verizon on the property to bring the FiOS lines to the various apartment buildings.
I say, screw them!
|| An invention that can easily be examined and cloned doesn't need patent protection. ||
Well, if this were the case, then our whole patent system in the U.S. should be completely dismantled.
Because, we have this little problem, where U.S. patent law (or regulation) speaks about a person having ordinary skill (or just skill) in the art being able to make or implement the invention from the data provided in the patent application. The problem with this is, from a few patents I have read, their wording is so convoluted and in nay cases ambiguous, that it would practically be impossible to make or implement them using the data in the patent.
This also ties into test of obviousness where something would be "obvious" to a person skilled in the art.
Patent law in the U.S. and how it is implemented by the U.S. PTO, is just an arbitrary bureaucratic mess overall, but with software patents in particular.
The slogan for this chapter, PETA(EH) would be:
It's not good to eat humans, don-cha know.
Ah, yes, you are correct.
But, then again, you could never get PETA to back the eating of vegetarian human beings (i.e. still meat). ;)
Soylent Green, perhaps?
PETA would be all over that, I am sure. As long as the "meat eaters" are processed first.
-- welcome our new Sweet and Soggy Pork Overlords.
No idea, but I will find out. I will post what I find, when I find it.
However, in my view, if any citizens are required to pay income tax of any amount, then all citizens should be so taxed.
In other words, I find the current income taxation laws extremely unfair to all concerned. Not every one, as our V.P. Joe Biden says has "skin in the game". Roughly 40 percent do not have "skin in the game" in reference to income taxes (and Joe was referring to paying taxes, actually, paying more taxes).
So, in my view, we either all pay some income tax, or none do, it would be the only fair way to do so.
|| Never let a "crisis" go to waste. ||
And, if you don't have one, set up circumstances so that one is created, then pump it for all it's worth!
Like even more uncontrolled spending of money that isn't there, which justifies increased onerous and enslaving income taxation, while roughly 40 percent pay absolutely NO income taxes, etc.
The last two years economic plundering of various populations by their governments are going to look like a picnic, compared to what I see is going to happen over the next few years.
Think taxes are high and getting worse? Pfft, you ain't seen nothing yet. Think government spending is out of control, into heights it has never seen before? Just give it a few years when Medic-are/aid and Social Security start running solely on borrowed and even more worthless money.That will be the next crisis, mark my words.
Well, back in the day, some 14 years ago, I had got the so many CDs for a dollar (or whatever it was) from BMG.
Had the requirement to buy 4 CDs or so after that, which I did pretty quickly.
I called and wrote to BMG to cancel my account with them, no joy, kept getting CDs every month. So, I just promptly, while at the post office, told them I did not want the item(s), that I cancelled my account and that I even called and wrote to cancel, after I bought my 4 CD obligation, but kept getting the CDs each month, so please just return these to the sender marked "Refused".
It took about six months of doing this, to the point where they finally stopped.
I then read, shortly after that, that they canceled their monthly sending of CDs, you just got a small catalog of "CDs of the month" selections or something like that.
If Video Professor is anything like the above, then I personally would not ever do business with them.
Like I said "Watching the fire works from all this is gonna be fun. Let the games begin!"
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
I am sure, as more e-mails and data are compiled, and investigations are done, that the CRU and people associated with it will be fully exonerated. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if things were even worse than these current e-mails have indicated.
Side note: I want a clean environment, for me, family, people I live and work with, country and world. But, I do not support any effort to massively tax (and therefore further enslave) which is touted as the thing necessary to save mankind from man-made global warming, er, climate change. Politics needs to be gotten fully out of the debate, that includes taxation related to it. As a general operating principle, I oppose any and all sorts of social engineering oriented taxation. These types of taxes are just a back handed way of curbing the exercise of individual rights and liberty.
-- Phil Jones, beleagured head of the CRU: "Our global temperature series tallies with those of other, completely independent, groups of scientists working for NASA and the National Climate Data Centre in the United States, among others. Even if you were to ignore our findings, theirs show the same results. The facts speak for themselves; there is no need for anyone to manipulate them."
Then why, per the e-mails from CRU saying just that, was data manipulated? Odd, very odd.
As opposed to Man Made Global Warming proponents who:
1. Use a "trick" to "hide the decline".
2. Redefine "peer reviewed" to actually prevent peer reviews of their data.
3. Conspire to thwart FOIA requests, by deleting or indicating that they will delete data in light of such requests.
4. Once the above is exposed, complain that the exposure of the truth of what they have been up to is a "smear campaign".
Watching the fire works from all this is gonna be fun. Let the games begin!
I had very good higher math from highschool and from a college level math course years ago. But no programming background, training, etc.
Tried to lean Java as my first stab at programming. Let's just say, I learned enough to create endless exception errors (or seemingly so).
Then, back tracked a bit, taught myself JavaScript, for where I was knowledge-wise, it was the proper entrance point.
From there, taught myself C, and while I did that, I even ventured into learning a bit about assembly (which, in hindsight, helped broaden my understanding of what my C code was doing that the lowest levels). Then, re-visited Java with much better results and also learned some C++ (but I am still very much a fledgling C++ coder).
The problem, as I see it, isn't the need to dumb programming down, there are really two tracks (maybe more) here:
1. Programming for those that want to stay away from the lowest levels of computer processing and
2. Those who want to code as close to bare metal as possible for speed, etc.
Both are needed, in different situations. And, some in "1", as they gain more knowledge, will gravitate to "2".
It is really a matter of personal interest, what problems the programmer is trying to solve and that sort of thing.
From my own experience (briefly noted above), the basics, what is happening with the system when you code a particular thing, helped me really evaluate what I was trying to do with a particular function or piece of code, which I then used to improve past code I had written and improved my programs for new projects I tackled.
Wait, if this is the case, then this would be a real "blow" to the operation of U.S. Navy ships in general.
That really "sucks"!