Actually what they have said is that they can't patent the physical properties that allow the machine to work. They claim to have filed patents on their specific configurations. You can patent a device, you can't patent a physical law.
What's the big difference between a politician's blog and their already sanitized websites? I'm sure that even if they are the ones writing entries, they have them reviewed before posting.
I've launched a website called votemerich.com, where registered users vote someone rich. We've discussed various methods for trying to keep it to one person per vote. Because this isn't a real election, we can make everyone's voting record public so that anyone can search for fraud. What we'll probably end up doing long term is a combination of snail mail and email verification. Any other suggestions for pure online voting?
I've been monitoring Roller's transition through Apache's incubator process. You can get a glimpse of all the legal licensing issues a project has to go through to become compliant. Definitely an interesting read:
Just wanted to tell you all about something much more realistic then entering a bot in BattleBots (plus more flexible;-)) Build your own Lego Bot! A few of us in Albany, New York have started a group called BattleBricks, where we build bots for various competitions once a month and try to destroy our fellow opponents. Quite fun!
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Actually what they have said is that they can't patent the physical properties that allow the machine to work. They claim to have filed patents on their specific configurations. You can patent a device, you can't patent a physical law.
And to top it off, they are giving out FREE T-SHIRTS at the demo in London.
Actually, you could patent a perpetual motion machine. You just have to present the actual device to the patent office:
t s/0600_608_03.htm
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documen
What's the big difference between a politician's blog and their already sanitized websites? I'm sure that even if they are the ones writing entries, they have them reviewed before posting.
I've launched a website called votemerich.com, where registered users vote someone rich. We've discussed various methods for trying to keep it to one person per vote. Because this isn't a real election, we can make everyone's voting record public so that anyone can search for fraud. What we'll probably end up doing long term is a combination of snail mail and email verification. Any other suggestions for pure online voting?
I've been monitoring Roller's transition through Apache's incubator process. You can get a glimpse of all the legal licensing issues a project has to go through to become compliant. Definitely an interesting read:
r -roller-dev/200511.mbox/thread
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubato
But rats laugh!!! hahaha
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/85711.s
When you could be spending your time getting voted rich?
http://www.votemerich.com
Hello All,
;-)) Build your own Lego Bot! A few of us in Albany, New York have started a group called BattleBricks, where we build bots for various competitions once a month and try to destroy our fellow opponents. Quite fun!
Just wanted to tell you all about something much more realistic then entering a bot in BattleBots (plus more flexible
Check us out:
http://www.battlebricks.com/
Will
When Good Plastic Goes Bad
Here is an idea: Have students develop agents to compete for the RoboCup! http://ci.etl.go.jp/~noda/soccer/server/index.html This is very cool. Will