Sounds great, but where can I buy a matching 4000 Euro MRI machine to go with it? Seriously, spending less than 1% of the system price on processing power for the images is daft, especially when in most cases the bottleneck in getting patients in and out is the limited supply of radiologists. These guys need to think a little more deeply about their architecture.
it's a bit premature to say "we've cracked the genetic code of cancer" full stop.
You were looking for the "We've cracked the full genetic code of every cancerous tumour in all species" press release. I think that one's on page D35, next to the "Help Wanted-Media Relations" column.
Suppose I held a patent for non-clogging inkjet nozzles. (I don't.) I wouldn't necessarily want to go into cutthroat competiton against HP, Lexmark, Epson, etc. But I could still send them letters offering to license my patent on terms to be negotiated. I don't have to hide under the bridge hoping they don't realize their newest model will infringe. Right now, the economics seem to favour the latter option, but the change would remove the incentive to troll. You could even grandfather existing patents to remove the "you wiped out my billion-dollar patent portfolio" arguments.
If we're going to rewrite patent law, let's make patents contingent on a good-faith attempt to exploit the idea. Make them beat the bushes for someone to turn out products or the patent expires in two years.
So the computers used some electricity. They also produced some heat. (For a dark screen, the numbers are FAPP equal.) The questions then become 1:"Did the school normally heat with electricity, or something less expensive?"; 2:"Did SETI run during times when the school did not need to be heated?"; and 3:"Did SETI run when air conditioning was running?" Obviously there is only one free-beer combination of answers.
Here we once again see the intrinsic conflict of interest in allowing lawyers to write laws. If it is sufficiently unclear, they get paid to argue what it means. Ban lawyers from the legislatures of the world!
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You mock them now, but for how long?
What have I done 20+ times per day for 20 years?
Cough?
"In my experience, people generally will not accept a personal check for an automobile."
In the US, they have OnStar(TM) to help the Repo man find the asset.
Sounds great, but where can I buy a matching 4000 Euro MRI machine to go with it? Seriously, spending less than 1% of the system price on processing power for the images is daft, especially when in most cases the bottleneck in getting patients in and out is the limited supply of radiologists. These guys need to think a little more deeply about their architecture.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Suppose I held a patent for non-clogging inkjet nozzles. (I don't.) I wouldn't necessarily want to go into cutthroat competiton against HP, Lexmark, Epson, etc. But I could still send them letters offering to license my patent on terms to be negotiated. I don't have to hide under the bridge hoping they don't realize their newest model will infringe. Right now, the economics seem to favour the latter option, but the change would remove the incentive to troll. You could even grandfather existing patents to remove the "you wiped out my billion-dollar patent portfolio" arguments.
If we're going to rewrite patent law, let's make patents contingent on a good-faith attempt to exploit the idea. Make them beat the bushes for someone to turn out products or the patent expires in two years.
I can now leave my entire library behind on the subway. Think of it as an economic stimulus package.
So the computers used some electricity. They also produced some heat. (For a dark screen, the numbers are FAPP equal.) The questions then become
1:"Did the school normally heat with electricity, or something less expensive?";
2:"Did SETI run during times when the school did not need to be heated?"; and
3:"Did SETI run when air conditioning was running?"
Obviously there is only one free-beer combination of answers.
In Soviet Russia, Soggy Meat is you!
Why would the pointlessly ruin a 1959 Belair? It's not like they make those anymore.
To prove that given 50 years, even GM can learn a few things?
Thanks for the link. Very well said indeed.
Clint Eastwood is rumored to be negotiating a new movie.
Put the music up on archive.org and be done with it. It'll still be usable in a half dozen formats. Ditto software.
Who's Ali?
Try this:
cat monster|grep 'Ali'
So what we really want to know is, will this work for weather forecasts. One wants to put the butterfly in the right place, after all.
Try clicking on that thingamabob that says "PDF".
Because we all need more polymethylsilsesquioxane nanofilaments in our diet.
How much more power does a 100W bulb draw if it's inefficient?
Personally, I think they should check out Fog Catchers http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0308/feature3/ like the ones used in the Atacama Desert. Of course, they do have the requisite mountain range.http://archive.idrc.ca/nayudamma/fogcatc_72e.html
I understand the internets don't use tubes anymore, perhaps they can be recycled..
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_Robinson
Ok, I'll bite. Where in Florida do you get away from the sound of passing cars? A football game?
Squirrels? Terraforming is a job for mice!~~~~
Here we once again see the intrinsic conflict of interest in allowing lawyers to write laws. If it is sufficiently unclear, they get paid to argue what it means. Ban lawyers from the legislatures of the world!