because teutonic plate theory was just too crazy to accept...... although it replaced the even more silly Gaulish plate theory, quickly discarded by history.
The Hellenic plate theory never mounted a serious challenge, as it was smashed by its supporters.
None of this fight is new. Think Bell, Edison, Fessenden, Tesla. The recurring problem is that we keep letting the lawyers write the laws, so we get laws written for lawyers. It's a basic conflict of interest that means (among other things) that patents are just another way to make lawyers rich.
An inventor is one who can see the applicability of means to supplying demand five years before it is obvious to those skilled in the art.
"The Inventions of Reginald A. Fessenden". (January, 1925). Radio News, p. 1142.
That said, a simplified patent should be expressed in one or two central paragraphs, plus illumination. If it doesn't elicit a "Holy sh*t why didn't I think of that" reaction on first reading, it isn't worthy of a patent. Of course that would mean way more lawyers having to chase ambulances for a living...
Somebody please mod parent up! There's a nugget in
Can the standard be implemented without microsoft's compliance?
To whit, any standard's approval should be conditional on an existence proof. Require a clean-room reference implementation that works. Let them compete in the marketplace on cost/performance, not correctness. The world is sick of disfunctional software.
The Singularity refers to the creation of smarter-than-human intelligence beyond which the future becomes unpredictable.
As opposed to right now, when the future is really predictable...
Somebody with points, please mod parent up (insightful). We can't even predict history, let alone the future.
Wikipedia speaks to Evanescent wave coupling. For the dino's amongst us, it's just the optical analog of an RF transformer. It only works in the near field (usually magnetic, although electric could also be done.) So these guys have implemented a PLL in new technology. La plus ca change....
If you need a spectrum analyzer to understand Leadbelly, you have no heart. The message is purely emotional. The medium counts only to the extent that it enables the message, no matter what you think of McLuhan. Great performers use the instruments available that best suit their abilities, not the one that is 'best'. You don't hear Pavarotti playing a Strad. By extension, the listener should listen on whatever works for them, not get wrapped up in what is technically best (by whatever definition you choose).
I sing. So do a great many of my friends. Very few singers choose to stop just because their voices aren't as young and elastic as they once were. They improve their phrasing and dynamic sensitivity. Think Sinatra or Bennett.
There's nothing wrong with my HF hearing. Past 50, I still get annoyed by the 15 kHz whine (roughly a Bb) from flyback transformers in old TV sets. Fact is that most of the HF content out there would be better filtered out. Of course you could say the same for much of what passes for pop music in any era. It's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_Law at work.
Itchy ears indeed! Perhaps MrKaos should stop sitting on them.
Music is only marginally about the medium. Have a listen to this lame old mp3 of Leadbelly. He wasn't concerned with how it was recorded or encoded, it was about the message:
http://www.archive.org/details/Leadbelly-Where_Did _You_Sleep
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This strategy is particularly effective if there is no car to find keys for.
The Hellenic plate theory never mounted a serious challenge, as it was smashed by its supporters.
Build me a laser with Gm wavelength light (0.3Hz) and we can talk about near field for this purpose.
Speaking of accessibility, does BBC Americas have to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act? Inquiring minds want to know!
Article was in June IEEE Communications. See the commentary http://www.thefoa.org/foanl-07-07.html from the optical side.
Comparing http://www.planetspace.org/pdf/PressRelease121505.pdf2005 to http://www.planetspace.org/pdf/PressRelease020107.pdf2007 we see that they can't even decide how many V2 engines it'll take to lift the sucker. Or maybe they decided that they could find skinnier astronauts on CBI.
This, from the company that brought us the hanging chad.
Some idjit who thought audio radio was a good idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Fessenden#Quotations gave us:
An inventor is one who can see the applicability of means to supplying demand five years before it is obvious to those skilled in the art."The Inventions of Reginald A. Fessenden". (January, 1925). Radio News, p. 1142.
That said, a simplified patent should be expressed in one or two central paragraphs, plus illumination. If it doesn't elicit a "Holy sh*t why didn't I think of that" reaction on first reading, it isn't worthy of a patent. Of course that would mean way more lawyers having to chase ambulances for a living...They say it's crooked. In the immortal words of Canada Bill Jones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Bill_Jones, "yeah, but it's the only game in town!"
To whit, any standard's approval should be conditional on an existence proof. Require a clean-room reference implementation that works. Let them compete in the marketplace on cost/performance, not correctness. The world is sick of disfunctional software.
They were actually aiming for these guys: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/18/0426247
Come off it, who graduates grade school without learning to play poker?
Nausea, headache, flu-like symptoms. Read all about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_fume_fever
Seems to me that the owner of even one share has recourse. Wasn't that the whole point of Sarbanes-Oxley?
There. Fixed that for you.
Good luck.
Who needs to produce anything anymore? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Second_Lif e, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman_Islands. Youll note they all get by very nicely in financial services and tourism.
Wikipedia speaks to Evanescent wave coupling. For the dino's amongst us, it's just the optical analog of an RF transformer. It only works in the near field (usually magnetic, although electric could also be done.) So these guys have implemented a PLL in new technology. La plus ca change....
a really HOT cup of tea. Meanwhile, at http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0708/0708.0681.p df we learn that quantum tunneling really is FTL. I'm feeling very depressed.
I sing. So do a great many of my friends. Very few singers choose to stop just because their voices aren't as young and elastic as they once were. They improve their phrasing and dynamic sensitivity. Think Sinatra or Bennett.
There's nothing wrong with my HF hearing. Past 50, I still get annoyed by the 15 kHz whine (roughly a Bb) from flyback transformers in old TV sets. Fact is that most of the HF content out there would be better filtered out. Of course you could say the same for much of what passes for pop music in any era. It's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_Law at work.
Itchy ears indeed! Perhaps MrKaos should stop sitting on them. Music is only marginally about the medium. Have a listen to this lame old mp3 of Leadbelly. He wasn't concerned with how it was recorded or encoded, it was about the message: http://www.archive.org/details/Leadbelly-Where_Did _You_Sleep
There, fixed that for you.