I seriously doubt if BP or Ogilvy & Mather (18,000 employees) would do something this stupid. While Al Jazeera is as fair and balanced as Fox News, they could have some conflict of interest with BP.
Whether or not this complies with Google's Don't Be Evil policy, it should not be patentable. It's a simple idea, not a novel invention. More importantly, think of all the time it will save when you can put your own conversation bot up against theirs and don't have to personally mess with that social network stuff anymore. Let the bots do the socializing!
If there was a serious anti-DHS or anti-government movement forming over the internet, could DHS shut it down long enough to block the instigators and remove the offending information? Some people in the DHS would like control over everything that could threaten DHS.
In the United States, anybody can sue anybody else for anything, regardless of merit, and have a reasonable chance of winning. It only takes time and money.
In the U.S., politicians post speeches full of lies online, and nobody cares. I'm not sure if this is because everybody believes the lies, or because nobody believes the politicians.
They neglect to mention how this conversion will be done, or how efficient it will be. "The microorganisms work inside microbial fuel cells where they metabolize the organics, converting them into carbon dioxide and electricity." The robots carry only 24.5 ml of urine, giving about.025 grams of urea to be metabolized. That's not much energy for a robot overlord.
It's just not practical, as the headline and/. imply. I especially like the claim that a device can collect power from orbiting satellites, which of course would be infinitesimally smaller than radiation from the sun or even the moon. Someone forgot the reality check when (and if) they reviewed this article.
You don't have to have the security code to charge a credit card. It's an option merchants can use to reduce fraud. It's easy to try all the reasonable expiration dates. Once you have it, go shopping online. Or sell the card info to the Russians.
Microsoft is using its patent portfolio to stifle competition and blackmail its competitors. It has nothing to do with protecting the inventor to promote competition. That's why nobody has or will, in the foreseeable future, write a new desktop/laptop OS that competes with Windows.
In turn, that's why Microsoft can treat its customers like cattle and force upon them such fine products as Windows 8.
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They took that into account.
In defense of the researcher (and not the author of the article), it was just a poster presented at a conference, not a published paper.
Correction: 30,000 volunteers.
22 employees get an average of $188,000, 3000 volunteers get zero.
https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/2012_Mozilla_Form_990-Public_Disclosure.pdf
I seriously doubt if BP or Ogilvy & Mather (18,000 employees) would do something this stupid. While Al Jazeera is as fair and balanced as Fox News, they could have some conflict of interest with BP.
Whether or not this complies with Google's Don't Be Evil policy, it should not be patentable. It's a simple idea, not a novel invention. More importantly, think of all the time it will save when you can put your own conversation bot up against theirs and don't have to personally mess with that social network stuff anymore. Let the bots do the socializing!
You have a Subaru!
Sure, there have been a few fires, but that's no reason for Elon Musk to lash his own back. Poor guy.
http://www.kleargear.com/complaint-grenade-cup-12716.html
Maybe not physically, but legally?
If there was a serious anti-DHS or anti-government movement forming over the internet, could DHS shut it down long enough to block the instigators and remove the offending information? Some people in the DHS would like control over everything that could threaten DHS.
It is. The Constitution used to be important. Now we're just one short step away from national censorship.
What? Noodling is a major pastime in Oklahoma! Oh, wait...
In the United States, anybody can sue anybody else for anything, regardless of merit, and have a reasonable chance of winning. It only takes time and money.
If they turned down $3 billion, they eventually will learn that it was a really stupid mistake.
Remind me not to do business with Canonical. (1) I don't like to support over-active legal departments, and (2) they're liable to sue me.
In the U.S., politicians post speeches full of lies online, and nobody cares. I'm not sure if this is because everybody believes the lies, or because nobody believes the politicians.
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/Rumsfeld-denies-making-claims-Iraq-had-WMDs-1202942.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU0m6Rxm9vU
They neglect to mention how this conversion will be done, or how efficient it will be. "The microorganisms work inside microbial fuel cells where they metabolize the organics, converting them into carbon dioxide and electricity." The robots carry only 24.5 ml of urine, giving about .025 grams of urea to be metabolized. That's not much energy for a robot overlord.
It's just not practical, as the headline and /. imply. I especially like the claim that a device can collect power from orbiting satellites, which of course would be infinitesimally smaller than radiation from the sun or even the moon. Someone forgot the reality check when (and if) they reviewed this article.
You don't have to have the security code to charge a credit card. It's an option merchants can use to reduce fraud. It's easy to try all the reasonable expiration dates. Once you have it, go shopping online. Or sell the card info to the Russians.
All my credit cards apparently have a unique 8-digit beginning.
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They'll have to pay the non-profits to take it.
Microsoft is using its patent portfolio to stifle competition and blackmail its competitors. It has nothing to do with protecting the inventor to promote competition. That's why nobody has or will, in the foreseeable future, write a new desktop/laptop OS that competes with Windows.
In turn, that's why Microsoft can treat its customers like cattle and force upon them such fine products as Windows 8.
There are sure a lot of people who ride in limousines.
No prison, but if you buy some IPO shares you can join the class action lawsuit if the stock price ever drops.