If some magical new type of network were conceived, zero latency wireless for the entire coverage of the solar system. That, would be something novel and patentable. And if it were called perhaps the hypernet. Someone would subsequently patent one click, or if voice activation worked, one word buying on a 'hypersite'. Someone would have to 'conceive' of said thing, but it is obvious, regardless of that the patent would be granted.
As for the term African-American, I found it amusing when a news anchor asked a black British man who did something notable how he felt being an African-American whatever. He said he wasn't African-America. The news anchor was so confused.
IT when used to describe "anyone who touches a computer in the course of their workday" is too broad. Unfortunately, that is how a lot of people use the term.
I assume you realize there is a difference between going around to work stations and running Windows Update and writing code to solve just like there is a difference between putting up drywall and designing the plans for the atrium containing said drywall.
Someone at Toyota who writes the algorithms for the engine to increase efficiency on the Prius is not in the same field as the person who runs Windows updates on the various desktops in their accounting department.
Is that programmer working in IT? Or the car industry? How bout the person running around doing the windows updates? How bout the accountants?
Information technology (IT) is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications. I would personally map IT to the configuration and maintenance of information networks. Not that information networks is a particularly useful term.
A secretary could be considered an IT worker, because they use a computer to store appointments, call people up using a VOIP phone. They work using Information Technology.
A programmer could work in IT. I for example do dev work on a tool used by network admins to help them manage their networks, so I do in a way work in IT.
When someone says they work in healthcare, you think of them being a healthcare professional, be it nurse, doctor, medical transcriptionist. Something related to medicine. Does the janitor at the hospital work in healthcare because he happens to be at the hospital? Government usually entails the bureaucracy of governing. Does the janitor at the white house work in Government?
The labels just aren't always useful. An IT manager or medical office manager, or a senators staff manager has nothing to do with the industry they are a part of, they just happen to be supporting others who actually do.
What industry does a manager/secretary/janitor/telephone sanitizer/other support staff work in? The support industry? Would the entire IT then fall into the support industry?
If a graphic designer uses photoshop to create a product image for a new car, do they work in IT because they used a computer to create that picture? How about if the picture is for a computer program used by system admins? What if its an art asset for a video game?
Or how bout the people manufacturing the actual computers in factories in China, I assume they work in IT since it's computer related?
It doesn't cause confusion, but it also doesn't give anyone you know any idea what you actually do. If you had a secretary, she would also "work in IT" despite not having anything to do with IT.
Regardless, IT is an overly broad term when used to describe anything related to technology.
It's like saying the architect who designed , the janitor who worked at the design firm, and the construction worker who put up the drywall in said building, and the janitor who works in the new building are all in the same field. Because they worked on creating, supporting the creation, implementing, or maintaining the project in question. In this case the building.
People don't recognize the difference between the fields in relation to technology because they don't understand the technology. So they made a name "information technology" that is so abstract to be useless.
You could work the other way. Rather than querying the EAS with a location, it could retrieve all the EAS data for the entire country and then alert on the phone only that which applies to the location the phone is in.
Ir- as a prefix is a negative, -less as a suffix is a negative. So irregardless has a built in double negative, and would mean the same thing as regard would. Regardless means without regard. Irresponsible means not responsibility. While it could be considered a word simply because people use it, it ain't a proper word. Though some people are irresponsibleless when it comes to word usage.
Anyway, to finish that last one, it's "Irregardless" instead of "regardless" you're looking for.
I seem to recall reading a study that included some statistics that show an increased risk of assassination when you've been assassinated by the government.
I am no fan of software patents, but given the reality that we are living in, I think you are over simplifying quite a bit. A Microsoft patent for detecting and responding to the letter w wouldn't simply state "if the user writes w, do XXX". Rather, the patent would cover an OCR method for detecting that the user had written w, and then initiating the proper system response.
If detecting a the letter w is so obvious, could someone please reply with the process that would be used to detect the letter w? Please include how you recognize characters.
Patenting the detection of a specific gesture is like an OCR (text recognition) patent specifically for detecting the letter w, rather than patenting the actual detection system. Not saying that a patent specific for detecting the letter w wouldn't be granted, but still.
How can gold keep value when it doesn't have value? I'm aware gold has properties that make it a convenient form of exchange etc etc ad nauseum. But that doesn't give it value.
It is assigned a value in just as arbitrary a way as fiat currency is.
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If some magical new type of network were conceived, zero latency wireless for the entire coverage of the solar system. That, would be something novel and patentable. And if it were called perhaps the hypernet. Someone would subsequently patent one click, or if voice activation worked, one word buying on a 'hypersite'.
Someone would have to 'conceive' of said thing, but it is obvious, regardless of that the patent would be granted.
Then use postgres.
With that argument, I could make a database filled with the real number line from 1...n and copyright that because it took work to fill the database.
Think of the profits I could make....
Time keeps marching on.
Gute nacht suesser prinz
(in suesser the ue should be a u with an umlaut, the ss an esset)
How exactly do you propose someone disable UEFI in BIOS?
As for the term African-American, I found it amusing when a news anchor asked a black British man who did something notable how he felt being an African-American whatever. He said he wasn't African-America. The news anchor was so confused.
IT when used to describe "anyone who touches a computer in the course of their workday" is too broad. Unfortunately, that is how a lot of people use the term.
One job description? Or field?
I assume you realize there is a difference between going around to work stations and running Windows Update and writing code to solve just like there is a difference between putting up drywall and designing the plans for the atrium containing said drywall.
Someone at Toyota who writes the algorithms for the engine to increase efficiency on the Prius is not in the same field as the person who runs Windows updates on the various desktops in their accounting department.
Is that programmer working in IT? Or the car industry? How bout the person running around doing the windows updates? How bout the accountants?
Information technology (IT) is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications. I would personally map IT to the configuration and maintenance of information networks. Not that information networks is a particularly useful term.
A secretary could be considered an IT worker, because they use a computer to store appointments, call people up using a VOIP phone. They work using Information Technology.
A programmer could work in IT. I for example do dev work on a tool used by network admins to help them manage their networks, so I do in a way work in IT.
When someone says they work in healthcare, you think of them being a healthcare professional, be it nurse, doctor, medical transcriptionist. Something related to medicine. Does the janitor at the hospital work in healthcare because he happens to be at the hospital? Government usually entails the bureaucracy of governing. Does the janitor at the white house work in Government?
The labels just aren't always useful. An IT manager or medical office manager, or a senators staff manager has nothing to do with the industry they are a part of, they just happen to be supporting others who actually do.
What industry does a manager/secretary/janitor/telephone sanitizer/other support staff work in? The support industry? Would the entire IT then fall into the support industry?
If a graphic designer uses photoshop to create a product image for a new car, do they work in IT because they used a computer to create that picture? How about if the picture is for a computer program used by system admins? What if its an art asset for a video game?
Or how bout the people manufacturing the actual computers in factories in China, I assume they work in IT since it's computer related?
Is a programmer who is writing the internal controls to a car in the IT industry or the car industry?
It doesn't cause confusion, but it also doesn't give anyone you know any idea what you actually do.
If you had a secretary, she would also "work in IT" despite not having anything to do with IT.
They spend the day on slashdot of course.
Regardless, IT is an overly broad term when used to describe anything related to technology.
It's like saying the architect who designed , the janitor who worked at the design firm, and the construction worker who put up the drywall in said building, and the janitor who works in the new building are all in the same field. Because they worked on creating, supporting the creation, implementing, or maintaining the project in question. In this case the building.
People don't recognize the difference between the fields in relation to technology because they don't understand the technology. So they made a name "information technology" that is so abstract to be useless.
Santa?
I think you forgot to mention Halo 1, Halo 2, Marathon, Halo and Halo. Oh and don't forget Halo.
Didn't Steve jobs need a liver replacement?
You could work the other way. Rather than querying the EAS with a location, it could retrieve all the EAS data for the entire country and then alert on the phone only that which applies to the location the phone is in.
The easy solution is self driving cars.
Ir- as a prefix is a negative, -less as a suffix is a negative.
So irregardless has a built in double negative, and would mean the same thing as regard would. Regardless means without regard. Irresponsible means not responsibility.
While it could be considered a word simply because people use it, it ain't a proper word. Though some people are irresponsibleless when it comes to word usage.
Anyway, to finish that last one, it's "Irregardless" instead of "regardless" you're looking for.
I seem to recall reading a study that included some statistics that show an increased risk of assassination when you've been assassinated by the government.
What if someone drives like they expect to see other people who are dangerous accidents waiting to happen?
I don't think you're clear on what brute force means.
I don't know that I'd call MS Office well maintained. Shoehorned or jury-rigged is more appropriate when describing their maintenance.
I am no fan of software patents, but given the reality that we are living in, I think you are over simplifying quite a bit. A Microsoft patent for detecting and responding to the letter w wouldn't simply state "if the user writes w, do XXX". Rather, the patent would cover an OCR method for detecting that the user had written w, and then initiating the proper system response.
If detecting a the letter w is so obvious, could someone please reply with the process that would be used to detect the letter w? Please include how you recognize characters.
Patenting the detection of a specific gesture is like an OCR (text recognition) patent specifically for detecting the letter w, rather than patenting the actual detection system. Not saying that a patent specific for detecting the letter w wouldn't be granted, but still.
I don't think the white elephants would be ideal for dealing with a zombie invasion SCORPION STARE sure, but not the white elephants.
wasn't it fedex?
How can gold keep value when it doesn't have value?
I'm aware gold has properties that make it a convenient form of exchange etc etc ad nauseum. But that doesn't give it value.
It is assigned a value in just as arbitrary a way as fiat currency is.