OF course, you have the situation where the Author writes a fantastic novel that would have made him million over the span of his long life, but is tragically killed by a bus before collecting on all that he should have. Not having had a chance to make money off of his works, he leaves nothing to his family and others go on to reap the rewards of his art.
What was the original system, 20 years? Shounds good to me. No need to worry about situations like the one above and the creater of said work (or their estate) has ample time to profit from their works.
You're surprised that people will read a fantasy book set in a fantasy world for enjoyment but wont read another fictional novel set in the "real world" that you need to have a campanion book to read or have knowledge of Dublin Ireland in the 1900's? (Something that the Irish probably don't even have).
If you did not know, people read for enjoyment. Having to do research to understand a book does not equal enjoyment for a good majority of people as well and not getting the joke or refference.
it might be because I never learned to properly type, but instead hover over the keys and do an advance hunt & peck that invovled three finghers from both hands along with one of the thumbs. I've still able to type at 60wpm with this method, but it does not translate well to a non standard keyboard.
I currently own an HP model with a 10" screen and have no problem with the keyboard. Sure, its a tad bit different than usigna ful lkeyboard, but most laptop computers have that issues (Flat buttons and all).
take him to the store and have him try typign up a quick memo in word on the demo unit. It will take a bit, but shoudl be fine.
However, I would not want to be doing ample amount of typing on this (or any) laptop.
I believe Brandon Sanderson's blog said it was going to be in the range of 750,000 - 800,000 words. The publishers wanted the book to be about 250,000 words. To continue, Brandon Sanderson stated that his contract is to write a book of at least 250,000 words. So, he could have gotten away with 1 book instead of writing three. So, seeing as he is not being paid for any extra words past 250,000 we can believe that he is not dragging it out for the money.
Then, from that point on, you'd have yet another interruption to the main story line to deal with before you ever got back to it.
See, I enjoyed that, it made the world feel "real". Everyone has their own motives and goals and some believe Tarmin Giadon(Spelling?) is coming and some don't. But all of their actions have affect on the world and getting it ready for the final battle.
Doesn't sound like they followed the Montessori method as I've seen it performed. Sure, you are still going to have to do assignments and subjects that might not be your favorite. However, you usually get the choice of a multitude of different assignments for each subject so that you can find the ones that you enjoy the most.
Kind of a thread jack / off topic. But, have you looked into a montessori school? It introduces children into learning in a fun way and adapts to tasks and styles of learnign that the child enjoys.
It could be that the Z3 DOES mean much less to that kid and his family than the '93 tarus does to the single mom.
On a side note, I've seen many single mothers treat thier only mode of transportation like crap and I've known kids that treat thier cars with respect & care.
No one need sanything bud Food and Shelter, right? Give 'em a nice cave and a side of beef and you're godo to go!
Snarky aside, While they might not "need" them to survive, they can be rather important to kids. School is a giant popularity contest for kids. Because fo this, they often do need objects like cell phones to compete. Does this mean unrestricted and supervised use? No of course not.
Ohh, do you mean if you used exsisting technology to design a new/different hammer that you could apply for a patent on your new hammer design? Yeah, that seems fair to me. You did craete a new hammer design. You don't think that sounds fair?
With the fast paced world we live in today, versus 200 years ago, there is a very good arguement that the 20 year patent could be shortened. This allowing a reward/incentive to those who to work on the exsisting problems and innovate and not run tino the problem we have now where the patents sometimes stiffle innovation.
But I do beleive that people should be provided incentives for tackling problems.
But, you mention: That's how anybody would have done it if they were working on the same problem
Thats the thing. The patent system rewards you for working on the problem. So, anyone else could have gotten the patent first if they had taken the time to work on the problem. but, they didn't. The patent system is designed to provide insentive to create.
To avoid patent troll status in my world patent holders need to, directly or indirectly, put those patents into products that are in consumer's hands. If the patent isn't actively being used to produce a quality product, then it's time to hand out the name tag that says "Hello, My name is Patent Troll."
Tivo patents are "actively being used to produce a quality product". As many others ahve mentioned, they are not sitting on the patents, as a patent troll would.
Really? For me it is one of my favorite features. That way, when I am fast forwarding I can stop when I see the show has come back on and I don't have to worry if I caught it at the exact moment or that I am missing anything. It puts it back a few seconds and I'd much rather watch 3 seconds of the end of a commercial that have to rewind back to not miss part of my show.
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OF course, you have the situation where the Author writes a fantastic novel that would have made him million over the span of his long life, but is tragically killed by a bus before collecting on all that he should have. Not having had a chance to make money off of his works, he leaves nothing to his family and others go on to reap the rewards of his art.
What was the original system, 20 years? Shounds good to me. No need to worry about situations like the one above and the creater of said work (or their estate) has ample time to profit from their works.
You're surprised that people will read a fantasy book set in a fantasy world for enjoyment but wont read another fictional novel set in the "real world" that you need to have a campanion book to read or have knowledge of Dublin Ireland in the 1900's? (Something that the Irish probably don't even have).
If you did not know, people read for enjoyment. Having to do research to understand a book does not equal enjoyment for a good majority of people as well and not getting the joke or refference.
Math gives you a highly addictive mind/mood altering experience? Hmm... We must have tried different Math.
it might be because I never learned to properly type, but instead hover over the keys and do an advance hunt & peck that invovled three finghers from both hands along with one of the thumbs. I've still able to type at 60wpm with this method, but it does not translate well to a non standard keyboard.
They were talking about having the OS make Spellcheck available to all apps, instead of getting your spell checker from each app seperately.
Firefox does Automatic Spellchecking on all OS's
I currently own an HP model with a 10" screen and have no problem with the keyboard. Sure, its a tad bit different than usigna ful lkeyboard, but most laptop computers have that issues (Flat buttons and all).
take him to the store and have him try typign up a quick memo in word on the demo unit. It will take a bit, but shoudl be fine.
However, I would not want to be doing ample amount of typing on this (or any) laptop.
You don't rewire or alter your car, but you coudl if you wanted too. There is a whole culture of people that do.
Like I said previously, if you do talk to him, you should let him know it was misleading.
If your claim is true, than you should tell him that his blog is very misleading where he says "doing four times the work for the exact same pay."
I believe Brandon Sanderson's blog said it was going to be in the range of 750,000 - 800,000 words. The publishers wanted the book to be about 250,000 words. To continue, Brandon Sanderson stated that his contract is to write a book of at least 250,000 words. So, he could have gotten away with 1 book instead of writing three. So, seeing as he is not being paid for any extra words past 250,000 we can believe that he is not dragging it out for the money.
Then, from that point on, you'd have yet another interruption to the main story line to deal with before you ever got back to it.
See, I enjoyed that, it made the world feel "real". Everyone has their own motives and goals and some believe Tarmin Giadon(Spelling?) is coming and some don't. But all of their actions have affect on the world and getting it ready for the final battle.
Doesn't sound like they followed the Montessori method as I've seen it performed. Sure, you are still going to have to do assignments and subjects that might not be your favorite. However, you usually get the choice of a multitude of different assignments for each subject so that you can find the ones that you enjoy the most.
Kind of a thread jack / off topic. But, have you looked into a montessori school? It introduces children into learning in a fun way and adapts to tasks and styles of learnign that the child enjoys.
It could be that the Z3 DOES mean much less to that kid and his family than the '93 tarus does to the single mom.
On a side note, I've seen many single mothers treat thier only mode of transportation like crap and I've known kids that treat thier cars with respect & care.
No one need sanything bud Food and Shelter, right? Give 'em a nice cave and a side of beef and you're godo to go!
Snarky aside, While they might not "need" them to survive, they can be rather important to kids. School is a giant popularity contest for kids. Because fo this, they often do need objects like cell phones to compete. Does this mean unrestricted and supervised use? No of course not.
Ohh, do you mean if you used exsisting technology to design a new/different hammer that you could apply for a patent on your new hammer design? Yeah, that seems fair to me. You did craete a new hammer design. You don't think that sounds fair?
Where did I say ignore prior art?
With the fast paced world we live in today, versus 200 years ago, there is a very good arguement that the 20 year patent could be shortened. This allowing a reward/incentive to those who to work on the exsisting problems and innovate and not run tino the problem we have now where the patents sometimes stiffle innovation.
But I do beleive that people should be provided incentives for tackling problems.
Lots of things. Any examples?
But, you mention: That's how anybody would have done it if they were working on the same problem
Thats the thing. The patent system rewards you for working on the problem. So, anyone else could have gotten the patent first if they had taken the time to work on the problem. but, they didn't. The patent system is designed to provide insentive to create.
To avoid patent troll status in my world patent holders need to, directly or indirectly, put those patents into products that are in consumer's hands. If the patent isn't actively being used to produce a quality product, then it's time to hand out the name tag that says "Hello, My name is Patent Troll."
Tivo patents are "actively being used to produce a quality product". As many others ahve mentioned, they are not sitting on the patents, as a patent troll would.
"Sometimes using bronze instead of copper was enough to get around the patent."
Sounds like they took advantage of someone elses work who happened to have poorly written their patent.
What isn't Obvious in hindsight?
I posted about this before, but this reminds me of the movie "Flash of Genius".
While something may have been "inevitable", someone does get credit for not only thinking to do it, but actually doing it.
Really? For me it is one of my favorite features. That way, when I am fast forwarding I can stop when I see the show has come back on and I don't have to worry if I caught it at the exact moment or that I am missing anything. It puts it back a few seconds and I'd much rather watch 3 seconds of the end of a commercial that have to rewind back to not miss part of my show.