Is this another case of patent first and invent later? Maybe I'll patent transporters, warp drives, phasers, etc.. ohh wait. would the creators of Star Trek have rights because my inventions were based on their intellectual property? Or does amazon.com have some broad patent that covers all these thing? Maybe the guy who invented the transistor would have rights since it was based on his work. The idea of ownership of ideas has gone too far.
... what is an isn't possible?
"2. To discourage futility. Computer experts who tackle problems that are simply insoluble need to stop wasting their time"
Things are only insoluble until their solved. Years of human history should've taught us that by now.
"4. To make possible the otherwise impossible."
Doesn't this conflict with point two?
Granted, their are things that aren't possible with our current way of processing problems and looking at things logically, but there's no law saying we can't re-invent the basic way we represent information. Who's to say what's impossible? Years ago flight was impossible, so was long-distance communication. People who tried to make them happen were ridiculed, and now we take them for granted. Don't underestimate human ingenuity.
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Is this another case of patent first and invent later? Maybe I'll patent transporters, warp drives, phasers, etc.. ohh wait. would the creators of Star Trek have rights because my inventions were based on their intellectual property? Or does amazon.com have some broad patent that covers all these thing? Maybe the guy who invented the transistor would have rights since it was based on his work. The idea of ownership of ideas has gone too far.
Dual Layer Dual Sided CDS? Does such a beast even exist?
... what is an isn't possible? "2. To discourage futility. Computer experts who tackle problems that are simply insoluble need to stop wasting their time" Things are only insoluble until their solved. Years of human history should've taught us that by now. "4. To make possible the otherwise impossible." Doesn't this conflict with point two? Granted, their are things that aren't possible with our current way of processing problems and looking at things logically, but there's no law saying we can't re-invent the basic way we represent information. Who's to say what's impossible? Years ago flight was impossible, so was long-distance communication. People who tried to make them happen were ridiculed, and now we take them for granted. Don't underestimate human ingenuity.