But... to play devil's advocate for a moment here... why should they even need a warrant to open your mail? After all, if you aren't doing or saying anything wrong, what difference should it make who sees the contents of your mail, right?
The human eye can detect variations in contrast in as tiny a region as approximately 1/3 of an arc-minute At 8 inches, this works out to just under 20 microns. Even at 12 inches, it's just under 30 microns, and to be below the Nyquist threshold would still require every discrete detail to be under 15 microns in size.
I mean... let's say that you decide to tell facebook to "forget" you, but before you did, somebody who had perfectly lawful access to see your info copied some of it to his local computer... say it was pictures or whatever. After you were "forgotten", the person who copied your stuff uploads it back onto facebook. For argument's sake, let's suppose that the person who does this is outside of your country's jurisdiction. Who do you get to sue?
Those touchscreen gestures did not originate in iOS. iOS was only the first commercially available implementation of them that had a wide exposure.
In particular, surface computing had already been utilizing these gestures for quite some time prior to the release of the first iPhone. Apple didn't innovate it... Jobs merely demonstrated, as he repeatedly did through his life, how to take something that somebody else invented that had no apparent potential for commercial viability at the time, and make it into a packaged product that anybody can buy.
As it happened, Microsoft introduced a commercially viable version of their surface computing platform in the same calendar year that the iPhone was released.
They haven't reached person's physical viewing limit yet. Although they are finally at least within an order of magnitude.
The iPhone4 boasts a resolution of just over 300dpi, which makes each pixel roughly 80 microns in size. This is still more than four times as large as what a healthy human eye is capable of resolving. Of course, even at 20 microns, it isn't really going to be sufficient, because to be completely undetectable it has to pass the Nyquist limit for our resolution, which means that the detail would have to be 10 microns in size or smaller. This requires a resolution of 2400 or more dpi, and on the ipad would require that the screen have a horizontal resolution of 16384, and vertical resolution of 12288.
Yes, but that does not appear to be what they are claiming to have patented. What I took from the article is that they appeared to be claiming ownership on the very idea of being able to have a computer perform functions at the vocal request of an individual while using natural language, and not special commands.
Finally, of course, the implementation of getting a computer to do a particular task is software, which is supposed to be covered by copyright.
Not to mention, of course, that the concept of making any sort of vocal request and having it acknowledged and responded to in a comprehensible fashion is entirely obvious, even if the exact implementation of how to get a computer to do it is not.
Simple inference allows one to fairly reliably conclude that even the Islamic perspective realizes that death is a consequence of the fall of man, although their writings never explicitly say this.
Consider their view of Adam and Eve, which contends that it was their transgression against their creator that got them evicted from the Garden of Paradise. It is nigh inconceivable to think that either Adam or Eve would or even could have have died while dwelling in the Garden, and certainly neither they nor their descendants would have been cast out if they had never transgressed in the first place, ergo, the fall of man is directly responsible for death.
But according to Islam, didn't early man fall away from God, causing death to exist in the first place? So doesn't that mean that death is *already* punishment? Sure, it takes a whole lot longer than execution - some 80 years or so... but the punishment is already there nonetheless.
I didn't say it never happens... it just seems to happen very rarely that people who break the law manage to do so with enough competence that, although you don't necessarily abide what they did, you can at least respect that they had definitely considered all the possible angles.
Canadian Tire wouldn't generally carry USB cables. Target is pretty much a newcomer to Canada - only just starting up here last year. I don't know how many of them are near the downtown Toronto area.
There's an NCIX store, however, that's about 20 minutes drive from downtown Toronto, at least according to Google maps, and they would definitely have USB cables - at far lower prices than one would pay at Futureshop or Best Buy.
Can't say how they'd compete with Target because I've never shopped there.
What you are suggesting may be theoretically possible, but as of today, at least, Hemp and Marijuna are still distinct types of cannabis, just as much as poodles are distinct from terriers.
It makes them different in the same way that a Chihuahua is *NOT* a Great Dane. Both are types of dogs, but one is not the other. Likewise, hemp and marijuana are both types of cannabis, but they are not the same... "breed", if you will.
Hemp is *NOT* marijuana. They are related in that they are both cannabis, but they are not the same plant. You can't get high by smoking hemp (well, maybe you could... but Hemp's THC content is over an order of magnitude less than that found in marijuana, so you'd have to smoke at least ten times as much).
What, specifically, are they wanting to find? Because I'm pretty sure there's nothing in my browser cache that would ever be worth a nickel to anybody else unless they are some eccentric dataphile or something.
Where routine password changes are strictly enforced, the system would notice that there were too many characters similar between your old and newly chosen password and would not allow it.
I thought this was obvious, but I was actually comparing brick-and-mortar to online shopping in general, and not simply ordering online from a physical store or storage facility that is obviously already local.
The convenience of being able to just drive to the store and pick it up at the time that you determine you need it.
Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with online shopping... just saying that brick-and-mortar still has at least one distinct advantage, until we invent star-trek style transporters that can just beam the stuff directly to your computer within mere hours or possibly even minutes of you completing your order.
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Sometimes, computers can get pretty warm.... and paper doesn't exactly have a very high point of combustion. How flammable is this stuff?
But... to play devil's advocate for a moment here... why should they even need a warrant to open your mail? After all, if you aren't doing or saying anything wrong, what difference should it make who sees the contents of your mail, right?
The human eye can detect variations in contrast in as tiny a region as approximately 1/3 of an arc-minute At 8 inches, this works out to just under 20 microns. Even at 12 inches, it's just under 30 microns, and to be below the Nyquist threshold would still require every discrete detail to be under 15 microns in size.
I mean... let's say that you decide to tell facebook to "forget" you, but before you did, somebody who had perfectly lawful access to see your info copied some of it to his local computer... say it was pictures or whatever. After you were "forgotten", the person who copied your stuff uploads it back onto facebook. For argument's sake, let's suppose that the person who does this is outside of your country's jurisdiction. Who do you get to sue?
Between 8 and 12 inches.
Those touchscreen gestures did not originate in iOS. iOS was only the first commercially available implementation of them that had a wide exposure.
In particular, surface computing had already been utilizing these gestures for quite some time prior to the release of the first iPhone. Apple didn't innovate it... Jobs merely demonstrated, as he repeatedly did through his life, how to take something that somebody else invented that had no apparent potential for commercial viability at the time, and make it into a packaged product that anybody can buy.
As it happened, Microsoft introduced a commercially viable version of their surface computing platform in the same calendar year that the iPhone was released.
They haven't reached person's physical viewing limit yet. Although they are finally at least within an order of magnitude.
The iPhone4 boasts a resolution of just over 300dpi, which makes each pixel roughly 80 microns in size. This is still more than four times as large as what a healthy human eye is capable of resolving. Of course, even at 20 microns, it isn't really going to be sufficient, because to be completely undetectable it has to pass the Nyquist limit for our resolution, which means that the detail would have to be 10 microns in size or smaller. This requires a resolution of 2400 or more dpi, and on the ipad would require that the screen have a horizontal resolution of 16384, and vertical resolution of 12288.
So we aren't there yet.
Yes, but that does not appear to be what they are claiming to have patented. What I took from the article is that they appeared to be claiming ownership on the very idea of being able to have a computer perform functions at the vocal request of an individual while using natural language, and not special commands.
Finally, of course, the implementation of getting a computer to do a particular task is software, which is supposed to be covered by copyright.
"Search for information by voice"? Prior art: 411
Not to mention, of course, that the concept of making any sort of vocal request and having it acknowledged and responded to in a comprehensible fashion is entirely obvious, even if the exact implementation of how to get a computer to do it is not.
And nothing biologically precludes a scottish terrier from breeding with a french poodle. They are still distinct.
Simple inference allows one to fairly reliably conclude that even the Islamic perspective realizes that death is a consequence of the fall of man, although their writings never explicitly say this.
Consider their view of Adam and Eve, which contends that it was their transgression against their creator that got them evicted from the Garden of Paradise. It is nigh inconceivable to think that either Adam or Eve would or even could have have died while dwelling in the Garden, and certainly neither they nor their descendants would have been cast out if they had never transgressed in the first place, ergo, the fall of man is directly responsible for death.
But according to Islam, didn't early man fall away from God, causing death to exist in the first place? So doesn't that mean that death is *already* punishment? Sure, it takes a whole lot longer than execution - some 80 years or so... but the punishment is already there nonetheless.
I didn't say it never happens... it just seems to happen very rarely that people who break the law manage to do so with enough competence that, although you don't necessarily abide what they did, you can at least respect that they had definitely considered all the possible angles.
How is that especially an opportunity? Do you have any idea how many people actually get audited in a year? 58 more is completely inconsequential.
Canadian Tire wouldn't generally carry USB cables. Target is pretty much a newcomer to Canada - only just starting up here last year. I don't know how many of them are near the downtown Toronto area.
There's an NCIX store, however, that's about 20 minutes drive from downtown Toronto, at least according to Google maps, and they would definitely have USB cables - at far lower prices than one would pay at Futureshop or Best Buy.
Can't say how they'd compete with Target because I've never shopped there.
Why is it that you so rarely hear about crimes where the feds haven't been able to actually figure out who actually did it?
What you are suggesting may be theoretically possible, but as of today, at least, Hemp and Marijuna are still distinct types of cannabis, just as much as poodles are distinct from terriers.
It makes them different in the same way that a Chihuahua is *NOT* a Great Dane. Both are types of dogs, but one is not the other. Likewise, hemp and marijuana are both types of cannabis, but they are not the same... "breed", if you will.
Hemp is *NOT* marijuana. They are related in that they are both cannabis, but they are not the same plant. You can't get high by smoking hemp (well, maybe you could... but Hemp's THC content is over an order of magnitude less than that found in marijuana, so you'd have to smoke at least ten times as much).
Quantity of exclamation points, perhaps?
What, specifically, are they wanting to find? Because I'm pretty sure there's nothing in my browser cache that would ever be worth a nickel to anybody else unless they are some eccentric dataphile or something.
Where routine password changes are strictly enforced, the system would notice that there were too many characters similar between your old and newly chosen password and would not allow it.
I thought this was obvious, but I was actually comparing brick-and-mortar to online shopping in general, and not simply ordering online from a physical store or storage facility that is obviously already local.
How convenient for you to be perfect, and never make mistakes about what is going to happen.
The convenience of being able to just drive to the store and pick it up at the time that you determine you need it.
Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with online shopping... just saying that brick-and-mortar still has at least one distinct advantage, until we invent star-trek style transporters that can just beam the stuff directly to your computer within mere hours or possibly even minutes of you completing your order.