I have had to do this before, taking a camera photo of a screen; but in my defense, the computer had frozen, and there was no other way to get the snapshot.
My point is that it was the German Merck's page before Facebook made the mistake. It is apparently this mistake that started the whole problem.
Facebook doesn't want to take part in the legal battle? Well, they should return things to how they were before they messed up, and if there is a trademark issue, then Merck US should file a complaint and try to get the page taken down, erased, whatever. There ARE proper channels for trademark violations.
I don't think that there is a choice here. If one company had the page, then it should be returned to them.
If a valet parking makes a mistake and gives your car keys to someone else, they can't say: "oh, sorry, we made a mistake... however, the new guy really likes your car, so unless you come to an agreement, we won't give the car to either of you".
That is exactly it. The patent being claimed is too broad and fits any rectangle with a screen and a bezel. So, yes, the tablet in the movie could fit the patent.
They could use it also to have their flagship phone. Just as they have Nexus One (HTC) and the Nexus S (Samsung), but may now have 100% control under how it is built. Having their "own" phone now hasn't driven others away, but has helped set the stage as to what you should get from a fully Android compliant phone.
Don't know what exact event the parent was talking about, but it brought back memories of the guy at Heathrow Airport who was threatened with arrest unless he changed his t-shirt. The offending t-shirt showed Optimus Prime with a gun.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1234193.ece
Sure, Facebook may not see what you googled for, but they can track you while browsing external websites. Ditto for Twitter. Whenever you see the "facebook this" or "twitter that" icon on any webpage, and you are logged on Facebook or Twitter respectively... they can see where you are.
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I once had a Sony PSP and an iPod stolen from my baggage on a Continental Airlines flight going out from Newark Airport (Yes, I should've taken them in my carry on, I had no space left and was overly trusting).
I complained to Continental Airlines and they basically said "Tough luck, we don't go through your baggage, it's the TSA. Take it up with them." They added "We do recommend our passengers to avoid putting any electronics in their baggage".
TSA has a form you can fill to file a complaint. It includes sending the receipts of your stolen objects and witnesses that confirm you did have them in your baggage and witnesses that confirm they were not there when you arrived. Then they supposedly "start an investigation".
I had lost the receipts of my items and being outside the US it was difficult to go to the store and try to get a copy. So I never submitted the papers. I did learn my lesson. Never put electronics in your baggage, it will come up in scans and become an excuse for someone to open it.
Patents are mentioned and refuted in Barnes & Noble's response ( http://www.groklaw.net/pdf2/MSvB&Nanswer.pdf ).
They include:
(in parenthesis: page and paragraph in document where validity of patent is put in question)
Patent 5,778,372: "Remote Retrieval and Display Management of Electronic Document with Incorporated Images". This refers to loading the text of a web-page before the background image. (page 16, paragraph 33)
Patent 6,339,780: "Loading Status in a Hypermedia Browser Having a Limited Available Display Area". This basically treats putting the "Loading" message inside the page area instead of the toolbar. (page 16, paragraph 32)
The description mentions contributions towards mapping the human genome, which is true. They don't claim to have discovered DNA. > Canadian researchers have been at the forefront of mapping our human genetic makeup in this field of medical science.
The automated process can give you a profile of your genes, and indeed it only takes a lab technician to do it.
However the results need to be interpreted, it is not a straightforward response (except for some very specific mutations for "simple" diseases), hypertension, diabetes, and other complex diseases are not only based on your genotype, but also highly dependent on your environment.
It is not a standardized reading like the pollutants coming out of your exhaust pipe.
Having the results delivered directly to the patient without a doctor helping them interpret them may cause the patient to take actions that might even trigger the disease for which he is genetically predisposed but would not have expressed otherwise.
Out of the Devil's Advocate role, I agree with you, if you want to know your genotype, it is yours and you should have the right to have it done where you want (just hope they have very good QC! Don't want to get your genotypes wrong!).
It is up to you if you want to play doctor or have it done by a real one with a geneticist training.
"Egerstad was released and no charges have been laid against him, but the police are in the process of investigating the matter and nothing has been ruled out."
Except when you're talking about disk space in which case a megabyte is 1000 kilobyte ot 1,024,000 bytes: hence the discrepancy between that results in my 20gig iPod having ca. 18megs of disk space reported.
I know tech support convinced you that that is true, but if your 20gig iPod shows only 18megs of disk space... there's something really wrong with it!!
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, anyone?
I have had to do this before, taking a camera photo of a screen; but in my defense, the computer had frozen, and there was no other way to get the snapshot.
My point is that it was the German Merck's page before Facebook made the mistake. It is apparently this mistake that started the whole problem.
Facebook doesn't want to take part in the legal battle? Well, they should return things to how they were before they messed up, and if there is a trademark issue, then Merck US should file a complaint and try to get the page taken down, erased, whatever. There ARE proper channels for trademark violations.
I can't figure out if your comment is meant to be funny or are you under the impression that this is something other than an art exhibit?
I don't think that there is a choice here. If one company had the page, then it should be returned to them.
If a valet parking makes a mistake and gives your car keys to someone else, they can't say: "oh, sorry, we made a mistake... however, the new guy really likes your car, so unless you come to an agreement, we won't give the car to either of you".
Good work freaking out the rest of the world, keep it up. Go USA.
Exactly! My theory is that god must have ran out of lithium when he created this specific star.
That is exactly it. The patent being claimed is too broad and fits any rectangle with a screen and a bezel. So, yes, the tablet in the movie could fit the patent.
They could use it also to have their flagship phone. Just as they have Nexus One (HTC) and the Nexus S (Samsung), but may now have 100% control under how it is built. Having their "own" phone now hasn't driven others away, but has helped set the stage as to what you should get from a fully Android compliant phone.
Well, the corners are not rounded out, so Apple won't be able to get the same deal in Europe.
Don't know what exact event the parent was talking about, but it brought back memories of the guy at Heathrow Airport who was threatened with arrest unless he changed his t-shirt. The offending t-shirt showed Optimus Prime with a gun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1234193.ece
oops... I guess that makes sense, given that they are registering the "design", not the "invention", of a handheld computer.
Yeah, the description in the document under code 54 (i.e. Indication of the product) it literally just says "Handheld Computer".
Sure, Facebook may not see what you googled for, but they can track you while browsing external websites. Ditto for Twitter. Whenever you see the "facebook this" or "twitter that" icon on any webpage, and you are logged on Facebook or Twitter respectively... they can see where you are.
Facebook Tracks and Traces Everyone: Like This!
> and would probably be using a Live CD distribution of my favorite Linux.
See, that's a mistake. You need to use a Live CD of your LEAST liked Linux distribution:
"No, your honor, it could not have been me: anyone that knows me can attest that I would never touch SUSE with a ten-foot pole".
It happens in other countries, but use words like "bribing" and "corruption".
I once had a Sony PSP and an iPod stolen from my baggage on a Continental Airlines flight going out from Newark Airport (Yes, I should've taken them in my carry on, I had no space left and was overly trusting).
I complained to Continental Airlines and they basically said "Tough luck, we don't go through your baggage, it's the TSA. Take it up with them." They added "We do recommend our passengers to avoid putting any electronics in their baggage".
TSA has a form you can fill to file a complaint. It includes sending the receipts of your stolen objects and witnesses that confirm you did have them in your baggage and witnesses that confirm they were not there when you arrived. Then they supposedly "start an investigation".
I had lost the receipts of my items and being outside the US it was difficult to go to the store and try to get a copy. So I never submitted the papers. I did learn my lesson. Never put electronics in your baggage, it will come up in scans and become an excuse for someone to open it.
Patents are mentioned and refuted in Barnes & Noble's response ( http://www.groklaw.net/pdf2/MSvB&Nanswer.pdf ).
They include:
(in parenthesis: page and paragraph in document where validity of patent is put in question)
Patent 5,778,372: "Remote Retrieval and Display Management of Electronic Document with Incorporated Images". This refers to loading the text of a web-page before the background image. (page 16, paragraph 33)
Patent 6,339,780: "Loading Status in a Hypermedia Browser Having a Limited Available Display Area". This basically treats putting the "Loading" message inside the page area instead of the toolbar. (page 16, paragraph 32)
Patent 5,889,522: "System Provided Child Window Controls". (page 17, paragraph 34)
Patent 6,891,551: "Selection Handles in Editing Electronic Documents". (page 17, paragraph 35)
Patent 6,957,233: "Method and Apparatus for Capturing and Rendering Annotations for Non-Modifiable Electronic Content". (page 17, paragraph 36)
Patents 5,579,517 and 5,758,352. Dealing with file name compatibility between different OS (page 14, paragraph 29)
Patents 6,791,536 and 6,897,853. Simulating mouse inputs without a mouse (page 15, paragraph 30)
Patent 5,652,913. Shared data structure for storing input/output data (age 16, paragraph 31).
Ah, I know it, been there once, but it was a private function, so maybe that was why I didn't get my picture taken.
I have had that in Mexico City in one place, scanned my ID but no photo... or at least it was not evident.
Wow, what kind of bars do you go to? I've never had anything like that in Vancouver.
The description mentions contributions towards mapping the human genome, which is true. They don't claim to have discovered DNA.
> Canadian researchers have been at the forefront of mapping our human genetic makeup in this field of medical science.
Playing Devil's Advocate here.
The automated process can give you a profile of your genes, and indeed it only takes a lab technician to do it.
However the results need to be interpreted, it is not a straightforward response (except for some very specific mutations for "simple" diseases), hypertension, diabetes, and other complex diseases are not only based on your genotype, but also highly dependent on your environment.
It is not a standardized reading like the pollutants coming out of your exhaust pipe.
Having the results delivered directly to the patient without a doctor helping them interpret them may cause the patient to take actions that might even trigger the disease for which he is genetically predisposed but would not have expressed otherwise.
Out of the Devil's Advocate role, I agree with you, if you want to know your genotype, it is yours and you should have the right to have it done where you want (just hope they have very good QC! Don't want to get your genotypes wrong!).
It is up to you if you want to play doctor or have it done by a real one with a geneticist training.
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Done
"Egerstad was released and no charges have been laid against him, but the police are in the process of investigating the matter and nothing has been ruled out."
RTFA
This could be the beginning of William Gibson's: "Cyberspace" or Neal Stephenson's: "Metaverse"...
I'm so looking forward to see what comes next...
I know tech support convinced you that that is true, but if your 20gig iPod shows only 18megs of disk space... there's something really wrong with it!!