what might be ovbious 22+ years later may not have been, its what is ovbious to one skilled in the art at the time of INVENTION not time of examination.
I am a patent examiner. Youcan use nearly ANYTHING for prior art. I've used google to find webpages that discuss a video game's features which was similar to something I was examining.
You generally start off with searching what is allready in a numberof patent databases, if youdon't find it there thenyou look elsewhere within the limited time alloted.
i was under the impression that besides being used by militaries in europe the unimog was used as a tractor, albet a tractor which could do 65 mph yet also be geared down to 100 meters per hour.
i'd disagree on that. new jersey has some of the toughest gun control and explosives laws in the country. there is a very large police presence in new jersey as well.
this may be in part due to the fact that the richest county in the nation(morris county) is present. there are a ton of rich people who commute to nyc every day (and a lot of poor people) and demmand to be safe.
if you ever drive around the actual towns and cities you will see cops everywhere.
you had to be over 21 for that, under 21 aged licenses had peoples pictures with a 3/4 perspective, over 21 is head on view. no one really knows that outside of new jersey.
besides new jersy licenses are just laminated sheets of paper that "look fake".
i like the new jersey system and was sad to give up my license when i moved to maryland which has all these fancy magnetic strips and bar codes.
"My foot that it's a privilege! Most rednecks considered it a right! That's why the license is so easy to get and that's why there are so many accidents caused by morons! "
I'd say a lot of accidents occur because licensing exams are incredibly easy (my "road" test when i was 17 in new jersey took less than 3 minutes and was on a closed course) and it is a constant revenue stream for the state.
If you have millions of people renewing their licenses for 20 bucks a year that is a large cash flow for the state, hence it is in their best financial interest to have as many drivers on the road as possible.
I favour harder testing, longer required time behind the wheel with a driving instructor and herhaps higher fees(like in japan) for driving. If you go to germany, the average age someone gets a license is supposedly 28, because the test is so difficult.
Do that, do not allow beverage holders, cell phones or radios in cars, force everyone to drive manual transmissions and people will become more aware drivers and there should be fewer accidents and hopefully better drivers.
yeah, my friends parents both went to MIT and do interviews for them (his dad is a yale prof). They would tell people, don't go to RPI! Its too hard!!
My friend, their son, got his physics degree at RPI the year before i got my BS. Those phyics guys are pretty hard core.
As for MIT, did you know their first year is pass/fail? What a joke! RPI just doesn't have the name in the publics eye, but if you look at the practicing engineer's ratings of schools, its consistantly in the top 5.
Yeah I went to RPI got my BS EE with minor in japanese in aug 2002 (long story about japanese part, pays to argue with RPI for 3 years to do it). I graduated with 152 credits, there was no way i could do it in 128 with the 4x4 because that would require 5 years of school.
You are better off doing the dual major because as you know, the CS degree is a joke. Not that the CS classes are a joke but you have way too many "free" courses to choose from that it is a shame not to do a double major.
As I'm sure you know, RPI really is one of the top 4 undergrad universities for engineering. Too bad the real world isn't aware of this (and the fact that MIT undergrad is a joke).
given that the intended audience for EP4/5 seemed to be wider than EP6-2, im curious which movies made more adjusted dollars and or wider viewing at the boxoffice.
Anyone know?
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All the money that star wars(and epI) made wasn't by selling tickets to 12 year olds. There are far more adult aged people in this country than kids.
Its those adults who wanted to go back and recapture thier childhood. Problem is they way lucas presented this prequel appealed far more to 5-10 year old market than the 13 on up market.
For example:I remember reading subtitles while watching star wars as a kid. Now everyone speaks english even though everyone seemed to understand it in ep4.
Being a technician versus being a programmer doesn't imply one is more valuable or better than the other or that one requres more intelligence than the other. Theyarejust two different career paths. Sure both may lead to management, but in a larger corporation, I would say someone with a four year degree or advanced education(MS,ME or an MBA) is likely to go higher up the corporate ladder.
2 classes senior year is pretty impressive, but you wouldn't have been allowed to graduate where i went. the state mandated at least 4 classes for four years (english, a math, a science and 1 history)
Keep in mind something here, IT people are primarily TECHNICIANS , that is they aren't doing systems design,programming etc. Theymight decide what might go in a specific server box but they aren't the ones designing it or writting applications for users. Thats what programmers are for.
Since IT people are Technicians an AS or or trade school, certifications etc are requried. A CS degree really isnt necesscary to "fight fires." The above poster is right on track for this subject.
A CS degree gives you a programming background as well as an easier means of moving in to management. (I'm an electrical engineer for the government by the way.) Its like the saying, what happens to old engineers, they move in to management. Now if all you want in life is to be a technician, then don't bother with a 4 year degree. If you have programming aspirations or would like an easier path to management, get the 4 year degree.
Yes, I have known "natural" engineers and programmers who really didn't need the technical knowledge they learned from their degree, but it was the interpersonal skills they learned in group projects and classes as well as the diploma that got them the job. Besides keep in mind initially when you get out of school its your grades as well as WHERE you went to college that gets you the job in addition to whatever technical questions the interviewer may ask you. Its that diploma that gets you past HR and into the interview.
Also, if you are getting a BS in CS, get in to the top name schools (yes its ovbous) like CMU, RPI, MIT, WPI etc rather than a general liberal arts school if you want a more technically focused education.
In regards to the person who posed the Ask Slashdot question, its always easier to think its someone elses fault than your own. Take sometime and evaluate yourself to see what mistakes you might have made. Also nearly 5 years of professional experience is BS!!! Your employer would have broken a number of child labour laws if you were working full time at the age of 14 or 15. Yes you canhave working papers, but you can't work a full work week(at least in NJ where I grew up) also how would you balance high school with a 40 hour a week job? Certanily possible during the summer but not during the year, unless you quite school with your parents approval at age 16.
anyways,according to the core curriculium 85% of my classes were engineering, I only had 2 free electives(i took a lot more). Granted my first year had some multidiscplinary SCIENCE courses(statics physics chem), the vast majority of my classes were EE(probably 60%), that is 3-4 out of the 5-7 classes I would take a semester(for all you at RPI the 4x4 is rubbish if you started in 95-97, there is NO way you can graduate in 4 years like that since courses aren't offered all the time.
CS on the other hand was primarily multidiscplinary, 1-2 courses CS related a semster, the rest humanities or general science. Hence a decent number of engineers who couldn't hack it switched to CS as it was easier(less classes/work) or quit school.
On the upside, eitherway you will be unlikely to serve on a jury, lawyers don't like engineers/scientists as you are trained to think methodically/logically/rationaly. They like to sway your emotions despite the fact that FACTS are supposed to rule a case. Thats not to say you will not get called up for jury duty just that when you are, you are more likely to be dismissed(based on my own personal experience).
Believe me, I feel for you. I watch a decent amount of chinese cinema(not just the HK action stuff) and a lot of korean movies as well(korean cinema is on the rise).
I got in to it as an alternative to Hollywood cookie cutter movies. More original plots, not the same predictable happy endings of american movies, and far better use of CG. If it wasn't for friends who were in to this stuff themselves(or are chinese) I would have never seen many chinese movies. Granted there isn't a large market for them in the US, but I can't understand why many of them aren't released in the US but are licensed by companies here. The only thing I can think of (which is way out there) is competition with the american film industry since it is a refreshing alternative. Thats not to say that all chinese/asian cinema is good(there is a lot of bad stuff like american cinema) its just refreshingly different.
My professor was japanese and I was living in japan at the time attending college for a semester. (I studied Japanese not because of an interest in anime, but for interests in martial arts. I later had an engineering job offer in japan but didnt take it due to the lower starting salaries for engineers in japan who are working for japanese companies.)
There were a number of Otaku at the college I attended, from both america and japan. My point is that the word otaku applies to more than just anime liking people.
I have seen otaku no video by the way.
I'm making a judgement on all types of Otaku wether its anime, car or sports, being too obsessive about anything to the point where its your whole existance in life is unhealthy(my roomate almost failed out of college for an anime obsession.) Its also that people don't understand the negative connotation of the word.
"There is that, but the enduring problem with otaku is that they never leave their house, hence the name."
The actual definition my japanese professor gave was "Someone who has the computer, TV and VCR setup so they don't need to move at all." The social context was given later.
Anyways the above definitions were both true of a former roommate of mine, then once he got a girlfriend his Anime interest, and obsessivness of it dramatically decreased.
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can do business methods, no software
allthough you will fill a patent by squaresoft for the method of running away in a videogame.
check the filling date, its back in the 70's.
what might be ovbious 22+ years later may not have been, its what is ovbious to one skilled in the art at the time of INVENTION not time of examination.
I am a patent examiner. Youcan use nearly ANYTHING for prior art. I've used google to find webpages that discuss a video game's features which was similar to something I was examining.
You generally start off with searching what is allready in a numberof patent databases, if youdon't find it there thenyou look elsewhere within the limited time alloted.
i was under the impression that besides being used by militaries in europe the unimog was used as a tractor, albet a tractor which could do 65 mph yet also be geared down to 100 meters per hour.
i'd disagree on that. new jersey has some of the toughest gun control and explosives laws in the country. there is a very large police presence in new jersey as well.
this may be in part due to the fact that the richest county in the nation(morris county) is present. there are a ton of rich people who commute to nyc every day (and a lot of poor people) and demmand to be safe.
if you ever drive around the actual towns and cities you will see cops everywhere.
you had to be over 21 for that, under 21 aged licenses had peoples pictures with a 3/4 perspective, over 21 is head on view. no one really knows that outside of new jersey.
besides new jersy licenses are just laminated sheets of paper that "look fake".
i like the new jersey system and was sad to give up my license when i moved to maryland which has all these fancy magnetic strips and bar codes.
"My foot that it's a privilege! Most rednecks considered it a right! That's why the license is so easy to get and that's why there are so many accidents caused by morons! "
I'd say a lot of accidents occur because licensing exams are incredibly easy (my "road" test when i was 17 in new jersey took less than 3 minutes and was on a closed course) and it is a constant revenue stream for the state.
If you have millions of people renewing their licenses for 20 bucks a year that is a large cash flow for the state, hence it is in their best financial interest to have as many drivers on the road as possible.
I favour harder testing, longer required time behind the wheel with a driving instructor and herhaps higher fees(like in japan) for driving. If you go to germany, the average age someone gets a license is supposedly 28, because the test is so difficult.
Do that, do not allow beverage holders, cell phones or radios in cars, force everyone to drive manual transmissions and people will become more aware drivers and there should be fewer accidents and hopefully better drivers.
yeah, my friends parents both went to MIT and do interviews for them (his dad is a yale prof). They would tell people, don't go to RPI! Its too hard!!
My friend, their son, got his physics degree at RPI the year before i got my BS. Those phyics guys are pretty hard core.
As for MIT, did you know their first year is pass/fail? What a joke! RPI just doesn't have the name in the publics eye, but if you look at the practicing engineer's ratings of schools, its consistantly in the top 5.
Yeah I went to RPI got my BS EE with minor in japanese in aug 2002 (long story about japanese part, pays to argue with RPI for 3 years to do it). I graduated with 152 credits, there was no way i could do it in 128 with the 4x4 because that would require 5 years of school.
You are better off doing the dual major because as you know, the CS degree is a joke. Not that the CS classes are a joke but you have way too many "free" courses to choose from that it is a shame not to do a double major.
As I'm sure you know, RPI really is one of the top 4 undergrad universities for engineering. Too bad the real world isn't aware of this (and the fact that MIT undergrad is a joke).
Musicians might not be in it for the money, but the record companies sure are!
The radio plays what ever they are paid to play (well through their promotional agents anyway).
is Very sharply written. The dialouge certainly can be taken on a more "adult" level as well while children will appreciate the story.
Thats how you do a family movie everyone will enjoy, not just a kids movie.
empire made more money than ROTJ in terms of adjusted dollars, see my other post with the website.
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For lucas its merchandising! Go watch spaceballs for better comentary on that than I can give.
http://www.the-movie-times.com/thrsdir/Top10everad .html
2 Star Wars* 1977 $461.00 $865.91
14 The Empire Strikes Back* 1980 $290.20 $468.62
15 Return of the Jedi* 1983 $309.10 $449.66
16 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 1999 $431.10 $442.15
Surprisingly ESB is higher than ROTJ in adjusted dollars.
On a side note gone with the wind is number one with over 1 billion domestic adjusted dollars.
let me rephrase this
given that the intended audience for EP4/5 seemed to be wider than EP6-2, im curious which movies made more adjusted dollars and or wider viewing at the boxoffice.
Anyone know?
All the money that star wars(and epI) made wasn't by selling tickets to 12 year olds. There are far more adult aged people in this country than kids.
:I remember reading subtitles while watching star wars as a kid. Now everyone speaks english even though everyone seemed to understand it in ep4.
Its those adults who wanted to go back and recapture thier childhood. Problem is they way lucas presented this prequel appealed far more to 5-10 year old market than the 13 on up market.
For example
Being a technician versus being a programmer doesn't imply one is more valuable or better than the other or that one requres more intelligence than the other. Theyarejust two different career paths. Sure both may lead to management, but in a larger corporation, I would say someone with a four year degree or advanced education(MS,ME or an MBA) is likely to go higher up the corporate ladder.
2 classes senior year is pretty impressive, but you wouldn't have been allowed to graduate where i went. the state mandated at least 4 classes for four years (english, a math, a science and 1 history)
Keep in mind something here, IT people are primarily TECHNICIANS , that is they aren't doing systems design,programming etc. Theymight decide what might go in a specific server box but they aren't the ones designing it or writting applications for users. Thats what programmers are for.
Since IT people are Technicians an AS or or trade school, certifications etc are requried. A CS degree really isnt necesscary to "fight fires." The above poster is right on track for this subject.
A CS degree gives you a programming background as well as an easier means of moving in to management. (I'm an electrical engineer for the government by the way.) Its like the saying, what happens to old engineers, they move in to management. Now if all you want in life is to be a technician, then don't bother with a 4 year degree. If you have programming aspirations or would like an easier path to management, get the 4 year degree.
Yes, I have known "natural" engineers and programmers who really didn't need the technical knowledge they learned from their degree, but it was the interpersonal skills they learned in group projects and classes as well as the diploma that got them the job. Besides keep in mind initially when you get out of school its your grades as well as WHERE you went to college that gets you the job in addition to whatever technical questions the interviewer may ask you. Its that diploma that gets you past HR and into the interview.
Also, if you are getting a BS in CS, get in to the top name schools (yes its ovbous) like CMU, RPI, MIT, WPI etc rather than a general liberal arts school if you want a more technically focused education.
In regards to the person who posed the Ask Slashdot question, its always easier to think its someone elses fault than your own. Take sometime and evaluate yourself to see what mistakes you might have made. Also nearly 5 years of professional experience is BS!!! Your employer would have broken a number of child labour laws if you were working full time at the age of 14 or 15. Yes you canhave working papers, but you can't work a full work week(at least in NJ where I grew up) also how would you balance high school with a 40 hour a week job? Certanily possible during the summer but not during the year, unless you quite school with your parents approval at age 16.
I never stated during selection that I felt that way, its just been my experience and that of other engineers that I worked with.
I went to an Institute(RPI) not a university.
anyways,according to the core curriculium 85% of my classes were engineering, I only had 2 free electives(i took a lot more). Granted my first year had some multidiscplinary SCIENCE courses(statics physics chem), the vast majority of my classes were EE(probably 60%), that is 3-4 out of the 5-7 classes I would take a semester(for all you at RPI the 4x4 is rubbish if you started in 95-97, there is NO way you can graduate in 4 years like that since courses aren't offered all the time.
CS on the other hand was primarily multidiscplinary, 1-2 courses CS related a semster, the rest humanities or general science. Hence a decent number of engineers who couldn't hack it switched to CS as it was easier(less classes/work) or quit school.
On the upside, eitherway you will be unlikely to serve on a jury, lawyers don't like engineers/scientists as you are trained to think methodically/logically/rationaly. They like to sway your emotions despite the fact that FACTS are supposed to rule a case. Thats not to say you will not get called up for jury duty just that when you are, you are more likely to be dismissed(based on my own personal experience).
Believe me, I feel for you. I watch a decent amount of chinese cinema(not just the HK action stuff) and a lot of korean movies as well(korean cinema is on the rise).
I got in to it as an alternative to Hollywood cookie cutter movies. More original plots, not the same predictable happy endings of american movies, and far better use of CG. If it wasn't for friends who were in to this stuff themselves(or are chinese) I would have never seen many chinese movies. Granted there isn't a large market for them in the US, but I can't understand why many of them aren't released in the US but are licensed by companies here. The only thing I can think of (which is way out there) is competition with the american film industry since it is a refreshing alternative. Thats not to say that all chinese/asian cinema is good(there is a lot of bad stuff like american cinema) its just refreshingly different.
thats what imports are for. go to www.hivizone.com for region 2,3 and zero imports.
hivizone has great service and excellent prices and does NOT sell bootlegs.
My professor was japanese and I was living in japan at the time attending college for a semester. (I studied Japanese not because of an interest in anime, but for interests in martial arts. I later had an engineering job offer in japan but didnt take it due to the lower starting salaries for engineers in japan who are working for japanese companies.)
There were a number of Otaku at the college I attended, from both america and japan. My point is that the word otaku applies to more than just anime liking people.
I have seen otaku no video by the way.
I'm making a judgement on all types of Otaku wether its anime, car or sports, being too obsessive about anything to the point where its your whole existance in life is unhealthy(my roomate almost failed out of college for an anime obsession.) Its also that people don't understand the negative connotation of the word.
"There is that, but the enduring problem with otaku is that they never leave their house, hence the name."
The actual definition my japanese professor gave was "Someone who has the computer, TV and VCR setup so they don't need to move at all." The social context was given later.
Anyways the above definitions were both true of a former roommate of mine, then once he got a girlfriend his Anime interest, and obsessivness of it dramatically decreased.