If you need a patent for your business method in order for it to be profitable, it's a failed process. The only practical used for business process patents is patent trolling.
Not only that, but he used slow-ass connections. Neither the servers, nor the systems are likely to be the bottleneck in his tests..86MB/sec? I've seen 2.2MB/sec downloading from PSN or Live. I'm sure if I had a faster connection (currently 25mbit) the downloads could be even faster.
Even used coffee beans, extracted with something common like toluene, benzene or maybe even methanol should give you very decent ink, suitable for bubble jet for sure.
They specifically say "water". Not benzene, not toluene, not methanol. Water.
It hasn't. Not entirely, anyway. Things need to pass the back-of-the-napkin sanity test first. Then you can say "cool, neat idea". Space elevators seem more plausible than "water + used coffee grounds = ink".... You can't even get dark enough coffee for drinking out of half-used grounds, much less ink.... And that doesn't even get into the paper handing voodoo that is required to make a functioning printer before you try to do crazy things like moving the print-head by hand.
For starters, the "good kind" of cool ideas generally come with some basic initial investigation into feasibility already done.
It was a design competition. And I don't mean the good kind of design, where you get into technical details, either. More like the kind of design you get when you put marketing and upper management into a room together.
This printer won't jam up, because it doesn't exist. File it with jet-packs, and flying cars under "fiction".
Let's be honest... What other motive would you come up with that wouldn't boil down to "we'll do it when we benefit from it", for some definition of "benefit"?
I can easily see that being a huge performance problem. If the game is threaded, and the scheduling doesn't take the separate caches into account, a lack of affinity could cause terrible performance.
These types of switches are actually really common in timers that you install in place of a standard light switch. When you are replacing a switch, through the bulb is frequently the only path to neutral, and they can't make it use ground as a default current path.
Cheap automated switching devices like the clapper and some timers include the bulb as a resistance element in the switching circuit. They count on the bulb acting almost like a short when the light is off. This works with incandescent bulbs, since the resistance of the filament is very low when it is cold. CFL and LED bulbs act exactly the opposite way. They are almost an open circuit when off. With no current flow, the automated switch is unpowered.
There are switches that will work with these types of bulbs, but they generally cost more.
The public usually responds to these types of political environments by boosting the opposition. Many people don't even pay attention to the issues, and simply vote for a balance of power. The same party holding a majority in the legislative branch and holding the presidency is unusual on average. 19 out of the last 30 congresses since Roosevelt have had at least one chamber led by a party other than the president's party.
The last election did mean something. But I think what it meant will be felt by incumbents, not by parties. As soon as people remember why we threw the democrats out last time, the people who elected Obama (if they continue to vote) are likely to vote for "the other guy", not a particular party. It may even be a good time for a new party to gain power.
Ironically, the only way that law would ever get passed is if it was attached to something considered "too important to vote against".
The One Subject at a Time Act (which I would consider the best thing congress has done in the last half century if it passed), would stop the practice of attaching petty, unpopular legislation to other bills in exchange for a vote. It would significantly reduce the power of any individual representative in the House. Most reps would rather cut off a limb than give up any power.
Technically, I called his argument moronic, not him.
As for diverting the topic of conversation... I also refer you to the post I initially replied to. The thread that follows it for corroborating evidence.
I don't think that he missed your subtle points. I think he was subtly trying to make the point that your subtle points were moronic.
1. AT&T has shown that it is willing to sacrifice its consumers for powerful government officials that strong-arm them.
2. They were given immunity because our elected officials deemed that they actually did the right thing. And the immunity was moot, because the FISA court eventually approved their actions.
3. None of this has anything to do with their dealings with a non-government entity.
Total costs so far: Space shuttle program : Iraq war mk2
$145 billion : $620 billion
Total (US) deaths so far:
Space shuttle program : Iraq war mk2
14 : 4236
Clearly the Iraq war is more efficient, with almost seven deaths per billion dollars to the shuttle's ten billion per death.
All this is moot, by the way. Despite the relatively low cost of the space program compared to the other things we spend money on, the bulk of public opinion is that the program is a waste of money.
As I said in my post, and as your own reference confirms... You are only required to file when said cash is transferred from one party to another. You can carry it around with you all day if you'd like without filing anything.
File with the IRS for any banking transaction greater than $10K, yes, but actually to carry it?
Even that is only partially true. There's no filing requirement for large bank transactions, unless there is a transferral between multiple parties. You can move however much money you'd like between bank accounts and from cash and back as you'd like without filing.
I don't think anybody is going to buy a house or car by "waving" their cell phone either.
Anyway, buying a house with cash wouldn't be so bad. You spend hours going through inane boilerplate at the closing, which is often done in a bank anyway, so the additional "counting" period wouldn't be so terrible.
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Shouldn't that six by nine?
... should be forced to use a PCjr keyboard for a year.
If you need a patent for your business method in order for it to be profitable, it's a failed process. The only practical used for business process patents is patent trolling.
Not only that, but he used slow-ass connections. Neither the servers, nor the systems are likely to be the bottleneck in his tests. .86MB/sec? I've seen 2.2MB/sec downloading from PSN or Live. I'm sure if I had a faster connection (currently 25mbit) the downloads could be even faster.
Even used coffee beans, extracted with something common like toluene, benzene or maybe even methanol should give you very decent ink, suitable for bubble jet for sure.
They specifically say "water". Not benzene, not toluene, not methanol. Water.
It hasn't. Not entirely, anyway. Things need to pass the back-of-the-napkin sanity test first. Then you can say "cool, neat idea". Space elevators seem more plausible than "water + used coffee grounds = ink".... You can't even get dark enough coffee for drinking out of half-used grounds, much less ink.... And that doesn't even get into the paper handing voodoo that is required to make a functioning printer before you try to do crazy things like moving the print-head by hand.
For starters, the "good kind" of cool ideas generally come with some basic initial investigation into feasibility already done.
It was a design competition. And I don't mean the good kind of design, where you get into technical details, either. More like the kind of design you get when you put marketing and upper management into a room together.
This printer won't jam up, because it doesn't exist. File it with jet-packs, and flying cars under "fiction".
Let's be honest... What other motive would you come up with that wouldn't boil down to "we'll do it when we benefit from it", for some definition of "benefit"?
Great plan! Next invention? The bomb that goes off when the attached cell phone loses signal...
Actually, it's been multiple generations now...
Q6600 = 2x 4MB L2 cache
Q9300 = unified 6MB L2 cache
I can easily see that being a huge performance problem. If the game is threaded, and the scheduling doesn't take the separate caches into account, a lack of affinity could cause terrible performance.
These types of switches are actually really common in timers that you install in place of a standard light switch. When you are replacing a switch, through the bulb is frequently the only path to neutral, and they can't make it use ground as a default current path.
All that means is that yours was made differently that some of the others on the market.
They won't work with the clapper.
Cheap automated switching devices like the clapper and some timers include the bulb as a resistance element in the switching circuit. They count on the bulb acting almost like a short when the light is off. This works with incandescent bulbs, since the resistance of the filament is very low when it is cold. CFL and LED bulbs act exactly the opposite way. They are almost an open circuit when off. With no current flow, the automated switch is unpowered.
There are switches that will work with these types of bulbs, but they generally cost more.
The public usually responds to these types of political environments by boosting the opposition. Many people don't even pay attention to the issues, and simply vote for a balance of power. The same party holding a majority in the legislative branch and holding the presidency is unusual on average. 19 out of the last 30 congresses since Roosevelt have had at least one chamber led by a party other than the president's party.
The last election did mean something. But I think what it meant will be felt by incumbents, not by parties. As soon as people remember why we threw the democrats out last time, the people who elected Obama (if they continue to vote) are likely to vote for "the other guy", not a particular party. It may even be a good time for a new party to gain power.
Ironically, the only way that law would ever get passed is if it was attached to something considered "too important to vote against".
The One Subject at a Time Act (which I would consider the best thing congress has done in the last half century if it passed), would stop the practice of attaching petty, unpopular legislation to other bills in exchange for a vote. It would significantly reduce the power of any individual representative in the House. Most reps would rather cut off a limb than give up any power.
Technically, I called his argument moronic, not him.
As for diverting the topic of conversation... I also refer you to the post I initially replied to. The thread that follows it for corroborating evidence.
I don't think that he missed your subtle points. I think he was subtly trying to make the point that your subtle points were moronic.
1. AT&T has shown that it is willing to sacrifice its consumers for powerful government officials that strong-arm them.
2. They were given immunity because our elected officials deemed that they actually did the right thing. And the immunity was moot, because the FISA court eventually approved their actions.
3. None of this has anything to do with their dealings with a non-government entity.
Given this comment, I certainly hope your username is meant to be ironic.
By the way, that $145 billion number is 1980-present. The entire length of the program so far.
Total costs so far:
Space shuttle program : Iraq war mk2
$145 billion : $620 billion
Total (US) deaths so far:
Space shuttle program : Iraq war mk2
14 : 4236
Clearly the Iraq war is more efficient, with almost seven deaths per billion dollars to the shuttle's ten billion per death.
All this is moot, by the way. Despite the relatively low cost of the space program compared to the other things we spend money on, the bulk of public opinion is that the program is a waste of money.
As I said in my post, and as your own reference confirms... You are only required to file when said cash is transferred from one party to another. You can carry it around with you all day if you'd like without filing anything.
File with the IRS for any banking transaction greater than $10K, yes, but actually to carry it?
Even that is only partially true. There's no filing requirement for large bank transactions, unless there is a transferral between multiple parties. You can move however much money you'd like between bank accounts and from cash and back as you'd like without filing.
I don't think anybody is going to buy a house or car by "waving" their cell phone either.
Anyway, buying a house with cash wouldn't be so bad. You spend hours going through inane boilerplate at the closing, which is often done in a bank anyway, so the additional "counting" period wouldn't be so terrible.
The "ball in a box" analogy from the parent post is much better. It doesn't require a "magic" coin.