Don't forget there needs to be a unanimous decision. If your professional knowledge would allow you to reach a different verdict than your peers, there will be a hung jury.
You're still being idealistic. How many people out there actually have read through a single document that Wikileaks has put out? They may release all the raw info, but everyone still runs to the major news outlets for the spark notes version.
Either Assange is subject to US law or he isn't. If he is, he should be protected by the First Amendment. If he isn't, then they have no legal right to prosecute him.
Sounds like a good rule of thumb to me. Too bad the people running Gitmo don't think the same.
I think we're putting too much emphasis on the US here. Wikileaks is a threat to anyone in power, don't you think that the other 187 countries in Interpol have secrets to hide?
First, given that the error formula for the trapezoidal rule is well known, that the error terms can be successively eliminated by romberg integration, and that numerical integration is a stable numerical method, I'm skeptical about that determining the number of trapezoids is an "active area of research".
Second, given that for the overwhelming majority of articles, the abstract is the only thing that is read, I'm skeptical that such gems lie buried within the full text. Unfortunately, PubMed doesn't keep full text up for this journal beyond a few years ago, so it will take some effort to get the full text, even for those of us with access to PubMed.
It's too bad these folks with great ideas just can't code up these ideas on their own. Perhaps it is time we programmers, after thousands of years, reveal the secrets to our magical programming abilities to the rest of the world! Too long have our secret tomes on programming and computers been hidden from the rest of the world, revealed only to those of noble programming blood. I shall bring this idea up and the next dark council of programmers meeting. I suspect that dark lord Knuth shall oppose this though...
As an engineer, I'm fairly confident that there are fewer than 508 women in the world, otherwise I suspect I would've seen some of them. Definitely fake.
I'll take this as a breath of fresh air. There are ads when I drive on the road, ads when I watch tv, ads when I read the news, ads when I visit any website, ads on my apps, ads on people's shirts, and in today's material society, many conversations degrade into advertisements about my friends new gadget. One has to wonder whether the companies are really benefiting from what they cram down our throats, or if the marketing people are telling every possible lie to keep themselves making employed (after all who should you trust less about their value than a marketing person?).
As real statistics about ad watching come back to the companies, I expect companies will soon face the harsh reality that the only ones "watching" the full add, are the people who go grab some chips while it is playing.
It seems people are still believing the lie that the terrorist are out to "destroy our freedom". The terrorists do not "win" when we add security to our airports, or undermine the privacy and rights of our citizens. They're not fighting us because they "hate our freedom". They win when we get out of their country, and stop supporting their enemies (Israel, moderate muslims, etc).
I'm going to give Amazon the benefit of the doubt here and say they only patented this to prevent any company from ever implementing such a terrible idea.
If you want to protect people, drop the wish fulfillment fantasy toys, and carry a pistol. If you're doing this to help others instead of making yourself feel good, you should be practical.
This is why I feel that whether a patent is awarded should depend on the amount of time and money a company spent coming up with the idea. It's one thing to protect an idea that came out of a decade of research funded by millions of dollars. But to protect an idea that came up in a 30 minute brain storming session? Like you said, software ideas are a dime a dozen, and those should not be protected, unlike the billion a dozen ideas. Patents should encourage a big research investment, not protect wealth.
If I am caught shoplifting, do I have to pay for the goods I took? No I return those goods, and then pay a fine to the government. For a larger scale crime, I return the goods, and am sent to jail. Why is it that when it is digital suddenly the music industry gets to turn a huge profit? If someone tries to skip the bill at my restaurant, can I suddenly sue them for millions of dollars?
Go ahead and fine the folks who download songs. Maybe cut them off from the internet after a few strikes. Maybe issue them a fine like we do with people who run stop signs. But they owe nothing to the RIAA.
Nothing is more important with kids than discipline. I say every 5th classroom needs a good paddle, though basically any tech that you can hit students with is high on my list.
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I was thinking Tremors 5.
Whereas Assange and Wikileaks release the pure facts, Moore makes his money distorting the truth.
I saw a mudcrab the other day. Horrible creatures.
An additional source of confusion is that Fox uses a Faux machine to generate its stories.
I said: war = whatIsItGoodFor()
Don't forget there needs to be a unanimous decision. If your professional knowledge would allow you to reach a different verdict than your peers, there will be a hung jury.
You're still being idealistic. How many people out there actually have read through a single document that Wikileaks has put out? They may release all the raw info, but everyone still runs to the major news outlets for the spark notes version.
So not embryonic stem cells. Everybody wins.
Either Assange is subject to US law or he isn't. If he is, he should be protected by the First Amendment. If he isn't, then they have no legal right to prosecute him.
Sounds like a good rule of thumb to me. Too bad the people running Gitmo don't think the same.
I think we're putting too much emphasis on the US here. Wikileaks is a threat to anyone in power, don't you think that the other 187 countries in Interpol have secrets to hide?
80% of them? Try denying the holocaust in Germany and tell me how you enjoy your freedom of speech.
First, given that the error formula for the trapezoidal rule is well known, that the error terms can be successively eliminated by romberg integration, and that numerical integration is a stable numerical method, I'm skeptical about that determining the number of trapezoids is an "active area of research". Second, given that for the overwhelming majority of articles, the abstract is the only thing that is read, I'm skeptical that such gems lie buried within the full text. Unfortunately, PubMed doesn't keep full text up for this journal beyond a few years ago, so it will take some effort to get the full text, even for those of us with access to PubMed.
It's too bad these folks with great ideas just can't code up these ideas on their own. Perhaps it is time we programmers, after thousands of years, reveal the secrets to our magical programming abilities to the rest of the world! Too long have our secret tomes on programming and computers been hidden from the rest of the world, revealed only to those of noble programming blood. I shall bring this idea up and the next dark council of programmers meeting. I suspect that dark lord Knuth shall oppose this though...
As an engineer, I'm fairly confident that there are fewer than 508 women in the world, otherwise I suspect I would've seen some of them. Definitely fake.
Google has invaded my privacy. I demand a free candy bar to cover emotional damages.
I'll take this as a breath of fresh air. There are ads when I drive on the road, ads when I watch tv, ads when I read the news, ads when I visit any website, ads on my apps, ads on people's shirts, and in today's material society, many conversations degrade into advertisements about my friends new gadget. One has to wonder whether the companies are really benefiting from what they cram down our throats, or if the marketing people are telling every possible lie to keep themselves making employed (after all who should you trust less about their value than a marketing person?). As real statistics about ad watching come back to the companies, I expect companies will soon face the harsh reality that the only ones "watching" the full add, are the people who go grab some chips while it is playing.
Somebody wikileak this thing!
It seems people are still believing the lie that the terrorist are out to "destroy our freedom". The terrorists do not "win" when we add security to our airports, or undermine the privacy and rights of our citizens. They're not fighting us because they "hate our freedom". They win when we get out of their country, and stop supporting their enemies (Israel, moderate muslims, etc).
I'm going to give Amazon the benefit of the doubt here and say they only patented this to prevent any company from ever implementing such a terrible idea.
If you want to protect people, drop the wish fulfillment fantasy toys, and carry a pistol. If you're doing this to help others instead of making yourself feel good, you should be practical.
This is why I feel that whether a patent is awarded should depend on the amount of time and money a company spent coming up with the idea. It's one thing to protect an idea that came out of a decade of research funded by millions of dollars. But to protect an idea that came up in a 30 minute brain storming session? Like you said, software ideas are a dime a dozen, and those should not be protected, unlike the billion a dozen ideas. Patents should encourage a big research investment, not protect wealth.
If I am caught shoplifting, do I have to pay for the goods I took? No I return those goods, and then pay a fine to the government. For a larger scale crime, I return the goods, and am sent to jail. Why is it that when it is digital suddenly the music industry gets to turn a huge profit? If someone tries to skip the bill at my restaurant, can I suddenly sue them for millions of dollars? Go ahead and fine the folks who download songs. Maybe cut them off from the internet after a few strikes. Maybe issue them a fine like we do with people who run stop signs. But they owe nothing to the RIAA.
Looks like 6 is a complete 180 from 9. And you scoffed as my numerology before.
On October 23rd, 2010, Apple Computers will deprecate Java. And you'll see why 1984 will actually be like "1984."
Nothing is more important with kids than discipline. I say every 5th classroom needs a good paddle, though basically any tech that you can hit students with is high on my list.