Strings We Be, the string manufacturer, hereby announce a change to the EULA. Should our strings be installed in any instrument, they should only be played by human hands. This excludes all chimpanzees, robots, and individuals with prostetic hands. We apologize for any inconvenience.
If your "basic" Immortality Rings work as you claim, why would I choose to purchase the more costly Neodymium rings? Will they make me "more immortal?" Or do they make me immortal faster?
Immortality is like infinity. Twenty-one times infinity is still infinity.
How is it that someone can patent a map of the genome? They did not create the genome, they created the map -- a representation of what already exists! It seems to me that this is akin to Rand McNalley patenting an atlas.
This article is pretty bad. I was working on this stuff in graduate school nearly two years ago. The info about special current gradients and voltages over time are well known and reasonably well explored.
The patent covers an inexpensive construction method for vast arrays of quantum dots, involving an easy-to-perform electrochemical process on an aluminum substrate. Quantum dots are described as "spontaneously" forming atop the aluminum substrate in a regular array suitable for processing information.
Yes, the electrochemical process is easy. Industry has been doing it for many years -- it's called anodization. Make the aluminum substrate an anode, pass current through it and some sulphuric acid, and you have your quantum dots. Nothing spontaneous there. And they are not formed atop the substrate, but within. Also, the quantum dots are periodically spaced.
This is excellent technology. The application I was working on was ultra-high resolution display technology.
Too bad they are going to tie all of this up with a patent. Maybe some publications can prove prior art!
West Virginia University announced that it is banning Napster (and similar apps) due to it consuming 15% of bandwidth. Their press release goes on to tell students that they are more than welcome to download legal MP3s from websites, listen to MP3s, and even use Napster from their personal ISPs.
The article about the still stated that after distilling the alcohol, he tasted it.
Now, IANAC(hemist), but if he soldered the brass container and used the container to distill the alcohol, wouldn't the lead taint the alcohol? And wouldn't the lead be a bit of a health hazard?
Technology has provided us with the ability to stay in touch if we so choose. As a kid, my dad would always find a Washington Post everyday during vacation. And he NEVER missed the news!
So technology is just the latest way to keep in touch. We now have access to any information that we want!
As far as taking a PDA on vacation? I'm down with that. I can get a little programming done in the car (if I am not driving, of course) or relax with some GameBoy-esque entertainment.
Although I certainly fit the demographic, I refuse to get a cell phone until absolutely necessary. There are times that I wish I had one, but I just allow myself that minor amount of stress of being out of touch. Stress? As a young person in this market, I am stressed when I get back to work and so many things have happened in technology. It's amazing how much I read on/. after a long weekend!
Just happened to notice that the title on their page is spelled wrong.
Also, I have a question? Are they going to legally pursue "houses of ill repute" -- their implied slogan is "come get some," which, as per the list on Apogee's page, is a trademark?
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Anybody else notice that the Phantom shown on the Developer's Benefits pages looked very very familiar?
Plain old Motherboard
Video Card
Sound Card
Ethernet Card
Hard Drive (Top Right)
and... Power Supply
Wow, and I thought the XBox was just a PC...
40% of each sale of one product: anti-spam software
She event admits to it. I know it's a stretch, but it's akin to paying a gang for protection.
Strings We Be, the string manufacturer, hereby announce a change to the EULA. Should our strings be installed in any instrument, they should only be played by human hands. This excludes all chimpanzees, robots, and individuals with prostetic hands. We apologize for any inconvenience.
If your "basic" Immortality Rings work as you claim, why would I choose to purchase the more costly Neodymium rings? Will they make me "more immortal?" Or do they make me immortal faster?
Immortality is like infinity. Twenty-one times infinity is still infinity.
How is it that someone can patent a map of the genome? They did not create the genome, they created the map -- a representation of what already exists! It seems to me that this is akin to Rand McNalley patenting an atlas.
What am I missing?
This article is pretty bad. I was working on this stuff in graduate school nearly two years ago. The info about special current gradients and voltages over time are well known and reasonably well explored.
The patent covers an inexpensive construction method for vast arrays of quantum dots, involving an easy-to-perform electrochemical process on an aluminum substrate. Quantum dots are described as "spontaneously" forming atop the aluminum substrate in a regular array suitable for processing information.
Yes, the electrochemical process is easy. Industry has been doing it for many years -- it's called anodization. Make the aluminum substrate an anode, pass current through it and some sulphuric acid, and you have your quantum dots. Nothing spontaneous there. And they are not formed atop the substrate, but within. Also, the quantum dots are periodically spaced.
This is excellent technology. The application I was working on was ultra-high resolution display technology.
Too bad they are going to tie all of this up with a patent. Maybe some publications can prove prior art!
West Virginia University announced that it is banning Napster (and similar apps) due to it consuming 15% of bandwidth. Their press release goes on to tell students that they are more than welcome to download legal MP3s from websites, listen to MP3s, and even use Napster from their personal ISPs.
The article about the still stated that after distilling the alcohol, he tasted it.
Now, IANAC(hemist), but if he soldered the brass container and used the container to distill the alcohol, wouldn't the lead taint the alcohol? And wouldn't the lead be a bit of a health hazard?
Technology has provided us with the ability to stay in touch if we so choose. As a kid, my dad would always find a Washington Post everyday during vacation. And he NEVER missed the news!
/. after a long weekend!
So technology is just the latest way to keep in touch. We now have access to any information that we want!
As far as taking a PDA on vacation? I'm down with that. I can get a little programming done in the car (if I am not driving, of course) or relax with some GameBoy-esque entertainment.
Although I certainly fit the demographic, I refuse to get a cell phone until absolutely necessary. There are times that I wish I had one, but I just allow myself that minor amount of stress of being out of touch. Stress? As a young person in this market, I am stressed when I get back to work and so many things have happened in technology. It's amazing how much I read on
Just happened to notice that the title on their page is spelled wrong.
Also, I have a question? Are they going to legally pursue "houses of ill repute" -- their implied slogan is "come get some," which, as per the list on Apogee's page, is a trademark?