2) A patent holder MUST either create a product or service that uses the patent OR license it to another organization or organizations to do the same within a short time, say a 6 months to a year. If they don't, they lose the patent. Furthermore, the patent would expire if the organization stopped producing the product or offering the service - with some allowances for times when the product of service is off the market while being redeveloped or licenses are being offered.
The problem is that while six months is a perfectly reasonable time to bring software to market (unless you're Vista, of course), it's far too short for industries that actually need a manufacturing process.
Don't take my word for this, but I think Microsoft's ideal upgrade path is is: Win98 -> WinXP Home Win2000 Workstation -> WinXP Pro Win2000 Server -> Win2003
That's a question that was never adequately answered in any of the movies, starting with R2 having his way with the Death Star's computers in Episode IV, and going all the way through to hacking the front door of the shield generator bunker in VI (at least that time he actually screwed up for once).
Apart from the possibility that the Republic's and Empire's computers all run MovieOS (which, as we all know, uses large and friendly UI and can be hacked by the heroes whenever convenient), the only other explanation is that R2D2 is, bar none, the most bad-ass system hacker to ever draw voltage.
If there's such a slippery slope to prohibiting the individual right to prayer in school, how come it hasn't happened? (Barring a few cases of school officials not understanding the law, which are as likely to be sued by the ACLU as the ACLJ.)
The real problem is not that evolution is a theory, but that its would-be competitors (traditional creationism and intelligent design) aren't even theories.
Not quite. The study reports people as "in touch with reality" people who say "Saddam had no connection with Al Qaeda" - which is true. And people who say "WMD were the sole justification for the Iraq War that was legal under international law" - which is also true. And that "Saddam had no substantial WMD or WMD programs in 2003" - which is also true.
Beam in thine own eye, my friend. Beam in thine own eye.
Sorry, you're incorrect too. Ironically, it's only the recount Gore wanted that would result in a Bush win - a recount in every county results in a Gore win. There's a lesson there about being a statesman rather than a politician...
The quote does, however, imply that there is something worrying about the fact that thousands of Muslims are living in the US, which is religious bigotry however you slice it.
Incorrect. Standard cosmology and evolution are theories, which means that they are hypotheses supported by considerable evidence; intelligent design is not a theory - in fact, it's not even a hypothesis - because it cannot even in principle be supported by evidence.
At least, I can't see any other reason for going against allowing students to pray alone, on their own time, if they want to, when there's no evidence that anyone else was coerced or even encouraged to take part, or that any employees of the school even did so much as encourage it...
True, there'll be a low rate of people re-seeding. But even peers can boost each other somewhat. And I'm sure Blizzard will continue to run seeders on their own servers for as long as they offer the beta, so latecomers should still have no trouble finding a seed.
However, given that the 9th has been widely excoriated as an outrageously liberal court for a ruling which is solidly in line both with common sense and First Amendment jurisprudence, I am forced to come to the conclusion that the 9th circuit is moderate and the rest of the United States judicial system is conservative.
Got any support for those numbers? And assuming your numbers are valid, any proof that 2002 represents an average year for the Ninth rather than a one-time aberration?
What's sad is the fact that the media's reporting of legal issues is so shoddy and rife with partisanship that people seem to think some circuits are overturned more often than others, when this is not the case.
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Don't take my word for this, but I think Microsoft's ideal upgrade path is is:
Win98 -> WinXP Home
Win2000 Workstation -> WinXP Pro
Win2000 Server -> Win2003
That's a question that was never adequately answered in any of the movies, starting with R2 having his way with the Death Star's computers in Episode IV, and going all the way through to hacking the front door of the shield generator bunker in VI (at least that time he actually screwed up for once).
Apart from the possibility that the Republic's and Empire's computers all run MovieOS (which, as we all know, uses large and friendly UI and can be hacked by the heroes whenever convenient), the only other explanation is that R2D2 is, bar none, the most bad-ass system hacker to ever draw voltage.
If there's such a slippery slope to prohibiting the individual right to prayer in school, how come it hasn't happened? (Barring a few cases of school officials not understanding the law, which are as likely to be sued by the ACLU as the ACLJ.)
Possibly because CSS support on mobile browsers is spotty, unreliable, and prone to bugs?
Not that that isn't a full and adequate description of mobile browsers in general...
The real problem is not that evolution is a theory, but that its would-be competitors (traditional creationism and intelligent design) aren't even theories.
:HELL REM Abandon all hope, ye who ENTER here
"I have in my hand a list of 205 cases of individuals who appear to be either card-carrying members or certainly loyal to the Communist Party."
-- Joseph McCarthy, 1950.
Not quite. The study reports people as "in touch with reality" people who say "Saddam had no connection with Al Qaeda" - which is true. And people who say "WMD were the sole justification for the Iraq War that was legal under international law" - which is also true. And that "Saddam had no substantial WMD or WMD programs in 2003" - which is also true.
Beam in thine own eye, my friend. Beam in thine own eye.
Sorry, you're incorrect too. Ironically, it's only the recount Gore wanted that would result in a Bush win - a recount in every county results in a Gore win. There's a lesson there about being a statesman rather than a politician...
It's good for putting under cat litter boxes, too, if your cats are in the habit of perching near the edge.
The quote does, however, imply that there is something worrying about the fact that thousands of Muslims are living in the US, which is religious bigotry however you slice it.
It beats the old days - when it took an army to be heard.
Incorrect. Standard cosmology and evolution are theories, which means that they are hypotheses supported by considerable evidence; intelligent design is not a theory - in fact, it's not even a hypothesis - because it cannot even in principle be supported by evidence.
Such as?
If Linux were the dominant OS among inexperienced users, the spyware would be written for Linux.
Internationalization is good. Having to internationalize a large non-internationalized product is, while necessary, a huge pain in the .
True, there'll be a low rate of people re-seeding. But even peers can boost each other somewhat. And I'm sure Blizzard will continue to run seeders on their own servers for as long as they offer the beta, so latecomers should still have no trouble finding a seed.
Now that's more like it.
However, given that the 9th has been widely excoriated as an outrageously liberal court for a ruling which is solidly in line both with common sense and First Amendment jurisprudence, I am forced to come to the conclusion that the 9th circuit is moderate and the rest of the United States judicial system is conservative.
Got any support for those numbers? And assuming your numbers are valid, any proof that 2002 represents an average year for the Ninth rather than a one-time aberration?
What's sad is the fact that the media's reporting of legal issues is so shoddy and rife with partisanship that people seem to think some circuits are overturned more often than others, when this is not the case.
You misspelled "conservative judges".