In fact this really pisses me off. The court of Federal Appeals is supposed to be subject matter experts on patents. Instead they are the maroons who have done more to expand the patent system to cover all sorts of malarkey that should have never been covered.
When I first heard about establishment of this court I thought it sounded like a good idea because in theory it was going to put an end to crap like venue shopping for patent appeals.
Well, I was dead wrong about that. These nuts turned out to be more radical than any of the existing venues.
Yes, that was my impression as well. In fact I used to routinely investigate patented techniques in my research when I worked in R&D.
Ah the frigtarded Courts screwed us over:
From Wikipedia:
"In 2002, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dramatically limited the scope of the research exemption in Madey v. Duke University, 307 F.3d 1351, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2002). The court did not reject the defense, but left only a "very narrow and strictly limited experimental use defense" for "amusement, to satisfy idle curiosity, or for strictly philosophical inquiry." The court also precludes the defense where, regardless of profit motive, the research was done "in furtherance of the alleged infringer's legitimate business." In the case of a research university like Duke University, the court held that the alleged use was in furtherance of its legitimate business, and thus the defense was inapplicable."
this is disgusting
The purpose of patents is to "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts".
Domain names are not objects, however they also are not intellectual property like copyrights or patents because a domain name does not have the same ability to be used by many without depriving the original owner of it's utility.
Were you even alive before weather satellites? I remember what it was like 40 years ago, and the accuracy of prediction is now far superior to what it used to be.
The prediction of storm tracks in particular has gotten to be really good. For example the Sandy track prediction was excellent despite the complexity of the situation.
So a gross miscarriage of justice is averted. Now it's time to sack all those involved.
And while we are at it the same penalty should be administered to those who involved in charging Kaitlyn Hunt with two felony counts for having consensual lesbian sex with her high school mate.
I agree. Having corporations pay taxes distorts the political system as well as forcing corporations to make decisions based on non-economic factors.
Stop taxing corporations and raise taxes on money transferred from corporations to individuals.
This would put an end to corporates lobbying politicians over taxes and the inevitable corruptions it engenders. It also means you won't have corporations locating based on tax venue shopping and other stupid such activities.
Heck maybe we can even get a better resolution of Citizen's United as a result of this.
Congress is in an uproar over a situation caused by the low quality of their own work. Apple established a subsidiary incorporated in Ireland with operating HQ in Cupertino.
Well under US law a company location is deemed to be where it is incorporated. EVERY OTHER country holds it to be where the headquarters is. So this operation as far as Ireland is concerned is a US company, and as far as the US is concerned is a Irish company.
This means it doesn't have to file taxes ANYWHERE.
All it would take is some reasonable tax codes to prevent these shenanigans. But NoooOOooo.
So now we get the Congress holding a circus to excoriate Apple. But really the fault is their own.
In soap really there isn't any evidence that it has a positive effect. Soap itself is a disinfectant, and triclosan isn't known to improve the effect. There is no reason to have triclosan in soap.
However triclosan in toothpaste really does prevent gingivitis.
The question is whether or not there are unintended consequences. I'm skeptical - too many of these studies are not reproducible, such as in the case of bisphenol-a.
Goes with the territory. For all recorded history.
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The deil cam fiddlin' thro' the town, And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman, And ilka wife cries, "Auld Mahoun, I wish you luck o' the prize, man." Chorus-The deil's awa, the deil's awa, The deil's awa wi' the Exciseman, He's danc'd awa, he's danc'd awa, He's danc'd awa wi' the Exciseman.
We'll mak our maut, and we'll brew our drink, We'll laugh, sing, and rejoice, man, And mony braw thanks to the meikle black deil, That danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman. The deil's awa, &c.
There's threesome reels, there's foursome reels, There's hornpipes and strathspeys, man, But the ae best dance ere came to the land Was-the deil's awa wi' the Exciseman.
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In fact this really pisses me off. The court of Federal Appeals is supposed to be subject matter experts on patents. Instead they are the maroons who have done more to expand the patent system to cover all sorts of malarkey that should have never been covered.
When I first heard about establishment of this court I thought it sounded like a good idea because in theory it was going to put an end to crap like venue shopping for patent appeals.
Well, I was dead wrong about that. These nuts turned out to be more radical than any of the existing venues.
Arrgh.
Yes, that was my impression as well. In fact I used to routinely investigate patented techniques in my research when I worked in R&D.
Ah the frigtarded Courts screwed us over:
From Wikipedia:
"In 2002, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dramatically limited the scope of the research exemption in Madey v. Duke University, 307 F.3d 1351, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2002). The court did not reject the defense, but left only a "very narrow and strictly limited experimental use defense" for "amusement, to satisfy idle curiosity, or for strictly philosophical inquiry." The court also precludes the defense where, regardless of profit motive, the research was done "in furtherance of the alleged infringer's legitimate business." In the case of a research university like Duke University, the court held that the alleged use was in furtherance of its legitimate business, and thus the defense was inapplicable."
this is disgusting
The purpose of patents is to "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts".
2012 GDP Rank: 1 15T USD
Pretty well, thanks.
Verizon is pretty good about over-provisioning FIOS.
The long fuckton is a British unit (i.e. imperial fuckton) slightly larger than the fucktonne. In the US we use short fucktons.
Never sign a contract with a phone company.
They didn't say they don't allow that kind of usage. They said they don't allow servers (it's right in the TOS).
Fucktonne is the metric unit. You said fuckton so it's ok in the US too.
Domain names are not objects, however they also are not intellectual property like copyrights or patents because a domain name does not have the same ability to be used by many without depriving the original owner of it's utility.
CMM LEVEL RATING -2 LUNATIC
Were you even alive before weather satellites? I remember what it was like 40 years ago, and the accuracy of prediction is now far superior to what it used to be.
The prediction of storm tracks in particular has gotten to be really good. For example the Sandy track prediction was excellent despite the complexity of the situation.
So a gross miscarriage of justice is averted. Now it's time to sack all those involved.
And while we are at it the same penalty should be administered to those who involved in charging Kaitlyn Hunt with two felony counts for having consensual lesbian sex with her high school mate.
What is it about Florida anyway?
Sorry, but that's false. The Piltdown Man was never generally accepted outside of Britain.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/piltdown.html
Your argument is based on a completely false premise.
Apple found a way to do this. Ireland determines tax residence by location of corp HQ, the US by location of incorporation.
1. Incorporate in Ireland
2. Hold board meetings in CA
3. ??????
4. Tax-free profit!!!
Small corps are already taxed this way.
I agree. Having corporations pay taxes distorts the political system as well as forcing corporations to make decisions based on non-economic factors.
Stop taxing corporations and raise taxes on money transferred from corporations to individuals.
This would put an end to corporates lobbying politicians over taxes and the inevitable corruptions it engenders. It also means you won't have corporations locating based on tax venue shopping and other stupid such activities.
Heck maybe we can even get a better resolution of Citizen's United as a result of this.
Oh give me a break. Facebook doesn't even have a billion dollars in earnings.
There is no way they are avoiding billions in taxes.
Econ 101 Epic Fail.
The US market is still 40% of the world market. In one country. Is the market for any other country as large?
I thought not.
Congress is in an uproar over a situation caused by the low quality of their own work. Apple established a subsidiary incorporated in Ireland with operating HQ in Cupertino.
Well under US law a company location is deemed to be where it is incorporated. EVERY OTHER country holds it to be where the headquarters is. So this operation as far as Ireland is concerned is a US company, and as far as the US is concerned is a Irish company.
This means it doesn't have to file taxes ANYWHERE.
All it would take is some reasonable tax codes to prevent these shenanigans. But NoooOOooo.
So now we get the Congress holding a circus to excoriate Apple. But really the fault is their own.
It is so ironic that the Red States are also the welfare states.
I mean if they were serious about their political views they should refuse all Federal aid and assorted earmarks.
40 million power bill.
The power bill on the Titan is 9 million.
So about 4 computers the size of the Titan.
I doubt if that's enough to capture the whole internet.
A new machine?
So my pencil becomes a new machine depending on what I do with it?
Ho boy imagine how many patents I'm going to have!
In soap really there isn't any evidence that it has a positive effect. Soap itself is a disinfectant, and triclosan isn't known to improve the effect. There is no reason to have triclosan in soap.
However triclosan in toothpaste really does prevent gingivitis.
The question is whether or not there are unintended consequences. I'm skeptical - too many of these studies are not reproducible, such as in the case of bisphenol-a.
http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2013/0102-previous-studies-on-toxic-effects-of-bpa-couldn%E2%80%99t-be-reproduced-says-mu-research-team/
Tax collectors have always been hated and feared.
Goes with the territory. For all recorded history.
--------
The deil cam fiddlin' thro' the town,
And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman,
And ilka wife cries, "Auld Mahoun,
I wish you luck o' the prize, man."
Chorus-The deil's awa, the deil's awa,
The deil's awa wi' the Exciseman,
He's danc'd awa, he's danc'd awa,
He's danc'd awa wi' the Exciseman.
We'll mak our maut, and we'll brew our drink,
We'll laugh, sing, and rejoice, man,
And mony braw thanks to the meikle black deil,
That danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman.
The deil's awa, &c.
There's threesome reels, there's foursome reels,
There's hornpipes and strathspeys, man,
But the ae best dance ere came to the land
Was-the deil's awa wi' the Exciseman.
- Robert Burns
The article you linked to is what is bullshit.
The recession ended in 2009.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/20/AR2010092006355.html