That will work... right up until you send the first bill. I am sure you will need to justify the 1000 people you seem to have working at your facility.
Always remember any press is a good thing, if they actually manage to do this it will generate loads of press. I'm not seeing how they are sticking it to them.
The best idea I have heard to date is to find a young patent lawyer and split the idea with him/her. Basically you say: "You file it (you'll pay the ~60 bucks); and any money we get off enforcement of the patent through royalties we split 50/50".
So now the fun starts... you have patented the idea and the young hotshot laywer with plenty of time on his/her hands will do a wonderful job tracking down who is using their patent and try and collect royalties. Watch the money roll in. I have seen this work, with amazing results.
One other note: Make a few copies of all the documents of your ideas. Signed and dated of coarse by a few others. Next place the whole thing in a big envelope and seal it. If you can seal it with some wax. Next go to the post office and have them send a couple of them to you. I like to be sure and get the guy at the counter to mark across the opening for that added touch. You now have a document singed/sealed/verified by the good ole' US government. I have known a few folks that have made quite a living just strong arming some company with the above information alone. You can sell that stuff for quite a hefty profit. Good Luck.
Why, Oh why can't I mod a story down
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There are times when I wish I could mod a story down. What a waste of time.
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Actually the best trick is to keep them on the phone as long as possible. Ask them all about it, and keep asking for more information. Keep asking them to repeat the pitch over and over so you can fully understand it.
They are rated based on call volume. If you suck up hours of their time they don't get great reviews. I kept some poor lady on the phone for over 2 hours one time. She just kept saying "sir I have to make other calls, have you made up your mind?" Makes me laugh.
Its not really that there is anything illegal going on. For instance destroying documents that are not the final copy is a very typical practice. If there are many versions of a document floating around (various pre-releases) it later becomes difficult to get everyone on the same page. I can only imagine during a legal investigation someone having a document that contained some mis-wordings, or a few typo's and that being chosen as evidence over the final document. It is very common (and a good practice) for people to get rid of extra stuff for the above reasons (read in less confusion).
I am not advocating the destruction of documents to hide things, however for the general case, once a new revision of some document is out, everyone needs to trash their local copy. Formal document control programs are great for handling these kinds of things and helping to enforce protocols like this. Not to say a user can work around them, just any little bit helps.
I am sure this will turn out to be an intresting legal discussion for some time to come.
As this idea seems to be more and more common, I wonder what would happen if I try and take my fuel cell powered laptop on a plane. The only place I really like to use my laptop is when I travel. I don't know that I see the airlines allowing me onboard with a flammable liquid powered laptop.
No its called venture capital. Anytime you are making money, there becomes a need to spend it. This is a good way for big companies to spend all that cash they are generating. It does look good that they are stimulating new startups, however I am quite sure they expect a return on their investment.
I have found these missing from the above lists:
-> Numerical Recipes in C (Second Edition) - Teukolsky, Vetterling, Flannery
-> Tcl and the Tk Toolkit - Ousterhout
These are great books I use all the time
Back in my high school days we had established a studen group that did 90% of the IT function required. This counted as a course and we were all given credit for our work. It was setup such that there were always 2 students in the class for all 7 periods and was led by the full-time lab manager. There were some "off limits" jobs that we could not do but that goes without saying. Its a good situation all around as they get free labor and we got some good experience.
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That will work ... right up until you send the first bill. I am sure you will need to justify the 1000 people you seem to have working at your facility.
Always remember any press is a good thing, if they actually manage to do this it will generate loads of press. I'm not seeing how they are sticking it to them.
The best idea I have heard to date is to find a young patent lawyer and split the idea with him/her. Basically you say: "You file it (you'll pay the ~60 bucks); and any money we get off enforcement of the patent through royalties we split 50/50".
... you have patented the idea and the young hotshot laywer with plenty of time on his/her hands will do a wonderful job tracking down who is using their patent and try and collect royalties. Watch the money roll in. I have seen this work, with amazing results.
So now the fun starts
One other note: Make a few copies of all the documents of your ideas. Signed and dated of coarse by a few others. Next place the whole thing in a big envelope and seal it. If you can seal it with some wax. Next go to the post office and have them send a couple of them to you. I like to be sure and get the guy at the counter to mark across the opening for that added touch. You now have a document singed/sealed/verified by the good ole' US government. I have known a few folks that have made quite a living just strong arming some company with the above information alone. You can sell that stuff for quite a hefty profit. Good Luck.
So then this would be bad: Buy Sharpie's Now
There are times when I wish I could mod a story down. What a waste of time.
Actually the best trick is to keep them on the phone as long as possible. Ask them all about it, and keep asking for more information. Keep asking them to repeat the pitch over and over so you can fully understand it.
They are rated based on call volume. If you suck up hours of their time they don't get great reviews. I kept some poor lady on the phone for over 2 hours one time. She just kept saying "sir I have to make other calls, have you made up your mind?" Makes me laugh.
In the words of a former professor:
- "All those math folks out there just don't know that "i" is already in use as a notation for current."
I am sure that moderation of this will be a direct result of the number of EE's with points at the momment. But its "j" damn it! jaaaayyyy!Its not really that there is anything illegal going on. For instance destroying documents that are not the final copy is a very typical practice. If there are many versions of a document floating around (various pre-releases) it later becomes difficult to get everyone on the same page. I can only imagine during a legal investigation someone having a document that contained some mis-wordings, or a few typo's and that being chosen as evidence over the final document. It is very common (and a good practice) for people to get rid of extra stuff for the above reasons (read in less confusion).
I am not advocating the destruction of documents to hide things, however for the general case, once a new revision of some document is out, everyone needs to trash their local copy. Formal document control programs are great for handling these kinds of things and helping to enforce protocols like this. Not to say a user can work around them, just any little bit helps.
I am sure this will turn out to be an intresting legal discussion for some time to come.
Ok I have to...Lets work this out.
channel data = 16 bits * 64 channels * 1KHz = 1Mbit/s
frame data = 256 * 256 * 8 bits = 524,288 bits
video data = (524,288 bits) * 100 frames/sec = 52,428,800 Mbit/s
This then is about 53Mbits or 7MB. I am not saying this is a small amount of data, but makes me laugh...bio people.
I think we just need to formalize it, there is a definate need for the TLD ".sucks"
As this idea seems to be more and more common, I wonder what would happen if I try and take my fuel cell powered laptop on a plane. The only place I really like to use my laptop is when I travel. I don't know that I see the airlines allowing me onboard with a flammable liquid powered laptop.
No its called venture capital. Anytime you are making money, there becomes a need to spend it. This is a good way for big companies to spend all that cash they are generating. It does look good that they are stimulating new startups, however I am quite sure they expect a return on their investment.
From the looks of things most of the go away on their own. The number one biggest problem with popups is the fact that I have to go close them.
I have found these missing from the above lists: -> Numerical Recipes in C (Second Edition) - Teukolsky, Vetterling, Flannery -> Tcl and the Tk Toolkit - Ousterhout These are great books I use all the time
Actually depending on your library a single gate is about 6 transistors. If your really good you can squeek out a NAND gate in 4...
Cool! Now maybe we will start seeing shirts with the GPS source on them.
Back in my high school days we had established a studen group that did 90% of the IT function required. This counted as a course and we were all given credit for our work. It was setup such that there were always 2 students in the class for all 7 periods and was led by the full-time lab manager. There were some "off limits" jobs that we could not do but that goes without saying. Its a good situation all around as they get free labor and we got some good experience.