As a fellow IBMer, I was told that anyone making 75% of the industry average for their experiece & position would not get a raise this year. As I was told that I make 83% of the average I likewise did not get a raise.
Is that most of them are completely obvious to anyone with the proper training, and shouldn't be granted.
And one patent is broad enough that it covers every possible implementation of the solution, which is unlike mechanical patents.
These two things make tech patents a threat to innovation rather than promoting it.
Why you might want to consider not opening the Box
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Virginconnect Boxen?
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Aside: I applied for one of these and was turned down, don't know why.
But I read through the entire contract before I applied and one of the salient features of this is that you _RENT_ the box you don't own it. Opening and modifying it is clearly defined as a violation of the agreement and they can terminate your contract for it.
And who knows they might have "Chassis intrusion" detectors like the dell optiplexes have which might let them know if you do open it.
I say you've got a web browser that's costing you $50 a year, wait til the 3 years are up and then hack the thing if you're still inclined to.
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As a fellow IBMer, I was told that anyone making 75% of the industry average for their experiece & position would not get a raise this year. As I was told that I make 83% of the average I likewise did not get a raise.
Is that most of them are completely obvious to anyone with the proper training, and shouldn't be granted.
And one patent is broad enough that it covers every possible implementation of the solution, which is unlike mechanical patents.
These two things make tech patents a threat to innovation rather than promoting it.
Aside: I applied for one of these and was turned down, don't know why.
But I read through the entire contract before I applied and one of the salient features of this is that you _RENT_ the box you don't own it. Opening and modifying it is clearly defined as a violation of the agreement and they can terminate your contract for it.
And who knows they might have "Chassis intrusion" detectors like the dell optiplexes have which might let them know if you do open it.
I say you've got a web browser that's costing you $50 a year, wait til the 3 years are up and then hack the thing if you're still inclined to.
The most recent issue of Maximum PC has a review/preview of a new Digital Video Camera from Sony that uses their Mini-Disc technology.
However, it does cost $2500, and doesn't even have FireWire^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H iLink^H^H^H^H^H^H IEEE 1394.
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