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  1. Translation of the Article on Patent Office Head Lays Out Reform Strategy · · Score: 1

    characterizing the patent system as hurting innovation is a 'fundamentally wrong' way to frame the debate.
        Do not blame me, I just work here.

    I have traveled around the world,
        I always did like that song, "Southern Cross".

    every nation is thinking how it can model [intellectual property governance] after the U.S
        Huh, pass.

    It's a proven system, over 200 years old
        My parents do not care, why should you.

    The Supreme Court, Congress and policy makers are involved [in cases and legal reforms]
        My parents told me everything is good.

    not because the system is broken.
        Would you like some cheese with that wine?

    It's not perfect
        It works for me.

    and we should be having the debate on how to improve.'"
        And by the time an answer is agreed, I will be retired.

    "We got some Movies, Color TV's" - Dire Straits

  2. Where Is the Beef? on Vista Worse For User Efficiency Than XP · · Score: 1

    I RTFA, it was an accident! Pfeiffer Consulting basically makes a claim, but without showing evidence. I am thinking about KDE, and Gnome in Pfeiffer Consulting's testing also. Can anyone show the anchor to Pfeiffer Consulting's test data? Is there a similiar test page that has all 4 Desk Top Manager GUI's tested?

    "Slowly, one by one, the Penguins steal my sanity." - Unknown

  3. Re:Patent = No Hacking on New Controversy over Black Hat Presentation · · Score: 1

    Just a thought, would this be an indicator as to who has purchased the card duplicator kit? If the door to the patent office is locked:
    1. duplicate a working card.
    2. open door to the patent office.
    3. profit!

    "The end justifies the means." - Sophocles

  4. Re:Oh for sure. on What Vista Is Really Like · · Score: 1

    In either case, wear a condom.

    And yes, I do know what it is like to wake with a beautiful woman,(think Barbara Hershey when she was 23), in bed with you. It was because some other man was tired of her.

  5. Re:Youtube link on Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia · · Score: 1

    Some thoughts from a parent of two children. One, that child should be in a bed, not a crib. Two, just the thought of one's child picking up a set of car keys is chilling on to many levels to discus here. Three, who ever GIMP'ed or Blender'ed the surfing scene should look at surfers surfing, and do that part of the commercial over. Overall, coooooooooool surfing commercial; But I will stay with my Discovery Series II.

    Cheers Mate

    "I LOVE, MY CAR" - A. Schwarzenegger

  6. Re:XML is broken on Ten Predictions for XML in 2007 · · Score: 1

    ...In fact, the best compromise is probably simply not to write code in XML, but pick one of the better alternative formats and convert to XML after editing.

    XML files are NOT "Code", but a methodology of laying out data in a hierarchical format. The human brain structures data in a hierarchical format. But in a binary world, relational formats are more efficient. You may be thinking of the XSLT, which is used to convert XML data to a HTML format. I would agree with you on that point. As for XSD, a method used to ease edit checking, I would NOT agree with you on that point. As for even considering using XmlHTTPRequest, DO NOT USE IT, insert a XML Preprocessing tag at the top of your XML data, and let the Browser* internals do the rest for you.

    When the day occurs that downloading time of data becomes an issue for you. It may be worth while to have the HTML, CSS, Javascript, XSLT, and XSD files already Cached on the Client side. Then the only "Time Sink" is the data, in XML format; Coming, and going to the server.

    * Browsers like Firefox, IE, Opera, Safari; Browsers ranked according to downloading counts.

  7. Re:You think they missed the mark? on Recording Your Entire Life · · Score: 1

    Submitting a data retrieval request is done by activating a nueron in the brain. Feedback is currently the patient stating what came to their mind. It could be a past event, or stimulation of one their senses like a past smell. I guess the next question is, "How can one's nuerons be stimulated without opening the skull cap?

  8. Re:You think they missed the mark? on Recording Your Entire Life · · Score: 1

    I was considering the storage size of a human generic brain, about 2 Peta bytes. I figure in about 15 years, peta byte drives should be priced low enough for a dirt bag like me to purchase. Question, how can I download what I have already recorded using my brain?

  9. Why Yes, I Have One on Grid Computes 420 Years Worth of Data in 4 Months · · Score: 1

    "...Are there any other 'big picture' problems out there you think would benefit from the grid approach?..."

    One of today's greatest problems facing all humanity is Gravity. Use the Grid to solve Anti-Gravity.

  10. Re:An Old Canard . . . on Stallman Convinces Cuba to Switch to Open Source · · Score: 1

    I think the parent posting of "Flamebait" is harsh. If the parent post is lying, THEN it is flamebait, otherwise I would then question the Moderator that made this judgment as to why? Crazier things have gone on in command groups of government, and these are well documented. Having both Cuba's, and Venezuela's governments decide that another way to "stick it to the man" is to start trash talking one of the presidents friends businesses sounds normal.

    But consider this; Apparently, open source questions are being raised in the third world's governments; I can not help but wonder why?

  11. HIV's Dirty Little Secret on Scientists Expose Weak DNA in HIV · · Score: 1

    HIV is an RNA virus, NOT a DNA virus. Medical science knows a lot about treating DNA based viruses; But there are little to no treatments for RNA viruses. HIV has caused researchers to consider the RNA cycle, also. I wish them luck, and good hunting.

  12. Software is Human Readable on Congress Tackles Patent Reform · · Score: 1

    There was a time when Copy Write Laws applied to software. It makes sense, because the hardware has already been designed and is working,(If you are Intel, it is pretty much most of the time). The only thing that the hardware is doing is reading machine instructions, and then executing those instructions already engineered into to chip. Patenting the instructions sequence is the issue. But that makes no sense because the patent already exists by the CPU maker as a process of executing ANY SEQUENCE of machine instructions. A further issue could be rasied as to patenting a particular sequence of instructions, but then again, the patent holder of the CPU chip ALREADY OWNS the patent for ANY set of machine instructions that are processed. Copy Write laws already handle software, the laws have been around for 100's of years; It works.

  13. Re:Editorial board... on Is Wikipedia Failing? · · Score: 1

    The slanting of articles is malicious in nature; Slanting of a fact in a collection of facts, is a lie. But how does one single out the Liar; And most important, the Lie?

    First, the lie has to be discovered. Adverbs can emphasize an action, or adjective. Adjectives can emphasize a noun. One solution is have any adverbs, and adjectives deleted. Links to other non wiki but creditable sites would help in measuring the stated fact as being truthful. Businesses do not make, or do anything; People do. Who these people are is more accurate than where the people worked. The name of a business is advertising, have a wiki-Press-Release site for egos, and advertising.

    Second, is either a partial, or total banishment of the liar. One can change email addresses quickly. But moderation points seem to work also. Earning moderation points builds a foundation of commonality of purpose. Having known experts moderate would help; But one must be aware of the old saying, "New science grows when old scientist die." To many experts that agree with each other without explanation generates mediocrity. Moderating should not be done by the same experts over and over again.

    Third, correct the lie; A straight forward solution.

    Fourth, tell those interested with something like a RSS feed, the new fact(s) that have been discovered; A straight forward solution.

    "Trust, but Verify" - President Regan

  14. Here Here! on Building a Silicon Brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Having hardware that duplicates human thought is an excellent corner stone to help me with my many woes. With Hard Drives approaching the Pico byte range, we will be able to backup our memories; And access vitally important past events. Obviously, there will be many more steps to take before I will be able to access things like my wifes birthday, our first date, and so on. Personally, I will be very grateful for less arguments about past events that I have for some reason or another, considered to trivial to remember.

    "Come back Dear! I'm good with True-False!" - Larry, the Cable Guy

  15. I Wish I Had Thought of That on Army of Davids Beats Pentagon Procurement · · Score: 1

    FTFA, "...A rumor quickly spread that the Iraqi army was implanting GPS chips in insurgents' thumbs..." What the spin doctors didn't say was, "Undetectable GPS devices," I just get this feeling that we are going to start seeing certain folks who lost their thumbs...

  16. Some Lessons Have Been Forgotten on Some States Say National ID Cards 'Make Life Easier' · · Score: 1

    There are still a lot of people that lived through the rise and fall of the Third Reich; Ya Nazi's. Nazi's take over town. Next, Nazi's go to Hall of Records, get list of towns people which has on it things like religion, and address. Nazi's then find the bad people, and they are taken away. Maybe that will never happen again. But there are survivors that still flinch at such memories. To take the position of "Us Verses Them" in this ever shrinking world is not constructive. Hate, is not a family value; And Intolerance is bad for business.

  17. Warning Label on Dell Laptop Burns House Down · · Score: 1

    Kind of Tongue-In-Cheek; But I never thought that the statement, "Your getting a Dell", could be considered a threat.

  18. LATE Payment Notice on Space Station Suffers Power Glitch · · Score: 0

    What really happened is that NASA was late in paying its electric bill to run the space station. The Electric company sent out a field tech. who toggled to breaker in the switch box. It is done all the time at apartment complexes to help remind people to pay their bills on time.

  19. Re:I can see it now... on Brain Scanner Can Read People's Intentions · · Score: 1

    I kind of think that if brain scans are going to be considered in future hearings, that maybe the capability of viewing what the brain recorded during that event would be of more use to law enforcement. A person can have the most unlawful of intentions, but unless that person ACTS upon it; its not unlawful.

  20. Time for Step 2? on Quantum Computer To Launch Next Week · · Score: 1

    I am thinking that creating a Shift Register, and a Half Adder would be a nice addition. But I think that reserving my judgement till next week might be a good thing.

    I have also noticed that 20 million dollars was used for startup capitol. If this is so, then the cost of computing power will be affordable using this type of computer more quickly than previous types of computers.

  21. Are People The Only Ones? on Jail for Selling Email Lists to Spammers · · Score: 1

    Just a thought; But would this apply to Credit Card Company's, Lending Institutions, or Credit Rating Company's? More identities have been "published" from these types of businesses than any other, to date. I know my credit rating may be affected by this posting.

  22. Re:Truth or Dare? on Bill Gates Brags About Vista, Reacts to Apple's Latest Ads · · Score: 1

    I am actually thinking it is more on the level of several hundred, per day; But who is counting?

  23. Re:tha audacity! on Scientists Attempt To Calm Volcano · · Score: 2

    Just a thought. I had this flash back of a WKRP Sit-Com TV show.

  24. Re:Old Archives on Farewell To the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    I remember a time when 8" drives came fourth, and at 1 megabyte, that was a lot of storage. I wonder when the 1 pita byte read-writable will come out?

  25. Re:Not that bad... on Gamers React to Vista Launch · · Score: 1

    Maybe you could make a 4 column list of the Functionality, 'XP, 'Vista, and Ubuntu. List all functionalities in column one. If XP does it, then put a check under the XP column, same for Vista, and Ubuntu. What will be interesting is if as an end user, there is any difference between 'XP and 'Vista. Also, when comparing shells, the OS with the greatest shell handling will be informative. Another area will be that the keyboard can do what the mouse does. Comparing window managers will not be any less complex, but actually being able to point to a functionality list and saying, "This is better because..." would be priceless.

    "Slowly, one by one, the Penguins steal my sanity." - Unknown