No I don't, what I say, is that Samsung copied the same fucking OS that Apple copied for it's iOS.
Palm, omg, a rounded rectangle device with a grid of icons and a touch screen. Holy Shit, why the hell isn't Apple suing Palm....Er....(switch that).
So really, the one huge huge patentable thing Apple had, was a design patent to use only a single button on the front of the phone. It's amazing. Let's all bow down and worship Apple's innovation. Or light a match, smoke a stogie, and toss the butts into the patent office and watch one of America's most broken systems come to a brilliant end.
Really, cause it sure as hell was. Because there are many designs that were extremely similar to Apple's, with the exception that they had a few more buttons.
No, you're right. It wasn't about a rectangle. It was about a fucked up system that protected a company viewed to be more American. That was it...
EVERY item Apple sued Samsung over had prior art that you could easily find on Google.
American courts are pre-disposed to American companies. Every patent that Apple sued Samsung over, has prior art you can locate simply with Google searches.
And Samsung was refused being able to submit a lot of evidence. It's disgusting.. FUCK crApple.
It's sick and disgusting. There was prior art for EVERY patent Apple sued Samsung over. Every single one could be invalidated by prior art you could find on the web.
Go figure....
PATENT office should be burned to the ground and never rebuilt.
A metal detector won't detect plastic. But X-ray machines do, as the plastics used are high density and they show up. The truth is that one can likely defeat most x-ray machines just by developing a firearm that doesn't LOOK like a firearm.
Hack our drones and crash them into our own ships. Apparently, a navy cruiser with one of the most advanced air defense systems was no defense for a malfunctioning drone. This is how we lose the war folks.
Netflix has WAYYYYYY more movie selection than Blockbuster.
Here is my story. I rented two DVDs from a local chain on the weekend. Only got to see one movie. $4/each. Forgot to bring them with me and got hit with $4/each in late fees. I was out $16. I realized for $4 more I could of owned the movie.
Then I saw a $19.99 Netflix add "No Late Fees", and I tried it. I later bought stock at $10-$15. Best financial move EVER!!!!
A few years ago I received $10 Blockbuster gift card. I went and spent over an hour and a half trying to pick two movies to rent. Wasted so much time I didn't even get to see a movie that night. Ever new movie they had was either out of stock, or I had seen it already.
In the end I bought a used copy of "I, Robot". It was a bad model. That on demand streaming killed.
I was only moderately impressed with Ender's Game as a novel. I predicted most every major plot twist. New the spoiler from almost the very beginning. Yada. Yada.
But Ender's Shadow I found to actually be a more engaging and deeper story on many levels. Bean
And if I recall, I think it did have the ability to not only unfreeze. But to move someone, as in when they were floundering in the empty sections of the battle room.
SPOILER:
So I don't think that was off. And I believe that was one aspect that helped tip Bean into realizing there was gravity control
I think Hollywood had a unique opportunity in the Ender series to do something unbelievably "audacious".
They should of filmed "two movies' simultaneously, and released them at the same time. Ender's Game & Ender's Shadow. It'd have been risky, but unique. Go see two movies, about the exact same thing, but from two different perspectives.
Just the debate as to which one to see first would have brought them more media attention than any advertizing they could buy.
a) Nokia - a tech giant that went on major decline, so select their CEO to fix your major decline. Ya...
b) Former Ford CEO - hey at least Ford has been doing well. But does this guy know a wheel from a mouse?
c) Skype - hey at least they got someone to buy them for a lot of $$$
One choice that was touted at one point was to have have Microsoft buy Netflix and make Reed Hastings CEO. While I think he'd do well as CEO. I'd hate that for Netflix.
The article really fails to make a substantial argument. Okay, the every 3 year issue I can see. Make it every two. First year is to pick the top 4 contenders. The next year the tournament.
But I don't see what the issue is with having one champion. It seems there may be an issue with point scoring system. As frankly, I think wins are more substantial than draws.
I just came away from the whole article questioning what the issue is in having a world champion. It seems to me that no harm is there. And the fact that the ranking doesn't equate to champion is not uncommon. Look at baseball. How many times does the top ranked team win the World Series? A lot, but no where near always. The top ranked team makes it to the play off, it doesn't mean they survive to the World Series. And it shouldn't.
I think what the author wants is that "World Champion" is merely a result of the tally of rankings. Not established by an event. But that's dumb. Because the challenge of a championship adds a unique pressure and intensity. It adds a goal. And many top performers are not capable of performing their best if there is no goal.
This seems much more like the typical "Tea Cup" generation. Everyone gets a trophy. We can't have a winner. No more football, someone might get hurt. No more World Tiddlywink Championships cause someone might LOSE!!!!
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I have to agree that Newegg has gone down hill. But this was still a wrong decision.
No I don't, what I say, is that Samsung copied the same fucking OS that Apple copied for it's iOS.
Palm, omg, a rounded rectangle device with a grid of icons and a touch screen. Holy Shit, why the hell isn't Apple suing Palm....Er....(switch that).
So really, the one huge huge patentable thing Apple had, was a design patent to use only a single button on the front of the phone. It's amazing. Let's all bow down and worship Apple's innovation. Or light a match, smoke a stogie, and toss the butts into the patent office and watch one of America's most broken systems come to a brilliant end.
Really, cause it sure as hell was. Because there are many designs that were extremely similar to Apple's, with the exception that they had a few more buttons.
No, you're right. It wasn't about a rectangle. It was about a fucked up system that protected a company viewed to be more American. That was it...
EVERY item Apple sued Samsung over had prior art that you could easily find on Google.
American courts are pre-disposed to American companies. Every patent that Apple sued Samsung over, has prior art you can locate simply with Google searches.
And Samsung was refused being able to submit a lot of evidence. It's disgusting.. FUCK crApple.
It's sick and disgusting. There was prior art for EVERY patent Apple sued Samsung over. Every single one could be invalidated by prior art you could find on the web.
Go figure....
PATENT office should be burned to the ground and never rebuilt.
A metal detector won't detect plastic. But X-ray machines do, as the plastics used are high density and they show up. The truth is that one can likely defeat most x-ray machines just by developing a firearm that doesn't LOOK like a firearm.
Hack our drones and crash them into our own ships. Apparently, a navy cruiser with one of the most advanced air defense systems was no defense for a malfunctioning drone. This is how we lose the war folks.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/17/us/drone-malfunction-duplicate-2/ :-(
Has....well way the !@#$% too many charges. :-P
Netflix has WAYYYYYY more movie selection than Blockbuster.
Here is my story. I rented two DVDs from a local chain on the weekend. Only got to see one movie. $4/each. Forgot to bring them with me and got hit with $4/each in late fees. I was out $16. I realized for $4 more I could of owned the movie.
Then I saw a $19.99 Netflix add "No Late Fees", and I tried it. I later bought stock at $10-$15. Best financial move EVER!!!!
A few years ago I received $10 Blockbuster gift card. I went and spent over an hour and a half trying to pick two movies to rent. Wasted so much time I didn't even get to see a movie that night. Ever new movie they had was either out of stock, or I had seen it already.
In the end I bought a used copy of "I, Robot". It was a bad model. That on demand streaming killed.
That he did...but can it be turned into a trilogy?
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One of the best answers on slashdot, this thread or in general.
"but also find that society did not become utopia as a result."
I think that was his point, that there isn't a utopia because humanity is flawed. And yet, also simultaneously, humanity is a rather amazing thing.
2) these cars don't cost more than a home. And are actually fairly cheap for their class.
3) it's a chemical fire, not a metal fire. And gasoline isn't the easiest to put out either.
4) Note, car #2 went over roundabout, through a brick wall, and into a tree. Cars #1 & #3 were both punctured by large, heavy metal objects.
It was NOT old people hitting the wrong pedal. Sorry...
Okay, fire.....
But seriously, the driver of fire #2 went over a roundabout, through a wall, and hit a tree and was uninjured.
I'm not sure the average car would have left the driver alive.
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That said, I do think there may be a need for revision. But I am almost hoping this lowers their stock to the point I can buy some.
Agreed
If you want to see a good sci-fi book turned into movie. Go watch Babylon 5. Just don't ask me where to find a copy of the book.
I was only moderately impressed with Ender's Game as a novel. I predicted most every major plot twist. New the spoiler from almost the very beginning. Yada. Yada.
But Ender's Shadow I found to actually be a more engaging and deeper story on many levels. Bean
And why are you being given a 0 for being correct?
*facepalm*
And if I recall, I think it did have the ability to not only unfreeze. But to move someone, as in when they were floundering in the empty sections of the battle room.
SPOILER:
So I don't think that was off. And I believe that was one aspect that helped tip Bean into realizing there was gravity control
I think Hollywood had a unique opportunity in the Ender series to do something unbelievably "audacious".
They should of filmed "two movies' simultaneously, and released them at the same time. Ender's Game & Ender's Shadow. It'd have been risky, but unique. Go see two movies, about the exact same thing, but from two different perspectives.
Just the debate as to which one to see first would have brought them more media attention than any advertizing they could buy.
We can read and still enjoy the vanilla'esqe smell of a nice old used book store.
Good move Amazon. Go once step further, and let them sell kindle books and keep 10%.
So the choices are
a) Nokia - a tech giant that went on major decline, so select their CEO to fix your major decline. Ya ...
b) Former Ford CEO - hey at least Ford has been doing well. But does this guy know a wheel from a mouse?
c) Skype - hey at least they got someone to buy them for a lot of $$$
One choice that was touted at one point was to have have Microsoft buy Netflix and make Reed Hastings CEO. While I think he'd do well as CEO. I'd hate that for Netflix.
The article really fails to make a substantial argument. Okay, the every 3 year issue I can see. Make it every two. First year is to pick the top 4 contenders. The next year the tournament.
But I don't see what the issue is with having one champion. It seems there may be an issue with point scoring system. As frankly, I think wins are more substantial than draws.
I just came away from the whole article questioning what the issue is in having a world champion. It seems to me that no harm is there. And the fact that the ranking doesn't equate to champion is not uncommon. Look at baseball. How many times does the top ranked team win the World Series? A lot, but no where near always. The top ranked team makes it to the play off, it doesn't mean they survive to the World Series. And it shouldn't.
I think what the author wants is that "World Champion" is merely a result of the tally of rankings. Not established by an event. But that's dumb. Because the challenge of a championship adds a unique pressure and intensity. It adds a goal. And many top performers are not capable of performing their best if there is no goal.
This seems much more like the typical "Tea Cup" generation. Everyone gets a trophy. We can't have a winner. No more football, someone might get hurt. No more World Tiddlywink Championships cause someone might LOSE!!!!
A lot of our elections are rigged. This is why so many results do NOT coincide with polls.