I would like to see a new law on the books: "wrongfully or negligently issuing a patent", to be applied as follows:
In the case where a patent is declared invalid, I would like to see the issuing patent office and/or examiner held responsible for damages done....
And to reimburse the patent applicant for: 1) the fees charged for granting the patent 2) legal fees incurred by the patent holder in attempting to defend the patent before it is struck down
And to reimburse any party who is financially damaged by the patent office having wrongfully issued a patent, such as 3) to any company which licensed the patent: any license fees paid out to use the patent 4) to any company which was sued for infringing on the patent: court costs and damages
Patents are applied for in good faith. If the recipient can be irreparably damaged due to negligence or other actions which wrong the recipient, shouldn't there be legal recourse?
Do you think the USPTO might hold "inventiveness" and the "obviousness" tests, and the search for prior art to a much higher standard? Do you think they might have the motivation to remedy any weaknesses in the system and keep on doing so?
as opposed to "believed to be incorrect." If I comment "1 = 2, and it's true because I believe it to be so" they are materially incorrect. In my tiny opinion that's can be worse than flamebait because it's blatant, probably even willful ignorance presented as naivety - basically the MO of an attention-whore.
If they say "1 = 2" and provide a mathematical proof, that's an entirely different matter, they are not sparking needless debate.
So, Dave, this is not a matter of viewpoint, but of blatant incorrectness. As/. tries to be a site for grown-ups, I was hoping to add levity to my reply to a brash attention-whore, and maybe suggest an improvement, tongue-in-cheek-wise.
Then again, maybe you disagree and you'd like to see a lot more debate on ID vs Creationism?;)
Steven Fishman attested in court that he was assigned by the Church of Scientology to to murder his psychologist, Dr. Uwe Geertz, and then commit suicide.
The Fishman Affidavit is a set of court documents submitted Steven in 1993 in the federal case, Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz (Case No. CV 91-6426 (HLH (Tx) U.S. District Court for the Central District of California).
The Affidavit contained criticisms of the Church of Scientology and substantial portions of the Operating Thetan course materials.
Operation Snow White was the Church of Scientology's name for a conspiracy during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard. This project included a series of infiltrations and thefts from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations critical of Scientology, carried out by Church members, in more than 30 countries;[1] the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history with up to 5,000 covert agents. This was also the operation that exposed 'Operation Freakout', because this was the case that initiated the US government investigation of the Church.
Under this program, Scientology operatives committed infiltration, wiretapping, and theft of documents in government offices, most notably those of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Eleven highly-placed Church executives, including Mary Sue Hubbard (wife of founder L. Ron Hubbard and second-in-command of the organization), pleaded guilty or were convicted in federal court of obstructing justice, burglary of government offices, and theft of documents and government property. The case was United States v. Mary Sue Hubbard et al., 493 F.Supp. 209 (D.D.C. 1979).
I agree, provided that the user base is infinitely diverse. However, this is/., and so it is not. Hence my infinitely snarky sarcasm.
Seriously, I'm just weary of the infinity of speculation and judgmentalism that achieves the status of "information." This kind of post only serves that ilk, so I apologize if I felt moved to snark on it, but alas I must lower my expectations for the new and uber-gossipified/. since the passing of Rob Malda, who seriously must have passed away else he would not have let this become The New Geek Speculator.
Installing any app exposes you - even without explicit permissions apps can do bad things. Let's put this into some perspective, shall we? It's just one more exposure. The real problem is in actually being able to tell what -any- app is currently doing on your device. And that kind of monitoring is no-where in sight.
The core of American society now centers around pills, violence as entertainment, and disintegrating families ("the kids are good with it") - oh - and denial. It's not a wonder there is so much apparent confusion about the cause of such an event. The scientific evidence is available, Americans only have to accept it and deal with the reality that drugs are drugs, whether it comes in the form of a prescription or in a bag in a back alley, and personal accountability is at an all-time low.
Thanks, I actually do realize it's being built into the search algorithms, but it appears the upshot of the demo is to float a balloon (as if Google cares to float balloons at all) that they are evolving away from the simple list and are going toward non-list layouts like this space-waster and this "collection", and ultimately this interactive bubble diagram to - I would imagine - enable the user to fully take "advantage" of the internal algorithms. It seems they have that in mind, and I personally don't like any of them as much as a simple list, and the least one is the graph itself. I may have jumped the gun and in my mind thought they were going to implement the graph as well as the other alternative layouts at the same time, but it doesn't actually say one way or another if the graph-layout will be presented as a tool. I don't see why the wouldn't, they have a mock-up already.
Sorry, but I fail to see how this is so different from all those other messy "graphing" methodologies and so-called analytical tools that have laboriously forced themselves into my workspace only to writhe around awhile and die because they have overly-specialized utility, and waste more screen space than Outlook 2013 i.e. mindmaps, flowcharts, music maps, radar graphs, bubble diagrams, et al, not to mention the hundreds of failed graphical programming languages.
about your lack of first-hand knowledge. Lack of first-hand knowledge makes you unable to judge people, and you like judging people. So, read it all, and believe it all.
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So sad.
Anonymous Coward.
"I haven't heard a single valid argument for why software is any different than any other discipline."
Then you haven't been listening.
I would like to see a new law on the books: "wrongfully or negligently issuing a patent", to be applied as follows:
In the case where a patent is declared invalid, I would like to see the issuing patent office and/or examiner held responsible for damages done....
And to reimburse the patent applicant for:
1) the fees charged for granting the patent
2) legal fees incurred by the patent holder in attempting to defend the patent before it is struck down
And to reimburse any party who is financially damaged by the patent office having wrongfully issued a patent, such as
3) to any company which licensed the patent: any license fees paid out to use the patent
4) to any company which was sued for infringing on the patent: court costs and damages
Patents are applied for in good faith. If the recipient can be irreparably damaged due to negligence or other actions which wrong the recipient, shouldn't there be legal recourse?
Do you think the USPTO might hold "inventiveness" and the "obviousness" tests, and the search for prior art to a much higher standard? Do you think they might have the motivation to remedy any weaknesses in the system and keep on doing so?
Accountability anyone?
as opposed to "believed to be incorrect." If I comment "1 = 2, and it's true because I believe it to be so" they are materially incorrect. In my tiny opinion that's can be worse than flamebait because it's blatant, probably even willful ignorance presented as naivety - basically the MO of an attention-whore.
If they say "1 = 2" and provide a mathematical proof, that's an entirely different matter, they are not sparking needless debate.
So, Dave, this is not a matter of viewpoint, but of blatant incorrectness. As /. tries to be a site for grown-ups, I was hoping to add levity to my reply to a brash attention-whore, and maybe suggest an improvement, tongue-in-cheek-wise.
Then again, maybe you disagree and you'd like to see a lot more debate on ID vs Creationism? ;)
We need an "incorrect information" mod for this post please.
I'd be happy with a "disinformation" mod.
protecting the inventor yet again! Attaboy USPTO!
Whoda thunk you could put circuitry in a stylus? NOT ME!!
http://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/Light_pen
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/electronic+stylus
http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=4gpN4EILwz8
etc
etc
etc
Steven Fishman attested in court that he was assigned by the Church of Scientology to to murder his psychologist, Dr. Uwe Geertz, and then commit suicide.
The Fishman Affidavit is a set of court documents submitted Steven in 1993 in the federal case, Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz (Case No. CV 91-6426 (HLH (Tx) U.S. District Court for the Central District of California).
The Affidavit contained criticisms of the Church of Scientology and substantial portions of the Operating Thetan course materials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishman_Affidavit
Operation Snow White was the Church of Scientology's name for a conspiracy during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard. This project included a series of infiltrations and thefts from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations critical of Scientology, carried out by Church members, in more than 30 countries;[1] the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history with up to 5,000 covert agents. This was also the operation that exposed 'Operation Freakout', because this was the case that initiated the US government investigation of the Church.
Under this program, Scientology operatives committed infiltration, wiretapping, and theft of documents in government offices, most notably those of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Eleven highly-placed Church executives, including Mary Sue Hubbard (wife of founder L. Ron Hubbard and second-in-command of the organization), pleaded guilty or were convicted in federal court of obstructing justice, burglary of government offices, and theft of documents and government property. The case was United States v. Mary Sue Hubbard et al., 493 F.Supp. 209 (D.D.C. 1979).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White
Totally my mistake, so sorry - I guess the "magical" reference threw me off. (plants tongue firmly in cheek)
I agree, provided that the user base is infinitely diverse. However, this is /., and so it is not. Hence my infinitely snarky sarcasm.
Seriously, I'm just weary of the infinity of speculation and judgmentalism that achieves the status of "information." This kind of post only serves that ilk, so I apologize if I felt moved to snark on it, but alas I must lower my expectations for the new and uber-gossipified /. since the passing of Rob Malda, who seriously must have passed away else he would not have let this become The New Geek Speculator.
they know everything about everything, don't you know?
Nice set of photos here, and the biggest hole I ever saw:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2253602/Antarctic-Lake-Ellsworth-project-called-British-team-forced-abandon-7m-project-drill-signs-life.html
because HR will be HR
Uhm, someone tell me -why- anyone would want to work for Facebook? I mean besides desperation.
Installing any app exposes you - even without explicit permissions apps can do bad things. Let's put this into some perspective, shall we? It's just one more exposure. The real problem is in actually being able to tell what -any- app is currently doing on your device. And that kind of monitoring is no-where in sight.
Yes it's Americans; Americans who rely on pills to solve their problems, and live in denial about their egregious side effects:
http://medicalwhistleblower.blogspot.com/2011/09/mass-violence-caused-by-anti.html
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030372
https://www.google.com/search?q=ssri+violence
The core of American society now centers around pills, violence as entertainment, and disintegrating families ("the kids are good with it") - oh - and denial. It's not a wonder there is so much apparent confusion about the cause of such an event. The scientific evidence is available, Americans only have to accept it and deal with the reality that drugs are drugs, whether it comes in the form of a prescription or in a bag in a back alley, and personal accountability is at an all-time low.
We watch people killed by 10's if not 100's each day on the TV, and it usually involves guns. Real or dramatized, we witness them.
We participate in killing online in a hundred different games. usually with a trigger-based device. We practice and perfect it.
In the context of so many killings we have witnessed and performed, isn't this behavior just a part of our mental norm?
All your facebooks are belong to us....
you're admitting you've been looking at kitty porn?
Are you saying this would make /. somehow a lesser site? (scratches head)
I would insert a picture of a naked cat looking quizzical here, but alas, no IMG tag support.
See what you're missing?
new efficiency @ load % - old efficiency @ load % = delta%
integrate over time (delta%*cost kw/hr) until result = new unit cost (solve for t)
Thanks, I actually do realize it's being built into the search algorithms, but it appears the upshot of the demo is to float a balloon (as if Google cares to float balloons at all) that they are evolving away from the simple list and are going toward non-list layouts like this space-waster and this "collection", and ultimately this interactive bubble diagram to - I would imagine - enable the user to fully take "advantage" of the internal algorithms. It seems they have that in mind, and I personally don't like any of them as much as a simple list, and the least one is the graph itself. I may have jumped the gun and in my mind thought they were going to implement the graph as well as the other alternative layouts at the same time, but it doesn't actually say one way or another if the graph-layout will be presented as a tool. I don't see why the wouldn't, they have a mock-up already.
Sorry, but I fail to see how this is so different from all those other messy "graphing" methodologies and so-called analytical tools that have laboriously forced themselves into my workspace only to writhe around awhile and die because they have overly-specialized utility, and waste more screen space than Outlook 2013 i.e. mindmaps, flowcharts, music maps, radar graphs, bubble diagrams, et al, not to mention the hundreds of failed graphical programming languages.
Call me skeptical, but I think it will end up in the Google Graveyard Of Flops.
about your lack of first-hand knowledge. Lack of first-hand knowledge makes you unable to judge people, and you like judging people. So, read it all, and believe it all.