Maybe if they had some funding, they could hire competent people AND have a decent sized staff to look into everything. As it stands, they don't and can't - so they won't. They'd rather sign off on a patent and let it get fought over in court. Sadly, going to court costs money, so "little guys" can't afford to duke it out with "giant company" that happens to own some stupid patent that never should have been approved in the first place.
The USPTO needs major reform and funding. Next time your congressman/senator gives themselves a pay-raise, think again when election time rolls around... are they really thinking of the people, or themselves?
in a binder somewhere. I might still have it. I used mostly IP addresses in college when ftp'ing around. I also used to connect to a MUD via IP. I have no idea what their domain name might have been.
the new one Hustler put in up off of I-75 at 63? I've driven past it - its pretty large.
My wife works about a block from the one downtown. She and some co-workers got to see that "naked cowboy" guy playing his guitar out front last year (at least I think that was last year).
I can say that they are indeed a wee-bit too obsessed with trying to rid themselves of "porn" or "smut" or simply "adult" stores. The amount of time and money Cinci has spent on this is not only substantial, but embarassing.
I'd hate to see them jump on the violent game bandwagon as well. I'm sure some people around here already have, it just hasn't made it to the so-called local politicians and the local media.
so... I can get an earring that doubles as a radio? or maybe a tattoo that is actually an embedded LCD screen for the wireless connection I had installed with my nose-ring?
considering Ukraine's position geographically and geopolitically, one would think that the US might try to keep better relations with a country that after the Soviet break-up became the 3rd or 4th largest nuclear power in the world.
And not like Ukraine doesn't have more important things to worry about, like the perpetual clean-up of Chernobyl and the sometimes volatile situation of Crimea desiring separation from Ukraine.
any good archaeological group consists of various people, of which a physical anthropologist is a required post. The science is only part of the puzzle to back-dating and understanding lost civilizations.
Before I went into pharma, I seriously thought about going into archaeology, and taking some anthropology classes to boost my skills. (instead, I took geochemistry, and went into drugs... go figure).
my old 486 is simply shoved down in the basement, where heat is not an issue, it doesn't use much power, especially since the monitor is almost never on, its underneath a workbench, so space is negligible, and its not near me, so noise isn't an issue either.
plus, it was a box rescued from the trash heap with spare parts from other dead boxes, making it 100% free - with the exception of the time I put into putting it together.
If twenty bucks is that steep for something so potentially useful, that's just a sad commentary on some people. I welcome the chance to spend $20 to boot Win98 less often.
And here I've been spending countless hours porting Apache to my abacus, as I've recently decided to switch my betamax player from webserver to firewall.
BTW: does anyone have any info on getting an abacus to use wireless ethernet? I thought linksys made an adapter, but I can't seem to find one at BestBuy...
you are right, a lot of the cost is actually in the development phase, which is what I do. If more of these companies were able to move faster and be more flexible, some of the headache-cost they incur would go away. Now, of course, companies like J&J or Lily are huge, and with that comes the red tape that slows things - so their development costs will always seem higher. They also move ponderously to reduce their risks, which makes their trials fewer, but larger and more rigidly planned, adding to the costs.
I could go on for a while on a lot of these various points, but its probably not worth it, so I'll leave it at this.
...you have unfortunately replied to someone who works in the pharmaceutical industry.
I do wish people would stop it with the "how are they going to fund research?" crap. If you look at the big picture of drug research, and where the costs really are, you would see that a lot of it is inflated numbers caused by "economic factors" and other such nonsense. That is how a lot of universities are able to continue to do excellent pharma research. The companies are hindered for less noble reasons than academia.
I'm glad to see common sense and the common good win over so-called IP rights. Too bad Roche seems to have missed the boat for a great philanthropic opportunity.
I hope that events such as this one will help some companies realize that there's more to business than just having a good IP portfolio.
They offer us many different trainings that we can attend either through local universities or training services.
Now, mind you, we are a biotech/pharma company, but training is training, be it advanced computer use or molecular polymorphism. We've had a fair number of classes on stats and using JMP (which I don't use enough).
The company also offers tuition reimbursement: 100% if you get an A or B, 50% for a C, and, well, if you somehow manage to get lower, you're SOL.
This is by far the most liberal company education policy I have run across (with the exception of people who work at universities).
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The USPTO needs major reform and funding. Next time your congressman/senator gives themselves a pay-raise, think again when election time rolls around... are they really thinking of the people, or themselves?
My wife works about a block from the one downtown. She and some co-workers got to see that "naked cowboy" guy playing his guitar out front last year (at least I think that was last year).
I'd hate to see them jump on the violent game bandwagon as well. I'm sure some people around here already have, it just hasn't made it to the so-called local politicians and the local media.
And not like Ukraine doesn't have more important things to worry about, like the perpetual clean-up of Chernobyl and the sometimes volatile situation of Crimea desiring separation from Ukraine.
Before I went into pharma, I seriously thought about going into archaeology, and taking some anthropology classes to boost my skills. (instead, I took geochemistry, and went into drugs... go figure).
plus, it was a box rescued from the trash heap with spare parts from other dead boxes, making it 100% free - with the exception of the time I put into putting it together.
BTW: does anyone have any info on getting an abacus to use wireless ethernet? I thought linksys made an adapter, but I can't seem to find one at BestBuy...
I could go on for a while on a lot of these various points, but its probably not worth it, so I'll leave it at this.
ah... the joys of development...
I do wish people would stop it with the "how are they going to fund research?" crap. If you look at the big picture of drug research, and where the costs really are, you would see that a lot of it is inflated numbers caused by "economic factors" and other such nonsense. That is how a lot of universities are able to continue to do excellent pharma research. The companies are hindered for less noble reasons than academia.
I hope that events such as this one will help some companies realize that there's more to business than just having a good IP portfolio.
Now, mind you, we are a biotech/pharma company, but training is training, be it advanced computer use or molecular polymorphism. We've had a fair number of classes on stats and using JMP (which I don't use enough).
The company also offers tuition reimbursement: 100% if you get an A or B, 50% for a C, and, well, if you somehow manage to get lower, you're SOL.
This is by far the most liberal company education policy I have run across (with the exception of people who work at universities).