And AR (Augmented Reality) seems to have taken the place of VR lately, lots of progress has been made in that end.
More importantly, VR equipment and tracking is usually prohibitively expensive, which I'd guess is partly responsible for the lack of any apparent progress.
Also, the suspension of disbelief in VR is quite important - not so in AR, since it only attempts at adding more information to the existing reality.
I think that on these things, companies should be given limited access - perhaps for a few years, so that they can capitalize on their investment. After about 5 years or so, they'd better make it public domain.
Ofcourse, in that case, companies will wait for a good while before making it public that they indeed do have the data.
And if it is proven that this methodology works well, I hope other similar entities take the same path!
Imagine the amount of money that would have to be spent on development and debugging. If making it Open Source offsets any percentage of that amount, it would be awesome.
The public has a right to know if a public figure abuses his/her position
I find it disturbing that you do not consider Jobs to be abusive of his position.;-)
Kidding aside, even the law treats famous people in such a way that it takes into consideration that they do in fact trade a certain amount of privacy for their fame.
Agreed, it is not always right, but hey, it's legal (I know, I know - being legal vs. being moral/ethical is a fine line).
The sad part is, if you're secretive, people think you've something to hide and dig deeper. And if you are not, people write books on you. Yay, thank God for choices.
Actually, I never watched the show when it was aired (partly because one of the characters, Inara, had a striking resemblence to my ex.girlfriend). Then, I was gifted the whole DVD collection for my birthday this year, and God, I love that show!
During my internship last summer, I met a cute Chinese girl. Asked her for her name and number and she said it was Ping. I heard it as Qing, and wrote it as such, and she looked terribly flustered.
If you've watched the series completely, you'd have noticed that River does some pretty amazing things, and has really heightened senses and reflexes - there is even an episode where she shoots several men straight with amazing accuracy.
If there is a big enough high profile case that displays the stupidity behind such patents, the USPTO may actually be forced to reconsider the way it handles patents.
Imagine - a big case that brings in all the big fellas into the picture fighting over something the judge rules to be too trivial or too basic.
Aww, who am I kidding. I should lay off the crack.
Slashdot Mirror
But will John Titor be invited?
It's spelt pursuit, not persuit.
And AR (Augmented Reality) seems to have taken the place of VR lately, lots of progress has been made in that end.
More importantly, VR equipment and tracking is usually prohibitively expensive, which I'd guess is partly responsible for the lack of any apparent progress.
Also, the suspension of disbelief in VR is quite important - not so in AR, since it only attempts at adding more information to the existing reality.
Ah, my bad - I meant you can't patent facts, only the methods. Didn't realize I had said you can't copyright.
Mr. Genius, you can't copyright "facts" - only methods for obtaining those facts, which these companies do anyway.
It's kinda hard, isn't it?
I think that on these things, companies should be given limited access - perhaps for a few years, so that they can capitalize on their investment. After about 5 years or so, they'd better make it public domain.
Ofcourse, in that case, companies will wait for a good while before making it public that they indeed do have the data.
I thought he wanted to be human!?
Yes, I'd be trusting a review from someone who can't spell audience right. Or definitive. Or proving.
Oh yeah, absolutely.
Thank you, this was just the kind of review I was looking for.
I love the books, and after watching the trailer, I was sure I'd not like it - but was contemplating watching it.
But I realize that if I did, I'd probably come away frustrated, or worse. Thanks for the post, just added you as a friend.
Ah, my apologies!
:)
Didn't realize that's what you wanted. Oh well!
Somebody should turn up the gamma, then.
Did you bother looking at the website?
He's put up a link to the older website.
Here is a copy of the old website that Walmart wanted removed.
He's given a link to it on the very first page, in fact.
Heck, take a look at the new Victoria's Secret ad... Whew!!
I'd love to!
Where can I find it?
Not really.
Which is why I used the if in the statement - if there is any kind of contribution that can decrease the total amount, it would be neat.
And if it is proven that this methodology works well, I hope other similar entities take the same path!
Imagine the amount of money that would have to be spent on development and debugging. If making it Open Source offsets any percentage of that amount, it would be awesome.
And besides, this is great publicity!
The public has a right to know if a public figure abuses his/her position
;-)
I find it disturbing that you do not consider Jobs to be abusive of his position.
Kidding aside, even the law treats famous people in such a way that it takes into consideration that they do in fact trade a certain amount of privacy for their fame.
Agreed, it is not always right, but hey, it's legal (I know, I know - being legal vs. being moral/ethical is a fine line).
The sad part is, if you're secretive, people think you've something to hide and dig deeper. And if you are not, people write books on you. Yay, thank God for choices.
Actually, I never watched the show when it was aired (partly because one of the characters, Inara, had a striking resemblence to my ex.girlfriend). Then, I was gifted the whole DVD collection for my birthday this year, and God, I love that show!
Okay, that figures.
:-/
During my internship last summer, I met a cute Chinese girl. Asked her for her name and number and she said it was Ping. I heard it as Qing, and wrote it as such, and she looked terribly flustered.
Damn! If only I'd known then.
Yes, and now that Mr. Adams is no more, there is no way we are going to know, are we?
If you've watched the series completely, you'd have noticed that River does some pretty amazing things, and has really heightened senses and reflexes - there is even an episode where she shoots several men straight with amazing accuracy.
So, that wasn't really a surprise.
Indeed, Master Anonymous Coward.
Hopefully, that will be a good thing.
If there is a big enough high profile case that displays the stupidity behind such patents, the USPTO may actually be forced to reconsider the way it handles patents.
Imagine - a big case that brings in all the big fellas into the picture fighting over something the judge rules to be too trivial or too basic.
Aww, who am I kidding. I should lay off the crack.
Well then, drag the war on until then.
And guess who gets richer? Not Microsoft nor Forgent. The freakin' lawyers. Yay!
*hush*
It is the American way of life. =)
I've always wondered why the classified and confidential stuff is always in black and white - never in any other color.
Any reason?
Sad yet insightful comment there, mate.
I simply could not have put it better.