The Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo is sick. It is scarier than missles. At least you have a chance to shoot missles down. 1 torpedo can break a destroyer in half. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y863lraJ3F4
This was an older U.S. destroyer but I don't think any of the current cruisers or current destroyers would fare much better. I've read 4 for an AC (it is about 10 times the weight of the destroyer shown above).
If I was spending on ship building I would do more subs less surface ships.
The US Postal service should be offering their trucks to house this equipment for a fee. No other service travels to more parts of the country more regularly. Certainly piggybacking onto postal trucks would save Verizon (and ATT, Sprint, T-mob) money and give them better testing coverage.
It would also help fund the Postal service which is billions in the hole.
You are technically not allowed to add new matter to a continuing application. That means only things which were described at the time of filing of the priority application can be claimed. Of course a broad reading of the specification may allow for embodiments to be patented which were't necessaerily contimplated at the priority filing date but do pass the written description test.
Actually the prior art that is required may even be earlier than that. You are only statutorily barred from a patent if the prior art ( 35 USC 102(b) type art) is more than 1 year prior to your priority date (or on sale in use 1 year prior).
If it is say 6 months from your priority date (102 (a) the inventor may file a 131 declaration which attests that the invention was reduced to practice prior to the prior art date or that it was conceived prior to the prior art date and they diligently worked on the invention till the invention was reduced to practice.
Suck it European scientists, while you were sitting around eating your nutella and drinking cappuccinos while watching boring ass soccer (excuse me I mean football) our scientists just discovered the Higgs boson(s) with an underpowered accelerator compared to your new fancy one at CERN.
USA USA USA
Just kidding Europe I like your guys except Lichtenstein, I hate Lichtenstein.
Google clearly states this on their page. There is no such thing as 'free'.
"few notes to remember: Google will still maintain search data to improve your search quality and to provide better service. Searching over SSL doesn't reduce the data sent to Google -- it only hides that data from third parties who seek it. And clicking on any of the web results, including Google universal search results for unsupported services like Google Images, could take you out of SSL mode. Our hope is that more websites and services will add support for SSL to help create a better and more consistent experience for you.
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They make there money by monetizing your search and with ads. You are free not to use their service.
One actual solution is to hire a patent agent. This person is an engineer who has passed the patent bar but has not gone to law school. They are allowed tpo prosecute (file for and obtain a patent) but not litigate in front of a court. Like any other profession there are good ones and bad ones.
However, patent agents will be much cheaper than a patent lawyer.
The law also states that if a item was on sale or in use In this country, that can be used as prior art. 102(b) On sale bar
So if someone invented a widget product with some hidden internal structure and a person tried to patent it, the sale of said widget would be prior art.
They also reserve your priority date. Where prior art clocks start on the date before the provisional not the non-provisional application. Also helps in case of interferences.
In fact the KSR decision was a repudiation of the CAFC interpreting obvious strictly based on the TSM (teaching suggestion motivation) test.
If I were a betting man this decision will be changed by the SCOTUS is some way (either broadening what is patentable under 101 or further narrowing it).
(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or
(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States, or
I agree it is highly unlikely that a specific bacteria would develop resistance over the short term, and if it ever did it probably couldn't even be considered the same bacteria species anymore.
But lets take two bacterias:
1. Radiodurans can resist extreme amounts of ionizing radiation which would act in the cell in a similar way oxidants would
It would almost be like humans developing resistance to getting shot in the head with a.45 gun. I don't see it happening.
That said Radiodurans extremophiles are able to repair themselves at amazing rate from ionizing radiation induced: From wiki: While a dose of 10 Gy of ionizing radiation is sufficient to kill a human, and a dose of 60 Gy is sufficient to kill all cells in a culture of E. coli, D. radiodurans is capable of withstanding an instantaneous dose of up to 5,000 Gy with no loss of viability, and an instantaneous dose of up to 15,000 Gy with 37% viability. A dose of 5,000 Gy is estimated to introduce several hundred complete breaks into the organism's DNA.
The doors opened with a hiss and I approached the towering desk. The obese figure of Cornellius Wrak, Controller of Primus, didn't acknowledge mypresence - instead, he tapped a few words on the keyboard to his side and gazed at the monitor. Checking my records, obviously. I was glad I'd paid that hacker to clear my police file, or they would've made me a permanent resident of Titan on the spot.
"What can I do for you, Mr. Jetland?" asked Wrak.
"My ship broke down," I said, "And I had to scrap her. Until I come up with some money, I'm stuck in this pit you call a city. I heard you Controllers are offering a shipload of credits to anyone who finds out why we've lost contact with Proscenium. As I see it, I need the money - you need a favor."
Wrak nodded slowly, eyeing me. "We do need a few skilled agents," he said, "but we're opening the investigation to all interested parties."
"Too bad," I said, "I hate sharing a reward."
Wraks lips curled back into something like a smile. "Whether you share a reward or not depends upon how fast you can muster a few warm bodies and get to Proscenium. But let me warn you, Mr. Jetland, not to take this assignment too lightly. We don't know what dark fate has befallen Proscenium. You should worry more about coming back alive..."
-Tom Jetland
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I fully agree. Tim Russert was the embodiment of what 'fair and balanced' should mean. He asked probing questions, slammed politicians with fact based evidence when they flip flopped or lied, liberal and conservative. If all journalists were like him our countries politics would be much better on both sides.
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Just throw the bottle at Orat as he is chasing you. He will swallow it and explode from all the water generated is situ.
The Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo is sick. It is scarier than missles. At least you have a chance to shoot missles down. 1 torpedo can break a destroyer in half.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y863lraJ3F4
This was an older U.S. destroyer but I don't think any of the current cruisers or current destroyers would fare much better. I've read 4 for an AC (it is about 10 times the weight of the destroyer shown above).
If I was spending on ship building I would do more subs less surface ships.
The US Postal service should be offering their trucks to house this equipment for a fee. No other service travels to more parts of the country more regularly. Certainly piggybacking onto postal trucks would save Verizon (and ATT, Sprint, T-mob) money and give them better testing coverage.
It would also help fund the Postal service which is billions in the hole.
I went to the Arcada section of the library and there was a guy laying shot and bleeding on the ground. I went to help him and he said "Astral body".
Anyway I had the computer retrieve the "astral body" cartridge. Stupid library didn't have anywhere to play the thing though.
What better role model for oppressed women than the stars of CSI and ER? Hell, what better role model for what a police force should be than CSI?
ENHANCE!
You are technically not allowed to add new matter to a continuing application. That means only things which were described at the time of filing of the priority application can be claimed. Of course a broad reading of the specification may allow for embodiments to be patented which were't necessaerily contimplated at the priority filing date but do pass the written description test.
Actually the prior art that is required may even be earlier than that. You are only statutorily barred from a patent if the prior art ( 35 USC 102(b) type art) is more than 1 year prior to your priority date (or on sale in use 1 year prior).
If it is say 6 months from your priority date (102 (a) the inventor may file a 131 declaration which attests that the invention was reduced to practice prior to the prior art date or that it was conceived prior to the prior art date and they diligently worked on the invention till the invention was reduced to practice.
USA USA USA
Suck it European scientists, while you were sitting around eating your nutella and drinking cappuccinos while watching boring ass soccer (excuse me I mean football) our scientists just discovered the Higgs boson(s) with an underpowered accelerator compared to your new fancy one at CERN.
USA USA USA
Just kidding Europe I like your guys except Lichtenstein, I hate Lichtenstein.
Google clearly states this on their page. There is no such thing as 'free'.
"few notes to remember: Google will still maintain search data to improve your search quality and to provide better service. Searching over SSL doesn't reduce the data sent to Google -- it only hides that data from third parties who seek it. And clicking on any of the web results, including Google universal search results for unsupported services like Google Images, could take you out of SSL mode. Our hope is that more websites and services will add support for SSL to help create a better and more consistent experience for you.
We think users will appreciate this new option for searching. It's a helpful addition to users' online privacy and security, and we'll continue to add encryption support for more search offerings. To learn more about using the feature, refer to our help article on search over SSL."
They make there money by monetizing your search and with ads. You are free not to use their service.
They are actually working on a mind controlled version of Firefox. Unfortunately it only works if you think in Russian.
I herby revoke your nerdcore cards to everyone who did not get the wrath of kahn reference.
I've obtained the secret code used to disable the radar systems:
1-6-3-0-9
The vaunted Maxwell equations are crying.
One actual solution is to hire a patent agent. This person is an engineer who has passed the patent bar but has not gone to law school. They are allowed tpo prosecute (file for and obtain a patent) but not litigate in front of a court. Like any other profession there are good ones and bad ones.
However, patent agents will be much cheaper than a patent lawyer.
Hopefully the terrorists won't get hold of the CIP device.
The law also states that if a item was on sale or in use In this country, that can be used as prior art. 102(b) On sale bar
So if someone invented a widget product with some hidden internal structure and a person tried to patent it, the sale of said widget would be prior art.
Reverse Osmosis membrane yes.
Nanofiltration membranes can filter out divalent salts but not monovalent salts like NaCl (in general).
They also reserve your priority date. Where prior art clocks start on the date before the provisional not the non-provisional application. Also helps in case of interferences.
SOCOTUS loves to smack down the CAFC.
In fact the KSR decision was a repudiation of the CAFC interpreting obvious strictly based on the TSM (teaching suggestion motivation) test.
If I were a betting man this decision will be changed by the SCOTUS is some way (either broadening what is patentable under 101 or further narrowing it).
Wrong try again.
in use or on sale in this country
35 USC 102
(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or
(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States, or
I agree it is highly unlikely that a specific bacteria would develop resistance over the short term, and if it ever did it probably couldn't even be considered the same bacteria species anymore.
But lets take two bacterias:
1. Radiodurans can resist extreme amounts of ionizing radiation which would act in the cell in a similar way oxidants would
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans
2. As for temperature there are bacteria that can live at 130 degrees C (a lot less than your 200 degrees C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthermophile
Although beyond those temperatures DNA breaks apart.
Well the hydroxl radical, is one of the top oxidants. Greater than peroxide, ozone, and Chlorine. Which means that it wants to react with almost anything. http://www.lenntech.com/water-disinfection/disinfectants-hydrogen-peroxide.htm see table in the middle.
It would almost be like humans developing resistance to getting shot in the head with a .45 gun. I don't see it happening.
That said Radiodurans extremophiles are able to repair themselves at amazing rate from ionizing radiation induced: From wiki: While a dose of 10 Gy of ionizing radiation is sufficient to kill a human, and a dose of 60 Gy is sufficient to kill all cells in a culture of E. coli, D. radiodurans is capable of withstanding an instantaneous dose of up to 5,000 Gy with no loss of viability, and an instantaneous dose of up to 15,000 Gy with 37% viability. A dose of 5,000 Gy is estimated to introduce several hundred complete breaks into the organism's DNA.
The doors opened with a hiss and I approached the towering desk. The obese
figure of Cornellius Wrak, Controller of Primus, didn't acknowledge mypresence - instead, he tapped a few words on the keyboard to his side and
gazed at the monitor. Checking my records, obviously. I was glad I'd paid that
hacker to clear my police file, or they would've made me a permanent resident
of Titan on the spot.
"What can I do for you, Mr. Jetland?" asked Wrak.
"My ship broke down," I said, "And I had to scrap her. Until I come up with
some money, I'm stuck in this pit you call a city. I heard you Controllers are
offering a shipload of credits to anyone who finds out why we've lost contact
with Proscenium. As I see it, I need the money - you need a favor."
Wrak nodded slowly, eyeing me. "We do need a few skilled agents," he said,
"but we're opening the investigation to all interested parties."
"Too bad," I said, "I hate sharing a reward."
Wraks lips curled back into something like a smile. "Whether you share a
reward or not depends upon how fast you can muster a few warm bodies and get
to Proscenium. But let me warn you, Mr. Jetland, not to take this assignment
too lightly. We don't know what dark fate has befallen Proscenium. You should
worry more about coming back alive..."
-Tom Jetland
I fully agree. Tim Russert was the embodiment of what 'fair and balanced' should mean. He asked probing questions, slammed politicians with fact based evidence when they flip flopped or lied, liberal and conservative. If all journalists were like him our countries politics would be much better on both sides.
Wrong, try again next time.
Tiffany's has trademarked a shade of blue, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Blue