'could be implemented completely devoid of computerization or automation of any kind'
This statement is clearly shown in the disclosure not in the claims. The only thing that IBM is patenting is what is stated in the claims. You should not read limitations from the disclosure into the claims.
"The name of the game is in the claims" - Federal Circuit Judge Giles Rich
Remember that before you get your panties in a bunch.
The doors opened with a hiss and I approached the towering desk. The obese figure of Cornellius Wrak, Controller of Primus, didn't acknowledge my presence - 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..."
Or you could use solar energy directly (photovoltaics or solar thermal) to generate electricity and not use as much coal decreasing Carbon dioxide emissions that way. Instead they generate electricity using coal, then use solar energy to convert the CO2 back, which is dumb because each processing step has inefficiencies associated with it and adds unneeded complexity to the system.
In the best case it takes as much energy to break the CO2 bonds as you get from generating the CO2, in reality it will take much more.
But at least they were patented now when there really isn't too much we can do with each individual gene. In 20 years the patents gone and can never be patented again (hopefully). By the science may have advanced enough to utilize the knowledge of each individual gene.
Who pays for patents? Citizens. Now why should citizens support (taxes) a system that costs them money? Seriously. WRONG.
The patent office is 100% self sufficient based on application fees and patent maintenance fees. In fact at one time the patent office was a cash cow and the government took extra money from fees from it.
So in fact the patent office either costs the taxpayer nothing or imperceptibly slightly lowers his/her taxes
Too bad for Ron Paul the Patent system is one thing that he can't get rid of. The CONSTITUTION which is the document that any self respecting Libertarian cares about, specifically gives Congress the power to give copyrights and patents as it sees fit.
In Article I, section 8, the U.S. Constitution:
Congress shall have power . . . To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
In fact the Patent clause in the constitution passed unanimously when the constitution was being written.
I had a two week engineering job at a paper mill in Naciemento, Chile a couple of years ago. On the way to the mill we past by a small town that had a building with a life sized painting of the Thundercats symbol on it. I thought that it was really strange at the time (and still do.)
The Japanese sure know how to build a video game. This one came with a prize feature depending on how far you advanced. They had some crazy prizes for winning on the hardest level. The one that is most over the top was winning you own Mack truck.
This is very interesting in light of the current interpretation of patent law 35 USC 101 and would be a possible defense.
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title [35 USC 1 et seq.]"
Specifically patent law as written does not allow you to patent things that are not physical matter such as a light wave, radio wave, or a computer program. When a company patents a computer program they must patent the physical disk the program is on, or the physical hard drive the program is on,or the method of using the program. The non physical program itself cannot be patented because it is non-statutory subject matter.
If the IP law of patents currently has such a view of what is statutory, then the IP law of copyrights would likely be able to be argued in the same way.
"Um, except it isn't the same stuff used in nuclear weapons."
Wow nice strawman argument there Greventls, very effective except the OP didn't say anything about nuclear weapons! The OP only mentioned weapons which is correct. Radiological bombs, C4 strapped with nuclear waste won't cause any more damage just the C4 alone but it will dispearse a lot of radioactive dust. Put one of those in NYC and you've got a problem. Mainly a fear/nuisance weapon but still effective.
Well its 200 for the DVD Writers/VCR combos. Regular DVD players are pretty damn cheap.
I'm waiting for the commodication of HDTV. The wal-mart near my has started selling them finally. That means LCD tv's, DLP, and plasma are on their way down quickly.
I wonder what product will be the next big margin maker for companies once they lose their HDTV cash cow. Blu-ray DVD's, maybe but I think those will drop quicker than DVD players. Any other ideas of what the next big expensive electonics component (1000+) will be?
Man that joke was stolen from Space Quest 1: The Saerien Encounter
Dehydrated water in the survivial pack, just add air.
Plus it was a good alternative way for killing that pesky Orat, if you couldnt drop the boulder on the bridge on him. Just through the dehydrated water canister at him, he would eat it then explode.
The secret is not to use the same pain killer, next time have your dentist give you a shot of novocaine and then another different type of pain killer like lidocaine.
Are you insinuating that FOX news channel is broadcasting radio waves which make aliens look like humans? Which are slowly giving corporations all the power, and slowly polluting the earth to make it a suitible habitit. And the only way you can get people to see the aliens is to make them where a special pair of sunglasses? But to do so you have to fight them for like 20 minutes. Oh and george bush is an alien.
If so you are one sick sick individual, seek help.
Or guarantee a loss for the first person to move. Since it still hasnt been solved, although highly unlikely(I would put millions to one odds against) and counterintuitive going second may be the more favorable position! It just seems that going first is the best postion based on current experiences and limits of calculations.
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And it always mutates.
'could be implemented completely devoid of computerization or automation of any kind'
This statement is clearly shown in the disclosure not in the claims. The only thing that IBM is patenting is what is stated in the claims. You should not read limitations from the disclosure into the claims.
"The name of the game is in the claims" - Federal Circuit Judge Giles Rich
Remember that before you get your panties in a bunch.
The doors opened with a hiss and I approached the towering desk. The obese
figure of Cornellius Wrak, Controller of Primus, didn't acknowledge my
presence - 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..."
I think they called that movie 'Signs'.
Yes the other blacks were only mostly black, mostly.
Or you could use solar energy directly (photovoltaics or solar thermal) to generate electricity and not use as much coal decreasing Carbon dioxide emissions that way. Instead they generate electricity using coal, then use solar energy to convert the CO2 back, which is dumb because each processing step has inefficiencies associated with it and adds unneeded complexity to the system.
In the best case it takes as much energy to break the CO2 bonds as you get from generating the CO2, in reality it will take much more.
Yeah if they included that button in the spaceship could end up in a moat in Daventry.
PS: Buckle your seatbelt!
But at least they were patented now when there really isn't too much we can do with each individual gene. In 20 years the patents gone and can never be patented again (hopefully). By the science may have advanced enough to utilize the knowledge of each individual gene.
The patent office is 100% self sufficient based on application fees and patent maintenance fees. In fact at one time the patent office was a cash cow and the government took extra money from fees from it.
So in fact the patent office either costs the taxpayer nothing or imperceptibly slightly lowers his/her taxes
Too bad for Ron Paul the Patent system is one thing that he can't get rid of. The CONSTITUTION which is the document that any self respecting Libertarian cares about, specifically gives Congress the power to give copyrights and patents as it sees fit.
In Article I, section 8, the U.S. Constitution:
Congress shall have power . . . To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
In fact the Patent clause in the constitution passed unanimously when the constitution was being written.
I had a two week engineering job at a paper mill in Naciemento, Chile a couple of years ago. On the way to the mill we past by a small town that had a building with a life sized painting of the Thundercats symbol on it. I thought that it was really strange at the time (and still do.)
The Japanese sure know how to build a video game. This one came with a prize feature depending on how far you advanced. They had some crazy prizes for winning on the hardest level. The one that is most over the top was winning you own Mack truck.
This is very interesting in light of the current interpretation of patent law 35 USC 101 and would be a possible defense.
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title [35 USC 1 et seq.]"
Specifically patent law as written does not allow you to patent things that are not physical matter such as a light wave, radio wave, or a computer program. When a company patents a computer program they must patent the physical disk the program is on, or the physical hard drive the program is on,or the method of using the program. The non physical program itself cannot be patented because it is non-statutory subject matter.
If the IP law of patents currently has such a view of what is statutory, then the IP law of copyrights would likely be able to be argued in the same way.
The trojans/viruses mostly come at night, mostly.
Show your source TROLL.
Troll, troll troll your boat.......
Just filter out the people with the highest membership numbers. I subtract a point for anyone with the top 5% highest membership #'s.
Can't we skip over the HD/blu-ray generation and wait another 10 years before my DVD's are obsolete?
F = uN
"Um, except it isn't the same stuff used in nuclear weapons."
Wow nice strawman argument there Greventls, very effective except the OP didn't say anything about nuclear weapons! The OP only mentioned weapons which is correct. Radiological bombs, C4 strapped with nuclear waste won't cause any more damage just the C4 alone but it will dispearse a lot of radioactive dust. Put one of those in NYC and you've got a problem. Mainly a fear/nuisance weapon but still effective.
Well its 200 for the DVD Writers/VCR combos. Regular DVD players are pretty damn cheap.
I'm waiting for the commodication of HDTV. The wal-mart near my has started selling them finally. That means LCD tv's, DLP, and plasma are on their way down quickly.
I wonder what product will be the next big margin maker for companies once they lose their HDTV cash cow. Blu-ray DVD's, maybe but I think those will drop quicker than DVD players. Any other ideas of what the next big expensive electonics component (1000+) will be?
Man that joke was stolen from Space Quest 1: The Saerien Encounter
Dehydrated water in the survivial pack, just add air.
Plus it was a good alternative way for killing that pesky Orat, if you couldnt drop the boulder on the bridge on him. Just through the dehydrated water canister at him, he would eat it then explode.
Best adventure game ever.
The secret is not to use the same pain killer, next time have your dentist give you a shot of novocaine and then another different type of pain killer like lidocaine.
"Asleep" like in They Live?
Are you insinuating that FOX news channel is broadcasting radio waves which make aliens look like humans? Which are slowly giving corporations all the power, and slowly polluting the earth to make it a suitible habitit. And the only way you can get people to see the aliens is to make them where a special pair of sunglasses? But to do so you have to fight them for like 20 minutes. Oh and george bush is an alien.
If so you are one sick sick individual, seek help.
Z80
decent calculator processor.
Or guarantee a loss for the first person to move. Since it still hasnt been solved, although highly unlikely(I would put millions to one odds against) and counterintuitive going second may be the more favorable position! It just seems that going first is the best postion based on current experiences and limits of calculations.