Quit putting words in my mouth. I didn't offer any commentary of the sort you're implying. I only restated, as clearly as possible, what the submission said as there seemed to be some confusion.
I actually agree with posts made in other threads suggesting we make it harder to patent (better definition of prior art, no software, software algorithm, or business method patents) or toss the patent system completely. I don't necessarily agree that just raising fees is the answer (or raising fees at all for that matter).
Since I'm not an inventor/innovator, I cannot speak as to what a more correct price for patent applications would be. As an end user, I can say that the current method sucks hard.
Where did you get your definition of prior art? Just like you don't have to know about a patent to be in violation of it, you don't have to know about prior art for it to be prior art. Prior art just has to be proven to exist during a lawsuit, not known to exist when filing the patent.
And that generally holds true. One thing I learned in biology (college) was that plants rarely pay attention to silly human rules. If they did, things such as grafted trees just wouldn't exist (the graft would die).
Who cares what sort of scam it is. It's a scam. Whether or not this only applies to PPTV or not, I don't care. I do not like. I actually purchase what I watch (rental DVD, own the DVD, watch on tv via cable) or I don't watch it.
What's even worse is when you legally are gifted a CD that won't play, at all, except with only ONE tool that has virtually no interface on one platform (for example, cdcontrol on FreeBSD), but works like normal on a different, crappier, platform (Windows).
Seriously? The whole conspiracy theory angle of it. No evidence offered in such an accusation, yet it gets modded up as insightful? Interesting, maybe. Insightful? Hardly.
How's that fraud? There would have been a bigger uproar had they closed the contest early they definitely would have been sued for fraud. What they should have done was, if they were going to keep it open for 2 months regardless, was to give each one who pitched a perfect game an entry into a drawing for the $1 million
Perhaps, but the range is so much greater that, given the cost of many more repeaters vs. cable installation, I believe it would start to even out pretty quickly if you include installation which, rightly so, should be included in any estimate; my bad for not considering it earlier.
I still would rather have at least my critical systems wired instead of wireless. "Good enough" doesn't cut it when the box it's attached to is mission critical.
And as a school, yes I have the responsibility to vouch that said student did actually come to the classes they claim they did when they show you that way overpriced framed piece of paper. Otherwise, I'm not better than some 2bit school selling degrees.
Seems schools considering this need to look over their core competencies to make sure education is one of them.
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Quit putting words in my mouth. I didn't offer any commentary of the sort you're implying. I only restated, as clearly as possible, what the submission said as there seemed to be some confusion.
I actually agree with posts made in other threads suggesting we make it harder to patent (better definition of prior art, no software, software algorithm, or business method patents) or toss the patent system completely. I don't necessarily agree that just raising fees is the answer (or raising fees at all for that matter).
Since I'm not an inventor/innovator, I cannot speak as to what a more correct price for patent applications would be. As an end user, I can say that the current method sucks hard.
Completely agreed. Stupid lawsuit.
Where did you get your definition of prior art? Just like you don't have to know about a patent to be in violation of it, you don't have to know about prior art for it to be prior art. Prior art just has to be proven to exist during a lawsuit, not known to exist when filing the patent.
Too true. Hence the movement toward SaaS (Software as a Service).
And that generally holds true. One thing I learned in biology (college) was that plants rarely pay attention to silly human rules. If they did, things such as grafted trees just wouldn't exist (the graft would die).
And he's supposed to know that his crop was cross-pollinated with "patented" food just how? Not everyone can afford expensive testing of their crops.
The submission clearly states that it wants to raise fees so high as to actually discourage patent applications.
So we're not talking just triple, or quadruple. It could be 10x or even higher.
I don't watch the Simpsons so the reference is lost (I've caught an episode or 10 in the past, but nothing in the past 5 years).
Who cares what sort of scam it is. It's a scam. Whether or not this only applies to PPTV or not, I don't care. I do not like. I actually purchase what I watch (rental DVD, own the DVD, watch on tv via cable) or I don't watch it.
I'm not missing much, though.
I've had access to cable tv almost all my life and I don't ever remember my parents buying PPV (nor have I ever purchased PPV).
No TV?
Are they region-restricted though?
What's even worse is when you legally are gifted a CD that won't play, at all, except with only ONE tool that has virtually no interface on one platform (for example, cdcontrol on FreeBSD), but works like normal on a different, crappier, platform (Windows).
Reeks of DRM. Not happy.
Seriously? The whole conspiracy theory angle of it. No evidence offered in such an accusation, yet it gets modded up as insightful? Interesting, maybe. Insightful? Hardly.
this has been modded up insightful? Seriously? Wow.
could have a case than.
How's that fraud? There would have been a bigger uproar had they closed the contest early they definitely would have been sued for fraud. What they should have done was, if they were going to keep it open for 2 months regardless, was to give each one who pitched a perfect game an entry into a drawing for the $1 million
And peanuts. Don't forget the peanuts!
*rimshot*
Funny, very funny! (:
Perhaps, but the range is so much greater that, given the cost of many more repeaters vs. cable installation, I believe it would start to even out pretty quickly if you include installation which, rightly so, should be included in any estimate; my bad for not considering it earlier.
I still would rather have at least my critical systems wired instead of wireless. "Good enough" doesn't cut it when the box it's attached to is mission critical.
yeah yeah.
Is this a Chicago reference by the Mac OS X dev team?
Seems schools considering this need to look over their core competencies to make sure education is one of them.
you mean they don't already do that? I know my local community college does for exactly that reason (and has done so since before I attended).