I can't find confirmation of this, but I heard that there is basically a media blackout on SARS cases in the States.
Apparently, there was a news report in California about 64 cases of SARS in the state. The next day, a "correction" was printed, that it was actually 4 cases, and it wasn't SARS at all. After that, no more follow-up articles.
I find it incredibly difficult to believe that there wasn't a single case of SARS in the States, what with it's large population and image of being a destination of choice for travellers, immigrants and refuges. I find it much more likely that there was a directive from on high at some point to not report anything about it for fear of devastating the US's already sagging economy.
However, I assume the poles need to "appear" at the start of the run, and disappear at the end, right? I don't know about you, but I don't think I'd want a pole rising up out of the ground and up my skirt and/or ass.
You have your lanes like above, but with tiny handrail lanes between them. Then, looking sideways at the thing you get this:
________ ________ ___/________\______/________\___ etc.
Basically, the handrails gradually come out of the ground and stay level for a while. Every now and then, they disappear, and people can only make lane changes in those "down" sections. This should also prevent everyone from getting on at a really busy location and rushing over to the fast lane all at once.
Because, after I've bought my shirt from RFID Shirt Shack, and walk into RFID Pant's 'R' Us, they won't be able to have a friendly computer say "Hey there! I see you have a nice pink shirt. These khakis we have would look great with that... and for you, we'll take 10% off the price!"
It's the cross-retailer opportunities that are going to be the Next Big Thing if RFID goes ahead (the first thing being better inventory management and anti-theft).
You can't really expect them to hire experts to analyse every request for "obviousness", search for prior art, and basically judge each application.
Why not? That's their feckin' job! Otherwise, they are just a bunch of rubber-stamping monkeys.
Even if they were to do that, do you think corporations would just go "oh, okay, you think it's not innovative, fair enough". They'd sue, claiming the analyst was biased, incompetent, or just plain wrong. I'm sure Amazon could easily find a few "experts" to claim one-click shopping was innovative and worthy of a patent.
Good. Let them.
That's the burden that should fall on Amazon in the first place. Not on the poor guy who tries to claim prior art and gets met by Amazon's juggernaut of lawyers.
If their a greater burden of proof for applicants, and if the USPTO hired some folks who could at least spot the obvious prior art or lack of innovations, I bet you dollars to donuts that there would be fewer frivolous patents.
What about when the shoe is on the other foot? I suspect that you wouldn't have the same cavalier attitude towards Chile if they decided to reduce the terms of their copyright restrictions. Especially if it affected America somehow.
And, please. "Preserving our cultural heritage"? America's "cultural heritage" has spread over parts of the globe like a virus. Hegemony, anyone? Mickey Mouse harly needs protecting.
You are assuming the RFID tags would be embedded in the normal clothing tags.
There's no reason why they couldn't be in the buttons or zippers, or woven right into the crotch fabric of your pants.
Of course, if you are already cutting the crotch out of your pants, that's your business.
But seriously, if RFID users (e.g. retailers, etc.) start getting fed up because RFIDs are embedded in things that people cut off, they'll just embed them in integral parts of the item. Like the blades of a razor, or the sole of a pair of shoes.
From the preview article: The all-new iDisk architecture keeps a copy of your files on your local hard disk, then regularly and automatically synchronizes any changes you make to Apple's servers. Your latest changes are accessible from anywhere, so if you use multiple Macs you'll have the same up-to-date files available directly from the Finder on any of them.
I'm sorry, but I thought the point of iDisk was to have offline storage. If I'm just keeping a copy of the stuff on my HD, why don't I use iSync to mirror it?
Plus, say I'm offline on my laptop and edit a file that was on my iDisk. It will update my local copy, I assume, but not be able to upload it to.Mac. Then, I go to another machine and want to access that same file. It's, obviously, not going to show the changes.
Seems kinda ass-backwards to me. Then again, maybe I should RTFA again.
Of course I can't RTFA or LATFP (look at the feckin' pictures) cause the site is down. But what about combining a water-cooling system with a tropical aquarium?
That way little bottom-feeders (and no, I don't mean CowboyNeal) can clean the algae for you. Salt-water might also help the cooling process... have to check my physics textbook on that one.
Oooh... and combine it with some waterproofed hamster Habitrail stuff too! So your fish can swim all around the apartment, and the extra area will help dissapate the heat.
And, at the very least you can say to the ladies: "I've got a rackmount system, homebrew cooling solution *and* tropical aquarium back at my place... wanna see?"
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I can't wait to log on to the Apple Music store and download my copy of ...
Oh wait.
I don't live in the States.
I guess I'm SOL.
Here's one link to a report.
I can't find confirmation of this, but I heard that there is basically a media blackout on SARS cases in the States.
Apparently, there was a news report in California about 64 cases of SARS in the state. The next day, a "correction" was printed, that it was actually 4 cases, and it wasn't SARS at all. After that, no more follow-up articles.
I find it incredibly difficult to believe that there wasn't a single case of SARS in the States, what with it's large population and image of being a destination of choice for travellers, immigrants and refuges. I find it much more likely that there was a directive from on high at some point to not report anything about it for fear of devastating the US's already sagging economy.
Maybe an American here can enlighten us.
Yes, I saw the pole suggestion.
However, I assume the poles need to "appear" at the start of the run, and disappear at the end, right? I don't know about you, but I don't think I'd want a pole rising up out of the ground and up my skirt and/or ass.
I was RTFA, and this caught my eye:
...
Additional Notes: The G5 system was running Mac OS X 10.2.7 and
I'm only running 10.2.6, and Software Update says nothing new is available. What's up with that?
You have your lanes like above, but with tiny handrail lanes between them. Then, looking sideways at the thing you get this:
________ ________
___/________\______/________\___ etc.
Basically, the handrails gradually come out of the ground and stay level for a while. Every now and then, they disappear, and people can only make lane changes in those "down" sections. This should also prevent everyone from getting on at a really busy location and rushing over to the fast lane all at once.
O, where are mod points when you need them. :)
You: (waves hand in front of dashboard) This is not the radio station I was looking for.
Honda: This is not the station you were looking for.
Heisenberg may have slept here
That's the funniest sig I've seen in a long time!
I'm pulling this out of my ass, ...
and now we have the photos to prove it!
I bet suicide bombings would soon become a thing of the past.
... you *are* happy to see me. Please sir, move along."
"Is that a pipe bomb in your pocket, or you just happy to see me? Oh, wait
The mental image of you frequently whipping it out to compare it against your computer ...
For your co-workers' sakes, I hope you have cubicles at your office.
Because, after I've bought my shirt from RFID Shirt Shack, and walk into RFID Pant's 'R' Us, they won't be able to have a friendly computer say "Hey there! I see you have a nice pink shirt. These khakis we have would look great with that ... and for you, we'll take 10% off the price!"
It's the cross-retailer opportunities that are going to be the Next Big Thing if RFID goes ahead (the first thing being better inventory management and anti-theft).
You can't really expect them to hire experts to analyse every request for "obviousness", search for prior art, and basically judge each application.
Why not? That's their feckin' job! Otherwise, they are just a bunch of rubber-stamping monkeys.
Even if they were to do that, do you think corporations would just go "oh, okay, you think it's not innovative, fair enough". They'd sue, claiming the analyst was biased, incompetent, or just plain wrong. I'm sure Amazon could easily find a few "experts" to claim one-click shopping was innovative and worthy of a patent.
Good. Let them.
That's the burden that should fall on Amazon in the first place. Not on the poor guy who tries to claim prior art and gets met by Amazon's juggernaut of lawyers.
If their a greater burden of proof for applicants, and if the USPTO hired some folks who could at least spot the obvious prior art or lack of innovations, I bet you dollars to donuts that there would be fewer frivolous patents.
What about when the shoe is on the other foot? I suspect that you wouldn't have the same cavalier attitude towards Chile if they decided to reduce the terms of their copyright restrictions. Especially if it affected America somehow.
And, please. "Preserving our cultural heritage"? America's "cultural heritage" has spread over parts of the globe like a virus. Hegemony, anyone? Mickey Mouse harly needs protecting.
You are assuming the RFID tags would be embedded in the normal clothing tags.
There's no reason why they couldn't be in the buttons or zippers, or woven right into the crotch fabric of your pants.
Of course, if you are already cutting the crotch out of your pants, that's your business.
But seriously, if RFID users (e.g. retailers, etc.) start getting fed up because RFIDs are embedded in things that people cut off, they'll just embed them in integral parts of the item. Like the blades of a razor, or the sole of a pair of shoes.
Or the crotch of your pants.
Serious question: where do they get the electricity from?
... or what?
Do they have fossil-fuel burning generating stations on the island, or
Depends if he still lives at home.
From the preview article:
.Mac. Then, I go to another machine and want to access that same file. It's, obviously, not going to show the changes.
The all-new iDisk architecture keeps a copy of your files on your local hard disk, then regularly and automatically synchronizes any changes you make to Apple's servers. Your latest changes are accessible from anywhere, so if you use multiple Macs you'll have the same up-to-date files available directly from the Finder on any of them.
I'm sorry, but I thought the point of iDisk was to have offline storage. If I'm just keeping a copy of the stuff on my HD, why don't I use iSync to mirror it?
Plus, say I'm offline on my laptop and edit a file that was on my iDisk. It will update my local copy, I assume, but not be able to upload it to
Seems kinda ass-backwards to me. Then again, maybe I should RTFA again.
If DNS was born on June 21, that makes it a Cancer.
Hrmm.
Of course I can't RTFA or LATFP (look at the feckin' pictures) cause the site is down. But what about combining a water-cooling system with a tropical aquarium?
... have to check my physics textbook on that one.
... and combine it with some waterproofed hamster Habitrail stuff too! So your fish can swim all around the apartment, and the extra area will help dissapate the heat.
... wanna see?"
That way little bottom-feeders (and no, I don't mean CowboyNeal) can clean the algae for you. Salt-water might also help the cooling process
Oooh
And, at the very least you can say to the ladies: "I've got a rackmount system, homebrew cooling solution *and* tropical aquarium back at my place
This post not intended to constitute legal advice: if you need such advice, see an attorney, not slashdot.
... so that's what I've doing wrong all these years.
Ah
Likewise, I don't see anyone trying to install Quark Xpress on a Canon.
... although the GUI would probably suck a bit.
Oh man, that would be sweet
Clippy: You seem to be getting your ass fragged. What would you like to do?
Come on, Slashdot. Decaffinated coffee plants? That is neither news for nerds or stuff that matters!
...
Now, if they had genetically engineered a Mountain Dew tree