I would think that, in the instance of 1-click, that should not be patentable because how is that different than purchasing something from a vending machine?
Don't you think that someone out there has a patent for exactly that process? i.e. the mechanics of how a vending machine vends based on a user putting in money and pressing some buttons?
I don't really agree with software patents, but I don't think your analogy is accurate.
Do people really want 50 different little thumb sized gadgets that they'll have to keep track of everytime they change their pants?
I have 3, an iPod, a cell phone, and a camera, and that's too much for me sometimes.
What I want is a single device, that can play music/videos, has a lot of memory (i.e. harddisk), is a cell phone, can take pictures, and organize my life.
Sorry, but the more gadgets I have, the more chances I have of losing them.
I believe I read somewhere that this curriculum change will occur fall of 2003, which means that this year's students will still be on the old curriculum.
I must try to correct some misconceptions somewhere.
1.) We don't have a Math Department, we have a Math Faculty. 2.) CS is a department in the above faculty. 3.) E&CE = Electrical and Computer Engineering, and is not a CS course. 4.) E&CE 150 is one intro course in one of 3 programs that involve computers (CS, Soft Eng, and ECE, 4 if you count Systems Design). 5.) All higher level courses still revolve around C++.
Actually, a prime number, or prime for short, is a natural number larger than 1 that has as its only positive divisors (factors?) 1 and itself. (source)
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I would think that, in the instance of 1-click, that should not be patentable because how is that different than purchasing something from a vending machine?
Don't you think that someone out there has a patent for exactly that process? i.e. the mechanics of how a vending machine vends based on a user putting in money and pressing some buttons?
I don't really agree with software patents, but I don't think your analogy is accurate.
I believe the antenna is for the FM receiver/transmitter, and may be removeable. It's not for wireless transfer. The player uses USB 2.0 for transfer.
Do people really want 50 different little thumb sized gadgets that they'll have to keep track of everytime they change their pants?
I have 3, an iPod, a cell phone, and a camera, and that's too much for me sometimes.
What I want is a single device, that can play music/videos, has a lot of memory (i.e. harddisk), is a cell phone, can take pictures, and organize my life.
Sorry, but the more gadgets I have, the more chances I have of losing them.
I believe I read somewhere that this curriculum change will occur fall of 2003, which means that this year's students will still be on the old curriculum.
I must try to correct some misconceptions somewhere.
1.) We don't have a Math Department, we have a Math Faculty.
2.) CS is a department in the above faculty.
3.) E&CE = Electrical and Computer Engineering, and is not a CS course.
4.) E&CE 150 is one intro course in one of 3 programs that involve computers (CS, Soft Eng, and ECE, 4 if you count Systems Design).
5.) All higher level courses still revolve around C++.
Actually, a prime number, or prime for short, is a natural number larger than 1 that has as its only positive divisors (factors?) 1 and itself. (source)
So by definition, 1 is not a prime.
I think you mean 277 m/s, or .28 km/s. Which would make it 1 millionth instead of 1 billionth of the speed of light.