He sipped his tea and tried to maintain his composure as I flexed my mind and exerted a subtle pressure on his testicles. Pretending no discomfort he asked what other news the Emperor had.
The thing that bugs me is that they aren't patenting a device, or even really a novel way to use a device. They are getting patents or what seem to be permutations of basic concepts. Patents for clicking a mouse once? To activate a function on a website? Give me a fucking break!
It seems less like patenting an actual invention of some sort, and more like being able to patent television shows. How ridiculous would it be to find:
Patent #10002023: Method of portraying obnoxious neighbor in a comedic situation.
Patent #10002024: Method of portraying anthropomorphic animals that encourage learning and friendship
It would be absolutely ridiculous and would knock out 90% of sitcoms and 90% of kids' shows. I really fail to see how software is any different.
There is a long list of questions which are taboo when calling pervious employers. Like most things, people work around the rules. The two questions they ask are usually:
It seemed to me that the Screwtape Letters were in the first half very clever and well thought out. C.S. Lewis had been publishing them in a magazine I believe, and started to get several scathing letters. Over time, now apparent in the book, the devils devolve into bumbling oafs. The became idiot charicatures, with the seeming lack of motivation and thought of cartoon characters. I thought it was sad that he had to run it into the ground just to appease the Jack Chick minority.
In Toledo, we have cameras monitoring the red lights. Since their installation, people running red lights has been down by about 6%, while rear end collisions are up by about 500%.
To be more precise, light spends most of its time travelling through free space. Photons are constantly being absorbed and reemitted in a "random walk" through any goven material. The macroscopic speed-of-light through the material is related to the mean free path, however.
Most materials have a permittivity (e) and permeability (u) value, and the speed of light through the substance is related by:
c = 1/sqrt(u*e)
The consequences of the discovery are immediately apparent and include opportunities for extremely fine biomedical imaging in-vivo and greater increases in transistor density for microchips by superlens augmentation of photolithography masks.
Those certainly were the first things I thought of!
I wonder how long it would be before doubleclick and the like took advantage of this and your "web-enabled" DVD player peppered you with porno ads even though you popped in you copy of "Finding Nemo"
I think it's that way for a lot of free services. A small number of people feel way too entitled and complain about the most trivial things incessantly.
Well, we'll have more time to discuss this when the dupe is posted... by Roland Piquepalle... in this puke colored IT section.
If they're so worried about the file being recoverable from the hard disk after being deleted, why not move it to a CD and then snap the CD in half? I'd like to see someone recover that!
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Oh, they have all the time in the world to whore out your inbox. They are only restricted in how long they can fill it with shit themselves.
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It seems less like patenting an actual invention of some sort, and more like being able to patent television shows. How ridiculous would it be to find:
Patent #10002023: Method of portraying obnoxious neighbor in a comedic situation.
Patent #10002024: Method of portraying anthropomorphic animals that encourage learning and friendship
It would be absolutely ridiculous and would knock out 90% of sitcoms and 90% of kids' shows. I really fail to see how software is any different.
Nothing else needs said.
It seemed to me that the Screwtape Letters were in the first half very clever and well thought out. C.S. Lewis had been publishing them in a magazine I believe, and started to get several scathing letters. Over time, now apparent in the book, the devils devolve into bumbling oafs. The became idiot charicatures, with the seeming lack of motivation and thought of cartoon characters. I thought it was sad that he had to run it into the ground just to appease the Jack Chick minority.
Lovely, isn't it?
Does that mean we are on the "B" ship?
Strangely enough in Ohio, even the involved minor will also be charged in a statutory rape case.
Yes, it's versy controverial.
I hope you're happy. :)
Most materials have a permittivity (e) and permeability (u) value, and the speed of light through the substance is related by:
c = 1/sqrt(u*e)
Hell freezes over... fine.
Pigs fly... fine.
Duke Nukem releases... sounds pornographic.
I'm all for realistic gaming, but should it be that immersive?
Maybe "Duke Nukem released" would have been better wording.
Those certainly were the first things I thought of!
The revolutionary field of making gigantic models? :)
The Soviets were afraid of a defection
If I was hurtling towards the ground and couldn't control the capsule I was in, I might have a problem with defecation too.
No.
I wonder how long it would be before doubleclick and the like took advantage of this and your "web-enabled" DVD player peppered you with porno ads even though you popped in you copy of "Finding Nemo"
Well, we'll have more time to discuss this when the dupe is posted... by Roland Piquepalle... in this puke colored IT section.
So the Earth is a Scorpio? No wonder...
They would use it to beat alright...
Just where do you work anyways? :)
How are they going to push anybody down from 2 miles away?
It wouldn't be if Disney had bought him out :)
(Stop being horrified and laugh.)