"Simulating capabilities of intelligent humans, especially language, with computers is
perhaps the most sought after and most illusive goals in science."
This sounds remarkably similar to the Washington state junk e-mail law. Which is a pity, since that law's constitutionality has been challenged, and as far as I know, it has not yet emerged from that challenge.
In third-world countries where the cost of commercial software is prohibitively high, so is the cost of hardware. There used to be a site called FreeBoxen that addressed this in the spirit of the open-source community, but unfortunately it was taken down.
"'We're not adverse to full open source [for Java.] It's really what is the right model for that open source and where that model is for that life cycle,' Pailini said."
A method for influencing the causation of realistic actions on behalf of a govermental patent authority, consisting of:
the assemblage of a behavior-modification device, consisting of an open-mouthed container made of sturdy, flexible material (such as burlap, canvas, etc.), which is filled with a multitude of objects that collectively manifest the properties of weight and hardness (such as rectangular units of masonry, minted coinage, etc.);
the retention of the mouth of the behavior-modification device in a closed hand, thus providing the two-fold objectives of retaining the weighty objects within the device and enabling the device to be swung in any arbitrary direction using the hand;
the transportation of the behavior modification device so held to the office of the person acting as director of the governmental patent authority;
the technique of swinging the behavior-modification device in such a way that the majority of the weight and hardness is brought to bear against the braincase of the person acting as director of the governmental patent authority, thus creating a severe and undesirable sensation within the braincase of the person acting as director of the governmental patent authority;
the technique of describing to the person acting as director of the governmental patent authority the repetition of the aforementioned technique should undesirable, unrealistic actions on behalf of the governmental patent authority continue.
I was about to write back to you and tell you that IBM is simply custodian of the Intellectual Property Network Web site, and does not necessarily have any connection with all of the patents listed there.
The patent holders, Kevin T. Amiss and Martin H. Abbott, appear to have registered for the patent independently of any corporation. Perhaps they planned on starting a company based on this patent. In any case, due to the completeness and the reputation of the Web site, I am sure the patent is real. But if you are in doubt, a quick check of the government records at your local public library ought to confirm it.
Since the old link is now broken (geez, doesn't anyone know how to run a Web server anymore?), here is a new working link to U.S. Patent No. 5,443,036.
I'm surprised no one suggested the obvious. This would be a great way to torment pets.
Have the display throw up a 3-D image of a cat, and watch Rover freak out as he tries to catch it.
Oh wait, is this the same system I read about a while ago that did its imaging on a reflective high-speed spinning helical surface? Then I guess it would end up turning Rover into mincemeat. Hey, I never said it was for tormenting pets you like...
"This is perhaps the equivalent of opening someone's unlocked car door to turn off their lights. Or perhaps, it's like picking their lock to get in and turn off the lights."
What about reaching under the car to find the magnetic spare-key holder, unlocking the door, and turning off the lights?
It appears that the new EULA forbids me from reverse-engineering the protocol myself, but still does not forbid me from using third-party software with the CueCat even if it was derived from reverse-engineering.
As other posters noted, AOL owns both AIM and ICQ. Yet ICQ is the most wildly popular. Why? I say it's because Mirabilis, even under AOL ownership, has had the good sense not to block third-party clients out of the ICQ servers.
The whole issue is nicely and succinctly summed up in one choice nugget from Michael A. Rolenz's commentary (emphasis added by me): "The use of access controls of digital media has the ability [to] create a perpetual monopoly on copyright[ed] material. This is counter to the basis of copyright law."
(I couldn't help but notice the irony of Adobe Acrobat preventing me from copying and pasting that phrase. I had to type it in manually.)
Exactly which French law specifies this? I'm unable to locate it. (I would like to see what it says about extracting a loop from a song, then running it for longer than 30 seconds as part of another song.)
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I believe it's composed entirely of monkeys that couldn't get the Shakespeare gig.
If push comes to shove and Excite@Home pulls the plug, AT&T is supposed to be putting up info on continuing your cable Internet access at attbi.com.
Of course, you would still need an Internet connection to read that Web site. Hope you saved that old dial-up modem...
"Simulating capabilities of intelligent humans, especially language, with computers is
perhaps the most sought after and most illusive goals in science."
This sounds remarkably similar to the Washington state junk e-mail law. Which is a pity, since that law's constitutionality has been challenged, and as far as I know, it has not yet emerged from that challenge.
In third-world countries where the cost of commercial software is prohibitively high, so is the cost of hardware. There used to be a site called FreeBoxen that addressed this in the spirit of the open-source community, but unfortunately it was taken down.
Have you forgotten the sound Furby makes when you "pet" it?
I think I speak for most of us when I say, "Huh?"
Bonus points if you apply the watermark to an unauthorized dance remix of "Master of Puppets."
A method for influencing the causation of realistic actions on behalf of a govermental patent authority, consisting of:
I was about to write back to you and tell you that IBM is simply custodian of the Intellectual Property Network Web site, and does not necessarily have any connection with all of the patents listed there.
However, I see now that the Web site has just been spun off into a new entity called Delphion. So I must say that neither IBM nor Delphion necessarily has any connection with all of the patents listed there.
The patent holders, Kevin T. Amiss and Martin H. Abbott, appear to have registered for the patent independently of any corporation. Perhaps they planned on starting a company based on this patent. In any case, due to the completeness and the reputation of the Web site, I am sure the patent is real. But if you are in doubt, a quick check of the government records at your local public library ought to confirm it.
Since the old link is now broken (geez, doesn't anyone know how to run a Web server anymore?), here is a new working link to U.S. Patent No. 5,443,036.
Well, now we know who has the other two.
I'm surprised no one suggested the obvious. This would be a great way to torment pets. Have the display throw up a 3-D image of a cat, and watch Rover freak out as he tries to catch it.
Oh wait, is this the same system I read about a while ago that did its imaging on a reflective high-speed spinning helical surface? Then I guess it would end up turning Rover into mincemeat. Hey, I never said it was for tormenting pets you like...
It sounds like this bill is meant to fix only problems with regard to computing patents. The patent system is more broken than that. Case in point.
IMHO, among the big players, Yahoo Messenger seems to come the closest to your ideal.
"This is perhaps the equivalent of opening someone's unlocked car door to turn off their lights. Or perhaps, it's like picking their lock to get in and turn off the lights."
What about reaching under the car to find the magnetic spare-key holder, unlocking the door, and turning off the lights?
"I received a CueCat in the mail. Apparently because I am a subscriber to Wired."
Perhaps because they want to try something like that Digimarc MediaBridge joke they tried to foist on us a few months back?
It appears that the new EULA forbids me from reverse-engineering the protocol myself, but still does not forbid me from using third-party software with the CueCat even if it was derived from reverse-engineering.
hackhacksdmi.org. (Still available at this writing!) :-)
Computer "trespass" laws have been on the books in other states for years--Oregon, for one (see ORS 164.377).
As other posters noted, AOL owns both AIM and ICQ. Yet ICQ is the most wildly popular. Why? I say it's because Mirabilis, even under AOL ownership, has had the good sense not to block third-party clients out of the ICQ servers.
The whole issue is nicely and succinctly summed up in one choice nugget from Michael A. Rolenz's commentary (emphasis added by me): "The use of access controls of digital media has the ability [to] create a perpetual monopoly on copyright[ed] material. This is counter to the basis of copyright law."
(I couldn't help but notice the irony of Adobe Acrobat preventing me from copying and pasting that phrase. I had to type it in manually.)
If this is as good as their Linux (read: Java) version of ICQ, I'll be sticking with Yahoo Messenger, thank you very much.
Translation: SUV owners may be smug and self-centered, but don't call them power-mad! I'm sorry, Tomcat, I'll never make that mistake again.
Exactly which French law specifies this? I'm unable to locate it. (I would like to see what it says about extracting a loop from a song, then running it for longer than 30 seconds as part of another song.)
Personally I believe the tongue has been underutilized in the field of biometrics.