If you read the filing with the court, you'll see that they merely want the Supremes to rule that using two devices together, as the devices were designed, is not an invention. "Obviousness" goes way beyond that. There are many many problems whose solution is obvious once the problem is posed. These solutions ARE inventions, are currently patentable and should not be.
Yes, that's basically it. We've always been able to have only small companies; it's just that 1) it was too hard to find out who could do what, and 2) it was too hard to find out who COULDN'T do what even though they claim to. It was cheaper to have a big company, and pay the inefficiency and waste of hiring ALL of someone's output for the course of the employment contract.
Sounds like computer programs. So maybe the problem is more one of defining a good API between modules? Coase taught us that firms exist to lower transaction costs. If we had better APIs between companies, that would serve the same function, so larger corporations wouldn't be necessary.
Yeah, but if only they would fix the mouse wheel so it worked correctly... like Google Sketchup works. Roll wheel forward, zoom in. Roll wheel backward, zoom out. Current behavior backwards from anybody else whose software zooms a view.
People who lie are going to hell, but people who get paid to lie, and lie knowing that they're lying, have a special place reserved for them in hell. Pity Mike McCurry.
I don't think it's ever been any different. Which leads me to think that if somebody can figure out how to make a corporation STOP SUCKING, they could make a huge amount of money. Any time you have the prospect of a reasonable risk of making a huge amount of money, you can get advance money to do the research and development for it.
VOIP uses UDP. When you get network congestion, you simply get packets dropped and your -oice get- littl- ch-ppy. TCP stacks will send fewer packets per second when packets get dropped.
Ignoramuses keep bringing this issue up as if it's going to KILL THE INTERNET, so we MUST CHANGE INTERNET POLICY. They tried this back in the early 90's when IBM was running the T-1 Internet backbone through some subsidiary. What didn't work back then still won't work today. For an arbitrary packet on the Internet, you cannot tell in which direction the value is flowing; thus you cannot figure out who to charge.
I don't believe for a second they will improve the life of third world children.
Sure, that's because you don't know shit. Have you ever actually MET any third world children? Sit down, shut up, and go away until you know something. Sheesh.
India's middle class is larger than the entire US population. I've been to my friend's house in Mumbai. He has an apartment on the third floor of a coop. It's not large by US standards; five rooms (LR, BR, BR, K, Bath), but it's well appointed. No question that they'd want a laptop for little Siddhartha. He's probably just getting old enough to play games on it.
Kofi Annan broke it off when he tried the demo model he was shown. But that got them to thinking that kids just don't have enough arm/hand strength to generate enough power. There's a reason why kids bikes have backpedal brakes rather than handbreaks. You're more likely to see some sort of foot power.
Some moderators need their pointendectomy. The plain and simple matter is that this guy needs to talk to a lawyer. If you talk to a bunch of hackers, you'll get a hackish legal document. That will stand up about as well in court as would as a lawyer's program would run in a computer. No insult meant to lawyers, but training and education matter. This is a legal question and it needs an answer from a lawyer. Post it in the Ask Lawyer category, if Slashdot has one (which of course it doesn't; you get my drift.)
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Verisign, not Verizon, but please, rant on. Don't let BEING COMPLETELY WRONG slow you down.
Ahh, yes - Yet Another Root Domain Name System, like AlterNic.
From their FAQ: Is OpenDNS a root nameserver?: "No. OpenDNS is a recursive nameserver. OpenDNS software talks to the root nameservers when necessary."
Only on slashdot could you be completely wrong and Insightful at the same time.
If you read the filing with the court, you'll see that they merely want the Supremes to rule that using two devices together, as the devices were designed, is not an invention. "Obviousness" goes way beyond that. There are many many problems whose solution is obvious once the problem is posed. These solutions ARE inventions, are currently patentable and should not be.
Yes, that's basically it. We've always been able to have only small companies; it's just that 1) it was too hard to find out who could do what, and 2) it was too hard to find out who COULDN'T do what even though they claim to. It was cheaper to have a big company, and pay the inefficiency and waste of hiring ALL of someone's output for the course of the employment contract.
Always mount a scratch planet.
Sounds like computer programs. So maybe the problem is more one of defining a good API between modules? Coase taught us that firms exist to lower transaction costs. If we had better APIs between companies, that would serve the same function, so larger corporations wouldn't be necessary.
DON'T KEEP HIM IN SUSPENSE!!!
Yeah, but if only they would fix the mouse wheel so it worked correctly ... like Google Sketchup works. Roll wheel forward, zoom in. Roll wheel backward, zoom out. Current behavior backwards from anybody else whose software zooms a view.
Nobody reads slashdot anymore -- there are too many story comments to keep up with.
People who lie are going to hell, but people who get paid to lie, and lie knowing that they're lying, have a special place reserved for them in hell. Pity Mike McCurry.
What hand-cranked power supply?
Costs are lower; Indian middle class earns like $20K/year.
I don't think it's ever been any different. Which leads me to think that if somebody can figure out how to make a corporation STOP SUCKING, they could make a huge amount of money. Any time you have the prospect of a reasonable risk of making a huge amount of money, you can get advance money to do the research and development for it.
Yes, thanks, it was ANS that I was thinking of. And yes, they wanted settlements.
maybe it's just better to wait and see what happens
No. See my letter to my congresscritter.
VOIP uses UDP. When you get network congestion, you simply get packets dropped and your -oice get- littl- ch-ppy. TCP stacks will send fewer packets per second when packets get dropped.
Ignoramuses keep bringing this issue up as if it's going to KILL THE INTERNET, so we MUST CHANGE INTERNET POLICY. They tried this back in the early 90's when IBM was running the T-1 Internet backbone through some subsidiary. What didn't work back then still won't work today. For an arbitrary packet on the Internet, you cannot tell in which direction the value is flowing; thus you cannot figure out who to charge.
I nuked the DOS that my server came with, and replaced it with Linux. Does that 25% count my server? I expect not, nor many others.
I don't believe for a second they will improve the life of third world children.
Sure, that's because you don't know shit. Have you ever actually MET any third world children? Sit down, shut up, and go away until you know something. Sheesh.
You don't understand. Governments will be buying these for the kids, not taxpayers!
India's middle class is larger than the entire US population. I've been to my friend's house in Mumbai. He has an apartment on the third floor of a coop. It's not large by US standards; five rooms (LR, BR, BR, K, Bath), but it's well appointed. No question that they'd want a laptop for little Siddhartha. He's probably just getting old enough to play games on it.
To keep it from being stolen. "Oh, where did you get that laptop from?" "Oh, you stole it from some kid?" "Eat LEAD, evildoer!"
Kofi Annan broke it off when he tried the demo model he was shown. But that got them to thinking that kids just don't have enough arm/hand strength to generate enough power. There's a reason why kids bikes have backpedal brakes rather than handbreaks. You're more likely to see some sort of foot power.
If the Observatory discovered them in Chile, then they are *definitely* orbiting the Sun. Or maybe there's a problem with his sentence structure?
Some moderators need their pointendectomy. The plain and simple matter is that this guy needs to talk to a lawyer. If you talk to a bunch of hackers, you'll get a hackish legal document. That will stand up about as well in court as would as a lawyer's program would run in a computer. No insult meant to lawyers, but training and education matter. This is a legal question and it needs an answer from a lawyer. Post it in the Ask Lawyer category, if Slashdot has one (which of course it doesn't; you get my drift.)
This posting doesn't belong in Ask Slashdot. It belongs in Ask Lawyer.