Graphene will probably be at least as important as a replacement for metallic interconnects as for transistors. Much of the area of a chip is covered by interconnects they are responsible for much of the heat and delay.
Note that the Tohoku group grew graphene on silicon while IBM produced graphene transistors on silicon carbide. These are complementary efforts, not competing ones.
> Perhaps the licences should be handed out to Operating Systems based on > compliance with web standards... I wonder if MS Windows would be given one?
An absolute requirement would be that the OS (pre-installed on the pc) be supplied by a "reputable" company. Windows 7 would be grandfathered. No others need apply (well, OSX might get a learner's permit).
There are no statutory damages in US patent law. I agree that software patents are pernicious, but no one is going to be sued for patent infringement over anything she does to her own phone.
> I do know that a couple of years ago, media organizations stopped referring > to events they were sponsoring as "Super Bowl Random Event" but instead > started to refer to them as "Big Game Random Event".
That was, however, not because they were at any risk of being sued for trademark infringement but because they did not want to offend important customers.
Yes, it's a good thing the US government financed Cadillac luxery cars early in the twentieth century, isn't it? Otherwise cars might never have caught on.
Oh. Wait...
If you think Tesla should be financed you go right ahead and do so, with your money.
> And besides, it's not a gift, it's a loan.
If it was a good investment someone other than the government would make it.
>...Accounting where learning to use software like Quick Books is an integral > part of the course......then the course is really just a vocational course in the use of a popular (but not particularly good) software package. Does the school get free copies of QuickBooks?
> I could set some tasks that require Excel spreadsheet calculations.
Why do you have to specify a particular Micrososft product? Couldn't you at least say "require spreadsheet calculations"?
Better, though, would be tasks that require calculations that could be done with software (preferably software that actually produces correct results).
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Look up "hermetic seal" in Wikipedia.
Graphene will probably be at least as important as a replacement for metallic interconnects as for transistors. Much of the area of a chip is covered by interconnects they are responsible for much of the heat and delay.
Note that the Tohoku group grew graphene on silicon while IBM produced graphene transistors on silicon carbide. These are complementary efforts, not competing ones.
> Perhaps the licences should be handed out to Operating Systems based on
> compliance with web standards... I wonder if MS Windows would be given one?
An absolute requirement would be that the OS (pre-installed on the pc) be supplied by a "reputable" company. Windows 7 would be grandfathered. No others need apply (well, OSX might get a learner's permit).
> Which is the fastest OS?
Why should I care how "fast" my OS is as long as it is fast enough? There are many more inportant considerations.
You're calling Judge Roy Bean a good guy?
There are no statutory damages in US patent law. I agree that software patents are pernicious, but no one is going to be sued for patent infringement over anything she does to her own phone.
You wanted more "oversight". You're getting it.
> The RIAA isn't threatening to sue...
Yes they are.
> ...it's more you broke the law...
The law gives them the right to sue by making copyright infringement a tort.
> ...the courts who are going to fine you...
It is not a fine. It is an award of damages. Fines go to the government. Damage awards go to the plaintiff.
> If the substance they found in the meteorite is indeed harder than carbon,
> then it probably isn't Londsaleite...
I don't see that they claimed that it is.
From the article: "...artificial ultra-hard diamonds known as lonsdaleite and boron nitride..."
Boron nitride is, of course, not a form of diamond (lonsdaleite is).
...they will do something about the equally noxious practice of anonymous voting. You know, the thing the Americans call the Australian ballot?
> Well, yeah, if you assume hollow steel spheres are "off the shelf".
Googling for "hollow steel spheres" gets about 11,000 hits.
> I do know that a couple of years ago, media organizations stopped referring
> to events they were sponsoring as "Super Bowl Random Event" but instead
> started to refer to them as "Big Game Random Event".
That was, however, not because they were at any risk of being sued for trademark infringement but because they did not want to offend important customers.
The problem with making metal foam by blowing bubbles in liquid metal is that gravity tends to overcome the surface tension.
The fact that IE has most of the business market also makes it a much more profitable target.
> A grill is a decorative dental appliances that wraps around your teeth.
So braces are now cool?
Is favorable to both sides. It's especially favorable to the defendant if a preliminary injunction is issued.
The Science article is about graphene on silicon carbide. This article is about graphene on elemental silicon. Very different.
> The signal travels along and underneath the ground, i.e., Ground Wave > propagation. Ground wave does not travel beneath the ground.
> We the taxpayers should finance this company...
Yes, it's a good thing the US government financed Cadillac luxery cars early in the twentieth century, isn't it? Otherwise cars might never have caught on.
Oh. Wait...
If you think Tesla should be financed you go right ahead and do so, with your money.
> And besides, it's not a gift, it's a loan.
If it was a good investment someone other than the government would make it.
> ...Accounting where learning to use software like Quick Books is an integral ...then the course is really just a vocational course in the use of a popular (but not particularly good) software package. Does the school get free copies of QuickBooks?
> part of the course...
High school: Headstart for proprietary lockin.
> I could set some tasks that require Excel spreadsheet calculations.
Why do you have to specify a particular Micrososft product? Couldn't you at least say "require spreadsheet calculations"?
Better, though, would be tasks that require calculations that could be done with software (preferably software that actually produces correct results).
What is a construction calculator?
> We need to know what level of precision we're working with.
With bc and dc, infinite.