I'm surprised devices don't have hardwired unique network IDs at the hardware network level, like a MAC address or something. Then it couldn't be spoofed. Replacing that module, to say nothing of acquiring replacments in a laundered way, is a lot more work.
Postmortem of death + N years is to allow companies to contract with a copyright holder without fear that the idiot stepping in front of a bus ends the copyright tomorrow. This lets them invest substantial funds in publication more confidently. This, in turn, benefits the copyright holder's earnings, which is the ultimate intent.
Requests for interviews with scientists working for the Canadian federal government have frequently been turned down as a consequence of a media protocol introduced in 2008. This directive explicitly states that press officers should ensure that the minister is not embarrassed and that the interview is "along approved lines".
Any time you see "Don't embarrass the minister", read: This is why freedom of speech is enshrined.
"The dictator fears the laugh more than the assassin's bullet.". -- Robert A. Heinlein
Most tech companies build portfolios as defensive mechanisms. It's not just trolls messing things up -- the exact same trolling techniques are used to get in each other's way.
My old company, after getting burned over something stupid, sat us engineers down with the head company lawyer, and told us to think of things we could patent so we could put roadblocks in their way instead. It was war. "Here's a simple form. Write the ideas and our lawyers will buff it up and submit it."
The time is ripe for a wise, small nation to become the equivalent of a banking haven, but for Internet, with clones of all popular sites, but with no government tracking or back doors.
Assuming the year 2100, and the years leading up to it, are relatively free of both general warlordism and corruption, requiring kickbacks for everything, and overbearing government (rationing, or cumulative regulatory weight people give up as in a warlord state) we can indeed expect plenty.
Julian Simon made a career of making 10 year bets on issues of shortage, longevity, and general health, vs. gloom-and-doomers.
Another way to phrase it is people invent ways to compensate for easy fruit picking getting harder and harder, and do so faster than the difficulty impacts the economy in gloom-and-doom ways.
After the results of the first 10-year bet, a complete disaster for the doomsayers of the 1970s, Isaac Asimov, one such, admitted he was wrong, even if he didn't understand why.
Remember: This isn't a political narrative. It's actual scientific theory verified time and again by counterintuitive predictions.
I used it to predict the Peak Oil concept was, in fact, BS, and it's indeed turning out to be.
One more thing, adaptation and invention are not instantaneous. His bets were 10 years, which was a granularity so small he was still uneasy.
This type of phone would be much more useful for politicians and businesspeople than the average joe, since they're the real target of rogue agents working for someone else (and not just illicitely for those in power, either, keep in mind. Planted leftovers for previous administrations could be too.)
Snowden showed he could listen in on conversations of powerful people, and no alarm bells went off anywhere.
That empowers Congress to create laws defining these things. Whether Congress can grant patents to discoveries is separate. Current law as defined by Congress, does not.
It was an issue because Congress was dragging ass on it. Even if you think such discovery should be protected, I still wouldn't hold my breath. They are inherently cowardly and lose fewer votes to inaction rather than risky action. Whenever a court decides something they should have addressed, or a regulatory agency does, everyone gets to throw up their hands and say, "I didn't do it!"
What's really sad is he knows no such prosecution is possible (barring journalists offering bribes, for example) yet his impulse is to jail journalists.
The founding fathers had their flaws, but people should kneel to their presience. Imagine the loopholes modern politicians would insert in a constitution to allow themselves trump power over freedom of speech, religion, and so on.
A large number of atheists are libertarian, not leftist. We leave all religions behind, including the religions of the left and right, which, like any good religion, foists groupthink for the purpose of seizure of power for the leaders.
As with more normal religions, the best policy is to let people be free.
165,000 people isn't that large as big corporations go. If this is generating a job or two in supermarkets all over the place, I will be surprised.
As private industry is investing tons, it would be wrong to assume these jobs are a consequence of government spending anyway. Perhaps they would spend even more if they weren't taxed so heavily. Perhaps they would spend even more if famous politicians weren't running around screaming about their "unconscionable profits".
Tbey're not doing this in the US, wherr environmental lawsuits and a required study would add millions and 8 years to the project. Especially if it were anywhere near a reef people actually wanted to see or swim to.
Look up and see the surface of what once was, as we sink ever further into irrelevancy.
I give you permission to downmod me: -1: The Truth Hurts
How in holy hell is this a troll? It distills the essence of the issue. You're either an intern so you can brag about on your resume or you are a low-paid lackey.. You can't be both.
I keep saying that clever implementations should be patentable, but merely creating a virtual simulation or emulation of a real-world thing should not inherently be patentable.
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I'm surprised devices don't have hardwired unique network IDs at the hardware network level, like a MAC address or something. Then it couldn't be spoofed. Replacing that module, to say nothing of acquiring replacments in a laundered way, is a lot more work.
Laurel and Hardy sing the original in one of their shorts. While in school in prison, the class sings:
Good morning to you
Good morning to you
Good morning dear teacher (bowing)
Good morning to you.
Good morning to you
Good morning to you
Good morning dear pupil (bow to each other, heads strike, coconut sound)
Good morning to you.
Postmortem of death + N years is to allow companies to contract with a copyright holder without fear that the idiot stepping in front of a bus ends the copyright tomorrow. This lets them invest substantial funds in publication more confidently. This, in turn, benefits the copyright holder's earnings, which is the ultimate intent.
Any time you see "Don't embarrass the minister", read: This is why freedom of speech is enshrined.
"The dictator fears the laugh more than the assassin's bullet.". -- Robert A. Heinlein
Most tech companies build portfolios as defensive mechanisms. It's not just trolls messing things up -- the exact same trolling techniques are used to get in each other's way.
My old company, after getting burned over something stupid, sat us engineers down with the head company lawyer, and told us to think of things we could patent so we could put roadblocks in their way instead. It was war. "Here's a simple form. Write the ideas and our lawyers will buff it up and submit it."
ATTENTION WORLD!
The time is ripe for a wise, small nation to become the equivalent of a banking haven, but for Internet, with clones of all popular sites, but with no government tracking or back doors.
It does have the ring of truth to it.
Mon Mothma: (with gravitas). Many freedoms...died...to bring us this Radagast.
Hence what he said: "While generic..."
Or a sofa upon which to sit while playing your video game console with gold Monster cables.
inB4 supermarket section opening next week.
I think that's a safe bet. They now sell furniture in Best Buy.
(end of movie where skin is stripped off much of the T800)
"Awww, come on, dad! You expect me to believe all that hardware was under that scrawney body?"
In a relatively free economy, problems, counterintuitively, are solved faster than they become serious issues.
Assuming the year 2100, and the years leading up to it, are relatively free of both general warlordism and corruption, requiring kickbacks for everything, and overbearing government (rationing, or cumulative regulatory weight people give up as in a warlord state) we can indeed expect plenty.
Julian Simon made a career of making 10 year bets on issues of shortage, longevity, and general health, vs. gloom-and-doomers.
Another way to phrase it is people invent ways to compensate for easy fruit picking getting harder and harder, and do so faster than the difficulty impacts the economy in gloom-and-doom ways.
After the results of the first 10-year bet, a complete disaster for the doomsayers of the 1970s, Isaac Asimov, one such, admitted he was wrong, even if he didn't understand why.
Remember: This isn't a political narrative. It's actual scientific theory verified time and again by counterintuitive predictions.
I used it to predict the Peak Oil concept was, in fact, BS, and it's indeed turning out to be.
One more thing, adaptation and invention are not instantaneous. His bets were 10 years, which was a granularity so small he was still uneasy.
This type of phone would be much more useful for politicians and businesspeople than the average joe, since they're the real target of rogue agents working for someone else (and not just illicitely for those in power, either, keep in mind. Planted leftovers for previous administrations could be too.)
Snowden showed he could listen in on conversations of powerful people, and no alarm bells went off anywhere.
That empowers Congress to create laws defining these things. Whether Congress can grant patents to discoveries is separate. Current law as defined by Congress, does not.
It was an issue because Congress was dragging ass on it. Even if you think such discovery should be protected, I still wouldn't hold my breath. They are inherently cowardly and lose fewer votes to inaction rather than risky action. Whenever a court decides something they should have addressed, or a regulatory agency does, everyone gets to throw up their hands and say, "I didn't do it!"
What's really sad is he knows no such prosecution is possible (barring journalists offering bribes, for example) yet his impulse is to jail journalists.
The founding fathers had their flaws, but people should kneel to their presience. Imagine the loopholes modern politicians would insert in a constitution to allow themselves trump power over freedom of speech, religion, and so on.
A large number of atheists are libertarian, not leftist. We leave all religions behind, including the religions of the left and right, which, like any good religion, foists groupthink for the purpose of seizure of power for the leaders.
As with more normal religions, the best policy is to let people be free.
Are you sure you're in the right thread?
I can't imagine sellers suddenly taking on this financial responsibility, unless it's already build into their contracts and business model.
165,000 people isn't that large as big corporations go. If this is generating a job or two in supermarkets all over the place, I will be surprised.
As private industry is investing tons, it would be wrong to assume these jobs are a consequence of government spending anyway. Perhaps they would spend even more if they weren't taxed so heavily. Perhaps they would spend even more if famous politicians weren't running around screaming about their "unconscionable profits".
People long before TV used to bitch about books (novels and stories) being the Devil's own, distracting people from industriousness.
Tbey're not doing this in the US, wherr environmental lawsuits and a required study would add millions and 8 years to the project. Especially if it were anywhere near a reef people actually wanted to see or swim to.
Look up and see the surface of what once was, as we sink ever further into irrelevancy.
I give you permission to downmod me: -1: The Truth Hurts
How in holy hell is this a troll? It distills the essence of the issue. You're either an intern so you can brag about on your resume or you are a low-paid lackey.. You can't be both.
I keep saying that clever implementations should be patentable, but merely creating a virtual simulation or emulation of a real-world thing should not inherently be patentable.
This decision does exactly the opposite.