I'm sorry but what you have presented is a logical fallacy. You've assumed that no idea is novel
That's because I'm a scientist. One of the first things you learn is humility: to never be arrogant enough to assume that you've invented something. If you do the research, there's probably already a lot of work done in that field. The twist comes in the APPLICATION of the idea - not the idea itself. Yes there are people who make quantum leaps - Newton, Darwin, Einstein, etc - and they are recognized by history.
You might consider my argument to be a fallacy. I consider thinking that you or I will be the next Einstein to be foolishness. However a smart person can sometimes take something that already exists and apply it in a novel way. This deserves patent protection.
But some idiot sitting on the toilet and dreaming up a generic idea with no clear application or prototype - like "a method of causing two computers to communicate wirelessly" - or better yet, "one click shopping", come on, give me a break.
I disagree. How can you be so egotistical as to think that you are the only one in the world that has had a given "idea"? How can you prevent - no - PENALIZE someone else from having the same idea?
This is why IDEAS cannot be patented, and never should be. Lawyers have been trying to do end-runs around this concept for decades now.
The development of an idea into something useful - a working prototype, a unique machine, an application of that idea that requires time, money and skill to create - yes, this should be given certain LIMITED protection. But the idea itself? You don't deserve to be paid just because you thought about something and put it on paper.
I was 71541,3346.... then I got 3 other accounts. Was seriously into multiplayer gaming, specifically MegaWars III and Island of Kesmai. Most of my college money went to pay the +CI$ bills...
What happened to the geeks to could reverse engineer executables and actually point to the specific CPU instruction that actually did it?
That sort of died out when video drivers hit 80MB, printer drivers hit 40MB, OSes hit 2+GB and god knows how many MB of bloated code are needed to switch a default search engine. I'd say at least 15MB. No one can be bothered to sift through all that shite anymore. It was easy when programs were 16k.
and the amount of work you have to do is less than if you had to blow your nose.
Try going into a bank and changing the default screen-saver on one of the cashiers' terminals, then ask me if you wouldn't be landed in jail with felony computer tampering/hacking charges. "But changing it back is less effort than blowing your nose" will not buy you any sympathy from the judge.
The point is they did something without permission. It used to be just plain bad manners. Nowadays there are laws against it, where computers are concerned.
Your quote is conveniently taken out of context, fanboy. Try reading the WHOLE article. But since slashdot was invaded by Microsoft shills and sock-puppets years ago, I know I'm wasting my breath.
The right of way has nothing to do with the size of the vehicle, but rather their propulsion methods
Hmmm, the international regulations for preventing collisions at sea (COLREGS) would disagree with you; specifically:
* A vessel proceeding along a narrow channel must keep to starboard.
* Small vessels or sailing vessels must not impede (larger) vessels which can navigate only within a narrow channel.
* Ships must not cross a channel if to do so would impede another vessel which can navigate only within that channel.
A power-driven vessel must give way to:
* NUC a vessel not under command;
* CBD a vessel constrained by draft
* RAM a vessel restricted in ability to maneuver (like say a 500,000 tonne oil tanker)
* Fish a vessel engaged in fishing;
* Sail a sailing vessel.
A sailing vessel must give way to:
* NUC a vessel not under command;
* CBD a vessel constrained by draft
* RAM a vessel restricted in ability to maneuver (again, the big heavy non maneuverable craft)
* Fish a vessel engaged in fishing.
A vessel engaged in fishing when underway shall, so far as possible, keep out of the way of:
* NUC a vessel not under command;
* CBD a vessel constrained by draft
* RAM a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver.
Wait - there's a pattern here: Big ships that can't stop on a dime and can't maneuver out of the way seem to have right of way!
A WIG craft (seaplane) when taking off, landing and in flight near the surface shall keep well clear of all other vessels and avoid impeding their navigation - wow, the most maneuverable of all, the sea plane, has to keep out of everyone's way!
You know, rules and regulations usually tend to make sense. The sailboat that gets run over by the oil tanker is likely to get sued by the tanker company, NOT the other way around. I suggest you re-take your Boat Operator's Course.
As for the roads, if you expect a 40+ tonne 18 wheel semi to have to stop and start because of some weaving cyclist, guess who is going to get honked at. Oh, and be careful when those monsters turn right, yes? Because the driver won't even notice your bike going crunch under the back axles and it will be YOUR fault.
If it's so old, the patent will be expiring soon anyway, right? 2015 is what I hear. That's under 6 years from now - an eternity in computing years, but once it's gone it's gone.
especially when I've got somewhere I need to be, like work.
This is your problem. We ALL have somewhere we need to be. However your sense of entitlement makes you believe that somehow your being at work is more important than someone else's need to use the public right of way.
As a doctor who frequently has to deal with real life and death emergencies, I'd be willing to bet that I probably "have to be somewhere" much more urgently than you. Still I don't feel entitled to endanger other users of the road, for any reason. If there's a bike, I have to be careful. If there's a stupid biker talking on his cell phone and weaving all over the lane, I still have to be careful. If there are bikers riding two abreast, chatting, and not really paying attention to what they are doing, I have to be careful. Just because someone slows you down or is in your way doesn't give you the right to kill or injure them.
You mean roads that were designed for horse drawn carriage
Those roads were mainly mud, and the real good ones were made of cobblestones. Asphalt is 100% thanks to automobiles. Bikers like asphalt too - hey everyone likes asphalt. It's a smooth ride. But the only reason the world is covered in black goo is because of those "invading" automobiles.
some retard is going to get this and think there's a bike lane no matter where he goes. when a mac truck disagree's with him, he will claim it was in the bike lane.
No. The brilliant thing is that when the mac truck disagrees with him, he'll be dead and unable to claim anything at all, except maybe a darwin award.
I'll treat you as such on the road. ie, get the fuck out of my way.
Umm, I'm not a cyclist at all, but as far as I know you're not allowed to run over pedestrians. In fact in most countries, you have to yield to them - I think the only time you would avoid a manslaughter charge is if the pedestrian was drunk or suicidal and suddenly jumped in front of your car (and was filmed by some security camera), or if they're somewhere they're not supposed to be, like standing in the middle of a highway.
and inefficient to ride because a rider has to yield at all intersections
Awwww. Perhaps they should take stop signs and traffic lights away too, because it makes the road "inefficient" for cars.
You know, generally it's the less maneuverable vehicle that has right of way. Just like on the sea. The oil tanker does not have to give way to the jet ski.
As a cyclist, you're the most maneuverable. So yield once in a while, even if it means you have to pedal hard again - it's good exercise.
The problem is with : They found a script. They read it.
As far as I know, no airplane has ever been destroyed by a script. Whatever was written on those pages falls under the "IT'S NONE OF YOUR% FUCKING BUSINESS" category. If you don't believe that, then you need to relearn what a "free society" is all about.
So the "surface tension" in the sand is probably due to either friction of grains of sand rubbing together, or gravity. I doubt that it's due to charge (as in water), and I'd put my money on friction.
I wonder what the cause of diminished mental capacity might be?
While I am not aware of the particulars of this case, as a doctor I can state that myelinization of nerve cells inside the brain is what is believed to contribute to increased cognitive ability. Babies are born with roughly the number of neurons (nerve cell) they will have for the rest of their lives, however these neurons are not fully coated in myelin. Myelin increases the efficiency and conductivity of a neuron, and is synthesized by cells surrounding the neuron. However this production takes time - a few years in the case of neurons outside the brain - which explains why babies are also clumsy. Myelinization of the brain itself takes roughly 20 years.
I suspect that this patient isn't producing myelin, among other things, and therefore will never reach her cognitive potential.
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I'm sorry but what you have presented is a logical fallacy. You've assumed that no idea is novel
That's because I'm a scientist. One of the first things you learn is humility: to never be arrogant enough to assume that you've invented something. If you do the research, there's probably already a lot of work done in that field. The twist comes in the APPLICATION of the idea - not the idea itself. Yes there are people who make quantum leaps - Newton, Darwin, Einstein, etc - and they are recognized by history.
You might consider my argument to be a fallacy. I consider thinking that you or I will be the next Einstein to be foolishness. However a smart person can sometimes take something that already exists and apply it in a novel way. This deserves patent protection.
But some idiot sitting on the toilet and dreaming up a generic idea with no clear application or prototype - like "a method of causing two computers to communicate wirelessly" - or better yet, "one click shopping", come on, give me a break.
The Nazis, OTOH, were relatively "green"
They certainly found a very cheap source of fertilizer...
people should have ownership over ideas
I disagree. How can you be so egotistical as to think that you are the only one in the world that has had a given "idea"? How can you prevent - no - PENALIZE someone else from having the same idea?
This is why IDEAS cannot be patented, and never should be. Lawyers have been trying to do end-runs around this concept for decades now.
The development of an idea into something useful - a working prototype, a unique machine, an application of that idea that requires time, money and skill to create - yes, this should be given certain LIMITED protection. But the idea itself? You don't deserve to be paid just because you thought about something and put it on paper.
and then who created the guy that created "god".... etc.
In soviet russia, moon rabbit measures you!
I was 71541,3346.... then I got 3 other accounts. Was seriously into multiplayer gaming, specifically MegaWars III and Island of Kesmai. Most of my college money went to pay the +CI$ bills...
I wouldn't be surprised if at the appeal her fine is raised to a round $20 million dollars.
Ah, but it's entirely relevant to reverse engineering executables.
Only in the US. Although the US does like to extradite people to enforce its laws in far off places like, say, Australia, from time to time.
What happened to the geeks to could reverse engineer executables and actually point to the specific CPU instruction that actually did it?
That sort of died out when video drivers hit 80MB, printer drivers hit 40MB, OSes hit 2+GB and god knows how many MB of bloated code are needed to switch a default search engine. I'd say at least 15MB. No one can be bothered to sift through all that shite anymore. It was easy when programs were 16k.
what, you want a memory dump and the actual machine code?
and the amount of work you have to do is less than if you had to blow your nose.
Try going into a bank and changing the default screen-saver on one of the cashiers' terminals, then ask me if you wouldn't be landed in jail with felony computer tampering/hacking charges. "But changing it back is less effort than blowing your nose" will not buy you any sympathy from the judge.
The point is they did something without permission. It used to be just plain bad manners. Nowadays there are laws against it, where computers are concerned.
Your quote is conveniently taken out of context, fanboy. Try reading the WHOLE article. But since slashdot was invaded by Microsoft shills and sock-puppets years ago, I know I'm wasting my breath.
The right of way has nothing to do with the size of the vehicle, but rather their propulsion methods
Hmmm, the international regulations for preventing collisions at sea (COLREGS) would disagree with you; specifically:
* A vessel proceeding along a narrow channel must keep to starboard.
* Small vessels or sailing vessels must not impede (larger) vessels which can navigate only within a narrow channel.
* Ships must not cross a channel if to do so would impede another vessel which can navigate only within that channel.
A power-driven vessel must give way to:
* NUC a vessel not under command;
* CBD a vessel constrained by draft
* RAM a vessel restricted in ability to maneuver (like say a 500,000 tonne oil tanker)
* Fish a vessel engaged in fishing;
* Sail a sailing vessel.
A sailing vessel must give way to:
* NUC a vessel not under command;
* CBD a vessel constrained by draft
* RAM a vessel restricted in ability to maneuver (again, the big heavy non maneuverable craft)
* Fish a vessel engaged in fishing.
A vessel engaged in fishing when underway shall, so far as possible, keep out of the way of:
* NUC a vessel not under command;
* CBD a vessel constrained by draft
* RAM a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver.
Wait - there's a pattern here: Big ships that can't stop on a dime and can't maneuver out of the way seem to have right of way!
A WIG craft (seaplane) when taking off, landing and in flight near the surface shall keep well clear of all other vessels and avoid impeding their navigation - wow, the most maneuverable of all, the sea plane, has to keep out of everyone's way!
You know, rules and regulations usually tend to make sense. The sailboat that gets run over by the oil tanker is likely to get sued by the tanker company, NOT the other way around. I suggest you re-take your Boat Operator's Course.
As for the roads, if you expect a 40+ tonne 18 wheel semi to have to stop and start because of some weaving cyclist, guess who is going to get honked at. Oh, and be careful when those monsters turn right, yes? Because the driver won't even notice your bike going crunch under the back axles and it will be YOUR fault.
and protect the unique Martian biosphere,
So this guy has already discovered life on Mars, huh? After all, you don't get a BIOsphere without BIOS - life.
Another idiot talking out of his ass.
for an obsolete decades old thing like FAT.
If it's so old, the patent will be expiring soon anyway, right? 2015 is what I hear. That's under 6 years from now - an eternity in computing years, but once it's gone it's gone.
especially when I've got somewhere I need to be, like work.
This is your problem. We ALL have somewhere we need to be. However your sense of entitlement makes you believe that somehow your being at work is more important than someone else's need to use the public right of way.
As a doctor who frequently has to deal with real life and death emergencies, I'd be willing to bet that I probably "have to be somewhere" much more urgently than you. Still I don't feel entitled to endanger other users of the road, for any reason. If there's a bike, I have to be careful. If there's a stupid biker talking on his cell phone and weaving all over the lane, I still have to be careful. If there are bikers riding two abreast, chatting, and not really paying attention to what they are doing, I have to be careful. Just because someone slows you down or is in your way doesn't give you the right to kill or injure them.
You mean roads that were designed for horse drawn carriage
Those roads were mainly mud, and the real good ones were made of cobblestones. Asphalt is 100% thanks to automobiles. Bikers like asphalt too - hey everyone likes asphalt. It's a smooth ride. But the only reason the world is covered in black goo is because of those "invading" automobiles.
some retard is going to get this and think there's a bike lane no matter where he goes. when a mac truck disagree's with him, he will claim it was in the bike lane.
No. The brilliant thing is that when the mac truck disagrees with him, he'll be dead and unable to claim anything at all, except maybe a darwin award.
I'll treat you as such on the road. ie, get the fuck out of my way.
Umm, I'm not a cyclist at all, but as far as I know you're not allowed to run over pedestrians. In fact in most countries, you have to yield to them - I think the only time you would avoid a manslaughter charge is if the pedestrian was drunk or suicidal and suddenly jumped in front of your car (and was filmed by some security camera), or if they're somewhere they're not supposed to be, like standing in the middle of a highway.
and inefficient to ride because a rider has to yield at all intersections
Awwww. Perhaps they should take stop signs and traffic lights away too, because it makes the road "inefficient" for cars.
You know, generally it's the less maneuverable vehicle that has right of way. Just like on the sea. The oil tanker does not have to give way to the jet ski.
As a cyclist, you're the most maneuverable. So yield once in a while, even if it means you have to pedal hard again - it's good exercise.
"And the whole world shall be taxed"
--- Augustus Caesar
This is hardly a new concept.
Internet monitoring equipment should only be allowed to be sold in "free" countries, like the US... er...
The problem is with : They found a script. They read it.
As far as I know, no airplane has ever been destroyed by a script. Whatever was written on those pages falls under the "IT'S NONE OF YOUR% FUCKING BUSINESS" category. If you don't believe that, then you need to relearn what a "free society" is all about.
So the "surface tension" in the sand is probably due to either friction of grains of sand rubbing together, or gravity. I doubt that it's due to charge (as in water), and I'd put my money on friction.
I wonder what the cause of diminished mental capacity might be?
While I am not aware of the particulars of this case, as a doctor I can state that myelinization of nerve cells inside the brain is what is believed to contribute to increased cognitive ability. Babies are born with roughly the number of neurons (nerve cell) they will have for the rest of their lives, however these neurons are not fully coated in myelin. Myelin increases the efficiency and conductivity of a neuron, and is synthesized by cells surrounding the neuron. However this production takes time - a few years in the case of neurons outside the brain - which explains why babies are also clumsy. Myelinization of the brain itself takes roughly 20 years.
I suspect that this patient isn't producing myelin, among other things, and therefore will never reach her cognitive potential.