My patent lawyer said "Don't read the patents. If you do, then you will face a charge of willful infringement. If you have not read it, the infringement is not willful".
It is highly unlikely that the wording of the patent is relevant to the court case, as none of the jurors will know anything technical, or understand the arguments.
Personally, I want to know why the requirement for "a jury of your peers" does not require the jury to be litterate programmers in the language involved, and with knowledge of the arguments, similarly, accounting fraud does not require the jury to be qualified in accountancy, etc. Patent law requires the patent not to be obvious to "someone sufficiently experienced in the art" - Shirley the jury needs to be so qualified to understand the issues.
Many years ago, far back in time*, the British Minister of Education made the interesting observation that people could be divided into two types: those that could be further divided into sub-types, and those that could not.
This, of course, led directly to the introduction of binary arithmetic in schools (or its being banned, I forget which).
* I remember it as being the same year JFK was assassinated, but I might have been confused by an excess of "Texas School Book Suppository" jokes, and the fact that my mother was programming IBM mainframes in Octal.
Money measures power. The affluent do not want to redistribute their deserved power.
The affluent are affluent because we have structured society that enables them to so be. The roles are made by public consent (that is what democracy means). If the public withdraws its consent, you get what happened in the French Revolution, ISIS and Boko Haram. Angry people supporting mindless violence.
There is a good change it will happen in America if the economic system is not fixed.
The concept of "deserved" in this context is laughable. It is "deserved - according to half-baked rules cooked up by a bunch of clowns, mostly on the take".
Surely it is obvious that the value of things is determined by peoples' perception. And peoples perceptions are mostly determined by the advertising industry.
"Before killing the lawyers, you might want to start on advertising execs" - Shakespeare's spiritual descendants.
Desktop applications that run on Linux are shitty and amateurish, with a UI that looks like it was designed by monkeys randomly pressing keys on a computer keyboard and support that ranges from shit to non-existant.
And that differs from the desktop applications on Windows?
In particular, in my experience, there is a lot more support for Linux than Windows. In fact, I have been using computers since before Windows was invented, and have NEVER managed to get any useful support from MS, ever. (Very good support for OS/2 from IBM though).
I would support long terms of imprisonment for anyone forcing UI changes on users, regardless of OS - Ribbons, Unity, "flat" Androids: They are all aggravation for the sake of aggravation. The pedals and gear stick on my Ford are the same place they were on my 1955 model Ford. If it works, don't #~$% with the UI!
There isn't a huge difference in terms of capabilities and usability between Office 16 and LibreOffice, but the compatibility between the two is quite poor so it's best to pick just one.
If you are working for the Government, then you probably want to choose LibreOffice, because it complies with standards and is not controlled by an overseas commercial interest which you cannot influence.
At least in the places in the US with which I am familiar.
The rest of the world bears no resemblance to the US - particularly not Europe, where the French Revolution has left clear evidence of what happens if you leave most of the population in abject poverty, and then publicly say "I'm all right, Jack".
Trump and his mates may tell you you can avoid problems by telling the general public they are worthless scum, but the evidence is against this being the case.
The rich don't want to do it because they don't want to share.
Either it is different in America, or you have not met many of them.
The rich don't realise that its hard for others to make money, cos its easy for them. They are quite happy to pay the poor to do what they (the rich) want.
"What is the problem" they say "I am happy to pay these guys to do what I want. Why don't they just take the money and be happy?" (Tr: "let them eat cake").
Paying people to sit around and do nothing is dangerous for any society.
Yes.. it created the cultural revolution of the 1960's - here in the UK that meant the Beatles, swinging London, long hair, bright coloured clothes and shirt skirts. (Lady Chatterly's Lover and the Profumo Affair were unrelated to kids on the dole).
Not paying them when they are sitting down doing nothing created the Luddites and the French Revolution.
Pre-historically, people probably stopped drinking milk by age 2.
It is far more likely they continued beyond the age of 5. There were no primary schools in pre-history, and no formula or bottled baby foods. And no prudes (probably).
My local bank has ATMs that support paying in or out. So now there are only three staff in place of 7. They may not look like robocop or sexbots but they have taken the jobs.
Replacement jobs for the former banks staff? "zero hours" agency contract work - where you work no hours, and get no pay, but somehow don't count as unemployed.
A "let them eat cake" policy has been demonstrated to end in tears. Something slightly more inventive is required. The obvious solution: make the robots pay tax maps directly to "tax sales, not income", which the left will fight to (their probable) death, because the left is more concerned about jealousy of the rich than the predicament of the poor. The rich will keep blaming the poor, right up to the moment they are introduced to "Madame la Guillotine".
Me? I plan to live it up - eating cake on my own personal island - just as soon as I win the lottery and become as rich as Richard Branson.
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He has been replaced by the robot - that was the robot speaking!
It is highly unlikely that the wording of the patent is relevant to the court case, as none of the jurors will know anything technical, or understand the arguments.
Personally, I want to know why the requirement for "a jury of your peers" does not require the jury to be litterate programmers in the language involved, and with knowledge of the arguments, similarly, accounting fraud does not require the jury to be qualified in accountancy, etc. Patent law requires the patent not to be obvious to "someone sufficiently experienced in the art" - Shirley the jury needs to be so qualified to understand the issues.
signed: A Cray User.
This, of course, led directly to the introduction of binary arithmetic in schools (or its being banned, I forget which).
* I remember it as being the same year JFK was assassinated, but I might have been confused by an excess of "Texas School Book Suppository" jokes, and the fact that my mother was programming IBM mainframes in Octal.
If your ISP is BT, you can probably get away with 811b. 100 Base T is definitely overkill.
And FSTH (Fibre Strait To Hell) won't get here this century unless BT is somehow involved in a nuclear attack.
Of course it is. Don't you have Twitter where you come from?
The affluent are affluent because we have structured society that enables them to so be. The roles are made by public consent (that is what democracy means). If the public withdraws its consent, you get what happened in the French Revolution, ISIS and Boko Haram. Angry people supporting mindless violence.
There is a good change it will happen in America if the economic system is not fixed. The concept of "deserved" in this context is laughable. It is "deserved - according to half-baked rules cooked up by a bunch of clowns, mostly on the take".
Surely it is obvious that the value of things is determined by peoples' perception. And peoples perceptions are mostly determined by the advertising industry.
"Before killing the lawyers, you might want to start on advertising execs" - Shakespeare's spiritual descendants.
No ... its a business presentation ... the trick is ... there is no point!
And that differs from the desktop applications on Windows?
In particular, in my experience, there is a lot more support for Linux than Windows. In fact, I have been using computers since before Windows was invented, and have NEVER managed to get any useful support from MS, ever. (Very good support for OS/2 from IBM though).
I would support long terms of imprisonment for anyone forcing UI changes on users, regardless of OS - Ribbons, Unity, "flat" Androids: They are all aggravation for the sake of aggravation. The pedals and gear stick on my Ford are the same place they were on my 1955 model Ford. If it works, don't #~$% with the UI!
If you are working for the Government, then you probably want to choose LibreOffice, because it complies with standards and is not controlled by an overseas commercial interest which you cannot influence.
Or, you might be American.
The rest of the world bears no resemblance to the US - particularly not Europe, where the French Revolution has left clear evidence of what happens if you leave most of the population in abject poverty, and then publicly say "I'm all right, Jack".
Trump and his mates may tell you you can avoid problems by telling the general public they are worthless scum, but the evidence is against this being the case.
FTFY
I think my data must be doing that too!
Disclaimer: I am on BT Broadband - its not much faster than a chicken anyway.
Probably not a lot more. Have you driven a truck commercially. Even on motorways, large trucks may only do 4 MPG full laden. In heavy traffic?
Yes, but currently its leading in a race to the bottom
Either it is different in America, or you have not met many of them.
The rich don't realise that its hard for others to make money, cos its easy for them. They are quite happy to pay the poor to do what they (the rich) want.
"What is the problem" they say "I am happy to pay these guys to do what I want. Why don't they just take the money and be happy?" (Tr: "let them eat cake").
Fortunately, Trump has done is best to promote that that this very day!
I have difficulty believing anyone who has experienced our weather would be shocked at the small amount of native fruit and vegetables available.
Yes .. it created the cultural revolution of the 1960's - here in the UK that meant the Beatles, swinging London, long hair, bright coloured clothes and shirt skirts. (Lady Chatterly's Lover and the Profumo Affair were unrelated to kids on the dole).
Not paying them when they are sitting down doing nothing created the Luddites and the French Revolution.
Where did you get the funding for this research?
Can I have some?
It is far more likely they continued beyond the age of 5. There were no primary schools in pre-history, and no formula or bottled baby foods. And no prudes (probably).
Replacement jobs for the former banks staff? "zero hours" agency contract work - where you work no hours, and get no pay, but somehow don't count as unemployed.
A "let them eat cake" policy has been demonstrated to end in tears. Something slightly more inventive is required. The obvious solution: make the robots pay tax maps directly to "tax sales, not income", which the left will fight to (their probable) death, because the left is more concerned about jealousy of the rich than the predicament of the poor. The rich will keep blaming the poor, right up to the moment they are introduced to "Madame la Guillotine".
Me? I plan to live it up - eating cake on my own personal island - just as soon as I win the lottery and become as rich as Richard Branson.
Oh, wait ...
There's also a link between eating red meat and deaths caused by falling from ladders.
In this case it means eating meat causes people to climb ladders.
My Dad always argued that lettuce was fattening. He smoked Cuban cigars and lived to be 93.
OTOH, 75% of statistics can cause you to die young!
Can you provide hard evidence of this? How do you know fast food chains are not wrapping their burgers in carpet? Have you ever tasted fast food?