If companies don't patent every possible angle of everything then a troll will get that patent and go on the attack. The patent office has lowered the bar to the point that everything and anything is patentable and MUST be patented for self protection. This patent is purely the fault of Congress for ignoring the patent offices downward spiral to economic zombie. Braaaaains! Braaaaaaaaains!
When pranksters use the law to constantly remove Government and media company web sites from the internet for copyright infringement they'll probably start singing a different tune.
I was on a motorcycle trip through the Atlantic Provinces and the RCMP pulled me over and asked, "Are you a member of a criminal motorcycle gang?" "No." "Ok, you can go."
The entire phone system is wrong. Phone companies should be coming to consumers with ever cheaper prices for more bandwidth. Instead they keep finding ways to charge more for less. It is time for people to take control of their data needs and put cities in charge of data infrastructure just as they are for water and sewage. The phone companies could bid to manage cities data infrastructure within the limits set out by the people. This would put people back in control of their own infrastructure and take away the phone companies ability to over charge for service.
The legal doctrine of estoppel says that you can't give a work away freely for decades and then suddenly start charging for it. The rights holders are estopped from enforcing their rights.
Even a suggestion that the state should intervene in it's citizen's choice of food is wrong on so many levels IBM should be chastised just for suggesting it! If IBM or governments for that matter want their citizens to eat healthy foods then they should stop airing advertisements for over salted, under flavored high fat convenience foods. How often do you see ads for fresh fruit or fresh vegetables? You don't because farmers can't afford to advertise.
The Canadian conservative government pulled out of Kyoto not because they hate science but because they don't care. They see money from Alberta tar sands and that is all they can see. If the climate warms, they won't have to go as far south in winter! That is how they view it and they won't change until it's too late. New Orleans will disappear under the waves of the Gulf of Mexico this century and no conservative government, American or Canadian, will take climate change seriously until it does. Even then they will probably try to blame the victims saying New Orleans brought it on itself.
This will be a great way to attract law suits claiming discrimination based on Religion. All they have to do is offer something to people of one religion and not offer it to everyone else.
It's the Taliban's leaders that should be raided! They all watch porn and force their spouses to wear the Burka so no one will find out it's a MAN! You're not gay if everyone thinks you're with a woman.
The software did not cut the accelerator when the brake was depressed if a rug was stuck on the accelerator. The problem was caused by floor mats but it could have been prevented by software.
Deluge them with pictures of yourself with your finger up your nose to protest this surveillance mentality. As a society, do we want our every move recorded? Hoodies became popular with young people because of ubiquitous surveillance so it is safe to say that overall, society does not want to have it's every move recorded.
This is a great tool for the media industry! Anyone who starts taking too much of their market will find there work removed from the web. Of course agreements like this are never abused so it is perfectly reasonable.
Patents are supposed to teach us something we didn't know but this patent is just shuffling data around. Once phones are location aware, it isn't an invention to look up what businesses are at that location and then what related businesses are in the direction of travel. This is an obvious application of the location aware phone invention.
The first shaman who discovered that a certain amount of each of a few herbs could seem to cure various ailments is the inventor here. I'm fairly certain Neanderthal patents have expired by now.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me unless I'm China or India. How long do these countries have to be civilized before they develop enough confidence to withstand an insult? What are we at now, 5,000 years, 8,000 years and they still can't take a few unkind words? Maybe they should think about starting again, from scratch. Scratching in the dirt with a stick, to plant some food that is, right back to the beginning.
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If companies don't patent every possible angle of everything then a troll will get that patent and go on the attack. The patent office has lowered the bar to the point that everything and anything is patentable and MUST be patented for self protection. This patent is purely the fault of Congress for ignoring the patent offices downward spiral to economic zombie. Braaaaains! Braaaaaaaaains!
It might be cheaper to send our garbage to other star systems rather than keep using expensive land to bury it!
When pranksters use the law to constantly remove Government and media company web sites from the internet for copyright infringement they'll probably start singing a different tune.
The Conservatives in Canada might qualify. It's been all down hill for everyone but their friends since they took over.
I was on a motorcycle trip through the Atlantic Provinces and the RCMP pulled me over and asked, "Are you a member of a criminal motorcycle gang?" "No." "Ok, you can go."
The entire phone system is wrong. Phone companies should be coming to consumers with ever cheaper prices for more bandwidth. Instead they keep finding ways to charge more for less. It is time for people to take control of their data needs and put cities in charge of data infrastructure just as they are for water and sewage. The phone companies could bid to manage cities data infrastructure within the limits set out by the people. This would put people back in control of their own infrastructure and take away the phone companies ability to over charge for service.
The legal doctrine of estoppel says that you can't give a work away freely for decades and then suddenly start charging for it. The rights holders are estopped from enforcing their rights.
Even a suggestion that the state should intervene in it's citizen's choice of food is wrong on so many levels IBM should be chastised just for suggesting it! If IBM or governments for that matter want their citizens to eat healthy foods then they should stop airing advertisements for over salted, under flavored high fat convenience foods. How often do you see ads for fresh fruit or fresh vegetables? You don't because farmers can't afford to advertise.
The Canadian conservative government pulled out of Kyoto not because they hate science but because they don't care. They see money from Alberta tar sands and that is all they can see. If the climate warms, they won't have to go as far south in winter! That is how they view it and they won't change until it's too late. New Orleans will disappear under the waves of the Gulf of Mexico this century and no conservative government, American or Canadian, will take climate change seriously until it does. Even then they will probably try to blame the victims saying New Orleans brought it on itself.
This will be a great way to attract law suits claiming discrimination based on Religion. All they have to do is offer something to people of one religion and not offer it to everyone else.
It's the Taliban's leaders that should be raided! They all watch porn and force their spouses to wear the Burka so no one will find out it's a MAN! You're not gay if everyone thinks you're with a woman.
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Since you're using hyperbole why are the reviewers surviving the burning?
The software did not cut the accelerator when the brake was depressed if a rug was stuck on the accelerator. The problem was caused by floor mats but it could have been prevented by software.
Airbus poached engineers from Toyota!
Deluge them with pictures of yourself with your finger up your nose to protest this surveillance mentality. As a society, do we want our every move recorded? Hoodies became popular with young people because of ubiquitous surveillance so it is safe to say that overall, society does not want to have it's every move recorded.
This is a great tool for the media industry! Anyone who starts taking too much of their market will find there work removed from the web. Of course agreements like this are never abused so it is perfectly reasonable.
Mine has stopped working and I need to return it.
Patents are supposed to teach us something we didn't know but this patent is just shuffling data around. Once phones are location aware, it isn't an invention to look up what businesses are at that location and then what related businesses are in the direction of travel. This is an obvious application of the location aware phone invention.
Hey, it's a bear market!
Secure Boot is already broken. A Secure Boot system will give the user the illusion that their machine is safe and they will pay dearly for it.
They are government after all, they have little more intelligence than zombies. Haven't you been to DMV?
The first shaman who discovered that a certain amount of each of a few herbs could seem to cure various ailments is the inventor here. I'm fairly certain Neanderthal patents have expired by now.
Wait till you see the meltdown!
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me unless I'm China or India. How long do these countries have to be civilized before they develop enough confidence to withstand an insult? What are we at now, 5,000 years, 8,000 years and they still can't take a few unkind words? Maybe they should think about starting again, from scratch. Scratching in the dirt with a stick, to plant some food that is, right back to the beginning.