Most patent specialists advise their clients to NOT look at the patent office stuff for this reason alone.
You must be on crack.
R&D companies check patents in order not to waste money and effort researching things that are already patented, or seeking new angles on their research that would allow them to apply for patents anyway.
A LOT of other companies, when they have an itch to scratch, check patents looking for solutions. If you find one, there's a fairly good chance it is already on the public domain (17 years go by real fast), and even if it is not, it's usually a lot cheaper to find the inventor and license his idea than it is to research a solution by yourself.
Apparently, in your world, a research company applies to patent the wheel, and when called on it responds with a "i didn't know it was invented, see, my lawyer told me not to look at the patents office archives". But here on Earth it's a little bit different.
But the question was sort of trollish. For example, imagine I ask you: "What would you do if, hypotetically, you were discovered by your wife while you sexually abused your three years old daughter?".
My point is, sometimes a question deserves a response, not an answer. I'm quite sure the Pope felt that way about Sagan's question. That is, if the anecdote is real; the whole Sagan-Pope-Dalai Lama reeks of urban legend. Would it be too much trouble to ask for a quote?
It could be improved though--main problem I've noticed is panning around to look while keeping moving. Doing so requires the mouse right-click and pan, but then when I need to select something I have to stop looking. What I'd really like is some sort of foot pedal/pad/ball for one of my feet that controls where my character is looking.
I was going to mod you Funny, but then I thought "hey, maybe he's serious", and I thought about modding you "Sad". Since I have no way of knowing whether you're serious or not, I cannot in good conscience mod you.
My comment was kinda tongue-in-cheek (guess I should have made that clearer), but there's a kernel of truth there, and I think I can summarize in two points:
1. Ungroomed hair and beard = Unhygienic; maybe not in the strictest sense, but at an emotional level. 2. I have been close to RMS a couple of times and... well, I don't want to descend to kindergarden level rethorics, but I have to say that he kinda... well... smells. Just my percepction and based only on two data points, but hey, that's the data I've got to form an opinion.
For the record, I do wear a full beard on ocasion (maybe 4 months a year). I don't usually trim it, but I do wash and shampoo it. I wore a goatee for a couple of days, but the evil vibe was too strong and i had to let it go;)
FTFA: The FSF France wrote to the French Prime minister two weeks ago so that he might receive Richard Stallman, founding president of the Free Software Foundation, before making any decision on the DADVSI bill. Richard Stallman was to be present in Paris at the beginning of June 2006 for various public actions against DRM and the DADVSI bill. The FSF France received no answer (neither negative nor positive) from the Prime Minister.
Having failed to get an appointment with the Prime Minister, Richard Stallman decided to go to Matignon (the official residence of the French Prime minister) on Friday, June 9th at 3:30 pm, with the printed list of the 165 000 signatures of EUCD.INFO petition and to try to be received by the Prime Minister and to deliver the EUCD.INFO petition (printed on a 17 meters long banner).
The delegation led by Richard Stallman was courteously but firmly pushed back by Matignon's Chief of Security who stated that : the decision not to receive Richard Stallman was made after mature reflexion .
But since Google is a corporation, and therefore evil, then lying is perfectly on character. So, they shouldn't get flamed; on the contrary, I think they deserve a nice XP bonus, don't you?
You are SERIOUSLY overestimating both the intelligence of the average screener and Mr. Harper's public visibility. We're on Slashdot; lots of privacy geeks here, and I'm sure not 0.1 percent of us knew who Jim Harper was (not to mention that the DHS has a privacy commitee). I know I didn't know him.
Now, remember this story?. If the kind of conspiracy you are expounding were true, don't you think it would have been a lot easier to ID Senator Ted Kennedy than freakin' Jim "Nobody you'd know" Harper?
I happen to agree with you on the sex vs. murder issue. I also happen to not expect the whole world to conform to my views.
Still, you haven't told me why you think that Rockstar was justified in hiding content from the ESRB. Yo do, don't you? Because that's what we're discussing.
But that's your choice. Other people will have different uses and standards, stupid as they may seem to you (and stupid as yours may seem to them). The obvious solution is to give everyone good information and let each person make their own choices based on that information.
Rockstar polluted the system by feeding it false info. Hopefully, they won't do it again. That's a Good Thing.
If you think the US is going to war with a country that has nuclear weapons you are fooling yourself. For the last 50 years or so, the US military has behaved more like a bully than a warrior, if you catch my drift.
Well, it's not exactly "News for Nerds", if you catch my drift. And a lot of the "us vs. them", "look, the brown people want to rape our women and take our grain" rethoric seems a little FUDish, not to mention the unreferenced statistics.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I readily admit you might be right, but such a rant just struck me as funny when followed by your sig. Maybe my sense of humor is weird.
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Thanks a lot. Now I have images of Darl McBride and Ken lay naked and rubbing hot grits on each other.
I officially hate you now.
Imagine Boyer-Moore being patented.
Forget Boyer-Moore. Imagine the bubble sort being patented. Or the "While... Do" structure. I mean, it's a "method", right?
Most patent specialists advise their clients to NOT look at the patent office stuff for this reason alone.
You must be on crack.
R&D companies check patents in order not to waste money and effort researching things that are already patented, or seeking new angles on their research that would allow them to apply for patents anyway.
A LOT of other companies, when they have an itch to scratch, check patents looking for solutions. If you find one, there's a fairly good chance it is already on the public domain (17 years go by real fast), and even if it is not, it's usually a lot cheaper to find the inventor and license his idea than it is to research a solution by yourself.
Apparently, in your world, a research company applies to patent the wheel, and when called on it responds with a "i didn't know it was invented, see, my lawyer told me not to look at the patents office archives". But here on Earth it's a little bit different.
You didn't actually read what GP said.
Here: I just hope they allow eventually you to roll your own rulebooks with the elements of individual PDFs. That would be especially handy.
Translation: I wish they'd allow me to cut and paste parts and pieces of the PDFs to create my own rules compilations. Trah would be especially handy.
You're welcome.
But the question was sort of trollish. For example, imagine I ask you: "What would you do if, hypotetically, you were discovered by your wife while you sexually abused your three years old daughter?".
My point is, sometimes a question deserves a response, not an answer. I'm quite sure the Pope felt that way about Sagan's question. That is, if the anecdote is real; the whole Sagan-Pope-Dalai Lama reeks of urban legend. Would it be too much trouble to ask for a quote?
What's embarassing is that you got modded Interesting. It looks like there's a market out there for your product, man.
*Looks at his girlfriend's assortment of bodily orifices*
*Looks at his penis*
Fuck ! (oh, yeah)
It could be improved though--main problem I've noticed is panning around to look while keeping moving. Doing so requires the mouse right-click and pan, but then when I need to select something I have to stop looking. What I'd really like is some sort of foot pedal/pad/ball for one of my feet that controls where my character is looking.
I was going to mod you Funny, but then I thought "hey, maybe he's serious", and I thought about modding you "Sad". Since I have no way of knowing whether you're serious or not, I cannot in good conscience mod you.
Plus, I have no mod points right now.
My comment was kinda tongue-in-cheek (guess I should have made that clearer), but there's a kernel of truth there, and I think I can summarize in two points:
;)
1. Ungroomed hair and beard = Unhygienic; maybe not in the strictest sense, but at an emotional level.
2. I have been close to RMS a couple of times and... well, I don't want to descend to kindergarden level rethorics, but I have to say that he kinda... well... smells. Just my percepction and based only on two data points, but hey, that's the data I've got to form an opinion.
For the record, I do wear a full beard on ocasion (maybe 4 months a year). I don't usually trim it, but I do wash and shampoo it. I wore a goatee for a couple of days, but the evil vibe was too strong and i had to let it go
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say it's not a matter of attire. It's one of hygiene.
FTFA:
The FSF France wrote to the French Prime minister two weeks ago so that he might receive Richard Stallman, founding president of the Free Software Foundation, before making any decision on the DADVSI bill. Richard Stallman was to be present in Paris at the beginning of June 2006 for various public actions against DRM and the DADVSI bill. The FSF France received no answer (neither negative nor positive) from the Prime Minister.
Having failed to get an appointment with the Prime Minister, Richard Stallman decided to go to Matignon (the official residence of the French Prime minister) on Friday, June 9th at 3:30 pm, with the printed list of the 165 000 signatures of EUCD.INFO petition and to try to be received by the Prime Minister and to deliver the EUCD.INFO petition (printed on a 17 meters long banner).
The delegation led by Richard Stallman was courteously but firmly pushed back by Matignon's Chief of Security who stated that : the decision not to receive Richard Stallman was made after mature reflexion .
Nothing to see here. Move along.
No, no you won't.
Your Boss.
But since Google is a corporation, and therefore evil, then lying is perfectly on character. So, they shouldn't get flamed; on the contrary, I think they deserve a nice XP bonus, don't you?
Wrong war. You're thinking of the war on Iraq; GP is taking about that stupid "War on Terror".
well you say we are at war... but I remember the war ending
You will never remember that. This war is designed to never end.
You are SERIOUSLY overestimating both the intelligence of the average screener and Mr. Harper's public visibility. We're on Slashdot; lots of privacy geeks here, and I'm sure not 0.1 percent of us knew who Jim Harper was (not to mention that the DHS has a privacy commitee). I know I didn't know him.
Now, remember this story?. If the kind of conspiracy you are expounding were true, don't you think it would have been a lot easier to ID Senator Ted Kennedy than freakin' Jim "Nobody you'd know" Harper?
How many terrorist attacks on airplanes have we had since September 11? What, the shoe bomber? That's a sample size of 1.
:)
And he wasn't arabic. I just thought I'd mention that
So... this is like... astroturfing right?
:)
(Great reply by the way... you owe me a new keyboard, or at least a somewhat absorbent rag and a mouthful of coffee)
concern citizen from Softer Gentler Linux community
I'd never heard of this movement. Who is your spokesman, RMS?
Anyway, I find your ideas, yada yada yada, newsletter.
I happen to agree with you on the sex vs. murder issue. I also happen to not expect the whole world to conform to my views.
Still, you haven't told me why you think that Rockstar was justified in hiding content from the ESRB. Yo do, don't you? Because that's what we're discussing.
But that's your choice. Other people will have different uses and standards, stupid as they may seem to you (and stupid as yours may seem to them). The obvious solution is to give everyone good information and let each person make their own choices based on that information.
Rockstar polluted the system by feeding it false info. Hopefully, they won't do it again. That's a Good Thing.
And it was uphill both ways, I'd wager. Yeah, even when the airplane was landing, it did it uphill.
If you think the US is going to war with a country that has nuclear weapons you are fooling yourself. For the last 50 years or so, the US military has behaved more like a bully than a warrior, if you catch my drift.
What, you mean you didn't read the disclaimer? That's not a hyphen between his post and his sig, you know...
And based on your number, you should be quoting Abe, not Homer, gramps...
Well, it's not exactly "News for Nerds", if you catch my drift. And a lot of the "us vs. them", "look, the brown people want to rape our women and take our grain" rethoric seems a little FUDish, not to mention the unreferenced statistics.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I readily admit you might be right, but such a rant just struck me as funny when followed by your sig. Maybe my sense of humor is weird.