That's already built in to the patent system, to an extent, in that the patent office can call on industry experts in order to help review a patent.
Any board etc is open to manipulation. Imagine, for example, MS getting onto -- or lobbying -- the board that reviews software patents. Imagine how well that would work.
Two things that would fix this mess: (a) reduce patent life to, say, 5 years. That is enough time to hold a monoploy. (b) do away with incremental patents. Every patent should stand on its own merits.
This old chestnut keeps raising its head: Look at the Italians/Greeks/whatever. They have long lives. It must be the alcohol.... or maybe it's the olive oil... or fresh tomatos.... or yogurt...
Truth is that people's lives are a combination of so many factors that singling out one factor is pretty pointless.
The quality of scent trails depends on many factors including temperature, moisture and the terrain. Having been pig hunting with dogs, I've seen them being able to pick up a scent trail that was days old and only an hour or so later they could not track where a pig had walked only minutes ago. The first trail was in long grass and had been left in the morning with dew on the grass. The second was in the middle of the day over open ground.
Quite. The developers should look at this as money that they'd otherwise not have got. That someone else made more money at the same time is largely irrelevant.
Venture capital solicitation: just change the buzzwords.
Yeah, I know superconductors have found a few uses in a few niche fields, but I remember very clearly how we were told that superconductivity would change all our lives... and that was almost 20 years ago.
I don't hate MS... I just hate what they do and the way they do it.
I was veryu pro-MS when they were the little guys trying to make computing more accessable to Joe Blow (and the big *nix companies were the bastards). But once they got to be top dog they just got very nasty.
The worst part of this is that there is such juingoism about "America, land of the free". Thus, when people's rights are being trampled they don't realise it and continue to delude themselves. "Nope, we're in America, land of the free, so it is impossible!"; "Soldiers are dying to keep us free.".
Similar delusions make it hard for people to acknowledge censorship etc.
I once lived in an openly oppressive regime, sure your rights got trampled, and there was severe censorship but at least you didn't live in a fool's paradise.
Many scientific organisations came into being due to cold war era military etc funded exercises which were justified by political goals. Why should things be expected to change now?
Those corporate users that were dumb enough to fall for phishing had bad passwords. No suprises there. People prone to fishing are probably less securtity concious.
Are myspace users really more security consious? Or are the typical demographics those people who tend to use oddball non-English words and text phrases that end up being "good passwords". yourmom69
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kettle, pot, black
Yes, I know that Zune's wifi isn't real, but "has wireless" is a checkbox that ipod cannot currently check.
Buy two books. Wait 15 minutes? This won't fly.
Any board etc is open to manipulation. Imagine, for example, MS getting onto -- or lobbying -- the board that reviews software patents. Imagine how well that would work.
Two things that would fix this mess: (a) reduce patent life to, say, 5 years. That is enough time to hold a monoploy. (b) do away with incremental patents. Every patent should stand on its own merits.
Truth is that people's lives are a combination of so many factors that singling out one factor is pretty pointless.
Lest we give all the glory to other species.
If there is more than a snowball's chance in hell then the judge has to give them a chance.
dupe!
Happy->less run-down->less prone to lurgies. Such chains are well understood.
that if you lose a tennis game you do a John McEnroe and throw the tennis raquet on the ground.
The quality of scent trails depends on many factors including temperature, moisture and the terrain. Having been pig hunting with dogs, I've seen them being able to pick up a scent trail that was days old and only an hour or so later they could not track where a pig had walked only minutes ago. The first trail was in long grass and had been left in the morning with dew on the grass. The second was in the middle of the day over open ground.
The editors could run this tool just on /. to check for dupes!
Otherwise you get screwed, and not in bed, and you end up doing all the chores!
It's sweet to turn the tables!
it is also identity theft.
You'd probably get pissed if someone tried to force their ideology down your throat so why should you force yours on others?
As any of the Reg hacks would openly tell you, they are very seldom in their offices and prefer to spend time down at the pub.
Quite. The developers should look at this as money that they'd otherwise not have got. That someone else made more money at the same time is largely irrelevant.
A huge problem with any of these correlation studies is determining, accurately, which way the cause->effect relationship runs.
he could make more money on the internet.
Yeah, I know superconductors have found a few uses in a few niche fields, but I remember very clearly how we were told that superconductivity would change all our lives... and that was almost 20 years ago.
I was veryu pro-MS when they were the little guys trying to make computing more accessable to Joe Blow (and the big *nix companies were the bastards). But once they got to be top dog they just got very nasty.
Similar delusions make it hard for people to acknowledge censorship etc.
I once lived in an openly oppressive regime, sure your rights got trampled, and there was severe censorship but at least you didn't live in a fool's paradise.
Many scientific organisations came into being due to cold war era military etc funded exercises which were justified by political goals. Why should things be expected to change now?
Are myspace users really more security consious? Or are the typical demographics those people who tend to use oddball non-English words and text phrases that end up being "good passwords". yourmom69