How do you think the republican party gets votes? The democrats appeal to fuckwads too, you know. It's just that there aren't as many left-wing fuckwads around, because FOX "News", Rush Limblimp, etc. have been minting right-wing fuckwads at such an impressive rate lately.
No doubt. My take on it is this : the intent of the patent system was to protect methods of doing things, not ideas of what to do. The different between patenting the design of a loom, and patenting the idea of a loom is huge. The patent office is at fault for granting these overly broad patents. The government is also at fault for treating patents as a source of revenue. Personally, I don't think this problem will be fixed, or even repaired, in the least. The "broken" patent system gives everyone exactly what it wants, an extortion tool.
The courts decide on the legitimacy of patents now. It costs everyone tons of money, and wastes lots of time. Hauling every inventor, or even worse, every patent in front of the court system will render the "patents encumber progress" argument moot.
The problem being there is no way to tell how old the person who checks the email address is. Since when has government concerned itself with the limitations inherent in the real world ?
Agreed. I run Gentoo on my home computer. It's a great hobbyist distribution, and it is good if you want to build some sort of crazy, custom thing, but I would avoid it in an environment where standardization is desired.
Actually we put that in as a joke. Consider: coherent - clear, easy to understand incoherent - not clear, difficult to understand flammable - COULD BURST INTO FLAMES inflammable - COULD BURST INTO FLAMES
Yes, and so can every other politician. First you get a shit-load of money, then you blow it on advertising, to brainwash people into voting for you. With a few kickbacks, you can get money AND votes. Woo hoo !
In a followup suit against Apple Computer, a Sendo company spokeperson remarked that "Based upon our previous successes, we fully expect to win", appearently in conflict with longstanding advice on the subject.
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And just imagine all the pollution and garbage that's produced with those billion chips!
I don't have to, it's staring me in the face. This is when everyone asks themselves "Exactly who is he referring to ?"
How do you think the republican party gets votes?
The democrats appeal to fuckwads too, you know. It's just that there aren't as many left-wing fuckwads around, because FOX "News", Rush Limblimp, etc. have been minting right-wing fuckwads at such an impressive rate lately.
Correction : ...exactly what it wants should read ...exactly what they want. Sloppy editing on my part, sorry.
No doubt. My take on it is this : the intent of the patent system was to protect methods of doing things, not ideas of what to do. The different between patenting the design of a loom, and patenting the idea of a loom is huge. The patent office is at fault for granting these overly broad patents. The government is also at fault for treating patents as a source of revenue. Personally, I don't think this problem will be fixed, or even repaired, in the least. The "broken" patent system gives everyone exactly what it wants, an extortion tool.
The courts decide on the legitimacy of patents now. It costs everyone tons of money, and wastes lots of time. Hauling every inventor, or even worse, every patent in front of the court system will render the "patents encumber progress" argument moot.
Generic tagline, I thought of it myself though.
kernel_panic() : This is a one way trip ! Aaaaaaa !
The problem being there is no way to tell how old the person who checks the email address is.
Since when has government concerned itself with the limitations inherent in the real world ?
Isn't it decreasing exponentially? (x^3)
Nope, that's geometrically.
Agreed. I run Gentoo on my home computer. It's a great hobbyist distribution, and it is good if you want to build some sort of crazy, custom thing, but I would avoid it in an environment where standardization is desired.
How about a remote syncronization plugin ?
We do that every other day, but it's called Kazaa.
Actually we put that in as a joke. Consider :
coherent - clear, easy to understand
incoherent - not clear, difficult to understand
flammable - COULD BURST INTO FLAMES
inflammable - COULD BURST INTO FLAMES
hahahahahaha
Hahhahaha damn
Actually the computer will come with one big button. Press this button and it will do everything.
...wasted the next 7 hours sitting here waiting for that one big payout
Then reload the save from the previous spin and win again !
This is not funny, this is scary. Even if you meant it as a joke, there are just too many people out there who think this way.
I'm suprised someone hasn't put type-R decals on it by now, just to squeeze out that extra 2% of performance.
Well just wait. I hear the next one is an Earth Simulator Simulator.
Watch as I shove my finger, right up his arse. Woo ! Hey ! Oh, he didn't like that one, no sir-ee.
Or your Hollywood talent, Paul Hogan. May he rest in peace.
HTML mail shouldn't be used, but since people insist on using it, the viewer should...
Actually, I believe that software should punish people for doing stupid things.
Can you think of a better way to get them?
Yes, and so can every other politician. First you get a shit-load of money, then you blow it on advertising, to brainwash people into voting for you. With a few kickbacks, you can get money AND votes. Woo hoo !
Yes, me. Here's that story.
In a followup suit against Apple Computer, a Sendo company spokeperson remarked that "Based upon our previous successes, we fully expect to win", appearently in conflict with longstanding advice on the subject.