The Biotech companies have been holding up too much valuable research by grabbing and keeping what is basically "open source"..
IANAL but i think this ruling cannot be (unfortunately) applied retroactively.. meaning that what has already been patented ("squatted on" to continue with the real estate theme) still belongs to the biotechs..
however there are ways to "encourage" these companies to allow research on them.. it has happened before where a Corporations patent application / FDA application / whatever has been held up in red tape until they "voluntarily" complied with the regulations that may not totally apply to them..
ahh the advances in technology.. we used to play Battleship for free...
Paper torn from note boook : $0
Chewed up pencil : $0
Yelling co-ordinates to your opponent : $0
Re:Is that kind of like "Hire a Hermit?"
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a (rich) couple in britain actually put an ad to hire a hermit in november.. one of the articles about it is here
Suchetha
All very good i'm sure
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But if you *really* want to help out.. why not get in touch with some of the organisations that rebuild old computers to ship them to developing countries (with Linux as the running OS)..
i belive techsoup.org has a list of organisations near you
at the risk of sounding like a troll.. i will say this.. i have nothing, absolutely nothing against studying anime... i study it too (and not just the tentacle rape scenes)... i just believe that you don't need to go to class for this..
there are enough geeks out there who you can get with and learn (like one of the people who replied to this thread said.. "join the college anime club".. even if you don't have one.. SOMEONE is bound to have anime... watch it with your friends.. sit and discuss over a couple of beers.. if you want to get a background on how other people/cultures see it.. watch it with a japanese exchange student and discuss it with him.. get some foreign students (hell _i_ was a foreign student who was turned from mild anime fan to rabid anime freak by my american friends in college) and watch it with them.. THAT will give you a better view than a class will.. not to mention increase your social life
Cost of anime videos : $20
Cost of beer : $20
Cost of pizza : $30
Introducing someone to the joy of anime : Priceless
compare that with spending $800 to sit in a class for a structured lesson.. which would YOU pick?
we have had courses in Star Trek, Star Wars, Wine Appreciation and whatever.. but the point is here.. what will this mean for your future..
i am not arguing that people need not be given a grounding in the arts, far from it.. but lets face it folks, this is POP ART.. i doubt that other than the history of anime, this "course" can teach you anything that you and your friends can't learn by just sitting in front of the tube for a few brews and talking about it..
the point i am trying to make is that there is a LOT of art history out there.. stuff that people take for granted.. stuff that people don't BOTHER to learn...
Colleges are offering this kind of course to make you pay for a course that will not mean anything on your transcript (unless you are going into the anime field) and is nothing but grade padding.. in the same vein you may as well take a course in Britney Spears
don't get me wrong.. i am a big fan of anime.. its just that i think that a college course on it, while cool, would be a waste of money (yours/your parents/your state's) and time that could be better spent (on girls/brews/parties)...
i used to be a radio DJ in Sri Lanka (TNL Radio) and i think that XM MAY be a good idea IF they can please people.. by offering 100 channels (like on cable) they are trying to hit the niche markets.. and i think that the niche markets may buy into it.. if only for a while.. people started to buy cable so that they could get stuff they couldn't get in the "regular" channels and now cable has a niche channel for everyone.. but radio is a little different.. like they say in the article "the commercial FM dial has been essentially reduced to six musical formats: Pop/rock, hip-hop, country, classical, Spanish-language and variations on the theme of "adult contemporary," "... lets face it the channels have been split into that because that is what's popular.. sure XM may allow people to listen to Inuit whaling songs or Apache chants.. but will there be a market for them? or will they just all deteriorate into variations on the 6 standard themes?.. with the RIAA not giving publicity to "non standard" artists and also will they actually have a chance to show up on these channels? i am not sure how good this guy panero is.. but i have had to geal with his fallout.. even here in Sri Lanka we had TNL, a station with a great reputation as a rock station, go downhill into britney spears-esque pop.. the owner decided there was more of a market for it.. (what could we do.. his car, his petrol)... but we lost a lot of fans.. and a lot of us (me included) walked off.. now i listen to stuff i download off the net..
i guess the point i am trying to make is this.. human nature being what it is.. XM will start off with a bang.. but soon deteriorate into yet another generic music station.. sure they won't have any advertising.. and maybe the choice will be marginally better.. but do you REALLY want to pay $150 + $9.99 per month to hear the Butts Treat Boys?.. remember MTV? and how they had to launch M2 so that people would play them for what they WERE supposed to deliver.. namely music?
Yes its a blatant troll.. but imagine if some terrorist organisation manages to get control of the satellite and bring it down on... say.. the white house (news.yahoo.com)... or maybe some *AA headquarters... or maybe... redmond...
*blink* *blink* DAMMIT!! where was osama's fone number again...
Genesis 2:21-22
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Therefore, Eve was created from the same genetic material (except for a chromosome change [23rd pair???]) as Adam. Eve was technically a clone, with some minor GM work.
So if we go with the idea that there was NO distinct change in the two DNA structures, we are basically the product of some hardcore (technically speaking) incest.
Yet another reason why you really can't look at the bible in a scientific context.
Suchetha
Spoofing himself and his ego
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Dear Mr. Shatner,
As you probably know, most of the world considers you somewhat of an egomaniac. You yourself have portrayed yourself as one in a (webtv?) advertisement, and in the movie "Free Enterprise." How do YOU see yourself? Looking back at your life do you think there is any basis for these beliefs?
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The Biotech companies have been holding up too much valuable research by grabbing and keeping what is basically "open source"..
IANAL but i think this ruling cannot be (unfortunately) applied retroactively.. meaning that what has already been patented ("squatted on" to continue with the real estate theme) still belongs to the biotechs..
however there are ways to "encourage" these companies to allow research on them.. it has happened before where a Corporations patent application / FDA application / whatever has been held up in red tape until they "voluntarily" complied with the regulations that may not totally apply to them..
Suchetha
... You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.. we must be cautious"
But hell, no matter what i gotta give him props what must be one of the greatest space fantasies i have seen (episodes iv - vi anyway)
Suchetha
ahh the advances in technology.. we used to play Battleship for free...
Paper torn from note boook : $0
Chewed up pencil : $0
Yelling co-ordinates to your opponent : $0
Ruling the Seas during detention : Priceless
Suchetha
<and we didnt have 802.11b destroyers either>
a (rich) couple in britain actually put an ad to hire a hermit in november.. one of the articles about it is here
Suchetha
But if you *really* want to help out.. why not get in touch with some of the organisations that rebuild old computers to ship them to developing countries (with Linux as the running OS)..
i belive techsoup.org has a list of organisations near you
Suchetha
there are enough geeks out there who you can get with and learn (like one of the people who replied to this thread said
compare that with spending $800 to sit in a class for a structured lesson.. which would YOU pick?
Suchetha
we have had courses in Star Trek, Star Wars, Wine Appreciation and whatever.. but the point is here.. what will this mean for your future..
.. i am a big fan of anime.. its just that i think that a college course on it, while cool, would be a waste of money (yours/your parents/your state's) and time that could be better spent (on girls/brews/parties)...
i am not arguing that people need not be given a grounding in the arts, far from it.. but lets face it folks, this is POP ART.. i doubt that other than the history of anime, this "course" can teach you anything that you and your friends can't learn by just sitting in front of the tube for a few brews and talking about it..
the point i am trying to make is that there is a LOT of art history out there.. stuff that people take for granted.. stuff that people don't BOTHER to learn...
Colleges are offering this kind of course to make you pay for a course that will not mean anything on your transcript (unless you are going into the anime field) and is nothing but grade padding.. in the same vein you may as well take a course in Britney Spears
don't get me wrong
Suchetha
better the known devil than the unknown angel
according to the article "piracy ..... inflicts "almost incalculable losses" on copyright owners."
Correct me if i am wrong
Now according to maths almost any number is calculable. The only ones that cannot are ones that are infinitely large or infinitely small...
if the losses to the industry were infinitely large there would be no industry at all.. therefore.. the losses should be infinitely small..
Suchetha
<i think therefore i think i am>
i used to be a radio DJ in Sri Lanka (TNL Radio) and i think that XM MAY be a good idea IF they can please people.. by offering 100 channels (like on cable) they are trying to hit the niche markets.. and i think that the niche markets may buy into it.. if only for a while.. people started to buy cable so that they could get stuff they couldn't get in the "regular" channels and now cable has a niche channel for everyone.. but radio is a little different.. like they say in the article "the commercial FM dial has been essentially reduced to six musical formats: Pop/rock, hip-hop, country, classical, Spanish-language and variations on the theme of "adult contemporary," "... lets face it the channels have been split into that because that is what's popular.. sure XM may allow people to listen to Inuit whaling songs or Apache chants.. but will there be a market for them? or will they just all deteriorate into variations on the 6 standard themes?.. with the RIAA not giving publicity to "non standard" artists and also will they actually have a chance to show up on these channels? i am not sure how good this guy panero is.. but i have had to geal with his fallout.. even here in Sri Lanka we had TNL, a station with a great reputation as a rock station, go downhill into britney spears-esque pop.. the owner decided there was more of a market for it.. (what could we do.. his car, his petrol)... but we lost a lot of fans.. and a lot of us (me included) walked off.. now i listen to stuff i download off the net..
i guess the point i am trying to make is this.. human nature being what it is.. XM will start off with a bang.. but soon deteriorate into yet another generic music station.. sure they won't have any advertising.. and maybe the choice will be marginally better.. but do you REALLY want to pay $150 + $9.99 per month to hear the Butts Treat Boys?.. remember MTV? and how they had to launch M2 so that people would play them for what they WERE supposed to deliver.. namely music?
would you like some toast?
Yes its a blatant troll.. but imagine if some terrorist organisation manages to get control of the satellite and bring it down on ... say.. the white house (news.yahoo.com)... or maybe some *AA headquarters... or maybe... redmond...
*blink* *blink*
DAMMIT!! where was osama's fone number again...
the Sewer Alligators? [IMDB]
Well there was the Chinese Dragon chip. No DRM/Palladium, but it won't let you access google.
Therefore, Eve was created from the same genetic material (except for a chromosome change [23rd pair???]) as Adam. Eve was technically a clone, with some minor GM work.
So if we go with the idea that there was NO distinct change in the two DNA structures, we are basically the product of some hardcore (technically speaking) incest.
Yet another reason why you really can't look at the bible in a scientific context.
Suchetha
Dear Mr. Shatner, As you probably know, most of the world considers you somewhat of an egomaniac. You yourself have portrayed yourself as one in a (webtv?) advertisement, and in the movie "Free Enterprise." How do YOU see yourself? Looking back at your life do you think there is any basis for these beliefs?
nuff sedd
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ok, so i'm a n00b
And when the Taiwanese come up with their version of it called "Tiger" it's gonna be "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"