You seriously don't think people would pay more for a week-long cure than for a week's worth of "treatment-in-perpetuity?"
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The "cure for cancer" is just the beginning - at that point you can begin to think seriously about directing research towards the anti-aging drugs, the rejuvenation techniques, that have been stuff of epic myth, science fiction and fantasy since the beginnings of human history.
it is actually illegal for pharmacists to offer generic substitutions to Sarafem prescriptions, despite there being tons of cheap generic alternatives of the same exact compound.
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It would be at the very least - unethical - for a pharmacist to dispense a substitute for any drug without your doctor's consent.
The patent protection on Prozac/Serafem prescribed for PMS expired in 2007.
Can you renew a patent after it expires?
No, you can't renew a patent after it expires. However, patents may be extended by a special act of Congress and under certain circumstances certain pharmaceutical patents may be extended to make up the time lost during the Food and Drug Administration's approval process. After the patent expires, the inventor loses exclusive rights to the invention.whenwherehowwhy
Term limits are the most idiotic idea conceived by the mind of man:
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It transfers power to the lobbyist, to the permanent unelected bureaucracy in the executive and legislative branches.
The staffer with twenty-five years of experience in legislation.
Maybe we can rid ourselves of some of the imbeded morons who lose touch with real people, real life, and force them to get a real job and not expect us to support them for the rest of their lives.
The notion that political office is not a "real" job is at least as old as Plato. The truth of it is that governing a population of 300 million is not a game for amateurs.
I prefer to call it data rather than IP. It draws attention to the fundamental nature of the product. .
It draws attention away from the true nature of the product.
WALL-E does not begin as a pre-existing stream of numbers but as the collective effort of about 400 artists and craftsman working on a budget of $180 million dollars.
That does not happen - that never happens - unless the studio and its financial backers see a reasonable expectation of profit.
I bet this is going to get advertised as another law to "save the US economy". .
Of course it will.
The entertainment industry is worth billions in export dollars. It is clean industry, skilled labor - and it is a huge presence in states like California, New York and Florida.
Silly me. I thought you had to be proven guilty, at least in the USA. .
In a civil case "guilt" or "innocence" has no meaning. The issues are defined simply in terms of personal and financial responsibility under the law - and a case ends in a "finding" for the plaintiff or the defendant based on the weight of the evidence.
Have you noticed the borg icon that's used for MS stories? .
Yes I have. That and the stained glass window. But divorcement from reality is not a healthy sign for a tech site:
Sept 22 - Earlier today, Microsoft Corp. joined only five other nonfinancial corporate debt issuers to be assigned a 'AAA' rating by Standard & Poor's. This is also the first new 'AAA' in 10 years.
Microsoft appears to be bucking an almost three-decade trend that has shown U.S. industrials' movement away from 'AAA's--and from higher ratings in general.
In addition to Automatic Data Processing, Exxon Mobil Corp. , General Electric Co., Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer Inc., and now Microsoft all carry a 'AAA' rating.
Against this background, assigning a 'AAA' to Microsoft is a rare development in U.S. credit history, and represents an unusual combination of qualities that are shared by few other companies. In addition to the size and scope of its operation, its dominant competitive position, and its strong growth capability, Microsoft has also maintained a level of financial conservatism that reflects very limited credit risk. However, Microsoft and the few other 'AAA' companies are likely to be part of an increasingly smaller group due to the expected ongoing trend toward reduced credit quality. Considering the move to higher-risk financial strategies by issuers, it's not likely that there will be any additional 'AAA's anytime soon.
S&P on Microsoft
Microsoft closes the week with a big win in court:
Another game that suffered was the Monkey Island series, I & II where great epic games, III was a complete revamp with pretty cartoon gfx and the game sucked harder that Monica Lewinsky .
Monkey Island II I choose to forget.
There is something decidedly mean-spirited about the changes in Guybrush - and the game's "it was all a dream" ending.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Curse of Monkey Island and return to it every now and again.
No modtools? That's a shame. Modtools really extend the life of a game- in fact, I'd say they probably extend the life of a game more than anything else .
I don't recall mod tools shipping with Fallout 1 or 2 - and the series has remained in print since 1997.
Maybe they'll need to find new jobs when they age? Its how the rest of society copes with the fact that they can't do the jobs they did when they were younger. .
Gordon Lightfoot is a national treasure.
It would be a criminal waste of resources to discard such a talent simply because he can no longer meet the physical demands the geek would impose on him.
If you write software for people who are computer illiterate (which happens a lot in my field. i write software for veterinarians), they'll click on anything and do everything, no matter the consequences. *I* do both the programming AND support as we're a company of about 5 people. I can't be dealing with people who are idiots. .
Then you need to find another line of work.
Because your clients aren't paying for the services of a one-man-band.
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If what the user clicks on "seems to make sense" then - just maybe - what they click on should make sense.
The article actually says that they created fake "Application Error" dialogs with various numbers of "fake" aspects. e.g. The cursor turning to a hand over the "Ok" button, reverse colored text, browser borders, etc. Basically, stuff that should have made it obvious that these were malware windows .
Explain to me how changing a cursor to another familiar style of pointer becomes an "obvious" sign of malware.
Your browser is behaving bizarrely. An "application error" dialog pops-up. Now that is a surprise. Tell me why you shouldn't believe it is authentic?
Just ask the disembodied computer-hosted soul of Walt Disney. .
Disney copyrights its unique interpretation of the story. In all media would you care to guess how many alternative versions exist of:
Snow White
Pinocchio
The Wind in the Willows
The Legend of Ichabod Crane
Peter Pan
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
The Jungle Book
Robin Hood
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
Not to mention 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Treasure Island and Zorro.
The geek whines on endlessly about Disney's copyrights. If you are Rogers & Hammerstein or the puppeteer Jim Henson you make the stories your own.
Net Applications tracks users on the web not corporate licenses. OEM Vista is almost exclusively Vista Premium with 64bit Vista becoming increasing visible even at Walmart. HP Pavililion
This is a real intrusion on territory claimed by the Mac.
Millions of people fly on airplanes every year, yet every year only a handful try something stupid. This is security theater at its finest. .
Millions of people may pass through an airport each year.
That doesn't mean that millions of people have direct access to the tarmac.
There is no reason why behavioral analysis shouldn't be useful and effective in places where there are few legitimate reasons why you should be there at all.
Proprietary software is going downhill. Just about every major software vendor that remains proprietary is losing marketshare and money. .
I wonder.
Microsoft seems to be weathering the financial storms rather well - and there are others which come to mind.
With investors fleeing from the corporate bond market, this seems an odd time for Microsoft to be borrowing money, but the software maker is planning to do just that, taking advantage of its status as one of the tech sector's bluest blue chips.
The Microsoft announcement had some interesting elements, including the news that it would seek to raise funds in the debt market. The company does not currently have any bonds outstanding.
Crowell, Weedon analyst James D. Ragan said that although Microsoft has plenty of cash and doesn't need to tap the debt markets, it may be able to borrow at lower rates than the interest it earns. Also, Ragan said, Microsoft may be ensuring the debt authority is in place for the future but may not plan on using it immediately. "It will be interesting to see how much of the debt they really use."
On Monday, rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's put triple-A gradings on Microsoft's credit. That top-level rating means that Microsoft can borrow money at lower interest rates than most other companies. "The company's strong credit quality coupled with investors' current appetite for high-quality paper provides a unique opportunity for the company to establish its first-ever commercial paper program and enhance its capital structure," said George Zinn, treasurer of Microsoft.Microsoft Shows Its Financial Muscle
There's no jurisdiction for a school to be regulating speech outside the school. .
In the U.S. there is a strong historical tradition of "in loco parentis."
The American public school is generally under the control of a democratically elected school board
---if a school exercises parental discretion and authority outside the classroom it is because the community it serves has explicitly given it that power.
More prominent change came in the 1960s and 1970s in such cases as Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), when the Supreme Court decided that "conduct by the student, in class or out of it, which for any reason - whether it stems from time, place, or type of behavior - materially disrupts classwork or involves substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others is, of course, not immunized by the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech." Justice Clarence Thomas argued that Tinker's ruling contradicted "the traditional understanding of the judiciary's role in relation to public schooling," and ignored the history of public education. He believed the judiciary's role to determine whether students have freedom of expression was limited by in loco parentis. He cited Lander v. Seaver (1986) which held that in loco parentis allowed schools to punish student expression that the school or teacher believed contradicted the school's interests and educational goals.In loco parentis
Riiiight. Because nobody who has had a picture taken holding a can of beer could possibly benefit from a higher education, or be a net positive for society. .
The problem isn't that you are holding a single can of beer.
The problem is that you are totally sloshed and barely able to stand.
The problem is that you are an exhibitionist drunk - lewd and obnoxious. The problem is that this isn't your first such performance on YouTube.
Slashdot Mirror
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The OLPC's target audience was the third-world education minister - a market an inch wide and a mile deep.
The product was a laptop tied to a constructivist philosophy of education straight out of the western media lab.
Fundamentally the old idea of the teacher-proof classroom - spruced up a bit with a light FOSS shine.
The UI and applications were distant from what a child would see in the higher grades or outside the classroom.
That becomes a problem for the minister trying to give his kids a boost-up into secondary education or vocational training.
The Intel Classmate is a business-like "non-sectarian" laptop for the education market and that is its appeal.
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nothing - so long as the script allows the substitution - and you or your HMO are paying the generic price.
but it is not a pharmacist's job to second-guess your doctor.
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The "cure for cancer" is just the beginning - at that point you can begin to think seriously about directing research towards the anti-aging drugs, the rejuvenation techniques, that have been stuff of epic myth, science fiction and fantasy since the beginnings of human history.
.
It would be at the very least - unethical - for a pharmacist to dispense a substitute for any drug without your doctor's consent.
The patent protection on Prozac/Serafem prescribed for PMS expired in 2007.
FDA clears 'generic Prozac' for sale [August 2, 2001], Teva Announces Approval Of Generic Sarafem(R) Pulvules(R) [May 23, 2008]
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From the Kids' Pages of the USPTO:
Can you renew a patent after it expires?
No, you can't renew a patent after it expires. However, patents may be extended by a special act of Congress and under certain circumstances certain pharmaceutical patents may be extended to make up the time lost during the Food and Drug Administration's approval process. After the patent expires, the inventor loses exclusive rights to the invention. whenwherehowwhy
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It transfers power to the lobbyist, to the permanent unelected bureaucracy in the executive and legislative branches.
The staffer with twenty-five years of experience in legislation.
Maybe we can rid ourselves of some of the imbeded morons who lose touch with real people, real life, and force them to get a real job and not expect us to support them for the rest of their lives.
The notion that political office is not a "real" job is at least as old as Plato. The truth of it is that governing a population of 300 million is not a game for amateurs.
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It draws attention away from the true nature of the product.
WALL-E does not begin as a pre-existing stream of numbers but as the collective effort of about 400 artists and craftsman working on a budget of $180 million dollars.
That does not happen - that never happens - unless the studio and its financial backers see a reasonable expectation of profit.
.
Of course it will.
The entertainment industry is worth billions in export dollars. It is clean industry, skilled labor - and it is a huge presence in states like California, New York and Florida.
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In a civil case "guilt" or "innocence" has no meaning. The issues are defined simply in terms of personal and financial responsibility under the law - and a case ends in a "finding" for the plaintiff or the defendant based on the weight of the evidence.
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Yes I have. That and the stained glass window. But divorcement from reality is not a healthy sign for a tech site:
Sept 22 - Earlier today, Microsoft Corp. joined only five other nonfinancial corporate debt issuers to be assigned a 'AAA' rating by Standard & Poor's. This is also the first new 'AAA' in 10 years.
Microsoft appears to be bucking an almost three-decade trend that has shown U.S. industrials' movement away from 'AAA's--and from higher ratings in general.
In addition to Automatic Data Processing, Exxon Mobil Corp. , General Electric Co., Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer Inc., and now Microsoft all carry a 'AAA' rating.
Against this background, assigning a 'AAA' to Microsoft is a rare development in U.S. credit history, and represents an unusual combination of qualities that are shared by few other companies. In addition to the size and scope of its operation, its dominant competitive position, and its strong growth capability, Microsoft has also maintained a level of financial conservatism that reflects very limited credit risk. However, Microsoft and the few other 'AAA' companies are likely to be part of an increasingly smaller group due to the expected ongoing trend toward reduced credit quality. Considering the move to higher-risk financial strategies by issuers, it's not likely that there will be any additional 'AAA's anytime soon. S&P on Microsoft
Microsoft closes the week with a big win in court:
Alcatel-Lucent loses $1.5bn MP3 patent claim against MS [Sept 26]
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Monkey Island II I choose to forget.
There is something decidedly mean-spirited about the changes in Guybrush - and the game's "it was all a dream" ending.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Curse of Monkey Island and return to it every now and again.
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which would matter if the average iPhone user spent more time reading Slashdot than shopping the App Store
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I don't recall mod tools shipping with Fallout 1 or 2 - and the series has remained in print since 1997.
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Gordon Lightfoot is a national treasure.
It would be a criminal waste of resources to discard such a talent simply because he can no longer meet the physical demands the geek would impose on him.
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Despite the carpet-bombing it received - Spore is #2 in PC games at Amazon.com. Spore Galactic Edition #18 and Creature Creator #21.
The DRM free Sins of a Solar Empire is #439 [in video games]Bestsellers in PC Games [ 5 PM ET Sept 24]
The core market for games like The Sims and Spore is not geek. The geek is outnumbered here. He is all hat and no cattle.
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That's fine if you are Gordon Lightfoot and still have the stamina and the talent to fill the 3000+ seat Shea's Buffalo at age 69.
Maybe not so fine if your burn out from the rigors of a full concert tour at a much younger age.
--- or you know that you are never in your professional career going to see a booking at a first, second or even third tier concert venue.
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Then you need to find another line of work.
Because your clients aren't paying for the services of a one-man-band.
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If what the user clicks on "seems to make sense" then - just maybe - what they click on should make sense.
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Explain to me how changing a cursor to another familiar style of pointer becomes an "obvious" sign of malware.
Your browser is behaving bizarrely. An "application error" dialog pops-up. Now that is a surprise. Tell me why you shouldn't believe it is authentic?
.
Disney copyrights its unique interpretation of the story. In all media would you care to guess how many alternative versions exist of:
Snow White
Pinocchio
The Wind in the Willows
The Legend of Ichabod Crane
Peter Pan
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
The Jungle Book
Robin Hood
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
Not to mention 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Treasure Island and Zorro.
The geek whines on endlessly about Disney's copyrights. If you are Rogers & Hammerstein or the puppeteer Jim Henson you make the stories your own.
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Top Operating System Share Trend
October 07
Vista 8%
OSX 6%
Linux 0.5%
August 08
Vista 18%
OSX 8%
Linux 0.9%
Net Applications tracks users on the web not corporate licenses.
OEM Vista is almost exclusively Vista Premium with 64bit Vista becoming increasing visible even at Walmart. HP Pavililion
This is a real intrusion on territory claimed by the Mac.
.
Millions of people may pass through an airport each year.
That doesn't mean that millions of people have direct access to the tarmac.
There is no reason why behavioral analysis shouldn't be useful and effective in places where there are few legitimate reasons why you should be there at all.
.
I wonder.
Microsoft seems to be weathering the financial storms rather well - and there are others which come to mind.
With investors fleeing from the corporate bond market, this seems an odd time for Microsoft to be borrowing money, but the software maker is planning to do just that, taking advantage of its status as one of the tech sector's bluest blue chips.
The Microsoft announcement had some interesting elements, including the news that it would seek to raise funds in the debt market. The company does not currently have any bonds outstanding.
Crowell, Weedon analyst James D. Ragan said that although Microsoft has plenty of cash and doesn't need to tap the debt markets, it may be able to borrow at lower rates than the interest it earns. Also, Ragan said, Microsoft may be ensuring the debt authority is in place for the future but may not plan on using it immediately. "It will be interesting to see how much of the debt they really use."
On Monday, rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's put triple-A gradings on Microsoft's credit. That top-level rating means that Microsoft can borrow money at lower interest rates than most other companies. "The company's strong credit quality coupled with investors' current appetite for high-quality paper provides a unique opportunity for the company to establish its first-ever commercial paper program and enhance its capital structure," said George Zinn, treasurer of Microsoft. Microsoft Shows Its Financial Muscle
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In the U.S. there is a strong historical tradition of "in loco parentis."
The American public school is generally under the control of a democratically elected school board
---if a school exercises parental discretion and authority outside the classroom it is because the community it serves has explicitly given it that power.
More prominent change came in the 1960s and 1970s in such cases as Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), when the Supreme Court decided that "conduct by the student, in class or out of it, which for any reason - whether it stems from time, place, or type of behavior - materially disrupts classwork or involves substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others is, of course, not immunized by the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech." Justice Clarence Thomas argued that Tinker's ruling contradicted "the traditional understanding of the judiciary's role in relation to public schooling," and ignored the history of public education. He believed the judiciary's role to determine whether students have freedom of expression was limited by in loco parentis. He cited Lander v. Seaver (1986) which held that in loco parentis allowed schools to punish student expression that the school or teacher believed contradicted the school's interests and educational goals. In loco parentis
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Free speech is not a right to libel.
The student is not unconditionally shielded from administrative action, civil or criminal responsibility.
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The problem isn't that you are holding a single can of beer.
The problem is that you are totally sloshed and barely able to stand.
The problem is that you are an exhibitionist drunk - lewd and obnoxious. The problem is that this isn't your first such performance on YouTube.