You missed when you did your copy-and-paste. Here's what you should have quoted:
1. A method for displaying a news feed in a social network environment, the method comprising: monitoring a plurality of activities in a social network environment; storing the plurality of activities in a database; generating a plurality of news items regarding one or more of the activities, wherein one or more of the news items is for presentation to one or more viewing users and relates to an activity that was performed by another user; attaching a link associated with at least one of the activities of another user to at least one of the plurality of news items where the link enables a viewing user to participate in the same activity as the another user; limiting access to the plurality of news items to a set of viewing users; and displaying a news feed comprising two or more of the plurality of news items to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewing users.
I had to submit fingerprints in order to get a job working for the U.S. federal government. I don't even have security clearance (although I did have to go through a background check as I hold a "position of public trust"). If the federal government is allowed to take fingerprints as a condition for employment, I don't see how other organizations could be limited in this regard.
It's not really clear to me from looking at the file wrapper exactly why the USPTO hasn't sent out another office action yet. Maybe, as you say, they are waiting on Bilski (a decision will probably be out around April or May of this year). In the meantime, Amazon keeps filing more references for the examiners to consider, including as recently as 20 January 2010. The re-exam folks get to spend a lot more time with their applications than regular examiners do, so they may just be going over these references very carefully.
From what I can tell, though, the examiners had last indicated to Amazon's lawyers that a relatively minor amendment (which Amazon later filed) would make the rejected claims allowable (some of the claims were already indicated as being allowable, or "confirmed", since it's a re-exam, without amendment). That may have changed since this indication was made (as part of an interview). As they say, it ain't over until the fat examiner sings.
It's unclear from this statement whether this means that the school had remotely and secretly activated the webcam, or the student's "improper behavior" somehow involved him using the webcam to capture images which were stored on the hard drive and which the school subsequently accessed.
True, but if having only four legs while clambering around on a mountain was truly that great a deficiency, then mountain goats would not have evolved to include mountains as part of their habitat.
but lets say in a complex situation like trying to climb a steep rocky hill in Afghanistan in a hurry you want as much stability as possible (note a person in that situation will be using their hands for additional stability too)
This, of course, is why mountain goats have six legs.
Actually, it should be, "Please Burgle Him". It's not robbery unless you actually take something directly from the person, and the premise of the site tends to preclude that, since the victim isn't supposed to be home.
This a positive step in the right direction. I always felt that by George W. Bush touting bio fuels through corn was exceedingly stupid and shortsighted - even for him.
Yeah, it's a shame he never mentioned switchgrass.
These are bounds for the mass of the Higgs boson assuming it exists. If it doesn't exist, this data is meaningless.
Film narrator: Remember, it's up to us. Bigfoot is a crucial part of the ecosystem, if he exists. So let's all help keep Bigfoot possibly alive for future generations to enjoy unless he doesn't exist. The end!
How does any of that refute the initial assertion, that most of the "buzz" about Buzz is the result of spammers?
Gmail is a notorious harbor for forum spam e-mail accounts (used to receive the "click this link to complete your registration" e-mails from forums), meaning the spammers already have countless registered accounts on Gmail. It would seem trivial to update the spambots to use those accounts for the purpose of spamming other folks on Buzz.
That's funny, because Obama is the only person in the Democratic top echelons who has publicly shown any willingness to accept ideas from outside the party. Pelosi and Reid have played a hard-left line throughout the entire health care debate. I'm not saying that the Republican leadership actually would have met them halfway, but Pelosi and Reid didn't even try.
This is exactly why the country has become so polarized as of late: rather than simply disagreeing with the viewpoints of others and then discussing ways to find common ground, people who hold to strict left- or right-wing tenets simply dismiss members of the opposition as being "lunatics" and having "pernicious" ideas.
This has the short-term benefit of not having to address real problems with one's favored agenda (e.g., trying to provide health care for everyone or trying to overthrow unfavorable foreign regimes when the country is up to its eyeballs in debt). But in the long run, it means that nothing gets done, and those things that *do* get done are ill-conceived and generally rife with provisions that will cause more problems than they solve.
In other words, come back when you're done with your whiny ad hominem talking points. Then we can talk actual issues.
This does raise some questions as to why it is they can do this and not have their fellow party members claim that they're socialists or spend-thrifts.
That's pretty clear - partisan politicians, regardless of party, don't devour their own (except for sex scandals or over-the-top Nixonian or Blagojevichian corruption).
What makes you think this is any different from how any other politician operates?
Also, "TEA" would be a backronym, because the Tea Party movement got its name from the Boston Tea Party, which was a tax protest.
Finally, this isn't really hypocrisy, for two reasons: one, if NASA is going to get the funding anyway for some sort of program for manned missions to planets/moons, a politician might as well try to get the money to go to their constituents. And two, you haven't established that the Alabama Congressional delegation subscribes to the very same viewpoint as the Tea Party people.
The key here is to eliminate the role of the recording industry execs. In the digital age, the only real service they provide is marketing, and if you're already interested in paying money for someone's music, then those marketing services don't really add any value to the product you're paying for.
Aside from that, recording industry execs hinder creativity by stamping out cookie-cutter artists who are forced down the public's throat until they burn out in a blaze of drugs and/or stupidity. Music wants to be free (as in speech), and the recording industry is the single biggest obstacle to that.
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You missed when you did your copy-and-paste. Here's what you should have quoted:
1. A method for displaying a news feed in a social network environment, the method comprising: monitoring a plurality of activities in a social network environment; storing the plurality of activities in a database; generating a plurality of news items regarding one or more of the activities, wherein one or more of the news items is for presentation to one or more viewing users and relates to an activity that was performed by another user; attaching a link associated with at least one of the activities of another user to at least one of the plurality of news items where the link enables a viewing user to participate in the same activity as the another user; limiting access to the plurality of news items to a set of viewing users; and displaying a news feed comprising two or more of the plurality of news items to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewing users.
Well, the letter itself is incapable of thought, so logic fails when trying to determine whether or not the letter exists.
This isn't an argument, it's just simple contradiction!
Sean Connery: I'll take Anal Bum Cover for $200. ....No, that's "An Album Cover".
Alex Trebek: (sigh)
I had to submit fingerprints in order to get a job working for the U.S. federal government. I don't even have security clearance (although I did have to go through a background check as I hold a "position of public trust"). If the federal government is allowed to take fingerprints as a condition for employment, I don't see how other organizations could be limited in this regard.
It's not really clear to me from looking at the file wrapper exactly why the USPTO hasn't sent out another office action yet. Maybe, as you say, they are waiting on Bilski (a decision will probably be out around April or May of this year). In the meantime, Amazon keeps filing more references for the examiners to consider, including as recently as 20 January 2010. The re-exam folks get to spend a lot more time with their applications than regular examiners do, so they may just be going over these references very carefully.
From what I can tell, though, the examiners had last indicated to Amazon's lawyers that a relatively minor amendment (which Amazon later filed) would make the rejected claims allowable (some of the claims were already indicated as being allowable, or "confirmed", since it's a re-exam, without amendment). That may have changed since this indication was made (as part of an interview). As they say, it ain't over until the fat examiner sings.
Unfortunately there are people, that are unable to discuss things reasonably. (E.g. aforementioned religious fundamentalists.)
The people who control Wikipedia started to just accuse everybody who disagreed, of being unable to discuss things reasonably
I dunno, this just struck me as funny.
It's unclear from this statement whether this means that the school had remotely and secretly activated the webcam, or the student's "improper behavior" somehow involved him using the webcam to capture images which were stored on the hard drive and which the school subsequently accessed.
True, but if having only four legs while clambering around on a mountain was truly that great a deficiency, then mountain goats would not have evolved to include mountains as part of their habitat.
but lets say in a complex situation like trying to climb a steep rocky hill in Afghanistan in a hurry you want as much stability as possible (note a person in that situation will be using their hands for additional stability too)
This, of course, is why mountain goats have six legs.
Reading comprehension FTW. The poster was talking about the situation once Google has their own fiber-to-the-home network throughout the US.
Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, and Sailor Moon are cartoons.
Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and other classics are art.
Print is dead.
Actually, it should be, "Please Burgle Him". It's not robbery unless you actually take something directly from the person, and the premise of the site tends to preclude that, since the victim isn't supposed to be home.
Apparently, you never looked...
That would take too much time.
This a positive step in the right direction. I always felt that by George W. Bush touting bio fuels through corn was exceedingly stupid and shortsighted - even for him.
Yeah, it's a shame he never mentioned switchgrass.
Oh, wait....
These are bounds for the mass of the Higgs boson assuming it exists. If it doesn't exist, this data is meaningless.
Film narrator: Remember, it's up to us. Bigfoot is a crucial part of the ecosystem, if he exists. So let's all help keep Bigfoot possibly alive for future generations to enjoy unless he doesn't exist. The end!
Individuals get taxed on their gross income so why is it so absurd that the poor starving corporations be taxed the same way?
Because those individuals really would be poor and starving, were it not for the corporations that hire them.
How does any of that refute the initial assertion, that most of the "buzz" about Buzz is the result of spammers?
Gmail is a notorious harbor for forum spam e-mail accounts (used to receive the "click this link to complete your registration" e-mails from forums), meaning the spammers already have countless registered accounts on Gmail. It would seem trivial to update the spambots to use those accounts for the purpose of spamming other folks on Buzz.
As a card-carrying pedant
Did you make it yourself, or is someone issuing those?
That's funny, because Obama is the only person in the Democratic top echelons who has publicly shown any willingness to accept ideas from outside the party. Pelosi and Reid have played a hard-left line throughout the entire health care debate. I'm not saying that the Republican leadership actually would have met them halfway, but Pelosi and Reid didn't even try.
This is exactly why the country has become so polarized as of late: rather than simply disagreeing with the viewpoints of others and then discussing ways to find common ground, people who hold to strict left- or right-wing tenets simply dismiss members of the opposition as being "lunatics" and having "pernicious" ideas.
This has the short-term benefit of not having to address real problems with one's favored agenda (e.g., trying to provide health care for everyone or trying to overthrow unfavorable foreign regimes when the country is up to its eyeballs in debt). But in the long run, it means that nothing gets done, and those things that *do* get done are ill-conceived and generally rife with provisions that will cause more problems than they solve.
In other words, come back when you're done with your whiny ad hominem talking points. Then we can talk actual issues.
This does raise some questions as to why it is they can do this and not have their fellow party members claim that they're socialists or spend-thrifts.
That's pretty clear - partisan politicians, regardless of party, don't devour their own (except for sex scandals or over-the-top Nixonian or Blagojevichian corruption).
What makes you think this is any different from how any other politician operates?
Also, "TEA" would be a backronym, because the Tea Party movement got its name from the Boston Tea Party, which was a tax protest.
Finally, this isn't really hypocrisy, for two reasons: one, if NASA is going to get the funding anyway for some sort of program for manned missions to planets/moons, a politician might as well try to get the money to go to their constituents. And two, you haven't established that the Alabama Congressional delegation subscribes to the very same viewpoint as the Tea Party people.
The key here is to eliminate the role of the recording industry execs. In the digital age, the only real service they provide is marketing, and if you're already interested in paying money for someone's music, then those marketing services don't really add any value to the product you're paying for.
Aside from that, recording industry execs hinder creativity by stamping out cookie-cutter artists who are forced down the public's throat until they burn out in a blaze of drugs and/or stupidity. Music wants to be free (as in speech), and the recording industry is the single biggest obstacle to that.