ANd this week, they run a story about how we don't need to worry. The jobs will stick around.
Hmmm. Let me see...what are there tactics?
First they run a scare story so that all the programmers will buy the magazine or will visit the website (actually, I don't think that story was online right away).
So, then the business lobbies know that their paid-for congressmen will have to knuckle under to an angry and scared electorate, so they pay Biz Week to run the antidote to the scare story.
Biz Week makes out! Mo' money...mo' money....mo' money!
I work as a patent agent. THe claims are what determines the area that the patent covers. Let's take a look at claim 1, which should be the broadest, most encompassing claim in the patent:
1. A method in a computer system for allocating display space on a web page, the method comprising:
receiving multiple bids indicating a bid amount and an advertisement;
receiving a request to provide the web page to a user;
selecting, based at least in part on review of bid amounts, a received bid;
and adding the advertisement of the selected bid to the web page.
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It's clear that the "advertisement" is an advertisement of an item up for bids on an online auction, such as ebay. Therefore, this patent does not deal with online advertisements such as banner ads, etc.
However, this patent attempts to claim online auctions. Period. In that sense, it is very broad and all-encompassing. If Bezos gets this claim, he gets the rights to a monopoly on online auctions, in many senses.
A corner store hires a manager to increase income. THere are 3 other corner stores on the other 3 corners. But out corner store makes the most money because it was the first corner store on that corner and therefore it has the most money, and it has used that money to improve its infrastructure, which along with the goodwill that comes from being the first corner store there, gives it a competitive advantage.
Now, however, using funds from the the manager decides to funnel customers to one of the other corner stores.
What does the owner of the first corner store do? Does he say, "Oh, thanks for raising the standard of living of my competitor"?
No, he sues and possibly files charges against the manager.
Not to point too fine a point on it, the "manager" is our elected and appointed leaders here in AMerica, and the other corner store is India, China, etc.
that stipulates that any politician who is found guilty of taking money from lobbies shall be publicly hanged by the neck until dead. What do you think? I think once we hang a few, we get a great deterrent effect! I am serious, btw.
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ANd this week, they run a story about how we don't need to worry. The jobs will stick around.
Hmmm. Let me see...what are there tactics?
First they run a scare story so that all the programmers will buy the magazine or will visit the website (actually, I don't think that story was online right away).
So, then the business lobbies know that their paid-for congressmen will have to knuckle under to an angry and scared electorate, so they pay Biz Week to run the antidote to the scare story. Biz Week makes out! Mo' money...mo' money....mo' money!
Just take your SOMA....there are LOTS of software jobs for you....lots of jobs....lots of jobs...lots of jobs....
I work as a patent agent. THe claims are what determines the area that the patent covers. Let's take a look at claim 1, which should be the broadest, most encompassing claim in the patent:
1. A method in a computer system for allocating display space on a web page, the method comprising:
receiving multiple bids indicating a bid amount and an advertisement;
receiving a request to provide the web page to a user;
selecting, based at least in part on review of bid amounts, a received bid;
and adding the advertisement of the selected bid to the web page.
>>>
It's clear that the "advertisement" is an advertisement of an item up for bids on an online auction, such as ebay. Therefore, this patent does not deal with online advertisements such as banner ads, etc.
However, this patent attempts to claim online auctions. Period. In that sense, it is very broad and all-encompassing. If Bezos gets this claim, he gets the rights to a monopoly on online auctions, in many senses.
The Blacklisted poster above posts on a thread about Google, saying he thinks it sucks, and he gets modded for a troll. WTF?!
A corner store hires a manager to increase income. THere are 3 other corner stores on the other 3 corners. But out corner store makes the most money because it was the first corner store on that corner and therefore it has the most money, and it has used that money to improve its infrastructure, which along with the goodwill that comes from being the first corner store there, gives it a competitive advantage. Now, however, using funds from the the manager decides to funnel customers to one of the other corner stores. What does the owner of the first corner store do? Does he say, "Oh, thanks for raising the standard of living of my competitor"? No, he sues and possibly files charges against the manager. Not to point too fine a point on it, the "manager" is our elected and appointed leaders here in AMerica, and the other corner store is India, China, etc.
after a fair trial of course
Is the invention useful? I suppose it is...
So, the RIAA paid for this article to be posted on Slashdot, yes or no?
that stipulates that any politician who is found guilty of taking money from lobbies shall be publicly hanged by the neck until dead. What do you think? I think once we hang a few, we get a great deterrent effect! I am serious, btw.