As I read it, this says an invention is patentable - but implementing the invention on a computer doesn't necessarily add anything. That seems to be very good news for all those silly patents that only claim "on a computer" or "on the internet".
It seems to me that Kennedy left the door open to software that does something only software can do. The patent they ruled on was an escrow service in software (or something like that). The software angle added nothing to the idea of an escrow service. Data compression on the other hand is a different domain.
There might be water but it would require far more energy and machinery to extract and purify than Musk could send to Mars
Rocks as building materials? Really? How are you going to quarry them? Even if you could quarry them how are you going to move them? Even if you could move them, building a pyramid won't help. Again you're talking heavy machinery and lot's of energy
Solar cells? Forget it. This is Mars, sunlight is much fainter and the atmosphere is very dusty. The only possible source of energy is a nuclear power plant, and Musk isn't going to launch one of those
Oxygen? Same as water, presence of the chemical doesn't make it available
I don't read science fiction. I do read real science. They are not the same
I read it differently. It seems to say that, for example, you can't patent the concept of a bookstore, nor can you patent the concept of a bookstore implemented as a computer program.
You just have to ensure that once they get there they can be mostly self sufficient.
Yea, you "just" need to do that. No water, no food, no building materials, almost no energy - minor problems that never seem to come up in Sci Fi. Of course if you could "just" get all that stuff up there you could also have just landed a pretty nice fleet of autonomous rovers.
Passenger pigeons had a unique roosting and nesting technique. They formed huge flocks in trees near a food source and stayed there while raising their young. When market hunters found a roost they would wait until night when the tree was full of birds and blast away with shotguns, killing thousands and destroying the nests. As the population declined there were fewer and fewer of those mass nesting sites, but when one was found it was eliminated. Eventually there weren't enough birds to form a proper colony and they couldn't nest anymore.
Contacting the spacecraft and getting it to respond is a pretty cool hack. I doubt they'll be able to make it do anything useful, but hey - it makes a good toy to play with.
If you want to spend your weeks sitting next to hipsters who think they know everything about software development because they can write a simple Javascript method, then learn Javascript. But if you already have a job and want a language that can do pretty much anything quickly then learn Python; and learn how to program it properly, rather than like a C or Java programmer (if there is such a thing).
I wish I had mod points for you - these are my thoughts but expressed better than I could have.
If someone wants to go to a performance and listen to recorded music while they watch a "artist" prance around lip synching to a backtrack they can buy tickets to any pop or hip-hop concert. No need for trained or talented singers there.
NPR was established as the voice of the Democratic Party back in the 1960's, and it remains so today. If you pay attention to how they report an issue you'll see it immediately.
I stopped listening to it regularly back in 2008 when they were falling all over themselves to glorify Obama. A typical story would be a minute or two discussing Obama's press releases on the topic followed by a 30 second sound bite of him talking about it; then the reporter would read a 7 second counterpoint with the Republican point of view (and the snark in the reporter's voice was tangible). Yes, they covered both sides of the issue all right.
It depends on who profits and who loses. Patent trolls cost many, many businesses a lot of money; there is plenty of support and money for patent reform; the problem is that it only takes one or two politicians in the right place to block it (e.g. a committee chairman or the Senate Majority Leader).
The researcher didn't really grow anything on meteorites. He looked at the chemical composition and concluded most plants could grown in soil with those components. Then they mixed up a batch and demonstrated that it wasn't toxic.
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As I read it, this says an invention is patentable - but implementing the invention on a computer doesn't necessarily add anything. That seems to be very good news for all those silly patents that only claim "on a computer" or "on the internet".
It seems to me that Kennedy left the door open to software that does something only software can do. The patent they ruled on was an escrow service in software (or something like that). The software angle added nothing to the idea of an escrow service. Data compression on the other hand is a different domain.
Next is the election in November. The this issue quietly dies.
Lawyer's fees generally come out of the pocket of the side hiring the lawyers
This is a class action lawsuit. The plaintiff's lawyers will get the biggest share of the settlement.
There might be water but it would require far more energy and machinery to extract and purify than Musk could send to Mars
Rocks as building materials? Really? How are you going to quarry them? Even if you could quarry them how are you going to move them? Even if you could move them, building a pyramid won't help. Again you're talking heavy machinery and lot's of energy
Solar cells? Forget it. This is Mars, sunlight is much fainter and the atmosphere is very dusty. The only possible source of energy is a nuclear power plant, and Musk isn't going to launch one of those
Oxygen? Same as water, presence of the chemical doesn't make it available
I don't read science fiction. I do read real science. They are not the same
I read it differently. It seems to say that, for example, you can't patent the concept of a bookstore, nor can you patent the concept of a bookstore implemented as a computer program.
You just have to ensure that once they get there they can be mostly self sufficient.
Yea, you "just" need to do that. No water, no food, no building materials, almost no energy - minor problems that never seem to come up in Sci Fi. Of course if you could "just" get all that stuff up there you could also have just landed a pretty nice fleet of autonomous rovers.
Several of Anonymous' "hacks" looked a lot like they were stepping into honey pots.
Bingo. Election year posturing - means nothing.
Passenger pigeons had a unique roosting and nesting technique. They formed huge flocks in trees near a food source and stayed there while raising their young. When market hunters found a roost they would wait until night when the tree was full of birds and blast away with shotguns, killing thousands and destroying the nests. As the population declined there were fewer and fewer of those mass nesting sites, but when one was found it was eliminated. Eventually there weren't enough birds to form a proper colony and they couldn't nest anymore.
Obama kicked off CSEdWeek. "China teaches all of its students one year of computer science."
Really? Even the children who are working for pennies an hour making spark plugs in a dirt floored factory? Somehow I question that.
Contacting the spacecraft and getting it to respond is a pretty cool hack. I doubt they'll be able to make it do anything useful, but hey - it makes a good toy to play with.
What is responsible for the state of Apple today? It is the cult-like mindset that affects so many of Apple's customers.
Yes, and that cult was created and centered around Jobs. He created the market for Apple products and the aura around them.
If you want to spend your weeks sitting next to hipsters who think they know everything about software development because they can write a simple Javascript method, then learn Javascript. But if you already have a job and want a language that can do pretty much anything quickly then learn Python; and learn how to program it properly, rather than like a C or Java programmer (if there is such a thing).
28.3 grams less you mean?
How much is that in iotas?
That already happens. People have been gaming the charts forever.
I wish I had mod points for you - these are my thoughts but expressed better than I could have.
If someone wants to go to a performance and listen to recorded music while they watch a "artist" prance around lip synching to a backtrack they can buy tickets to any pop or hip-hop concert. No need for trained or talented singers there.
States that take the most from the federal government are all red.
That is an outright lie and has been shown false many times.
NPR was established as the voice of the Democratic Party back in the 1960's, and it remains so today. If you pay attention to how they report an issue you'll see it immediately.
I stopped listening to it regularly back in 2008 when they were falling all over themselves to glorify Obama. A typical story would be a minute or two discussing Obama's press releases on the topic followed by a 30 second sound bite of him talking about it; then the reporter would read a 7 second counterpoint with the Republican point of view (and the snark in the reporter's voice was tangible). Yes, they covered both sides of the issue all right.
It depends on who profits and who loses. Patent trolls cost many, many businesses a lot of money; there is plenty of support and money for patent reform; the problem is that it only takes one or two politicians in the right place to block it (e.g. a committee chairman or the Senate Majority Leader).
The researcher didn't really grow anything on meteorites. He looked at the chemical composition and concluded most plants could grown in soil with those components. Then they mixed up a batch and demonstrated that it wasn't toxic.
Data General killed itself inventing a New Machine with a soul.
Even without wind the air is moving. Convection of the air from your body heat will cool you, and at -20F it will cool you a lot..
The duty of preservation in a civil lawsuit
Preserving what? The data that the law requires them to delete.
Preserving for what reason? So EFF can look at it, because they don't know what was collected and they want to search through it.
Take a look at this.