Errors and Omissions insurance - if the wedding photo's completely suck, you can have it reshot by the photographer and all of it paid for. This cost about 150 a year.
Does this insurance cover flying all the friends and relatives back into town, paying for their hotel stay, hiring the caterers again, renting the facilities for the wedding and reception, decorating it with flowers, renting the limosine, and restaging the entire wedding and reception just so you can reshoot it?
What's really a sign of armageddon is the article summary:
Apple made $61 million dollars profit on $2.01 billion dollars in Q3/04
Public service announcement follows: If you put the dollar sign in front of a number, eg: $2, this is pronounced as "two dollars". If you then place the word dollars after it, eg: $2 dollars, this is pronounced as "two dollars dollars". Either have the dollar sign or have the word dollars, but don't have both.
This public service announcement brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.
Wait... they are allowing operators in what is basically an AI competition between machines? AI non-self-recoverable crash => game loss, no exceptions!
As long as the operator isn't making suggestions, I don't see a problem with that. It would be like Kasparov having a guy whose sole job is to elbow him in the ribs if he falls asleep during a game.
What he should do is instead change the site with nothing but an explanation telling people to complain to whatever authority controls the disabilities act. If Odeon is in violation, then what would a thousand phone calls to the "Disabilities Department" (or whatever it's called) do? Maybe get a big fine levied and a court order to make their site compatible within X weeks.
Odeon wants to use the law? Fine. Use it right back.
Way to go. Your other post simply mimicked what foidulus said an hour before you wrote your post. He was the first one to claim an August 3rd release date, then you simply copied him. What a clever boy you are.
A pyramid scheme is where you get people to invest in something, and you use new investors to pay returns to the older investors. Once all available suckers have been scammed, it collapses. What you describe is not a pyramid scheme.
No, what you've described is a Ponzi Scheme, a specific implementation of a pyramid scheme. Not every pyramid scheme is a Ponzi.
Suggestions of wiring eletrodes to the vest to zap players were met with blank stares and hostility. I still think that's the way to go... modify them from "laser tag" to "pain gun tag":)
There's more known nasty viruses and bacteria that have yet to be used in any harmful way. What makes you think a terrorist organization would be interested in visiting the Antarctic in the very remote hope that there could, possibly, be some kind of ancient bacteria... maybe?
"Netscape comp." would mean compatible. Difficult to say what browser this would be -- maybe includes bots, hacked scripts, other random browsers which munged the useragent string?
According to these statistics Firefox's "obscurity" is disappearing quickly. We (Firefox users) currently hold 12.2% of the market, which is a 4% increase this year. Great news for us developers who are sick of IE work arounds.
That 12.2% is for all Mozilla and variants. So it includes the full Mozilla, Firefox, and probably Camino. Regardless, it is an amazing development. IE is being unseated from its throne.
Mostly because of pointless government regulations, which have killed millions by delaying the introduction of life-saving drugs for years.
Were it not for government regulations, likely the companies would rush their drugs to market to maximize the patent lifespan. The regulations (ie: stringent testing procedures) are there to protect people from fly-by-night drug companies releasing drugs which would kill millions.
... doing things well, not with vapourware or doing dirty tricks to make people not follow the competence, not even limiting people on choosing the competence.
Okay, I can sort of understand the whole "lose" vs. "loose" bit, but what's the deal with mistaking competence for competition?
I don't think that's how trademarks work, if you invent some superduper comic book character do you now have to read every single comic, every single magazine, and every single webcomic to be sure they aren't infringing so you don't lose your rights?
No, I meant something else. With trademarks you can go and look for infringing uses of your mark with relative ease since trademarks are meant to be seen, whether it's a word or logo. If you trademarked GrokMan and you find someone else promoting their GrokMan comic, you could then enforce your trademark once you're made aware of it. Patents, on the other hand, aren't meant to be seen. What if your invention is something really really tiny? A revolutionary new way of processing parallel instructions which gives a 25% performance boost, for example. What if a dishonest Intel engineer claimed it was her own invention and it made it into the Itanic 128 bit chip? How would you know that this invention of yours was included unless you examined the chip circuitry yourself?
If one could lose a patent by not enforcing it, what would happen if Intel shipped 100 million of those chips and only then did were you made aware (maybe that Intel engineer felt guilty) that your patent was in widespread use? Intel might be able to argue that you should have enforced it much earlier and that, by not doing so, you've forfeited your exclusive right to the technology?
You had to copy a "Hello World" program from some 101 website???
Now that's funny.
I hadn't touched a C program in probably 4 years, and I shit you not... I had forgotten the syntax after doing so much Java coding and using other scripting languages. So yeah, it IS funny in a way.
But things like this make me think that patents should be treated like trademarks, and if there is sufficient prior cases in which you did not defend your patent when you rightly should have, you lose the rights to the exclusivity that the patent would have otherwise offered.
A nice idea, but not without flaws. For example, what if you make a really great new type of microchip which allows for ten times the current density of circuits. Are you going to have to purchase every electronic product and put it under a microscope to determine whether or not it's infringing so that you don't lose your rights?
Technically, the comma after "Post Anonymously" should be inside the quotation mark. Which is more an error than a typo, but if you're aiming for perfection...
I go with the more logical writing style rather than the archaic version which put punctuation inside the quotes due to typesetting issues. From this page:
"When type was handset, a period or comma outside of quotation marks at the end of a sentence tended to get knocked out of position, so the printers tucked the little devils inside the quotation marks to keep them safe and out of trouble. But apparently only American printers were more attached to convenience than logic, since British printers continued to risk the misalignment of their periods and commas."
Well, believe what you want. I copied the code from this page and then deleted the semicolon afterwards as a joke, hence the "Oh yeah???" comment. I know you think I'm bullshitting, but there you go.
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Errors and Omissions insurance - if the wedding photo's completely suck, you can have it reshot by the photographer and all of it paid for. This cost about 150 a year.
Does this insurance cover flying all the friends and relatives back into town, paying for their hotel stay, hiring the caterers again, renting the facilities for the wedding and reception, decorating it with flowers, renting the limosine, and restaging the entire wedding and reception just so you can reshoot it?
What's really a sign of armageddon is the article summary:
Apple made $61 million dollars profit on $2.01 billion dollars in Q3/04
Public service announcement follows: If you put the dollar sign in front of a number, eg: $2, this is pronounced as "two dollars". If you then place the word dollars after it, eg: $2 dollars, this is pronounced as "two dollars dollars". Either have the dollar sign or have the word dollars, but don't have both.
This public service announcement brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.
You know that +1, Funny doesn't count for karma anymore, right?
Yes, that's why it's "Humously" and not "Humorously".
Wait... they are allowing operators in what is basically an AI competition between machines? AI non-self-recoverable crash => game loss, no exceptions!
As long as the operator isn't making suggestions, I don't see a problem with that. It would be like Kasparov having a guy whose sole job is to elbow him in the ribs if he falls asleep during a game.
The naming convention these days is that a multi-processor version of a chess program gets "Deep" added to its name.
Now we need only wait for the "Shit" chess program to come along.
What he should do is instead change the site with nothing but an explanation telling people to complain to whatever authority controls the disabilities act. If Odeon is in violation, then what would a thousand phone calls to the "Disabilities Department" (or whatever it's called) do? Maybe get a big fine levied and a court order to make their site compatible within X weeks.
Odeon wants to use the law? Fine. Use it right back.
Way to go. Your other post simply mimicked what foidulus said an hour before you wrote your post. He was the first one to claim an August 3rd release date, then you simply copied him. What a clever boy you are.
I would take their reviews with a heavy dose of Sodium Chloride.
I wish I could make them write their reviews with a heavy dose of Sodium Pentothal.
A pyramid scheme is where you get people to invest in something, and you use new investors to pay returns to the older investors. Once all available suckers have been scammed, it collapses. What you describe is not a pyramid scheme.
No, what you've described is a Ponzi Scheme, a specific implementation of a pyramid scheme. Not every pyramid scheme is a Ponzi.
Well, I guess I have to work on my punchline delivery then. :)
Suggestions of wiring eletrodes to the vest to zap players were met with blank stares and hostility. I still think that's the way to go... modify them from "laser tag" to "pain gun tag" :)
Don't you mean Taser Tag?
There's more known nasty viruses and bacteria that have yet to be used in any harmful way. What makes you think a terrorist organization would be interested in visiting the Antarctic in the very remote hope that there could, possibly, be some kind of ancient bacteria... maybe?
"Netscape comp." would mean compatible. Difficult to say what browser this would be -- maybe includes bots, hacked scripts, other random browsers which munged the useragent string?
But thanks for the correction.
Good point, I hadn't considered that. Other stats peg Mozilla at 1% still.
According to these statistics Firefox's "obscurity" is disappearing quickly. We (Firefox users) currently hold 12.2% of the market, which is a 4% increase this year. Great news for us developers who are sick of IE work arounds.
That 12.2% is for all Mozilla and variants. So it includes the full Mozilla, Firefox, and probably Camino. Regardless, it is an amazing development. IE is being unseated from its throne.
Mostly because of pointless government regulations, which have killed millions by delaying the introduction of life-saving drugs for years.
Were it not for government regulations, likely the companies would rush their drugs to market to maximize the patent lifespan. The regulations (ie: stringent testing procedures) are there to protect people from fly-by-night drug companies releasing drugs which would kill millions.
In spanish, both different concepts use the same word "competencia", my mistake translating.
Ah, ok... that makes sense. It's just that I've seen it a few times today and wondered how it came about. Thanks.
... doing things well, not with vapourware or doing dirty tricks to make people not follow the competence, not even limiting people on choosing the competence.
Okay, I can sort of understand the whole "lose" vs. "loose" bit, but what's the deal with mistaking competence for competition?
Obviously these people knew of RFIDS. They waited until it was being accpeted. This does not seem correct, in fact it seems highly dishonest.
Yes, I agree with this. Knowing that someone is using a patent and just letting damages accrue is very dishonest.
I don't think that's how trademarks work, if you invent some superduper comic book character do you now have to read every single comic, every single magazine, and every single webcomic to be sure they aren't infringing so you don't lose your rights?
No, I meant something else. With trademarks you can go and look for infringing uses of your mark with relative ease since trademarks are meant to be seen, whether it's a word or logo. If you trademarked GrokMan and you find someone else promoting their GrokMan comic, you could then enforce your trademark once you're made aware of it. Patents, on the other hand, aren't meant to be seen. What if your invention is something really really tiny? A revolutionary new way of processing parallel instructions which gives a 25% performance boost, for example. What if a dishonest Intel engineer claimed it was her own invention and it made it into the Itanic 128 bit chip? How would you know that this invention of yours was included unless you examined the chip circuitry yourself?
If one could lose a patent by not enforcing it, what would happen if Intel shipped 100 million of those chips and only then did were you made aware (maybe that Intel engineer felt guilty) that your patent was in widespread use? Intel might be able to argue that you should have enforced it much earlier and that, by not doing so, you've forfeited your exclusive right to the technology?
You had to copy a "Hello World" program from some 101 website???
Now that's funny.
I hadn't touched a C program in probably 4 years, and I shit you not... I had forgotten the syntax after doing so much Java coding and using other scripting languages. So yeah, it IS funny in a way.
But things like this make me think that patents should be treated like trademarks, and if there is sufficient prior cases in which you did not defend your patent when you rightly should have, you lose the rights to the exclusivity that the patent would have otherwise offered.
A nice idea, but not without flaws. For example, what if you make a really great new type of microchip which allows for ten times the current density of circuits. Are you going to have to purchase every electronic product and put it under a microscope to determine whether or not it's infringing so that you don't lose your rights?
Technically, the comma after "Post Anonymously" should be inside the quotation mark. Which is more an error than a typo, but if you're aiming for perfection...
I go with the more logical writing style rather than the archaic version which put punctuation inside the quotes due to typesetting issues. From this page:
"When type was handset, a period or comma outside of quotation marks at the end of a sentence tended to get knocked out of position, so the printers tucked the little devils inside the quotation marks to keep them safe and out of trouble. But apparently only American printers were more attached to convenience than logic, since British printers continued to risk the misalignment of their periods and commas."
Well, believe what you want. I copied the code from this page and then deleted the semicolon afterwards as a joke, hence the "Oh yeah???" comment. I know you think I'm bullshitting, but there you go.