Since when can recipes be patented?! I'm surprised Nestle hasn't patented the chocolate-chip cookie.
"A process by which cookie dough and chips of chocolate are combined and heated to extreme temperatures to modify the ingredients into a tasty treat we all love. Best served with milk. By the way, serving cookies with milk violates our earlier patent, a process and method to quench thirst through bovine means after cookie ingestion."
This has been going on for DECADES!!! Does anyone remember the Furby?! No, but due to its "shortages" it was the hottest toy of the year. The same was true of the Tickle-me-Elmo. Pet Rocks. Beenie-Babies. It's well known in marketing that the appearance of scarcity increases demand.
Heck, look outside all the hot clubs. The mere fact there's a line makes people think it's the cool place to be. People are sheep. Get used to it!
Any news on how Symantec, Mcafee, and the other so called security firms are treating this? I'd certainly expect an up-to-date anti-virus software to stop this from installing.
Yeah, and if someone steals your car, buy another one asswipe! And if someone rapes and murders your wife, go find another bitch to marry, fucking moron. And if someone burns your house down, don't be a crybaby, build another one. Fuck laws, let's live like animals! Survival of the fittest should be the sole standard of our behavior.
When I read this quote, "When you have a company of 60,000 employees, people are coming and going all the time." I couldn't help but be reminded of the comment made by Spinal Tap's manager about the band's declining audience.
Marty: The last time Tap toured America, they where, uh, booked
into 10,000 seat arenas, and 15,000 seat venues, and it
seems that now, on the current tour they're being
booked into 1,200 seat arenas, 1,500 seat arenas, and uh
I was just wondering, does this mean uh...the popularity
of the group is waning? Ian: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no...no, no, not at all.
I, I, I just think that the.. uh.. their appeal is
becoming more selective.
"Bloated Speed" Sounds like a late 80s speed metal band featuring four blonde fat chicks.
So why isn't it more popular?
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Americans LOVE bloat. All you-can-eat restaurants. Trucks with HEMIs and lift-kits only driven on pavement. Giant houses with even larger pole barns. You'd think it'd be a little more popular.
"What exactly is wrong with implementing a good idea, regardless of who came up with it?"
This shouldn't have to be explained, but when a person or entity can only steal ideas, that means they ran out of ideas. When a company runs out of ideas, the shark is jumped and the decline begins. Thus, we're witnessing the beginging of the end of Microsoft as a relevant force in the computer industry.
"What have OSS developers come up with on their own lately?"
A bullet-proof OS that NEVER gets viruses, spyware, etc. We could only dream that Microsoft would follow that lead!
I just happen to have a patent on a system and method for sending random bits of information to unintended users via a handheld device. I'll be rolling in money, if Research In Motion Ltd. leaves me any, that is.
You're confusing copyright with trademarks. Trademarks have to be defended to be protected. That's why Adobe goes after people who use "photoshop" as a verb. If enough people use it as a verb it'll lose its trademark status and become a "real" world. Sort of like Aspirin, which use to be a trademark.
Copyrights last as long as the particular statute say it lasts. Despite the fact that millions of people have violated copyrights by illegally downloading songs, those copyrights are still valid and will be valid until the statutorily given period expires or until the copyright holder voluntarily puts them in the public domain, whatever comes first.
Yeah, a dealership selling used cars really "screws" over the automotive industry. And selling your house really "screws" over building contractors. And giving your old clothes to Good Will really "screws" over the clothing industry.
You believe that no one has any rights in anything they buy. When I buy something it's mine and if I want to re-sell it it's my right to do so. No go fuck yourself.
...Product Activation is PRO consumer?! Having to ask permission to re-install your paid-for OS on your paid-for computer?! Wow Gates must have a HUGE mouth to be able to talk out of both sides of it so well.
"as you HAVE to watch commercials or pay money for a TiVo-like service to remove them"
You do not HAVE to watch commericals, you can leave the room. And you don't HAVE to pay money to Tivo! You can record them on VHS and fast forword through the commercials. You can build your own PVR and skip them. You can build a MythTV PVR and it'll automatically remove the commericals.
TV shows are not free to make, but they are free to watch and record.
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Since when can recipes be patented?! I'm surprised Nestle hasn't patented the chocolate-chip cookie.
"A process by which cookie dough and chips of chocolate are combined and heated to extreme temperatures to modify the ingredients into a tasty treat we all love. Best served with milk. By the way, serving cookies with milk violates our earlier patent, a process and method to quench thirst through bovine means after cookie ingestion."
This has been going on for DECADES!!! Does anyone remember the Furby?! No, but due to its "shortages" it was the hottest toy of the year. The same was true of the Tickle-me-Elmo. Pet Rocks. Beenie-Babies. It's well known in marketing that the appearance of scarcity increases demand.
Heck, look outside all the hot clubs. The mere fact there's a line makes people think it's the cool place to be. People are sheep. Get used to it!
Any news on how Symantec, Mcafee, and the other so called security firms are treating this? I'd certainly expect an up-to-date anti-virus software to stop this from installing.
"Even the return of the first game's co-op multiplayer mode isn't enough to overcome the game's lack of soul."
Why would young people ever want to view porn?! They're young enough to actually get laid. Why fantasize about what you can actually do?!
Yes. Any other stupid questions?!
... how in the fuck does S. Korea get so damn lucky? What? Leaders with backbones?! What's that?!
"Troll" "Flamebait" Doesn't ANYONE understand satire anymore?!
Yeah, and if someone steals your car, buy another one asswipe! And if someone rapes and murders your wife, go find another bitch to marry, fucking moron. And if someone burns your house down, don't be a crybaby, build another one. Fuck laws, let's live like animals! Survival of the fittest should be the sole standard of our behavior.
When I read this quote, "When you have a company of 60,000 employees, people are coming and going all the time." I couldn't help but be reminded of the comment made by Spinal Tap's manager about the band's declining audience.
Marty: The last time Tap toured America, they where, uh, booked
into 10,000 seat arenas, and 15,000 seat venues, and it
seems that now, on the current tour they're being
booked into 1,200 seat arenas, 1,500 seat arenas, and uh
I was just wondering, does this mean uh...the popularity
of the group is waning?
Ian: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no...no, no, not at all.
I, I, I just think that the.. uh.. their appeal is
becoming more selective.
"Bloated Speed" Sounds like a late 80s speed metal band featuring four blonde fat chicks.
Americans LOVE bloat. All you-can-eat restaurants. Trucks with HEMIs and lift-kits only driven on pavement. Giant houses with even larger pole barns. You'd think it'd be a little more popular.
"What exactly is wrong with implementing a good idea, regardless of who came up with it?"
This shouldn't have to be explained, but when a person or entity can only steal ideas, that means they ran out of ideas. When a company runs out of ideas, the shark is jumped and the decline begins. Thus, we're witnessing the beginging of the end of Microsoft as a relevant force in the computer industry.
"What have OSS developers come up with on their own lately?"
A bullet-proof OS that NEVER gets viruses, spyware, etc. We could only dream that Microsoft would follow that lead!
I just happen to have a patent on a system and method for sending random bits of information to unintended users via a handheld device. I'll be rolling in money, if Research In Motion Ltd. leaves me any, that is.
But you're missing the point. The school is not forbiding students from posting embarassing things, it's forbiding students from posting ANYTHING!
This is hilarious because if the guy had simply left his apartment and walked to the nearest corner, he could have bought the DVD for next to nothing.
It's amazing to me that real piracy, where huge profits are made, is ignored while file sharing between friends is hammered.
You're confusing copyright with trademarks. Trademarks have to be defended to be protected. That's why Adobe goes after people who use "photoshop" as a verb. If enough people use it as a verb it'll lose its trademark status and become a "real" world. Sort of like Aspirin, which use to be a trademark.
Copyrights last as long as the particular statute say it lasts. Despite the fact that millions of people have violated copyrights by illegally downloading songs, those copyrights are still valid and will be valid until the statutorily given period expires or until the copyright holder voluntarily puts them in the public domain, whatever comes first.
"this screws authors of royalties on new titles"
Yeah, a dealership selling used cars really "screws" over the automotive industry. And selling your house really "screws" over building contractors. And giving your old clothes to Good Will really "screws" over the clothing industry.
You believe that no one has any rights in anything they buy. When I buy something it's mine and if I want to re-sell it it's my right to do so. No go fuck yourself.
... isn't the point of intellectual property supposed to be the public's interest?!
...Product Activation is PRO consumer?! Having to ask permission to re-install your paid-for OS on your paid-for computer?! Wow Gates must have a HUGE mouth to be able to talk out of both sides of it so well.
That's libel, or defamation, or something or another! I'm going to sue your ass!
So I think everyone is financially to blame, other than my client of course.
"as you HAVE to watch commercials or pay money for a TiVo-like service to remove them"
You do not HAVE to watch commericals, you can leave the room. And you don't HAVE to pay money to Tivo! You can record them on VHS and fast forword through the commercials. You can build your own PVR and skip them. You can build a MythTV PVR and it'll automatically remove the commericals.
TV shows are not free to make, but they are free to watch and record.
Good point.
"breathalyzer's accuracy has been tested and verified"
The breathalyzer's accuracy HAD been tested. But since the tests the company released numerous software upgrades that have not been tested.
I see no reason to turn over the source code, however, simply retest the devices after each upgrade.