Software is something that can be stored on CD, emailed or downloaded from a webserver. Software can be distributed, sold etc without violating any patent. That is, if you can produce hardware and put the software (e.g, firmware) on a CD in the box you do not have to worry about patents for that software.
Sadly that does not seem to be true. Software "as such" cannot be patented, but the things software do can be patented, and so distributing or selling such software may violate a patent. And that points to the solution: allow software to be created, distributed, sold and used, and allow this to be a defence against accusations of patent violation - patents can still be issued, but they cannot be enforced against software.
"Recently the LibDems got 6 million votes in the Euro elections and not 1 seat because of the system."
How odd - I thought they came fourth in Great Britain in 2004 getting 2.5 million votes (out of 17 million) and 12 seats (out of 75), coming By "recently", you may mean 1989 when they won no seats and only 6% of the vote (less than 1 million votes).
Not funny. Attempted suicide used to attract the death penalty in England. Try to cut your throat and they would not hang you until it had healed properly (otherwise the wound might reopen and your suicide would be successful).
A suicide pact where one dies and the other fails to die is still legally murder, with an automatic life sentence.
At this point, a blogger named PowerYogi posts the technique to his blog which can be found here. It seems to involve copying two identification numbers from a linked asp page to an unlinked asp page.
You would think Microsoft would have learned not to use patented technology by now. It has a viral effect - build on existing patents and you are still caught in the trap.
No - floating bodies displace an amount equal to their mass, so density makes no difference to the amount displaced (so long as the density is low enough to enable it to float in the first place).
The Empire is a little smaller now so South African penguins are now free (and happy in their black and white plumage), but officially the British Antarctic Territory is still part of it.
The square root involves the first five places after the decimal point of an irrational number, while the thirteenth root results in an integer - this allows some tricks.
Show me any 13th power of an integer and I can immediately tell you the final digit of the root. Similarly with 5th powers and 9th powers. But square roots of non squares don't give so many tricks.
That raises another question - why does the first one to think of something get the exclusive right, and the second one get nothing, even if he thought of it independantly of the first?
It encourages an innovation race, which should mean more innovation more quickly. But if somebody else is likely to come up with the same idea independently and soon then it should fail the unobvious test.
Since the majority of software patents seem to be invalid on one ground or another, should the existence of a patent prejudice the court against the patent holder?
Wrong example. The Boston Tea Party was a group of smugglers protesting because the tax on tea was abolished, removing their profit margin.
That would be like "software pirates" sending a DDOS attack to FFII because software patents will keep software prices up and create a market for illegal copying.
Try Annan Plan for Cyprus, the last two parts of which look as if they have been written by a Greek Cypriot opponent of the plan who simply does not understand the world reaction. The Talk page shows this bewilderment.
For example, try looking at the difference between n^n and the largest factorial less than or equal to it. This starts 1^1-1!=0, 2^2-2!=2, 3^3-4!=3,... and goes on 136, 2405, 6336, 460663, 13148416, 347503689,... which looks as if it is increasing. Keep going, and it still looks as if it is increasing, but keep going and after more than 4 million steps you are dealing with numbers with around 30 million decimal digits when it suddenly takes a small step down.
It is (and was in 1999) a regional closed party list system in Great Britain (9 English regions, plus Scotland plus Wales), with STV in Northern Ireland.
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My thoughts exactly - presumably you need one decoder/capture card per channel. One hard disk per channel might also help.
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The Ad-Aware download page lists WhenU as its "latest uninstaller"
Sadly that does not seem to be true. Software "as such" cannot be patented, but the things software do can be patented, and so distributing or selling such software may violate a patent. And that points to the solution: allow software to be created, distributed, sold and used, and allow this to be a defence against accusations of patent violation - patents can still be issued, but they cannot be enforced against software.
How odd - I thought they came fourth in Great Britain in 2004 getting 2.5 million votes (out of 17 million) and 12 seats (out of 75), coming By "recently", you may mean 1989 when they won no seats and only 6% of the vote (less than 1 million votes).
Which somehow seems to include the National Trust at Little Moreton Hall.
Pour a glass of beer into a computer and see how much operational capacity it loses.
A suicide pact where one dies and the other fails to die is still legally murder, with an automatic life sentence.
At this point, a blogger named PowerYogi posts the technique to his blog which can be found here. It seems to involve copying two identification numbers from a linked asp page to an unlinked asp page.
When you are flying in your NASA rocket, remember that each part was purchased by competitive tender and the cheapest bid won.
You would think Microsoft would have learned not to use patented technology by now. It has a viral effect - build on existing patents and you are still caught in the trap.
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No - floating bodies displace an amount equal to their mass, so density makes no difference to the amount displaced (so long as the density is low enough to enable it to float in the first place).
The Empire is a little smaller now so South African penguins are now free (and happy in their black and white plumage), but officially the British Antarctic Territory is still part of it.
UK duty on ordinary diesel 47.1 p/litre
duty on biodiesel 27.1 p/litre
duty on ordinary diesel paid by farmers 5.22 p/litre
Show me any 13th power of an integer and I can immediately tell you the final digit of the root. Similarly with 5th powers and 9th powers. But square roots of non squares don't give so many tricks.
No - BTU may measure heat or energy, but heat output needs to divide this by time to give a rate, also known as power. So 1 GW is about 947817 BTU/s.
It encourages an innovation race, which should mean more innovation more quickly. But if somebody else is likely to come up with the same idea independently and soon then it should fail the unobvious test.
Since the majority of software patents seem to be invalid on one ground or another, should the existence of a patent prejudice the court against the patent holder?
IE5 usage is increasing quite rapidly. I think you may be reading the table upside down - it has more recent data at the top.
That would be like "software pirates" sending a DDOS attack to FFII because software patents will keep software prices up and create a market for illegal copying.
That being said, the article used to be even worse for most of June.
For example, try looking at the difference between n^n and the largest factorial less than or equal to it. This starts 1^1-1!=0, 2^2-2!=2, 3^3-4!=3,... and goes on 136, 2405, 6336, 460663, 13148416, 347503689,... which looks as if it is increasing. Keep going, and it still looks as if it is increasing, but keep going and after more than 4 million steps you are dealing with numbers with around 30 million decimal digits when it suddenly takes a small step down.
It is not, and nor is 2^2117031812502203952770682472198515 - 1. Both are divisible by 31.
I assume you meant to say "eventually short sellers will have to buy" thus forcing the price back up when they unwind their position.
It is (and was in 1999) a regional closed party list system in Great Britain (9 English regions, plus Scotland plus Wales), with STV in Northern Ireland.