You could get the data directly from the USPTO here. They support full boolean searches on a large number of fields. For example, a search for "international business machines" as the assignee in the patent database shows that IBM has 52,781 patents (some of which are expired). Narrowing the search to those issued in the last year shows 4166 patents issued in 2008. The exact query I used was (an/"international business machines" and isd/20080101->20081231) without the parens. You can search patents and published applications -- IBM currently shows 27685 applications pending (and that's just those that have published since 2001).
I have every bit of confidence that if today's nerds were given the power to create a governmental system, there would be a Secretary of Video Games, a Secretary of Silly Blogs, and a Secretary of Meme Enforcement. I leave it to you to decide whether this would be a good thing for the country.
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Agreed with parent and OP. I'd like to add that the fact this is even an issue is due in large part to a widespread lack of effective instruction in critical thinking and logical analysis skills in the earlier grades. Kids should be learning these things relatively early, certainly in junior high. There is no reason why at least 75% of all students should be at least capable of (if not actually interested in) taking a basic computer programming class in high school. It's appalling to me that we have kids graduating high school who are barely literate, and it's absolutely unacceptable that the reasons are largely political.
Just pass a law that says there shall be no patent or trade secret protection in the design, implementation, or use of voting machines? Leave trademark protection -- that doesn't hurt anyone, and helps states choose between competing vendors. Leave copyright protection -- that allows vendors to prevent competitors from ripping off their code outright, or designing something 'substantially similar', and open source developers can still code alternatives. But there shouldn't be governmental protection for the ideas or machines behind the vote counting, because that sort of intervention is contrary to the public interest in having open and transparent elections and election systems.
Their offer if you win: a whopping $40 (plus you get to keep the drive!). No way in hell you can recover data after dd for $40. My time alone is worth more than that. Offer me $40,000 and I'll consider it.
The reason people pirate games is because getting games for free is cheaper than paying for them, and because of the thrill. People have been sneaking into movies for years -- it's no different.
You shouldn't be charged with a felony. That said, why are you lying about yourself? If you don't like the terms of service, use another site. People dismiss proper, legal authorization on the net WAY too easily. "Oh, I'll just sign this contract and 5 seconds later pretend it doesn't exist." Ask yourself, if you were giving someone access to your computer, would YOU like it if they lied so casually?
The proper way to fight evil terms of service is to NOT PATRONIZE the company offering them.
Personally I think it's the business of the government to protect the interests of the majority... maybe...
On this side of the pond, we threw out that way of thinking a long time ago. Otherwise, only white men with a freehold estate would be voting these days. (Although with the current administration, you have to wonder if they wouldn't head back that way if they could.)
I think it's the business of the government to help the people help themselves, not to "help" them (by force of regulation) according to whichever way the prevailing political winds happen to be blowing at the time. If anything, the US has become too majoritarian lately. I think this is due in large part to six years of one political party in power. (It happened during the 90's too, when the Democrats controlled Congress with Clinton in the White House. We've really been too majoritarian for most of the last 16 years at least.)
We've lost the need to compromise, and the 50.1% in the majority (whichever majority that happens to be) keep screwing over the 49.9% in the minority, just because they can. Is it any wonder that the approval ratings of the President and Congress are so low?
Oh, you could definitely put the ISS on the surface of the moon, and without "serious engineering" as you put it. But you wouldn't want to be anywhere near it when it 'lands'...
This is what people don't seem to be getting. This woman logged on to Myspace to torture a poor girl's mind until it shattered. If she'd used her real name, it would have been bad enough, but at least it would have been fairly easy to find the right person to charge. The point here is that she used a fake identity to torture this girl under false pretenses, in a failed attempt to avoid taking personal responsibility (and maybe dodge criminal charges). This is exactly the correct law to apply for this kind of misbehavior, in addition to any other criminal charges.
Lawyers have to be "zealous advocates" for their clients. That's their job. Would you hire a lawyer who won't go to the mat for you? More than that, it's an ethical imperative. Everyone who's crying out for professional penalties doesn't understand the nature of the profession.
I have a great deal of respect for NYCL. He fights like hell for his clients. Of course, that means everything he says is biased for the defense. And everything the plaintiff's lawyers say is biased for the plaintiffs. That doesn't mean either of them are correct about what really happened -- they're just advocating the theory that best suits their client's wishes. And neither of them should be penalized for that, because that's how the system should work.
Not quite. A set of measure zero is not necessarily empty. For example, the set of rational numbers is measure zero inside the reals. See here.
Also, 'place' is a technical term. See here for a definition.
or how about one from a city that is directly impacted by the decision (Chicago)
Nope, try again. The District isn't a state. It's not clear that the Second Amendment applies to the states; in fact, there's a good argument it doesn't. See this.
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Whereas, of course, it would be impossible for kids to even find a DeLorean.
You could get the data directly from the USPTO here. They support full boolean searches on a large number of fields. For example, a search for "international business machines" as the assignee in the patent database shows that IBM has 52,781 patents (some of which are expired). Narrowing the search to those issued in the last year shows 4166 patents issued in 2008. The exact query I used was (an/"international business machines" and isd/20080101->20081231) without the parens. You can search patents and published applications -- IBM currently shows 27685 applications pending (and that's just those that have published since 2001).
Doesn't the court realize that by ruling FISA entirely useless, they just ruled themselves useless?
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I have every bit of confidence that if today's nerds were given the power to create a governmental system, there would be a Secretary of Video Games, a Secretary of Silly Blogs, and a Secretary of Meme Enforcement. I leave it to you to decide whether this would be a good thing for the country.
It won't suck as much as the last one.
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Agreed with parent and OP. I'd like to add that the fact this is even an issue is due in large part to a widespread lack of effective instruction in critical thinking and logical analysis skills in the earlier grades. Kids should be learning these things relatively early, certainly in junior high. There is no reason why at least 75% of all students should be at least capable of (if not actually interested in) taking a basic computer programming class in high school. It's appalling to me that we have kids graduating high school who are barely literate, and it's absolutely unacceptable that the reasons are largely political.
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I've written a short article discussing this opinion here [PDF warning]. It's a good start, but there's a long way to go.
Just pass a law that says there shall be no patent or trade secret protection in the design, implementation, or use of voting machines? Leave trademark protection -- that doesn't hurt anyone, and helps states choose between competing vendors. Leave copyright protection -- that allows vendors to prevent competitors from ripping off their code outright, or designing something 'substantially similar', and open source developers can still code alternatives. But there shouldn't be governmental protection for the ideas or machines behind the vote counting, because that sort of intervention is contrary to the public interest in having open and transparent elections and election systems.
Their offer if you win: a whopping $40 (plus you get to keep the drive!). No way in hell you can recover data after dd for $40. My time alone is worth more than that. Offer me $40,000 and I'll consider it.
Sort of.
The reason people pirate games is because getting games for free is cheaper than paying for them, and because of the thrill. People have been sneaking into movies for years -- it's no different.
Well, isn't it lucky that this injunction didn't come from Congress?
I think you meant to point out a case, like the Pentagon Papers case.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_(formal_criminal_charge)
You shouldn't be charged with a felony. That said, why are you lying about yourself? If you don't like the terms of service, use another site. People dismiss proper, legal authorization on the net WAY too easily. "Oh, I'll just sign this contract and 5 seconds later pretend it doesn't exist." Ask yourself, if you were giving someone access to your computer, would YOU like it if they lied so casually?
The proper way to fight evil terms of service is to NOT PATRONIZE the company offering them.
On this side of the pond, we threw out that way of thinking a long time ago. Otherwise, only white men with a freehold estate would be voting these days. (Although with the current administration, you have to wonder if they wouldn't head back that way if they could.)
I think it's the business of the government to help the people help themselves, not to "help" them (by force of regulation) according to whichever way the prevailing political winds happen to be blowing at the time. If anything, the US has become too majoritarian lately. I think this is due in large part to six years of one political party in power. (It happened during the 90's too, when the Democrats controlled Congress with Clinton in the White House. We've really been too majoritarian for most of the last 16 years at least.)
We've lost the need to compromise, and the 50.1% in the majority (whichever majority that happens to be) keep screwing over the 49.9% in the minority, just because they can. Is it any wonder that the approval ratings of the President and Congress are so low?
Oh, you could definitely put the ISS on the surface of the moon, and without "serious engineering" as you put it. But you wouldn't want to be anywhere near it when it 'lands'...
This is what people don't seem to be getting. This woman logged on to Myspace to torture a poor girl's mind until it shattered. If she'd used her real name, it would have been bad enough, but at least it would have been fairly easy to find the right person to charge. The point here is that she used a fake identity to torture this girl under false pretenses, in a failed attempt to avoid taking personal responsibility (and maybe dodge criminal charges). This is exactly the correct law to apply for this kind of misbehavior, in addition to any other criminal charges.
Lawyers have to be "zealous advocates" for their clients. That's their job. Would you hire a lawyer who won't go to the mat for you? More than that, it's an ethical imperative. Everyone who's crying out for professional penalties doesn't understand the nature of the profession.
I have a great deal of respect for NYCL. He fights like hell for his clients. Of course, that means everything he says is biased for the defense. And everything the plaintiff's lawyers say is biased for the plaintiffs. That doesn't mean either of them are correct about what really happened -- they're just advocating the theory that best suits their client's wishes. And neither of them should be penalized for that, because that's how the system should work.
Not quite. A set of measure zero is not necessarily empty. For example, the set of rational numbers is measure zero inside the reals. See here. Also, 'place' is a technical term. See here for a definition.
Nope, try again. The District isn't a state. It's not clear that the Second Amendment applies to the states; in fact, there's a good argument it doesn't. See this.
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