Yes but did Scaled Composites create Doom? That's right! Enough said!
If all else fails, Armadillo will just create the software to make the space tourists THINK that they're going into space...
Sorry, I'm not actually familar with Roland's products, etc. so I assumed that they weren't distributed in large numbers. Otherwise, you are correct and I am wrong.
Copyrights only need to be registered when you are bringing a lawsuit against someone. If the infringement happened before your registration, however, you cannot get any statutary damages and attorney's fees. Seize and desist is possible if Roland wins the case.
If someday they can promise better genes with almost no negative effects, what would be so bad about it? Note the big "if"... Just hypothetically speaking.
Not to pick on you and I might be wrong but...
This Michael Johnson must himself be a miracle of genetic research in which they took the genes of Michael Jordan and mixed it with Magic Johnson to produce the ultimate basketball player. Not only can he jump higher, move faster, endorse more shoes, he can also survive AIDS.:-)
No mention of any real technical education or experience. I'm so sick of these so called "experts" who do not have any real training or education in computing. Last I checked the Aberdeen group (and other consulting groups), most of them were English and History majors. When will they realize that their background isn't applicable to this field??? Being a student at one of our nation's leading universities in the humanities, I've realized that some of these people are so full of themselves that they think their intelligence will carry them through anything. This is simply dead wrong.
1. That would only benefit the wealthy and not those who've already lost their jobs. You will see the income disparity go up the roof very quickly. I don't see how this will help us at all. Lower taxes isn't what's attracting these companies overseas. It's the large pool of trained personnel who are willing to work for less. On the contrary, I think we should spend more money on our education system. The flat tax would only take money away from this and other social benefits which we need to help keep our work force educated.
2. The McDonald case is highly exaggerated and people who are familar with the law knows that it's not as ridiculous as the media made it sound. First, the coffee did not NEED to be so hot. The coffee that was serve was in fact so hot that it was painful to hold. Second the punitive damage reward was proportional to McDonald's size. It did what it was supposed to do and that is to punish them. Check out the Ford Pinto cases to see why this is necesary. Of course, one can debate who should receive the punitive damages.
3. Parents always had choices. Wealthy parents have always sent their kids off to private schools. The voucher system would only hurt the poor and the middle class as it will take money away from the public schools but not give enough for them to actually go to a good private school. Have you checked tuitions lately for good private schools? Yes there are cheap private schools but they're usually worse than public.
Yes but SETI, I believe, has the most users. What good are standards if the majority of the participants use something else? In order for a standard to be successful, people have to adopt it.
Now that SETI has decided to allow out-projects, I would like to see a chess program based on that. I want to see the highest chess rating known to man!:-D
So, if I sell you my TI-89 for $30,000, it's automatically better than your Mac? I mean it does what I need it to do and I bet it crashes a lot less than a Mac. Give us a break.
A better analogy might be Ford and Mercury. Basically the same thing, but the Mercury owner paid a lot more for no real reason.
The reason PCs are cheaper is that there's so much more competition in the market. Who makes Macs and decides the form factors for Macs? One company. How much do you think the profit margin is on those things compared to Dells and most other PCs? See that pretty little case of yours? How much do you think you paid more for that? Does it add to your performance at all?
Apple is a great marketing company because it has obviously dubbed some people into believing paying more automatically equate to better products... as if vendors are going to peg their price to the actual performance/value of their product.
I was referring to studies done where they basically counted the number of cases that the court ruled in favor of those applying for or holding a patent. It's fairly difficult to fudge the facts on that, especially when your audience are legal scholars and lawyers.
That's not entirely true. Among many legal scholars, the Federal Circuit is generally held to be a good thing. Prior to the creation of the Federal Circuit, many companies would go "forum shopping" and take their case to a circuit that is reputed to be favorable to them, etc. However, since patents operate on a national level, this kind of contradictory ruling made patent laws very unpredictable. In actuality, it is rather difficult to say if the court is pro-patents or not. Studies down on their ruling did not show any significant different in either direction.
Is getting wealthy the necessary reward for artists? I can't imagine an artist singing about a heartache when he/she has 100 million dollars and goes around in a Limo. It's a total disconnect from the audience. There's like no soul behind the sound.
This is the thing I've never understood. They're a much smaller company than Intel. For most quarters they lose money. Yet, they're able to compete with Intel and throw in some good punches every now and then. How can they do this year after year? I'm always worried that one day AMD would just topple over but, thank whatever you want, it hasn't. This Athlon64 probably won't destroy Intel or anything but I hope it will give AMD some more breathing room to keep competing.
While I admire your principle, I have to say that is not very practical. If somehow the Prescott does outperform the A64, I WILL get it, especially if it is cheaper.
As a member of the Latin alphabet users community, I propose we counter sue ISO for using anything in the Latin alphabet character set, which predates the ISO standards. Furthermore, I highyl encourage members of the Arab community to countersue for use of the Arabic numerals.
A lot of research I've seem being done in computer science today can be easily applied to the military. For example, while we all rejoice when a new breakthrough enables us to do ad hoc wireless networking, the same thing can be used by the military. This summer, I helped on a localization for wireless sensor networks project. Surprisingly, I was told that one of the algorithms (a graph rigidity algorithm) can also enable pilotless drones to fly in formation, thus saving fuel. At the same time, success in the project would advance sensor network routing, etc. which can help farmers monitor their farms. Who would have thought that computational geometry can be so dangerous!
The interdisciplinary nature of academia makes it useful to the military. While researchers might have one application in mind when they develop something, another researcher (possibly funded by the DoD) might see another application for it. I hate to be so fatalistic but that's the inevitable consequence of knowing more. The same knowledge can be used for good and harm. Ultimately, it is the policy makers and leaders who must decide how we should apply our wealth of knowledge.
Doesn't this in some ways violate the end-to-end argument? (For those unfamilar with the argument, http://www.jtrix.org/documentation/technical-overv iew/node22.html)
It seems that the job of the ISP is to provide the connection, not the security. Security should be taken care of at a higher level/layer. It has been argued that one of the reasons that the Internet has scaled so well is that it stuck to this design principle. If we make a habit of violating this principle for the sake of convience, we will end up with something that's far less useful and more narrow in scope that what the Internet is now. As we cannot forsee the future uses of the Internet, nor the individual needs of every user, it would be silly to apply an one-size-fits-all approach to the Internet. Let the users decide how they want to use and connect to the Internet.
No, but it's pretty damn easy and fun (test driving a Bimmer) to get BMW to donate to breast cancer, as they've done for many years...
http://www.autointell.com/news-2000-2/August-29-00 -p4.htm
I was reading a law book on patents a few days ago and one of the conditions for granting a patent is that it must be nonobvious. Did they decide to drop this requirement since my law book was published? Or is computer and Internet related technology so overwhelming for the people in the patent office that anything related to either one is automatically granted a patent? Or perhaps patent lawyers and applicants have gotten better at BSing their way into a patent? Talk about a digital divide! I wonder what the requirements are for people in the patent office.
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Yes but did Scaled Composites create Doom? That's right! Enough said! If all else fails, Armadillo will just create the software to make the space tourists THINK that they're going into space...
Sorry, I'm not actually familar with Roland's products, etc. so I assumed that they weren't distributed in large numbers. Otherwise, you are correct and I am wrong.
Copyrights only need to be registered when you are bringing a lawsuit against someone. If the infringement happened before your registration, however, you cannot get any statutary damages and attorney's fees. Seize and desist is possible if Roland wins the case.
If someday they can promise better genes with almost no negative effects, what would be so bad about it? Note the big "if"... Just hypothetically speaking.
Not to pick on you and I might be wrong but... This Michael Johnson must himself be a miracle of genetic research in which they took the genes of Michael Jordan and mixed it with Magic Johnson to produce the ultimate basketball player. Not only can he jump higher, move faster, endorse more shoes, he can also survive AIDS. :-)
http://www.enderlegroup.com/profile.asp
No mention of any real technical education or experience. I'm so sick of these so called "experts" who do not have any real training or education in computing. Last I checked the Aberdeen group (and other consulting groups), most of them were English and History majors. When will they realize that their background isn't applicable to this field??? Being a student at one of our nation's leading universities in the humanities, I've realized that some of these people are so full of themselves that they think their intelligence will carry them through anything. This is simply dead wrong.
1. That would only benefit the wealthy and not those who've already lost their jobs. You will see the income disparity go up the roof very quickly. I don't see how this will help us at all. Lower taxes isn't what's attracting these companies overseas. It's the large pool of trained personnel who are willing to work for less. On the contrary, I think we should spend more money on our education system. The flat tax would only take money away from this and other social benefits which we need to help keep our work force educated.
2. The McDonald case is highly exaggerated and people who are familar with the law knows that it's not as ridiculous as the media made it sound. First, the coffee did not NEED to be so hot. The coffee that was serve was in fact so hot that it was painful to hold. Second the punitive damage reward was proportional to McDonald's size. It did what it was supposed to do and that is to punish them. Check out the Ford Pinto cases to see why this is necesary. Of course, one can debate who should receive the punitive damages.
3. Parents always had choices. Wealthy parents have always sent their kids off to private schools. The voucher system would only hurt the poor and the middle class as it will take money away from the public schools but not give enough for them to actually go to a good private school. Have you checked tuitions lately for good private schools? Yes there are cheap private schools but they're usually worse than public.
4. No comments.
Yes but SETI, I believe, has the most users. What good are standards if the majority of the participants use something else? In order for a standard to be successful, people have to adopt it.
Now that SETI has decided to allow out-projects, I would like to see a chess program based on that. I want to see the highest chess rating known to man! :-D
What's with this latent animosity towards ICANN? Yes, I'm probably too young (or too newbie) to know the story so please fill me in.
So, if I sell you my TI-89 for $30,000, it's automatically better than your Mac? I mean it does what I need it to do and I bet it crashes a lot less than a Mac. Give us a break. A better analogy might be Ford and Mercury. Basically the same thing, but the Mercury owner paid a lot more for no real reason. The reason PCs are cheaper is that there's so much more competition in the market. Who makes Macs and decides the form factors for Macs? One company. How much do you think the profit margin is on those things compared to Dells and most other PCs? See that pretty little case of yours? How much do you think you paid more for that? Does it add to your performance at all? Apple is a great marketing company because it has obviously dubbed some people into believing paying more automatically equate to better products... as if vendors are going to peg their price to the actual performance/value of their product.
I was referring to studies done where they basically counted the number of cases that the court ruled in favor of those applying for or holding a patent. It's fairly difficult to fudge the facts on that, especially when your audience are legal scholars and lawyers.
That's not entirely true. Among many legal scholars, the Federal Circuit is generally held to be a good thing. Prior to the creation of the Federal Circuit, many companies would go "forum shopping" and take their case to a circuit that is reputed to be favorable to them, etc. However, since patents operate on a national level, this kind of contradictory ruling made patent laws very unpredictable. In actuality, it is rather difficult to say if the court is pro-patents or not. Studies down on their ruling did not show any significant different in either direction.
Because we all know that Bush tells the truth...
Is getting wealthy the necessary reward for artists? I can't imagine an artist singing about a heartache when he/she has 100 million dollars and goes around in a Limo. It's a total disconnect from the audience. There's like no soul behind the sound.
My name is Darl! *promptly gets run over by the big IBM ligitation team*
This is the thing I've never understood. They're a much smaller company than Intel. For most quarters they lose money. Yet, they're able to compete with Intel and throw in some good punches every now and then. How can they do this year after year? I'm always worried that one day AMD would just topple over but, thank whatever you want, it hasn't. This Athlon64 probably won't destroy Intel or anything but I hope it will give AMD some more breathing room to keep competing.
While I admire your principle, I have to say that is not very practical. If somehow the Prescott does outperform the A64, I WILL get it, especially if it is cheaper.
As a member of the Latin alphabet users community, I propose we counter sue ISO for using anything in the Latin alphabet character set, which predates the ISO standards. Furthermore, I highyl encourage members of the Arab community to countersue for use of the Arabic numerals.
Instead of the usual, it's now "It's a bug, not a feature"
Surprised anyone who works with nuclear or radio-active material would actually live so long. Many of these physicists often die somewhat early.
A lot of research I've seem being done in computer science today can be easily applied to the military. For example, while we all rejoice when a new breakthrough enables us to do ad hoc wireless networking, the same thing can be used by the military. This summer, I helped on a localization for wireless sensor networks project. Surprisingly, I was told that one of the algorithms (a graph rigidity algorithm) can also enable pilotless drones to fly in formation, thus saving fuel. At the same time, success in the project would advance sensor network routing, etc. which can help farmers monitor their farms. Who would have thought that computational geometry can be so dangerous!
The interdisciplinary nature of academia makes it useful to the military. While researchers might have one application in mind when they develop something, another researcher (possibly funded by the DoD) might see another application for it. I hate to be so fatalistic but that's the inevitable consequence of knowing more. The same knowledge can be used for good and harm. Ultimately, it is the policy makers and leaders who must decide how we should apply our wealth of knowledge.
Doesn't this in some ways violate the end-to-end argument? (For those unfamilar with the argument, http://www.jtrix.org/documentation/technical-overv iew/node22.html)
It seems that the job of the ISP is to provide the connection, not the security. Security should be taken care of at a higher level/layer. It has been argued that one of the reasons that the Internet has scaled so well is that it stuck to this design principle. If we make a habit of violating this principle for the sake of convience, we will end up with something that's far less useful and more narrow in scope that what the Internet is now. As we cannot forsee the future uses of the Internet, nor the individual needs of every user, it would be silly to apply an one-size-fits-all approach to the Internet. Let the users decide how they want to use and connect to the Internet.
No, but it's pretty damn easy and fun (test driving a Bimmer) to get BMW to donate to breast cancer, as they've done for many years... http://www.autointell.com/news-2000-2/August-29-00 -p4.htm
I was reading a law book on patents a few days ago and one of the conditions for granting a patent is that it must be nonobvious. Did they decide to drop this requirement since my law book was published? Or is computer and Internet related technology so overwhelming for the people in the patent office that anything related to either one is automatically granted a patent? Or perhaps patent lawyers and applicants have gotten better at BSing their way into a patent? Talk about a digital divide! I wonder what the requirements are for people in the patent office.