"Produce the thing you patented"
What if I were a brilliant physicist and my lifes work was to produce the equations that would yeild faster than light travel. I couldn't actually build and test the engine, because that might take billions. If someone else takes my equations and builds the engine do I not deserve to profit?
The better answer is severly limit the lifespan of patents. The patent system was created a long time ago when industry moved much slower. A year on technology or business patents should be plenty of time for an entity to gain an advantage in the marketplace. If their patent was so novel, they won't have trouble making money with it.
Also, patents should be taxable like real estate to prevent hording. If your patent is truely novel, then you won't mind paying for the right to block people out for some time.
Ok what about third parties who want to support a particular candidate for president. Can they spend money advertising for one or the other? What about a special interest group who is opposed to abortion? If a big election is coming up can they advertise their views?
What if a candidate has spent his 1 million already for the presidential race and I go rent a bullhorn, go outside and organize a rally in support of that president. Is that illegal since I had to spend money on the bullhorn? What if I already own the bullhorn?
I don't get it, I looked into 'AJAX' to implement part of a context sensitive help system I am working on for a web-application and there was nothing to it. How can all this stuff be written about something so simple? Am I missing something?
function GetHelpPage(helpid) { if(!helpid) return;
if (document.all) xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); else xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhttp.onreadystatechange = HandlerOnReadyStateChange; xhttp.open("GET", "http://localhost/ipool/HelpXML.aspx?helpid=" + helpid, false); xhttp.send(); }
function HandlerOnReadyStateChange() { if (xhttp.readyState==4) { var x = ''; var nodes = xhttp.responseXML.selectNodes("//helptext"); for (var i=0; i<nodes.length; i++) x += nodes(i).text; LaunchHelpWindow(x) } }
I can corroberate your statements about the police. My stepfather was a cop, and growing up I would periodically pepper him with annoying questions about his job. Once I asked him something about stopping fights and he said that he usually waited a few seconds before stopping the fight. When I asked him why he said it was because they would be too tired from fighting each other to fight him:)
Of course this is the same guy that had this conversation with me:
Little Me: "What would you do if you cornered a bad guy who knew KARATE!?!"
You can't expect a perfect justice system, that is why we strive for laws and punishments that balance the needs of society against the individual.
Obviously executing an innocent man is a terrible byproduct of a death penalty, but then again so is someone murdering your entire family and being paroled.
Ghandi was good at making speeches to appeal to the masses, but bad at logic. An eye for an eye does not mean that person A gouges person B who then gouges person C. The conflict is between A and B, and once A has hurt B and B has hurt A it is over.
The whole world would be blind if half of the world were jerks who stabbed out an eye of the other half, who then reciprocated.
And here's the fun part: trying the same independently on two planets doesn't reduce the chances in any way. Your chances of rolling a 6 with a die are not influenced by my also rolling my own dice at the same time. The fact that you rolled a 6 doesn't say I can't roll a 6 too.
Sure it does. If the chance of life existing on a planet was 1/6, then the chance of life exising on two planets would be 1/36. 3 planets would be 1/216.
The key to this problem is to divide the array in half, then decide which half contains the value you want (by virtue of the current value being greater than or less than the value you are looking for). Then divide the half you have selected in half again. Rinse, repeat until you find your number.
Keep in mind that (at least in the US) we have very few commercial airline crashes. Private planes, however; go down all the time. I think in Alaska alone they were averaging 200 a year for some time? So I guess statistically it all adds up.
Exactly, you are dead one with this comment. This is a perfect way to condition a generation of people into thinking that being tracked by RFID is normal.
Once they become adults, it will be no big deal if the program is continued--for your safety of course.
A filibuster can be defeated by a vote of Cloture, which is something the Republicans will not be shy to use if needed. Expect to see them wield their majority in many issues in the coming years.
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What are the chances of 2 Texas oilmen (financially supported by many more oilmen) giving us a coherent national energy policy which frees us from dependency on oil and the Middle East?
This is actually the crux of the reason I do not believe Bush is much of a republican. If you think about it, the most US-centric, national security supporting policy possible is to completely wean ourselves off of foreign oil.
Think about the possibilities if instead of invading Iraq, we funneled those billions into alternative energy research. The payoff, perhaps in ten years, perhaps longer, would completely wipe away the ability of the middle east to influence or effect the US.
I agree to an extent, I liken the information on his web-site to a television ad. It costs money to play ads in various markets, so they limit the ads to where the information is most effective. Why not use the same strategy for his web-site, after all, bandwidth is not free.
And property is taxed, so you can't just hold on to property forever.
Perhaps if they taxed IP copyrights similar to property than I could see a case in being allowed to hold a copyright forever..
To play devil's advocate, children do not usually have the capability or judgement required to handle things in moderation.
Also certain experiences are probably best left to adulthood--ideally when a person has the intellectual and emotional maturity to best handle it.
Of course the parent's job is to screen out such experiences.. But hey, why bother when the government will do it for you!
I think George Carlin hit the nail on the head when he ranted about the cult of the child here in the US (applies elsewhere). Many of the conservative reactions to todays issues are wrapped up in the whole 'think of the children' rhetoric.
What makes it worse is at the same time it seems parent's willingess to expend their personal energy in protecting their children is waning in favor of a government that will do it all for them.
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You don't need anything in your car to do this kind of analysis. Road-side sensors can tell you about traffic volume and flow.
"Produce the thing you patented" What if I were a brilliant physicist and my lifes work was to produce the equations that would yeild faster than light travel. I couldn't actually build and test the engine, because that might take billions. If someone else takes my equations and builds the engine do I not deserve to profit? The better answer is severly limit the lifespan of patents. The patent system was created a long time ago when industry moved much slower. A year on technology or business patents should be plenty of time for an entity to gain an advantage in the marketplace. If their patent was so novel, they won't have trouble making money with it. Also, patents should be taxable like real estate to prevent hording. If your patent is truely novel, then you won't mind paying for the right to block people out for some time.
Clearly the technology used to keep the room of 10,000 monkies relatively feces free is pretty impressive.
The law was probably created to keep homeless people out of the playground. Unless of course they have homeless children!
Ok what about third parties who want to support a particular candidate for president. Can they spend money advertising for one or the other? What about a special interest group who is opposed to abortion? If a big election is coming up can they advertise their views?
What if a candidate has spent his 1 million already for the presidential race and I go rent a bullhorn, go outside and organize a rally in support of that president. Is that illegal since I had to spend money on the bullhorn? What if I already own the bullhorn?
I can corroberate your statements about the police. My stepfather was a cop, and growing up I would periodically pepper him with annoying questions about his job. Once I asked him something about stopping fights and he said that he usually waited a few seconds before stopping the fight. When I asked him why he said it was because they would be too tired from fighting each other to fight him :)
Of course this is the same guy that had this conversation with me:
Little Me: "What would you do if you cornered a bad guy who knew KARATE!?!"
Cop: "I would say, here karate this bullet"
There is a big difference between pointing out that the emperor has no clothes and running up and smacking him on the balls.
You can't expect a perfect justice system, that is why we strive for laws and punishments that balance the needs of society against the individual.
Obviously executing an innocent man is a terrible byproduct of a death penalty, but then again so is someone murdering your entire family and being paroled.
Ghandi was good at making speeches to appeal to the masses, but bad at logic. An eye for an eye does not mean that person A gouges person B who then gouges person C. The conflict is between A and B, and once A has hurt B and B has hurt A it is over.
The whole world would be blind if half of the world were jerks who stabbed out an eye of the other half, who then reciprocated.
The key to this problem is to divide the array in half, then decide which half contains the value you want (by virtue of the current value being greater than or less than the value you are looking for). Then divide the half you have selected in half again. Rinse, repeat until you find your number.
I don't know about you, but I don't sign my real name or signiture on credit card receipts.
Keep in mind that (at least in the US) we have very few commercial airline crashes. Private planes, however; go down all the time. I think in Alaska alone they were averaging 200 a year for some time? So I guess statistically it all adds up.
Yes, Wooly Mammoths.
We may not be so good at Math, but I bet we rank at least in the top 5 in English!
IF the government decided to regulate or shut off the internet for whatever reason there would be no way you could 'subvert' the system.
So suddenly you have more ice forming, which increases the salinty of the water again. A self regulating system!
Once they become adults, it will be no big deal if the program is continued--for your safety of course.
A filibuster can be defeated by a vote of Cloture, which is something the Republicans will not be shy to use if needed. Expect to see them wield their majority in many issues in the coming years.
Think about the possibilities if instead of invading Iraq, we funneled those billions into alternative energy research. The payoff, perhaps in ten years, perhaps longer, would completely wipe away the ability of the middle east to influence or effect the US.
I agree to an extent, I liken the information on his web-site to a television ad. It costs money to play ads in various markets, so they limit the ads to where the information is most effective. Why not use the same strategy for his web-site, after all, bandwidth is not free.
And property is taxed, so you can't just hold on to property forever. Perhaps if they taxed IP copyrights similar to property than I could see a case in being allowed to hold a copyright forever..
To play devil's advocate, children do not usually have the capability or judgement required to handle things in moderation. Also certain experiences are probably best left to adulthood--ideally when a person has the intellectual and emotional maturity to best handle it. Of course the parent's job is to screen out such experiences .. But hey, why bother when the government will do it for you!
I think George Carlin hit the nail on the head when he ranted about the cult of the child here in the US (applies elsewhere). Many of the conservative reactions to todays issues are wrapped up in the whole 'think of the children' rhetoric. What makes it worse is at the same time it seems parent's willingess to expend their personal energy in protecting their children is waning in favor of a government that will do it all for them.