Nothing to see here, the examnier hasn't even looked at it yet. Here's the transaction history:
04-01-2007 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU
03-08-2007 PG-Pub Issue Notification
10-04-2006 IFW TSS Processing by Tech Center Complete
10-03-2006 Application Return from OIPE
10-03-2006 Application Return TO OIPE
10-03-2006 Application Dispatched from OIPE
10-03-2006 Application Is Now Complete
09-21-2006 Cleared by OIPE CSR
09-19-2006 IFW Scan & PACR Auto Security Review
09-05-2006 Initial Exam Team nn
This application Claims Priority from Provisional Application 60/714,285 filed 09-06-2005
If you have documented prior art, alert the USPTO. An even nastier way to deal with it is to alert Morfik and/or the law firm that filed the application. They are then legally required to notify the USPTO. If they don't notify the USPTO, then there is a very good case that a court would invalidate the patent for failure to disclose relevent prior art. It can work even if the prior art isn't sufficient for rejecting the application.
Here's the address of the firm that filed the app:
William C. Milks, III;RUSSO & HALE LLP
401 Florence Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
I got a law degree via distance learning and am now a patent attorney. Any type of distance learning will turn off some employers, but so what. It worked out well for me.
You WILL need voice. In my lectures, the prof talked while the class messaged. SL has the goods for doing that.
It is easy to establish a group and restrict parcel entry to that group. You can also restrict object rezing and such to the parcel owner. There are lots of trespass bots available in SL that will eject intruders and intruding objects. If any flying pricks do manage to appear, they will likely be from folks in the class - and it's easy to figure out who.
However, SL will work for lecture and demo only. There is also lots of out of class reading and test taking. SL doesn't (yet) have a capability for that type of stuff. No big deal, it sounds like you've already got that covered outside SL.
I suggest setting up a ventrillo server until SL voice is released.
Otherwise, go for it. No need for an in game class room, just stand around in a parcel. The rest is eye candy.
He filed a patent -> APPLICATION -. It is far from being a patent. Don't we wish we could scribble some trash, drop it in the mail, and have a patent. Sadly, it has to be examined by a patent office and all that other procedural stuff.
Microsoft could have assigned the application to the EFF or something like that. There might have been something patentable in their application and it might as well be patented as protection against some other evil empire. They already paid to have it examined, so let the examiner decide. They would have to disclose the prior art though, which is easy using an IDS (invention disclosure sheet).
Still, microsoft did right by abandoning. They could have done better by assigning.
Oh yeah - I am a lawyer. A patent lawyer in fact. (flame on)
It's funny when people say things like "the source of cosmic antigravity is the cosmological constant". It's like saying that airplanes are kept aloft by bernoulli's equations.
No, equations and models do not give rise to physical effects. They attempt to describe the observed effect.
The chief technology officer for Intel's Flash Memory Group, Ed Doller, is the guy quoted as calling for a quantum leap. He's probably a marketing guy, not a technologist. No harm done because CTO tends to be more of a marketing position than a tech one. You would hope for a stronger mind in that position though.
Or perhaps he's typical of the slashdot posters who don't understand basic quantum theory. Check wikipedia under the vernacular usage heading.
Personally, I like the phrase "quantum leap" because it is a handy litmus test. Folks using the "big big jump" interpretation go into the talking head bin. Others go into the technologist bin.
Write only media is great. I have a 90 terrabyte write only disk that can hold absolutely everything I ever dreamed of. It's like a bottomless well! It's also great for backups because there is so very much space. Funny thing though, I keep writing to it and it still reports 90 terrabytes! I guess I haven't made a dent yet. It's tiny too. It looks like a broken USB flash drive.
They gave it away already. They can create a proprietary branch, but taking something out of the public domain requires large bribes to congress.
It amazes me that folks still use the GPL. I attribute it to mental laziness and hokey religeons (w/ ancient weapons).
Funny, I recently cancelled my membership. I asked the ACLU phone soliciter if the ACLU defended the individual right to bear arms. I was told "Yes". Liar.
The ACLU needs to defend the entire bill of rights before I'll rejoin. Picking and choosing from a left wing plank just makes them another PAC.
Interesting thing - The NRA has gone to court to defend the 1st amendment. Seems
The ACLU is on record AGAINST an individual's right to bear arms. They claim to support a "collective right" which means we can arm the national guard.
Did you hear the interviewer ask Mitnik if the Motorola exploit had to do with VAX code? How graceful of Mitnik not to slap him down. Maybe only us dinosaurs noticed it (or care). sigh
Slashdot Mirror
Get drunk with Officer Bubbles? How unpleasant. Shitting glass would be more fun.
Nothing to see here, the examnier hasn't even looked at it yet. Here's the transaction history:
04-01-2007 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU
03-08-2007 PG-Pub Issue Notification
10-04-2006 IFW TSS Processing by Tech Center Complete
10-03-2006 Application Return from OIPE
10-03-2006 Application Return TO OIPE
10-03-2006 Application Dispatched from OIPE
10-03-2006 Application Is Now Complete
09-21-2006 Cleared by OIPE CSR
09-19-2006 IFW Scan & PACR Auto Security Review
09-05-2006 Initial Exam Team nn
This application Claims Priority from Provisional Application 60/714,285 filed 09-06-2005
If you have documented prior art, alert the USPTO. An even nastier way to deal with it is to alert Morfik and/or the law firm that filed the application. They are then legally required to notify the USPTO. If they don't notify the USPTO, then there is a very good case that a court would invalidate the patent for failure to disclose relevent prior art. It can work even if the prior art isn't sufficient for rejecting the application.
Here's the address of the firm that filed the app:
William C. Milks, III;RUSSO & HALE LLP
401 Florence Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
I got a law degree via distance learning and am now a patent attorney. Any type of distance learning will turn off some employers, but so what. It worked out well for me.
You WILL need voice. In my lectures, the prof talked while the class messaged. SL has the goods for doing that.
It is easy to establish a group and restrict parcel entry to that group. You can also restrict object rezing and such to the parcel owner. There are lots of trespass bots available in SL that will eject intruders and intruding objects. If any flying pricks do manage to appear, they will likely be from folks in the class - and it's easy to figure out who.
However, SL will work for lecture and demo only. There is also lots of out of class reading and test taking. SL doesn't (yet) have a capability for that type of stuff. No big deal, it sounds like you've already got that covered outside SL.
I suggest setting up a ventrillo server until SL voice is released.
Otherwise, go for it. No need for an in game class room, just stand around in a parcel. The rest is eye candy.
These ideas are purely mainstream. Looks like another pay for play article on slashdot.
He filed a patent -> APPLICATION -. It is far from being a patent. Don't we wish we could scribble some trash, drop it in the mail, and have a patent. Sadly, it has to be examined by a patent office and all that other procedural stuff.
Microsoft could have assigned the application to the EFF or something like that. There might have been something patentable in their application and it might as well be patented as protection against some other evil empire. They already paid to have it examined, so let the examiner decide. They would have to disclose the prior art though, which is easy using an IDS (invention disclosure sheet). Still, microsoft did right by abandoning. They could have done better by assigning. Oh yeah - I am a lawyer. A patent lawyer in fact. (flame on)
It's funny when people say things like "the source of cosmic antigravity is the cosmological constant". It's like saying that airplanes are kept aloft by bernoulli's equations.
No, equations and models do not give rise to physical effects. They attempt to describe the observed effect.
They should have thrown a few google ads on the home page. Easy to do. If they can specify youtube ads, they'll get click thru too.
The chief technology officer for Intel's Flash Memory Group, Ed Doller, is the guy quoted as calling for a quantum leap. He's probably a marketing guy, not a technologist. No harm done because CTO tends to be more of a marketing position than a tech one. You would hope for a stronger mind in that position though.
Or perhaps he's typical of the slashdot posters who don't understand basic quantum theory. Check wikipedia under the vernacular usage heading.
Personally, I like the phrase "quantum leap" because it is a handy litmus test. Folks using the "big big jump" interpretation go into the talking head bin. Others go into the technologist bin.
Write only media is great. I have a 90 terrabyte write only disk that can hold absolutely everything I ever dreamed of. It's like a bottomless well! It's also great for backups because there is so very much space. Funny thing though, I keep writing to it and it still reports 90 terrabytes! I guess I haven't made a dent yet. It's tiny too. It looks like a broken USB flash drive.
oops Apache License
They gave it away already. They can create a proprietary branch, but taking something out of the public domain requires large bribes to congress. It amazes me that folks still use the GPL. I attribute it to mental laziness and hokey religeons (w/ ancient weapons).
Perl's Artistic License and the Apache License are better licenses.
BTW - I am a lawyer and this is personal opinion, NOT a legal opinion.
Funny, I recently cancelled my membership. I asked the ACLU phone soliciter if the ACLU defended the individual right to bear arms. I was told "Yes". Liar. The ACLU needs to defend the entire bill of rights before I'll rejoin. Picking and choosing from a left wing plank just makes them another PAC. Interesting thing - The NRA has gone to court to defend the 1st amendment. Seems
The ACLU is on record AGAINST an individual's right to bear arms. They claim to support a "collective right" which means we can arm the national guard.
Did you hear the interviewer ask Mitnik if the Motorola exploit had to do with VAX code? How graceful of Mitnik not to slap him down. Maybe only us dinosaurs noticed it (or care). sigh