Step 0: Put men & women into space for 3-5 years and see if anyone is left functionally able to continue doing work at the end of that time. It is already highly suspect that people would be able to see by the end of 3-5 years. We have one heck of a lot to learn yet.
If people can't stay alive for 3 years, then figure out how to do it before you continue further.
Your "effects" are what give your work value and that you build up over time, if you are a professional.
If you are a consultant and can't protect your 'effects', meaning your customer lists, fee schedules, solutions and such, then someone will likely get it and use it for free, or start taking your customers away.
The FBI director needs to take a new line of work. As a lawyer, by the way, he needs to protect his "effects" or his clients could sue him for allowing their information to become public.
"If it is not part of the deal then leave it off your resume."
Anyone doing a basic quick 2 minute search on the web or USPTO.gov is going to find not only patents you hold, but also patent applications you have filed which are still in process.
I would simply state "I hold XX patents and patent applications I own personally in my field of work." It is part of your expertise and an indication you are capable of innovating. Let a lawyer help you with how you respond to questions on the patents.
Musks 'Mars Vision' has human physiological limits that are unknown.
No one has proved that human eyes can survive the length of a space irradiated trip to Mars & back. All we know is lengthy stays in space degrade astronaut's eyes.
I have had an examiner on a recent patent application who was not knowledgable in the required physical-geometric structures.
She insisted that a straight object was actually a helix! My patent attorney and I explained the difference, but she and her boss ignored the plain geometric truth and refused to budge and threw out my claims.
I'ld rather have a high level of competence and accept some level of goofing off. You do need a break once in awhile to stay sane.
Science Fiction author? At least that is what I thought.
Evidence from our oribital flights gives plenty of evidence of tissue damage in space from both lack of gravity and radiation. We can't reasonably do much about the radiation without having massively heavy spacecraft which does not seem practical.
Slashdot Mirror
Over 100 car companies disappeared by WWII.
Now in 2014 a half dozen former "cell phone" makers have sort of slipped out of sight; Palm, BB, Moto, Win, Nokia, Dell & HP something.
The world contracts to a few super usable designs but instead of taking 50 years for cars, now it took only about 5 years with "the smartphone."
Is this the scenario for the future; Be right, Be first, Be best or else?
The system font option will be with a quick utility that programmers have no doubt already put together for users that will want it.
Personally, I don't care as I don't work & live in the system font.
Step 0: Put men & women into space for 3-5 years and see if anyone is left functionally able to continue doing work at the end of that time. It is already highly suspect that people would be able to see by the end of 3-5 years. We have one heck of a lot to learn yet.
If people can't stay alive for 3 years, then figure out how to do it before you continue further.
Your "effects" are what give your work value and that you build up over time, if you are a professional.
If you are a consultant and can't protect your 'effects', meaning your customer lists, fee schedules, solutions and such, then someone will likely get it and use it for free, or start taking your customers away.
The FBI director needs to take a new line of work. As a lawyer, by the way, he needs to protect his "effects" or his clients could sue him for allowing their information to become public.
Sun Tzu said "I would rather have one good spy than 10,000 soldiers."
Sadly, I thought the Pres. was going to do this 5 years ago.
If you don't care for and train them early they will bite the hand that feeds them.
"If it is not part of the deal then leave it off your resume."
Anyone doing a basic quick 2 minute search on the web or USPTO.gov is going to find not only patents you hold, but also patent applications you have filed which are still in process.
I would simply state "I hold XX patents and patent applications I own personally in my field of work." It is part of your expertise and an indication you are capable of innovating. Let a lawyer help you with how you respond to questions on the patents.
Legally binding = You are in the pile of creditors!
Minimal effort to move me and my backpack full of whatever.
Musks 'Mars Vision' has human physiological limits that are unknown.
No one has proved that human eyes can survive the length of a space irradiated trip to Mars & back. All we know is lengthy stays in space degrade astronaut's eyes.
Tried to read a EULA online the other day. Before I was half way through, it timed me out and dropped me off the web page.
In other words, they DON'T want you to READ THE DAMN THING, and if you try to read it, they don't want you as a customer.
MS is catching up!
No!
"Based on my government funded grant, we are going to have"
"global warming by 2012" then ...
"global change by 2012" then
"rising CO2 levels causing more hurricanes" then
Finally a restudy of the data shows that "temperatures have actually gone down over the last 15 years"
"I need another grant!"
I don't buy isolated VR as a learning tool for wide use.
I have had an examiner on a recent patent application who was not knowledgable in the required physical-geometric structures.
She insisted that a straight object was actually a helix! My patent attorney and I explained the difference, but she and her boss ignored the plain geometric truth and refused to budge and threw out my claims.
I'ld rather have a high level of competence and accept some level of goofing off. You do need a break once in awhile to stay sane.
Science Fiction author? At least that is what I thought.
Evidence from our oribital flights gives plenty of evidence of tissue damage in space from both lack of gravity and radiation. We can't reasonably do much about the radiation without having massively heavy spacecraft which does not seem practical.
Well, the MS lock-in may just be starting to fray enough to make a difference.
No functioning computers would exist without "Science." Science is verifiable and reproducible often in a variety of ways, or it is not "science."
Torture is OK in Iran.
Another thing which I have not seen discussed is the mutation of the biota that humans carry into outer space.
We put these microbes in zero gravity, far higher background cosmic radiatio & occassional Solar storm radiation.
It will not surprise me that they mutate as a result and I certainly don't have an idea how fast or what those mutations might do.
Well, dinosaurs did die out.
Where the biggest nuts rise to the top.
What? To who? When?
And which OS is designed in a more secure way to protect users?
As an example, what OS has the supermajority of banking malware?
We need to answer all the questions. Consumers really SHOULD know.