If violating a patent is really a form of property theft, then the police (Federal, in this case) should be taking stolen IP reports. And dispatching officers to apprehend the culprits and recover the stolen property.
Just like with stolen cars*, the priority for each case isn't assigned based on the wealth or status of the complainant. A shitbox Honda gets the same attention as a Bentley. Nobody insists on you hiring your own recovery agents and attorneys to get your car back. That's the job of law enforcement.
The down side is that: If our cops get this responsibility, there are going to be the equivalent of dead pedestrians and other collateral damage resulting from the chase.
*I know, not really valid. When they steal your patent, its like your car is still parked where you left it. Someone else is just driving a copy of it around, stupid bumper stickers and all.
Notice that supplementation is not required for healthful vegetarian diets,
So, what do they mean by "appropriately planned"?
Consider that many of the recommended fruits, nuts, soy products and whatever haven't been available locally or year-round until the (recent) advent of air freight and refrigerated shipping (so, what does your vegetarian carbon footprint look like), I wonder how one was expected to maintain such a diet thousands of years ago.
a carnivore diet would be a slow death from scurvy
A few days ago, a friend asked me to fix her DVD player. I popped it open and found a bad ribbon cable. So I did a search and found one (on eBay) for $53.00. So I e-mailed her with my estimate. She said, "Go ahead" and I went back to eBay to order the cable. Except now, a search on the same part and model number only returns a cable for $60.00 (from a different vendor.
Solution: Clear the browser cookies, re-run the search and now the $53.00 part shows up again.
You marketing people can take your tracking scams and blow them out your Goatse ass.
That is probably closer to the truth than the 'humans as vegetarians' idea. Both humans and chimpanzees (who's lineage separated much farther back than 180K years) can process plant protein from fruits and nuts. Humans may have developed the ability to supplement their diets from grains, but they still require protein* (animal or plant sources of essential amino acids). So, wherever they went, they needed to encounter the same food stuffs that would sustain a non grain consuming primate. Just a different mix, giving the human genome the advantage.
*The actual vegetarian fad is probably a modern development. Once humans had developed communications and a culture necessary to hand down dietary information (even through religious tradition), they could wean themselves off of animal protein. Even today, the failure to adhere to strict protein replacement supplements renders many vegetarians malnourished**. And they smell funny too (probably due to a resulting amino acid imbalance) if they don't get it just right.
**I wonder if this isn't what killed Michael Duncan Clarke. He went vegetarian a few years back and he looks like he has lived most of his life highly dependent on protein intake. Gandhi (and those with similar physiques) may have been a successful vegetarian due to a life not eating meat and having a metabolism adjusted to it.
Radiation is not a threat to food... at least not once its been picked or killed. Radioactive material is, of course.
Perfect example of historian's fallacy.
Unless you know something about time travel that I don't, the reason we know it's safe now is because in the 50s they did not know, and did the tests to find out.
But we don't know that, in spite of the testing done in the 1950s. By 'we', I include all the paranoid crybabies that get their panties in a bunch every time the FDA considers allowing irradiation as a food preservation method.
People's access to an open market, where they can seek the best exchange for their earned labor is a human right.
Everyone is entitled to exploit government-subsidized industries
Put another way: Everyone is entitled to bypass the national version of a company store where some corrupt politicians seek to prop up their cronies in business (often themselves) by locking their populace into an overvalued national currency.
in a way specifically prohibited by the government
So, are we advocating rule of law or justice here?
to support development of a healthy and safe development of economy!
Healthy and safe for who? Members of the government and their business-owning buddies? Why not just go one step further and build a concrete wall around your country to keep your people from crossing over the border? I know some Eastern European countries that will sell you one. Cheap.
The force sensing safety is an interesting improvement. I can see a few applications of robots working alongside humans on assembly lines (fetching parts and handing them over, etc.). But currently, its not safe to hand humans work near industrial robots.
There may be limitations to this. I'd like a robot to pick up an engine block so a worker can install some parts. But the forces involved in lifting two or three hundred pounds would put potentially fatal human contact forces down in the noise level.
What if this person and their articles are cited as an example of a moron?
Yeah, I know; peer reviewed articles tend not to drag colleagues through the muck, so to speak. Citations are made to build your own case, not so much to cut others down.
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If violating a patent is really a form of property theft, then the police (Federal, in this case) should be taking stolen IP reports. And dispatching officers to apprehend the culprits and recover the stolen property.
Just like with stolen cars*, the priority for each case isn't assigned based on the wealth or status of the complainant. A shitbox Honda gets the same attention as a Bentley. Nobody insists on you hiring your own recovery agents and attorneys to get your car back. That's the job of law enforcement.
The down side is that: If our cops get this responsibility, there are going to be the equivalent of dead pedestrians and other collateral damage resulting from the chase.
*I know, not really valid. When they steal your patent, its like your car is still parked where you left it. Someone else is just driving a copy of it around, stupid bumper stickers and all.
Now that fusion research has the Bozo The Clown lobby behind it, maybe they'll start making some headway.
state thugs snatching people in the night
We prefer the term extraordinary rendition.
Notice that supplementation is not required for healthful vegetarian diets,
So, what do they mean by "appropriately planned"?
Consider that many of the recommended fruits, nuts, soy products and whatever haven't been available locally or year-round until the (recent) advent of air freight and refrigerated shipping (so, what does your vegetarian carbon footprint look like), I wonder how one was expected to maintain such a diet thousands of years ago.
a carnivore diet would be a slow death from scurvy
Yeah. All those poor Eskimos.
Just happened to me today:
A few days ago, a friend asked me to fix her DVD player. I popped it open and found a bad ribbon cable. So I did a search and found one (on eBay) for $53.00. So I e-mailed her with my estimate. She said, "Go ahead" and I went back to eBay to order the cable. Except now, a search on the same part and model number only returns a cable for $60.00 (from a different vendor.
Solution: Clear the browser cookies, re-run the search and now the $53.00 part shows up again.
You marketing people can take your tracking scams and blow them out your Goatse ass.
That is probably closer to the truth than the 'humans as vegetarians' idea. Both humans and chimpanzees (who's lineage separated much farther back than 180K years) can process plant protein from fruits and nuts. Humans may have developed the ability to supplement their diets from grains, but they still require protein* (animal or plant sources of essential amino acids). So, wherever they went, they needed to encounter the same food stuffs that would sustain a non grain consuming primate. Just a different mix, giving the human genome the advantage.
*The actual vegetarian fad is probably a modern development. Once humans had developed communications and a culture necessary to hand down dietary information (even through religious tradition), they could wean themselves off of animal protein. Even today, the failure to adhere to strict protein replacement supplements renders many vegetarians malnourished**. And they smell funny too (probably due to a resulting amino acid imbalance) if they don't get it just right.
**I wonder if this isn't what killed Michael Duncan Clarke. He went vegetarian a few years back and he looks like he has lived most of his life highly dependent on protein intake. Gandhi (and those with similar physiques) may have been a successful vegetarian due to a life not eating meat and having a metabolism adjusted to it.
They'd have to drink their Scotch neat.
These people are merely a vocal minority.
But vocal enough to affect FDA (or EU) decision making.
The majority have accepted radiation of food,
But you don't see the FDA mandating "ionizing radiation" warning labels on microwave ovens or cast iron skillets.
We need an FDA-mandated "crazy" label that we can tattoo on these peoples' foreheads.
Radiation is not a threat to food... at least not once its been picked or killed. Radioactive material is, of course.
Perfect example of historian's fallacy.
Unless you know something about time travel that I don't, the reason we know it's safe now is because in the 50s they did not know, and did the tests to find out.
But we don't know that, in spite of the testing done in the 1950s. By 'we', I include all the paranoid crybabies that get their panties in a bunch every time the FDA considers allowing irradiation as a food preservation method.
Having Apple handle my identity credentials is more like an alien and egg problem.
So it may demonstrate intent to access a system without authorization. But by itself, why is it illegal?
to gain access to a computer that otherwise doesn't want you accessing it.
The computer doesn't want? Don't anthropomorphize computers. They hate that.
Obama campaign promise fulfilled on behalf of certain special interests,
Those special interests being customers who don't want to be gouged for services they don't need nor want?
Sarcasm?
People's access to an open market, where they can seek the best exchange for their earned labor is a human right.
Everyone is entitled to exploit government-subsidized industries
Put another way: Everyone is entitled to bypass the national version of a company store where some corrupt politicians seek to prop up their cronies in business (often themselves) by locking their populace into an overvalued national currency.
in a way specifically prohibited by the government
So, are we advocating rule of law or justice here?
to support development of a healthy and safe development of economy!
Healthy and safe for who? Members of the government and their business-owning buddies? Why not just go one step further and build a concrete wall around your country to keep your people from crossing over the border? I know some Eastern European countries that will sell you one. Cheap.
The force sensing safety is an interesting improvement. I can see a few applications of robots working alongside humans on assembly lines (fetching parts and handing them over, etc.). But currently, its not safe to hand humans work near industrial robots.
There may be limitations to this. I'd like a robot to pick up an engine block so a worker can install some parts. But the forces involved in lifting two or three hundred pounds would put potentially fatal human contact forces down in the noise level.
Well, speaking as a Delta Tau Chi ...... Road Trip!
Fit that man for his red shirt!
Call me when they get the demand down to the output rating of my Mr Fusion.
What if this person and their articles are cited as an example of a moron?
Yeah, I know; peer reviewed articles tend not to drag colleagues through the muck, so to speak. Citations are made to build your own case, not so much to cut others down.
They could spend that money on helping the world's poor get some food, healthcare, permanent shelter, et cetera.
I can't think of a better way to get the aforementioned resources than to go in after them heavily armed.
"All your PINs are belong to us!"
To Texans, that's meaningless. They need Yosemite Sam with the caption 'Back Off'.