See, this kind of ad hominem attack convinces me that this is a made up story. After all, there is nothing in the Bible to support such fanciful tales.
Bullshit. There is enough odd verbiage in the Bible to support any tale imaginable.
This isn't really the issue. It's the patent office.
WTF is patentable about some vague concoction full of 'brushes, gaskets, wipers or flaps'? I thought patents were supposed to be about *specific* arrangements of various things to perform a function.
That's the hard part, not 'hey, we could make a keyboard crumb proof' - which is what this appears to be about.
Right. CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Security, no I don't know where the other 'M' went to) is private. For very unusual definitions of the word.
Go for it. When the half assed main bearings go south, good luck doing anything but tossing it. If you're just cutting up a 2 x 4 on occasion, no big deal to wait a week to buy another $60 wondersaw. If you actually need to use it on a regular basis, well, not so much.
Lots of 'home owner' tools out there. Black and Decker / Harbor Freight and a couple of others have been selling this crap for years. A main line manufacturer will give you decent main bearings, guide fences strong enough to actually cut in a straight line, bolts made of of real steel and the ability to actually get something fixed. But if you don't need that sort of support, be my guest.
No one is surprised that Facebook and its ilk are slime is the day we can claim victory. At this point we are all just fodder for their ultimately fruitless Frankenstein 'AI' experiments. They understand nothing. Welcome to AOL 2.0, and I have no doubt they will meet the same fate. Suck it, AI dweebs.
Well if that's the case can we at least get some CD-ROMs? They were marginally useful.
I'd also wonder how 'eco friendly' this is. Heated sodium hydroxide baths followed by pressure and more heat. Lots of extra joules and eco unfriendly chemicals in there. I suppose it could be recycled easily but so can steel and aluminum.
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Nothing so drastic. Everybody likes Chinese food. Borscht, not so much.
How very dull. No Trump stories at all?
You'd best hope that the clue-by-four heading your way just grazes your cranium.
Nuke it from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
With the same unfortunate lack of accuracy that the dumpy guy on the TV green screen gave us.
Progress of a sort, I suppose.
Like supporting it's own weight, perhaps?
Oh, now they tell us.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
-- Douglas Adams
Your forgot the David Bowie music video.
See, this kind of ad hominem attack convinces me that this is a made up story. After all, there is nothing in the Bible to support such fanciful tales.
Bullshit. There is enough odd verbiage in the Bible to support any tale imaginable.
And then some.
This isn't really the issue. It's the patent office.
WTF is patentable about some vague concoction full of 'brushes, gaskets, wipers or flaps'? I thought patents were supposed to be about *specific* arrangements of various things to perform a function.
That's the hard part, not 'hey, we could make a keyboard crumb proof' - which is what this appears to be about.
Prior art, indeed.
You must be new here.
"paint it with a laser" my ass.
Blow it up with a laser. Mmmm. Venison.
Somehow a flat, 2D Godzilla just doesn't make give the impression you're looking for.
Now, the next generation of these things with holographic displays should be pretty cool.
Five years from now.
Right. CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Security, no I don't know where the other 'M' went to) is private. For very unusual definitions of the word.
Go for it. When the half assed main bearings go south, good luck doing anything but tossing it. If you're just cutting up a 2 x 4 on occasion, no big deal to wait a week to buy another $60 wondersaw. If you actually need to use it on a regular basis, well, not so much.
Lots of 'home owner' tools out there. Black and Decker / Harbor Freight and a couple of others have been selling this crap for years. A main line manufacturer will give you decent main bearings, guide fences strong enough to actually cut in a straight line, bolts made of of real steel and the ability to actually get something fixed. But if you don't need that sort of support, be my guest.
Oh grow up. NoScript is blocking 13 sites on Slashdot. Get with the program.
Another key word is 'person'.
I'll bet these are just scared little 'ol iPhone 4's trying to escape from a recycling facility.
I feel sorry for the little buggers.
But the second prize is .....
Oh, you're correct.
Hah. Microsoft is smarter than you are.
So, you think your machine is OK because it could run MS Office? Guess what? We moved the goal posts. Now your machine wheezes and sputters.
Think you can just keep using your old copies and licenses? Oops. Those servers. Just where did we put them?
It's really not that hard to bloat up software. Lots of companies have been perfecting this behavior for years.
Oooh! Shiny!
Radio Shack TRS-80, 1968 Volkswagen Bug, Carter is President, cell phones are just an itch in the FCC's butt.
Life is good.
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Tweets are for twits.
No one is surprised that Facebook and its ilk are slime is the day we can claim victory. At this point we are all just fodder for their ultimately fruitless Frankenstein 'AI' experiments. They understand nothing. Welcome to AOL 2.0, and I have no doubt they will meet the same fate. Suck it, AI dweebs.
Well if that's the case can we at least get some CD-ROMs? They were marginally useful.
Sorry guys, this isn't horseshoes or hand grenades.
It's rocket science.
I'd also wonder how 'eco friendly' this is. Heated sodium hydroxide baths followed by pressure and more heat. Lots of extra joules and eco unfriendly chemicals in there. I suppose it could be recycled easily but so can steel and aluminum.