there are limits. a patent lasts for 20 years. during that time if you "want to make and sell" something similar you have to pay the boatman [the person who came up with the idea and made it public]
arguing for anything different is arguing not to have patents in the first place.
otoh, its great that the us publishes howtos for every new software invention to sell in europe and the rest of the world without having to pay the boatman.
the only reason you need patents is when taking a product to market requires the vast resources of a big corporation. then there is a seperation between the inventor of an idea and the producer of an idea and a market failure whereby inventors have no incentive to make their inventions known and no means to take them to market.
software does not require a big corporation to mass produce, therefore has no reason that i can see to grant monopoly rights to an "inventor" beyond the normal copyright mechanism automatically assigned.
it is much harder to reverse engineer software than it is to just write it yourself.
furhermore, because the us is the only country in the world that enforces software patents, it puts users of the software in the us at a disadvantage to the rest of the world, because they have to pay monopoly prices, and the rest of the world does not.
this has very real consequences, for example making healthcare, construction and transport sections of the economy many times more expensive than the rest of the world.
the point of a patent is that you do not need the means or capability to take an invention to market to make money on your idea. Otherwise why would anyone make their ideas public. everyone would just keep it secret and try to develop it themselves.
So your description of a patent troll is actually just a description of a company looking after the rights of small inventors who made their inventions public for big corporations to use.
The more i see that term used the more i read it as "bo ho ho [big corporation] got patent trolled [had to pay an inventor for their invention]"
software slightly different, imho - but only if you dont believe software patents should exist in the first place.
US has lost access to some breathtaking software in recent years because developers dont want to navigate that patent minefield, especially in healthcare research.
a swan weighs upwards of 11kg. so i see your 8 onces/220 grams and wonder just how much bubble wrap you need to cover yourself in to get up in the morning.
must be a terrifying experience for you every time you go to the park, even the ducks must have you filling your trousers with excrement from the shear terror of their size.
drones are far far less dangerous than a british cricket ball.
This is just another example of the kind of thinking that explains why the UK has nothing but bad things in its future. bunch of retards doing the bidding of an old wench that is so far gone she shits herself on a regular basis (beth, as us republicans fondly refer to her) to soon be replaced by a guy that prefers sheep to people.
if this is supposed to scare us off darknet markets should probably point out all it really does is encourage devs to make new darknet markets, and new darknets.
assuming you are referring to the "AI" being touted by the likes of google and facebook then i absolutely agree.
But the AI that is replacing jobs and started the latest "craze" is not accessible/available to your average developer, its too valuable at the moment. And certainly isnt appearing in any how to blogs by people seeking work in the field.
have you tried transferring data between two bluetooth version 4 devices recently?
bandwidth is running at 24mbps now, typically faster than wifi through a router. very pleased to have 100MB videos transfer to my laptop from the phone in just a few seconds. long gone are the version 2 3mbps days.
AI is here, it is replacing more and more jobs everyday. to the point we can now predict in 50 years there will be no jobs. Fusion and solar power are kinda the same thing, given the sun is a really big fusion reactor.
mesh networking is waiting for the hardware. I'm kinda sickened by the responses on here. The only difference between a decent mesh network setup and a standard network connection is no one controls the wires, its still your responsability to secure your hardware. Where did all the cryptoanarchists go dammit.
pretty much my thoight on the topic. while i love the eff i think they and netflix are wrong on this issue.
netflix has a monopoly position because they can spend the money on the tech.
make that tech open and free and everyman and his dog can run their own version of netflix and there is nothing the movie mafia can do to stop it. because they dont get the rights to see if a video is pirate content or not.
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distributed hash tables dont solve all your problems? news to me.
because mutilared genitals isnt enough?
Although, legend has it, many Jews actually wear the star of david voluntarily.
nonesense. all nazis should have the swastika cut into their forehead inglorious bastards style.
has there been any progress on getting passengers in and out of the tunnel yet?
there are limits. a patent lasts for 20 years.
during that time if you "want to make and sell" something similar you have to pay the boatman [the person who came up with the idea and made it public]
arguing for anything different is arguing not to have patents in the first place.
otoh, its great that the us publishes howtos for every new software invention to sell in europe and the rest of the world without having to pay the boatman.
the only reason you need patents is when taking a product to market requires the vast resources of a big corporation. then there is a seperation between the inventor of an idea and the producer of an idea and a market failure whereby inventors have no incentive to make their inventions known and no means to take them to market.
software does not require a big corporation to mass produce, therefore has no reason that i can see to grant monopoly rights to an "inventor" beyond the normal copyright mechanism automatically assigned.
it is much harder to reverse engineer software than it is to just write it yourself.
furhermore, because the us is the only country in the world that enforces software patents, it puts users of the software in the us at a disadvantage to the rest of the world, because they have to pay monopoly prices, and the rest of the world does not.
this has very real consequences, for example making healthcare, construction and transport sections of the economy many times more expensive than the rest of the world.
"with no intent to develop"
the point of a patent is that you do not need the means or capability to take an invention to market to make money on your idea. Otherwise why would anyone make their ideas public. everyone would just keep it secret and try to develop it themselves.
So your description of a patent troll is actually just a description of a company looking after the rights of small inventors who made their inventions public for big corporations to use.
is there even such a thing as "patent troll"?
The more i see that term used the more i read it as "bo ho ho [big corporation] got patent trolled [had to pay an inventor for their invention]"
software slightly different, imho - but only if you dont believe software patents should exist in the first place.
US has lost access to some breathtaking software in recent years because developers dont want to navigate that patent minefield, especially in healthcare research.
you dont support the saudis any more than you support katrina victims. most people living in Saudi live in abject poverty, even modern day slavery.
you support the evil mofos that keep it that way.
why would I? alphabet arranging is many steps up from flipping bits or burgers. akin to managing the store vs stacking the shelves.
hehe, obviously bluetooth was a 3am time for bed moment. meant usb, obviously.
i use one of my pis as a repeater.
connects to the neigbours wifi via a wifi dongle on the bluetooth and shares the connection into a second wan port on the pfsense router.
wont break any speed records, but will happily keep torrenting at 1MBs without touching my main network.
most tech people these days are little more than bit flippers, barely one step up from burger flippers. don't hold it against them.
a swan weighs upwards of 11kg. so i see your 8 onces/220 grams and wonder just how much bubble wrap you need to cover yourself in to get up in the morning.
must be a terrifying experience for you every time you go to the park, even the ducks must have you filling your trousers with excrement from the shear terror of their size.
I'd be more worried about the swans.
far more numerous, and its a prison stretch if you accidentally fly into one and kill it. Them birds all belong to beth.
bs.
drones are far far less dangerous than a british cricket ball.
This is just another example of the kind of thinking that explains why the UK has nothing but bad things in its future. bunch of retards doing the bidding of an old wench that is so far gone she shits herself on a regular basis (beth, as us republicans fondly refer to her) to soon be replaced by a guy that prefers sheep to people.
it would be funny if it wasnt so very sad.
if this is supposed to scare us off darknet markets should probably point out all it really does is encourage devs to make new darknet markets, and new darknets.
assuming you are referring to the "AI" being touted by the likes of google and facebook then i absolutely agree.
But the AI that is replacing jobs and started the latest "craze" is not accessible/available to your average developer, its too valuable at the moment. And certainly isnt appearing in any how to blogs by people seeking work in the field.
Even IBMs Watson is outdated now.
have you tried transferring data between two bluetooth version 4 devices recently?
bandwidth is running at 24mbps now, typically faster than wifi through a router. very pleased to have 100MB videos transfer to my laptop from the phone in just a few seconds. long gone are the version 2 3mbps days.
if not.
buy new stuff cheapscate.
AI is here, it is replacing more and more jobs everyday. to the point we can now predict in 50 years there will be no jobs.
Fusion and solar power are kinda the same thing, given the sun is a really big fusion reactor.
mesh networking is waiting for the hardware.
I'm kinda sickened by the responses on here. The only difference between a decent mesh network setup and a standard network connection is no one controls the wires, its still your responsability to secure your hardware. Where did all the cryptoanarchists go dammit.
tbh, if you are using windows for anything more than chatting nonsense on message boards thats entirely your own fault.
im pretty sure eme will not reach out of your screen and hold your eyelids open.
what it will do is make paid content lower quality than the free sruff, like unskippable warnings on dvds.
pretty much my thoight on the topic.
while i love the eff i think they and netflix are wrong on this issue.
netflix has a monopoly position because they can spend the money on the tech.
make that tech open and free and everyman and his dog can run their own version of netflix and there is nothing the movie mafia can do to stop it. because they dont get the rights to see if a video is pirate content or not.
or better still.
hack the website providing firmware updates.
dont need to sneak in.
just install it at the factory or just before its delivered and hack the cameras securing the datacenter.