We'll live in a world where no one is envious of anyone elses goods when the planet gets demolished to make way for a hyperspace expressway. No no, it's been on the books for 50 years. If you won't take an intrest in local matters, that's your own fault.
This is a PERFECT example of what needs to be fixed abou the USPTO, people generate the massive portfolios of these software "patents" that are then horded untill such a time that they see some big company doing what their "patent" covers and then they immediately pounce for a big settlement. This leads to a more liquid company that can acquire more patents and stifle innovation further. It's going to come to a point where NO software will be free because it takes an army of patent attorneys years to search through ALL the patents EVER made to see if there is a section of the software to be written that might possibly conflict. It's going to get like our medical system. Since everyone sues over every little thing causing mass expenditures of capital, there will be a higher charge to everyone so that they can cover the frivolus lawsuits.
What makes matters even WORSE, they don't have to show ANYTHING in the way of proof to force a company to expend resources to go to court and get the item thrown out. Even if the case is dismissed in 5 minutes, you still have to pay the lawyer's research time, retainer, travel costs, court time, breif preparations.... etc.... etc... ad nauseum!
The United States grants a one-year grace period from the time that an invention is disclosed to the public to the time that the patent application must be filed. In other words, as long as an application for a patent is filed not more than one year from the date the subject matter is publicly disclosed, the applicant may obtain a patent.
Have their robot dog go fetch a lunar paper? Or have Osimo dig a hole by dancing? Oh! WAIT! I know... the base will be used to construct a giant "LASER" for "mining" operations and then hold the entire world hostage for 1 hundred miiilllllllion doooooolaaars.....
Who Cares about a Menu.......
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as long as it compresses 2 hours worth of the good porn to fit onto a CDROM, I'm good!
I'm a type 3 guy. I get what I think is important, and leave the rest. Also,(not saying it's perfect) but I'll soon be buying an apple now that they are cheap enough to really afford.
We dig up all the lead in the world and give the world a Lead-foil hat.... If it's good enough for the average paranoid-scitzo, it's good enough for EVERYONE!
Take those skins that they have for keyboards. Make them as cheap as latex gloves and slap a new one on every so often(after every use if you're really frightened).
Anyone want to fund an up and coming medical company???:-D
if this show would tell how ohura got such a cushy job on the bridge. Or how all those blue-eyed, blond-haired ensigns kept showing up by Kirk's side. 2 words.... female-alien shower scenes....
This is one of those Full Circle kind of things. Think about this. Computers were originally massive computing grids that you logged into from a terminal and had access to all the power of the computer. Then with the advent of the PC, we have the stand-alone solitaire machine that everyone can have in there home. Now, lo and behold the advent of the Internet. Now we have the infrastructure where all the PC terminals are distributed over a wide area and all have much faster access than a dumb terminal. Tack on a computing giant like Google who can serve out that much data at a time and we're back to the Massive Computer that is access through low cost terminals.
well, the previous post was correct in voicing opinions and such.... I'm not that assinine. However, I have personally walked out of the office of one of my representatives before(who shall remain nameless). I did this expressly because he was deraggatory, inflamatory and rude to me. Also of the 4 people in the room, I was the only caucasian male. If you want to know fear these days, be a semi-affluent caucasian male and then publicly disagree with a minority. You would not believe all the lawsuits that get filed before I finish talking.
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We'll live in a world where no one is envious of anyone elses goods when the planet gets demolished to make way for a hyperspace expressway. No no, it's been on the books for 50 years. If you won't take an intrest in local matters, that's your own fault.
This is a PERFECT example of what needs to be fixed abou the USPTO, people generate the massive portfolios of these software "patents" that are then horded untill such a time that they see some big company doing what their "patent" covers and then they immediately pounce for a big settlement. This leads to a more liquid company that can acquire more patents and stifle innovation further. It's going to come to a point where NO software will be free because it takes an army of patent attorneys years to search through ALL the patents EVER made to see if there is a section of the software to be written that might possibly conflict. It's going to get like our medical system. Since everyone sues over every little thing causing mass expenditures of capital, there will be a higher charge to everyone so that they can cover the frivolus lawsuits.
What makes matters even WORSE, they don't have to show ANYTHING in the way of proof to force a company to expend resources to go to court and get the item thrown out. Even if the case is dismissed in 5 minutes, you still have to pay the lawyer's research time, retainer, travel costs, court time, breif preparations.... etc.... etc... ad nauseum!
Have their robot dog go fetch a lunar paper? Or have Osimo dig a hole by dancing? Oh! WAIT! I know... the base will be used to construct a giant "LASER" for "mining" operations and then hold the entire world hostage for 1 hundred miiilllllllion doooooolaaars.....
as long as it compresses 2 hours worth of the good porn to fit onto a CDROM, I'm good!
To my home x86 box?!?!? If that's true, why in the world would I every buy some of Apple's PPC(Premiumly Priced Computers)????
Since the AMERICANS named it Bonjour in the first place, why would we change it?
that windows is a Gay operating system. So does that mean that MS is now "neutral" on the acceptance of windows?
I'm a type 3 guy. I get what I think is important, and leave the rest. Also,(not saying it's perfect) but I'll soon be buying an apple now that they are cheap enough to really afford.
if they accecpt other swabbing techniques? The "other" dna sources would probably get a huge male bias to the data though.
We dig up all the lead in the world and give the world a Lead-foil hat.... If it's good enough for the average paranoid-scitzo, it's good enough for EVERYONE!
Take those skins that they have for keyboards. Make them as cheap as latex gloves and slap a new one on every so often(after every use if you're really frightened).
:-D
Anyone want to fund an up and coming medical company???
The Country enters you!
wait a minute....
*shudders at mental image of being violated by the entire USofA
if this show would tell how ohura got such a cushy job on the bridge. Or how all those blue-eyed, blond-haired ensigns kept showing up by Kirk's side. 2 words.... female-alien shower scenes....
As any geek will tell you... size ALWAYS matters! Even if it's only related to the hardware you recently bought.
and it's amazing the productivity increase....
Would that be tin or aluminum?
SMMMMMMMOKIN'!!!!!!!
This is one of those Full Circle kind of things. Think about this. Computers were originally massive computing grids that you logged into from a terminal and had access to all the power of the computer. Then with the advent of the PC, we have the stand-alone solitaire machine that everyone can have in there home. Now, lo and behold the advent of the Internet. Now we have the infrastructure where all the PC terminals are distributed over a wide area and all have much faster access than a dumb terminal. Tack on a computing giant like Google who can serve out that much data at a time and we're back to the Massive Computer that is access through low cost terminals.
3 words describe how much water to add.... "Too damn much!"
Guns don't kill people; husbands who come home early kill people.
I'd have to have one heck of a vibration feature ;)
well, the previous post was correct in voicing opinions and such.... I'm not that assinine. However, I have personally walked out of the office of one of my representatives before(who shall remain nameless). I did this expressly because he was deraggatory, inflamatory and rude to me. Also of the 4 people in the room, I was the only caucasian male. If you want to know fear these days, be a semi-affluent caucasian male and then publicly disagree with a minority. You would not believe all the lawsuits that get filed before I finish talking.
point well made.. tack what he said onto my "a b" option