Terrorists use eight year old kids as vessel for their explosives, precisely because security is sometimes lowered for obviously innocent types. Not to say I appreciate the security bloatfest of the past decade, absolutely not... but being old or disabled is not a "get out of security checkpoints free" card and never should be. Can't respond on the individual case, I wasn't there.
Nope, you can make and sell a product. You can license it. That's why patents were created.
Just because a few people are abusing the system, does not change this. Congress would do well
to amend the patent statutes to ensure this purpose is not lost.
To me, the only basis for patent law suit damages should be for an infringing sale. So if you're not selling a product,
no damages. The patent should only be valid for an actual product, not a piece of paper.
Blackmail as an espionage tool is a joke. Nobody turns over highly classified information to an enemy due to infidelity/being gay/embarasing photo.
The biggest spy cases always involve ego. Nothing more. Google it. Of course, this is why our intelligence infrastructure is a joke.
There's a monoculture of tee teetotalers/fidelity freaks/paranoids/non fun people. This is why we invade other countries without any credible evidence for
the need.
Congress created patents and copyrights through laws. They could have created anything similar and called them anything they want.
These laws do not trump the constitution. Patents most certainly do not override free speech as your post states.
Twit.
The funny thing about this is that a really smart bad guy could put his nefarious doomsday plans on some good old fashioned microfilm. They're not gonna search that old toothpaste tube.
I'm guessing that 90% of today's customs officials don't even know what microfilm is.
Sorry, but you will die waiting for surgery that your insurance company won't authorize. It happens every day. You don't get the surgery before you can pay. Better hope you can sell your house while lying in a hospital bed.
This is why our system will never be fixed. People get bent over and reamed up the ass. Then they defend the system, claim it's better than any other, and bend over again.
Okay, someone help me out here... what's so bad about Nickelback?...
Other than the fact that they have a singer who can't sing, write forgettable songs with no melody, recycle songs, and write lyrics that make Katy Perry look poetic, nothing.
The real question is who is Microsoft going to sue? The patent laws were drafted based on somebody copying an idea and selling it for a profit. The thinking being that nobody would spend time copying a product and giving it away for free. I don't think there are any precedents for this situation. I guess they could try to get an injunction against distributing the software but in the internet world the cat is already out of the bag. All this will do is drive the big companies out of the free software world, but whoopdie doo.
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It was sarcasm. The police will charge you with wiretapping, however.
Like you said, you've never been to the U.S. They'll rifle through you're wallet with nary a second thought. Hankies are the least of your worries.
Yes you will. Any picture taken of a police officer is now wiretapping.
Good luck if it's an iPhone 3GS that constantly shuts down when running anything more intensive than email.
Terrorists use eight year old kids as vessel for their explosives, precisely because security is sometimes lowered for obviously innocent types. Not to say I appreciate the security bloatfest of the past decade, absolutely not... but being old or disabled is not a "get out of security checkpoints free" card and never should be. Can't respond on the individual case, I wasn't there.
Really? When and where was this?
At what point do you stop thinking of this as a glitch and start thinking of it as an attack?
When people start getting killed instead of inconvenienced.
software patents are bad, yet copyright for music in perpetuity, handed down to heirs or held by companies, is good?
... for the illusion of security.
Nope, you can make and sell a product. You can license it. That's why patents were created. Just because a few people are abusing the system, does not change this. Congress would do well to amend the patent statutes to ensure this purpose is not lost. To me, the only basis for patent law suit damages should be for an infringing sale. So if you're not selling a product, no damages. The patent should only be valid for an actual product, not a piece of paper.
And how successful has this been?
Blackmail as an espionage tool is a joke. Nobody turns over highly classified information to an enemy due to infidelity/being gay/embarasing photo. The biggest spy cases always involve ego. Nothing more. Google it. Of course, this is why our intelligence infrastructure is a joke. There's a monoculture of tee teetotalers/fidelity freaks/paranoids/non fun people. This is why we invade other countries without any credible evidence for the need.
It's about time we learned what is in those meatballs!
Congress created patents and copyrights through laws. They could have created anything similar and called them anything they want. These laws do not trump the constitution. Patents most certainly do not override free speech as your post states. Twit.
I assure you the words "patent" and "copyright" do not appear in the Constitution.
The funny thing about this is that a really smart bad guy could put his nefarious doomsday plans on some good old fashioned microfilm. They're not gonna search that old toothpaste tube. I'm guessing that 90% of today's customs officials don't even know what microfilm is.
Sorry, but you will die waiting for surgery that your insurance company won't authorize. It happens every day. You don't get the surgery before you can pay. Better hope you can sell your house while lying in a hospital bed.
This is why our system will never be fixed. People get bent over and reamed up the ass. Then they defend the system, claim it's better than any other, and bend over again.
Nope, not in litigation. The independents are broad. The dependents more narrow.
Me too, and I live in the North.
Okay, someone help me out here... what's so bad about Nickelback? ...
Other than the fact that they have a singer who can't sing, write forgettable songs with no melody, recycle songs, and write lyrics that make Katy Perry look poetic, nothing.
The real question is who is Microsoft going to sue? The patent laws were drafted based on somebody copying an idea and selling it for a profit. The thinking being that nobody would spend time copying a product and giving it away for free. I don't think there are any precedents for this situation. I guess they could try to get an injunction against distributing the software but in the internet world the cat is already out of the bag. All this will do is drive the big companies out of the free software world, but whoopdie doo.
... Patent it.
You insensitive clod! I'm one of those average clods on the street!
Actually I prefer hoofing it in Vegas. Especially because hoofing it with a 40 in your hand is legal.