I'm pretty sure the government releases the patents that result from taxpayer dollars into the public domain
Can you give an example of government patents that were given to private companies?
The results of government funded research does belong to everyone. No one is stoping you from starting your own company to cash in in the research being done.
"NTRU is an asymmetric (public/private key) cryptosystem. It has two characteristics that make it interesting as an alternative to RSA and Elliptic Curve Cryptography; speed and quantum computing resistance. There are two NTRU based algorithms: NTRUEncrypt and NTRUSign.
Because it is based on different mathematics (lattice-based cryptography) from RSA and ECC, the NTRU algorithm has different cryptographic properties. At comparable cryptographic strength, NTRU performs costly private key operations much much faster than RSA. In addition, NTRU's comparative performance increases with the level of security required. As key sizes increase by n, RSA's operations/second decrease at n3 whereas NTRU's decrease at n2."
From TFA: 'Up to one-tenth of the missing carbon may have leached into ground water, but Kirk says the majority is likely to have been lost as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is likely to be due to plant matter and organic material decomposing at a faster rate as temperatures rise.
More worryingly, soil sinks are predicted to release their carbon at an even faster rate as temperatures increase, giving rise to a feedback loop.'
So, the earth is releasing CO2 on its own, but it is because of a feedback loop likely caused by global warming. Also from TFA:
'Models had predicted that the rate of carbon released from terrestrial sinks would eventually outpace the rate of absorption of carbon dioxide, says Kirk, but it was thought this would not happen for another 10 to 50 years. "We've shown that it's happening rather faster than that." '
In other words, the feedback loop will become self susaining in 10 to 50 years. If humans can stop global warming before that time, than the carbon dioxide will be reabsorped, and the feedback loop will not occur. We still have 10 to 50 years of hope. After that, we're screwed.
Times have changed, Our kids are getting worse They won't obey IP laws, So let's pin blame and coerce.
Should we blame the government
or stupid IP laws
or should we blame the DMCA
with it's many flaws?
No!
Blame Canada! Blame Canada
With their software piracy, their stupid "diplomacy"
Blame Canada! Blame Canada!
The circumvention must stop The trash we must smash Laughter and fun must all be undone We must blame them and cause a fuss Before somebody thinks of blaming us!
Something people don't seem to understand it that it was not the choice of the students to become illegal immigrants. It was the choice of their parents, who are the ones at fault. Therefore, it would be unfair to treat the students as illegal immigrants, as they have done nothing wrong
When I'm governor I'm going to sue the Bic pen company for making pens that could be used to pick bicycle locks, or to forge checks. Then I will require that the company take 'reasonable care' to prevent their their pens from being used for forging checks or picking bicycle locks.
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I'm pretty sure the government releases the patents that result from taxpayer dollars into the public domain Can you give an example of government patents that were given to private companies?
The results of government funded research does belong to everyone. No one is stoping you from starting your own company to cash in in the research being done.
How hard would it be to put a really fast classical computer into a black box and trick people into believing it is a quantum computer?
From wikipedia:
"NTRU is an asymmetric (public/private key) cryptosystem. It has two characteristics that make it interesting as an alternative to RSA and Elliptic Curve Cryptography; speed and quantum computing resistance. There are two NTRU based algorithms: NTRUEncrypt and NTRUSign.
Because it is based on different mathematics (lattice-based cryptography) from RSA and ECC, the NTRU algorithm has different cryptographic properties. At comparable cryptographic strength, NTRU performs costly private key operations much much faster than RSA. In addition, NTRU's comparative performance increases with the level of security required. As key sizes increase by n, RSA's operations/second decrease at n3 whereas NTRU's decrease at n2."
open source java implementation of ntru:
http://ntru.sourceforge.net/
Cyassl - an openssl replacement that supports ntru
http://freecode.com/projects/cyassl
From TFA:
'Up to one-tenth of the missing carbon may have leached into ground water, but Kirk says the majority is likely to have been lost as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is likely to be due to plant matter and organic material decomposing at a faster rate as temperatures rise.
More worryingly, soil sinks are predicted to release their carbon at an even faster rate as temperatures increase, giving rise to a feedback loop.'
So, the earth is releasing CO2 on its own, but it is because of a feedback loop likely caused by global warming.
Also from TFA:
'Models had predicted that the rate of carbon released from terrestrial sinks would eventually outpace the rate of absorption of carbon dioxide, says Kirk, but it was thought this would not happen for another 10 to 50 years. "We've shown that it's happening rather faster than that." '
In other words, the feedback loop will become self susaining in 10 to 50 years. If humans can stop global warming before that time, than the carbon dioxide will be reabsorped, and the feedback loop will not occur. We still have 10 to 50 years of hope. After that, we're screwed.
Times have changed,
Our kids are getting worse
They won't obey IP laws,
So let's pin blame and coerce.
Should we blame the government
or stupid IP laws
or should we blame the DMCA
with it's many flaws?
No!
Blame Canada!
Blame Canada
With their software piracy,
their stupid "diplomacy"
Blame Canada!
Blame Canada!
The circumvention must stop
The trash we must smash
Laughter and fun
must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before somebody thinks of blaming us!
Something people don't seem to understand it that it was not the choice of the students to become illegal immigrants. It was the choice of their parents, who are the ones at fault. Therefore, it would be unfair to treat the students as illegal immigrants, as they have done nothing wrong
When I'm governor I'm going to sue the Bic pen company for making pens that could be used to pick bicycle locks, or to forge checks. Then I will require that the company take 'reasonable care' to prevent their their pens from being used for forging checks or picking bicycle locks.