Anyone else have the idea of walking into PETA headquarters wearing a dog-skin coat, then informing them that you got the skins by following their "animal rescue" van around.
Why am I suddenly tempted to show up at a Furry convention wearing a home-made dog-skin coat? Simultaneously trolling PETA and Furries? We need an Achievements board for something like this.
So the US system puts inventors of these devices in a bit of a quandry - either don't try and patent and rely on trade secret, or file but try and describe it in such a way that you can get past the US patent office automatic rejection of anything that involves fusion that isn't well known how it happens.
That's the way the patent process is supposed to work: You get limited-time protection for your invention in exchange for documenting how it works so others will be able to build their own once the patent expires. As you said, the alternative is to keep it a trade secret, but then you can't complain if somebody else figures out how it works and starts selling their own version. If you want your fusion system protected, you have to explain how it works.
Besides, if the patent doesn't explain how your fusion process works, how can anyone be found infringing on it? If I had filed a patent on "Fusion By Secret Means", I could wait until someone the next big fusion breakthrough, then sue them saying, "That's my secret process - that one right there!"
How to attain internet fame: Show up at the Steve Jobs funeral and tell the WB"C"'ers that they've convinced you. Join their protest and try to out-troll them. Maybe bring an old iPhone to smash to show your enthusiasm. If male, loudly swear off anal sex, but include a very detailed description of what you're not going to do any more. Proclaim that the teachings of Fred Phelps have set your libido on the right track, then try to make out with one of the Phelps females.
Frankly, journalistic style sheets need to be updated so that they are always referred to as Westboro Baptist "Church", including requiring TV presenters to make finger-quotes when using the word "Church".
Agreed. I'm sure it varies in different parts of the country, but where I live and work, Sprint has the best coverage of any carrier. I work in an old building that's absolute murder on cell signal. There's huge dead zones all over - unless you're on Sprint.
Now, throw a bunch of iPhone users on and we may see coverage crapping it's pants just as badly as AT&T.
In my experience, on every phone I've used, GPS uses more power than Wi-Fi, especially if the Wi-Fi isn't actually connected. I use Tasker, (and previously Mode Switcher for WebOS,) to set different settings for home and work, but it was triggered by being in range of the appropriate WiFi network. I keep GPS turned off unless I've opened an app that actually uses it.
And yet somehow, "capital gains" are taxed at a rate lower than we tax our poor.
Uh, 47% of the US pays no income tax whatsoever, and a good portion of those actually get a "refund" that's more than what's been withheld. "Capital Gains" taxes are the government's second bite into corporate income, after first taxing it at 35% (2nd highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world, by the way.)
I have tried it, and can confirm it works well. Particularly when the ties are pulled so tight, you can't cut them without risking damage to the cable.
The WebOS patent portfolio would be a powerful weapon to any handset maker. Every patent Palm ever filed? Yeah, that's a lot of patents applicable to handheld devices.
Another major reason nuclear power plants cost so much in the US is that, every time you try to build one, the damn "green" groups throw lawsuit after lawsuit at it. Generally, their goal isn't to actually win any of the suits, but rather to delay construction enough and run up enough legal bills that the project is abandoned.
We're getting a bit afield here, but you should read Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna. It's a very interesting book describing how nearly all of what constitutes "going to church" today has nothing in common with the way the church operated in the 1st century. The authors advocate what they refer to as the "Organic Church" where believers gather in small groups and everyone contributes, without a group "leader" directing things. It does away with the large buildings and paid staff that generate most of the expenses. The points you raised really made me think of their church model.
Not exactly the situation you described, but close. An Oregon woman with advanced breast cancer received a letter informing her that she was denied coverage for the chemotherapy, but that the assisted suicide would be covered. The insurance company denying coverage? Oregon's state-run, "Universal" health care. True, the presumably non-repressive Oregon government wasn't *requiring* her to commit suicide. But when you are denied the chance to fight for survival, I'd say the "option" of legal suicide has become a defacto requirement.
My own experience: My gmail address is FirstInitialLastname@gmail.com. Note that I have a very uncommon last name. Anyone with the same last name is very likely a distant relative. First batch of misdirected emails started with invitations to a garden planning group in Goshen, Indiana. I ignored the ones that were clearly mass-mailings, and responded to the personal ones addressed to "Jane" informing them that they had the wrong person. I haven't gotten one of these for awhile, so it seems to have cleared itself up. The last one was a doozie, though. Got an email to a Halloween party in Goshen with the instructions, "Come dressed as either a drag queen or an Amishman." Sounds like it must have been one heck of a party.
Then I started getting PSN messages for someone named "Jared". I'm not particularly surprised that Sony has security issues, since they apparently don't even understand the importance of sending a confirmation link during account setup. I'll admit, it's been a little surreal seeing all the "We're sorry about our security problems" emails that are intended for someone else.
Then the really weird one: If any/. reader is considering an online dating service, I'd strongly recommend *not* going with Match.com. The first time I saw an email message with Match.com in the subject line, just deleted it, assuming it was some referral spam that slipped through the filter. Later that day, when "Here's your Match.com profile information" showed up, well, let's just say my interest was grabbed.
Apparently, Match.com's understanding of security is *so* bad, that, not only do they not send a confirmation link, but they also send the full account info *including password* to whatever address you put in when you sign up. I am in possession of match.com account credentials belonging to a 65-year-old woman in Raleigh, NC. And then the activity updates started coming in. "OldCowboy1947 likes your photo." "Grandpa39 winked at you. Do you want to wink back?" 3 days of this was enough.
I'll freely admit, the call of the Dark Side was strong. There was a constant voice saying, "Troll this. Troll this *HARD*" But in the end, my better nature won out. 1) I'd like to think I'm not the sort of person who would mess with a 65 year-old-woman's love life for my own amusement, and 2) She's likely related to me. (Distant 3: didn't feel like collecting the granny-porn required for proper trolling.)
Not that Match.com made it easy to do the right thing here. All my attempts to contact their customer support only resulted in auto-responses from the ignore-o-bot. Eventually the bot that reads their support requests decided that what I really wanted was to stop receiving email notifications and promised to stop sending them. Not exactly, but close enough. Assuming Ms. Raleigh is still paying the bill, the credentials I have are probably still valid. Probably would have gotten better results by signing into her profile, adding "Mistyping my email address" to her interests, and changing the profile pic to Bea Arthur with the caption "WTF? Wrong Email Address?"
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Lenovo's service manuals are also pretty easy to find. One of the many reasons why I always recommend Thinkpads.
I'm obviously not the OP, but as soon as I got my Samsung Epic, I installed SyndicateROM Frozen, found here: http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showthread.php/923-ROM-ACS-SyndicateROM-Frozen-1.2?p=4540#post4540
I spent some time browsing the available ROMs for my phone - nearly all of them had "No more CarrierIQ!" in their feature list.
Oh, they have their ways...
Anyone else have the idea of walking into PETA headquarters wearing a dog-skin coat, then informing them that you got the skins by following their "animal rescue" van around.
Why am I suddenly tempted to show up at a Furry convention wearing a home-made dog-skin coat? Simultaneously trolling PETA and Furries? We need an Achievements board for something like this.
And of course my mod points expired yesterday. Bravo, good sir.
Someone please mod parent up, based simply on the subject.
So the US system puts inventors of these devices in a bit of a quandry - either don't try and patent and rely on trade secret, or file but try and describe it in such a way that you can get past the US patent office automatic rejection of anything that involves fusion that isn't well known how it happens.
That's the way the patent process is supposed to work: You get limited-time protection for your invention in exchange for documenting how it works so others will be able to build their own once the patent expires. As you said, the alternative is to keep it a trade secret, but then you can't complain if somebody else figures out how it works and starts selling their own version. If you want your fusion system protected, you have to explain how it works.
Besides, if the patent doesn't explain how your fusion process works, how can anyone be found infringing on it? If I had filed a patent on "Fusion By Secret Means", I could wait until someone the next big fusion breakthrough, then sue them saying, "That's my secret process - that one right there!"
How to attain internet fame: Show up at the Steve Jobs funeral and tell the WB"C"'ers that they've convinced you. Join their protest and try to out-troll them. Maybe bring an old iPhone to smash to show your enthusiasm. If male, loudly swear off anal sex, but include a very detailed description of what you're not going to do any more. Proclaim that the teachings of Fred Phelps have set your libido on the right track, then try to make out with one of the Phelps females.
Just make sure this all gets caught on video.
Frankly, journalistic style sheets need to be updated so that they are always referred to as Westboro Baptist "Church", including requiring TV presenters to make finger-quotes when using the word "Church".
Typed on an iPhone keyboard?
Agreed. I'm sure it varies in different parts of the country, but where I live and work, Sprint has the best coverage of any carrier. I work in an old building that's absolute murder on cell signal. There's huge dead zones all over - unless you're on Sprint.
Now, throw a bunch of iPhone users on and we may see coverage crapping it's pants just as badly as AT&T.
In my experience, on every phone I've used, GPS uses more power than Wi-Fi, especially if the Wi-Fi isn't actually connected. I use Tasker, (and previously Mode Switcher for WebOS,) to set different settings for home and work, but it was triggered by being in range of the appropriate WiFi network. I keep GPS turned off unless I've opened an app that actually uses it.
And yet somehow, "capital gains" are taxed at a rate lower than we tax our poor.
Uh, 47% of the US pays no income tax whatsoever, and a good portion of those actually get a "refund" that's more than what's been withheld. "Capital Gains" taxes are the government's second bite into corporate income, after first taxing it at 35% (2nd highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world, by the way.)
I have tried it, and can confirm it works well. Particularly when the ties are pulled so tight, you can't cut them without risking damage to the cable.
The WebOS patent portfolio would be a powerful weapon to any handset maker. Every patent Palm ever filed? Yeah, that's a lot of patents applicable to handheld devices.
Another major reason nuclear power plants cost so much in the US is that, every time you try to build one, the damn "green" groups throw lawsuit after lawsuit at it. Generally, their goal isn't to actually win any of the suits, but rather to delay construction enough and run up enough legal bills that the project is abandoned.
He just copied and pasted the asterisks.
Computer models were based on the data. Apparently, they were based on insufficient data.
Or the algorithms used in the models were wrong. Or both.
I seem to recall a story that found some of the "climate models" also showed a warming trend when fed random noise instead of the actual data.
It's possible to hack touchstone charging into an EVO - presumably it would work with an EVO 3D as well. Obviously say goodbye to your warranty if you try this.
http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/06/how-to-mod-htc-evo-4g-to-work-with-palm-touchstone-wireless-charger.html
We're getting a bit afield here, but you should read Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna. It's a very interesting book describing how nearly all of what constitutes "going to church" today has nothing in common with the way the church operated in the 1st century. The authors advocate what they refer to as the "Organic Church" where believers gather in small groups and everyone contributes, without a group "leader" directing things. It does away with the large buildings and paid staff that generate most of the expenses. The points you raised really made me think of their church model.
http://www.katu.com/news/26119539.html
Not exactly the situation you described, but close. An Oregon woman with advanced breast cancer received a letter informing her that she was denied coverage for the chemotherapy, but that the assisted suicide would be covered. The insurance company denying coverage? Oregon's state-run, "Universal" health care. True, the presumably non-repressive Oregon government wasn't *requiring* her to commit suicide. But when you are denied the chance to fight for survival, I'd say the "option" of legal suicide has become a defacto requirement.
THERE IS ONE CHARACTER THAT WOULD UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY.
(Note to the lameness filter: when discussing Terry Pratchett, all caps is not yelling.)
The question is, will there be someone speaking in all caps at the end?
and they don't send a fucking confirmation link
Oh, God, this.
My own experience: My gmail address is FirstInitialLastname@gmail.com. Note that I have a very uncommon last name. Anyone with the same last name is very likely a distant relative. First batch of misdirected emails started with invitations to a garden planning group in Goshen, Indiana. I ignored the ones that were clearly mass-mailings, and responded to the personal ones addressed to "Jane" informing them that they had the wrong person. I haven't gotten one of these for awhile, so it seems to have cleared itself up. The last one was a doozie, though. Got an email to a Halloween party in Goshen with the instructions, "Come dressed as either a drag queen or an Amishman." Sounds like it must have been one heck of a party.
Then I started getting PSN messages for someone named "Jared". I'm not particularly surprised that Sony has security issues, since they apparently don't even understand the importance of sending a confirmation link during account setup. I'll admit, it's been a little surreal seeing all the "We're sorry about our security problems" emails that are intended for someone else.
Then the really weird one: If any /. reader is considering an online dating service, I'd strongly recommend *not* going with Match.com. The first time I saw an email message with Match.com in the subject line, just deleted it, assuming it was some referral spam that slipped through the filter. Later that day, when "Here's your Match.com profile information" showed up, well, let's just say my interest was grabbed.
Apparently, Match.com's understanding of security is *so* bad, that, not only do they not send a confirmation link, but they also send the full account info *including password* to whatever address you put in when you sign up. I am in possession of match.com account credentials belonging to a 65-year-old woman in Raleigh, NC. And then the activity updates started coming in. "OldCowboy1947 likes your photo." "Grandpa39 winked at you. Do you want to wink back?" 3 days of this was enough.
I'll freely admit, the call of the Dark Side was strong. There was a constant voice saying, "Troll this. Troll this *HARD*" But in the end, my better nature won out. 1) I'd like to think I'm not the sort of person who would mess with a 65 year-old-woman's love life for my own amusement, and 2) She's likely related to me. (Distant 3: didn't feel like collecting the granny-porn required for proper trolling.)
Not that Match.com made it easy to do the right thing here. All my attempts to contact their customer support only resulted in auto-responses from the ignore-o-bot. Eventually the bot that reads their support requests decided that what I really wanted was to stop receiving email notifications and promised to stop sending them. Not exactly, but close enough. Assuming Ms. Raleigh is still paying the bill, the credentials I have are probably still valid. Probably would have gotten better results by signing into her profile, adding "Mistyping my email address" to her interests, and changing the profile pic to Bea Arthur with the caption "WTF? Wrong Email Address?"