I actually thought the ending was better in the movie. It was more cohesive and intelligent, following more from the events in the story, and less deus ex machina or where-the-hell-did-that-come-from. And really, there isn't much left in Dr. Manhattan by the end that could be considered "man"
But they know who Osama bin Laden is. They know we've been on a tear invading countries in the last decade. A teenager with any knowledge of world events should be able to draw many pertinent themes out of the ideas presented in Watchmen.
a library of games suitable for a ten year old girl ("Say fellas, let's buy a case of beer and play Cooking Mama tonight!")
I disagree with this. There are some fantastic games released for the Wii and nowhere else, it's just that none of them are Call of Duty clones. Off the top of my head: No More Heroes 1&2, Sonic Colors, Super Mario Galaxy, Zack & Wiki, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Returns. This is by no means a definitive list just things I've played recently, and it probably includes games that aren't to your liking. But people who blow off the Wii's library so easily haven't really looked for good games.
Also, Cooking Mama is actually a lot of fun to play with a lot of people and a couple cases of beer!
As has been noted elsewhere, this graph lumps all sorts of tiered speeds in together, and also lumps every geographic location together. I think from netflix's end, this is trying to show that ISPs are providing subpar service.
And while I can't say for sure, I think there's a lot of traffic throttling happening behind the scenes with US ISPs. I have a 15mb Time Warner line that will usually see 1.5MB/s or more file transfers (HTTP, Bittorrent and however Steam transfers data), but has a lot of trouble sustaining an HD stream from Netflix. Heck, even the pseudo-HD stream from Comedy Central's Quantserve hosting hiccups regularly. So take these graphs for what they are: indicative of average sustained link speed between customers and Netflix.
Moreover, I think increased cross-disciplinary study for engineering majors would be beneficial all around. At least at the engineering school I attended, it seemed common for most engineering students to have tunnel vision in their area of study. Part of this was due to the rigor of the curriculum not leaving much time for unrelated coursework, but I think it would make for a more well-rounded and effective engineer to allow for and encourage technical electives to be taken in many engineering disciplines.
Your understanding of the PHOSITA is wrong; the examiner is not the fictional "person having ordinary skill in the art". Wikipedia has a decent article on the subject. Whether the examiner finds appropriate prior art, or whether during the course of prosecution it is considered eligible under 102 is another matter.
I agree with you, but for sake of argument and as a former software pirate I would say most who do pirate AAA games can reason their decision at any price point.
This 2010 KSR Guidelines Update highlights case law developments on obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 since the 2007 decision by the United States Supreme Court (Supreme Court) in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
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Comments concerning this 2010 KSR Guidelines Update may be sent by electronic mail message over the Internet addressed to KSR_Guidance@uspto.gov, or submitted by mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments–Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 223131450. Although comments may be submitted by mail, the Office prefers to receive comments via the Internet.
Although I don't think the typical slashdot response to patent law issues is going to do much to persuade anyone. Might want to brush up on your patent law before you comment. This article might help a bit.
I think he is following the line of reasoning that is something close to: we are the target of terrorist attacks largely because of our support of a strong Israeli state, we then take the fight against terrorism to Afghanistan and Iraq costing us trillions of dollars that haven't really shown to have done much good (not withstanding the argument that Iraq was a war about oil).
It's a tricky line to walk. On the one hand we are a sovereign state and have the right to support who we want; but that choice is costing us dearly in blood and money when we don't have a lot of either to spend.
Since when is a sport required to maintain a frantic pace to be entertaining? I think most people watch a sport based on what happens when there is action not how often those actions occur.
Calm down, chief. One mod gave him an interesting nod, two others downrated him. The amount of freak out about moderation in the last couple years is getting pretty annoying.
Somehow I doubt that the framers imagined it being used to pass legislation compelling all Americans to purchase something from private enterprise (the health insurance mandate) or telling them that they can't indulge in cannabis consumption in the privacy of their own homes.
The money comes into PA from ads and whatnot, they direct most (if not all) of it Childs Play (therefore writing it all off as a 'donation' to themselves), and set themselves up as administrators (therefore avoiding paying payroll taxes).
Where's your source for this? Everything I've heard about the way Child's Play is set up is that they distance it from PA Inc. as much as possible for two reasons. The first being that they don't want the image of the comic to draw ire towards the charity. Secondly, they don't want the possible collapse of their company to take down the charity.
Right after fast food and pre-packaged food eaters are also prevented from taking part in public health care plans. Heart disease and complications from a life of eating crap food cost our society magnitudes more than smoking.
Point is, do you really believe you can run around punishing everyone who does something unhealthy or undesirable?
Or if you haven't lost all sense of patience, you would realize you could "survive" on a 5mb connection. Anyway, latency is a much bigger problem for me than bandwidth ever was past 2mb.
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I actually thought the ending was better in the movie. It was more cohesive and intelligent, following more from the events in the story, and less deus ex machina or where-the-hell-did-that-come-from. And really, there isn't much left in Dr. Manhattan by the end that could be considered "man"
If Watchmen is predictable and dull, what movies are you watching that are refreshingly insightful?
But they know who Osama bin Laden is. They know we've been on a tear invading countries in the last decade. A teenager with any knowledge of world events should be able to draw many pertinent themes out of the ideas presented in Watchmen.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Free Market provides healthy, wealthy, free society.
Citation strongly needed here.
a library of games suitable for a ten year old girl ("Say fellas, let's buy a case of beer and play Cooking Mama tonight!")
I disagree with this. There are some fantastic games released for the Wii and nowhere else, it's just that none of them are Call of Duty clones. Off the top of my head: No More Heroes 1&2, Sonic Colors, Super Mario Galaxy, Zack & Wiki, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Returns. This is by no means a definitive list just things I've played recently, and it probably includes games that aren't to your liking. But people who blow off the Wii's library so easily haven't really looked for good games.
Also, Cooking Mama is actually a lot of fun to play with a lot of people and a couple cases of beer!
As has been noted elsewhere, this graph lumps all sorts of tiered speeds in together, and also lumps every geographic location together. I think from netflix's end, this is trying to show that ISPs are providing subpar service.
And while I can't say for sure, I think there's a lot of traffic throttling happening behind the scenes with US ISPs. I have a 15mb Time Warner line that will usually see 1.5MB/s or more file transfers (HTTP, Bittorrent and however Steam transfers data), but has a lot of trouble sustaining an HD stream from Netflix. Heck, even the pseudo-HD stream from Comedy Central's Quantserve hosting hiccups regularly. So take these graphs for what they are: indicative of average sustained link speed between customers and Netflix.
Moreover, I think increased cross-disciplinary study for engineering majors would be beneficial all around. At least at the engineering school I attended, it seemed common for most engineering students to have tunnel vision in their area of study. Part of this was due to the rigor of the curriculum not leaving much time for unrelated coursework, but I think it would make for a more well-rounded and effective engineer to allow for and encourage technical electives to be taken in many engineering disciplines.
Your understanding of the PHOSITA is wrong; the examiner is not the fictional "person having ordinary skill in the art". Wikipedia has a decent article on the subject. Whether the examiner finds appropriate prior art, or whether during the course of prosecution it is considered eligible under 102 is another matter.
I agree with you, but for sake of argument and as a former software pirate I would say most who do pirate AAA games can reason their decision at any price point.
Everyone who plays WoW knows rouges are overpowdered.
I think this is only available in the 9.0 dev release. So it seems to be on the way, but not definitely not ready for primetime.
This 2010 KSR Guidelines Update highlights case law developments on obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 since the 2007 decision by the United States Supreme Court (Supreme Court) in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
and
Comments concerning this 2010 KSR Guidelines Update may be sent by electronic mail message over the Internet addressed to KSR_Guidance@uspto.gov, or submitted by mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments–Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 223131450. Although comments may be submitted by mail, the Office prefers to receive comments via the Internet.
Although I don't think the typical slashdot response to patent law issues is going to do much to persuade anyone. Might want to brush up on your patent law before you comment. This article might help a bit.
I think he is following the line of reasoning that is something close to: we are the target of terrorist attacks largely because of our support of a strong Israeli state, we then take the fight against terrorism to Afghanistan and Iraq costing us trillions of dollars that haven't really shown to have done much good (not withstanding the argument that Iraq was a war about oil). It's a tricky line to walk. On the one hand we are a sovereign state and have the right to support who we want; but that choice is costing us dearly in blood and money when we don't have a lot of either to spend.
Since when is a sport required to maintain a frantic pace to be entertaining? I think most people watch a sport based on what happens when there is action not how often those actions occur.
But corporations are people!
Mathematics.
Except you only get ESPN3 if your ISP has bought in to the service, and Hulu+ if you pay monthly for it.
I disagree on the second point. Disabling all indexing for the search pane I never used made my 3g as fast as the day I bought it.
Calm down, chief. One mod gave him an interesting nod, two others downrated him. The amount of freak out about moderation in the last couple years is getting pretty annoying.
Somehow I doubt that the framers imagined it being used to pass legislation compelling all Americans to purchase something from private enterprise (the health insurance mandate) or telling them that they can't indulge in cannabis consumption in the privacy of their own homes.
Or owning slaves.
The money comes into PA from ads and whatnot, they direct most (if not all) of it Childs Play (therefore writing it all off as a 'donation' to themselves), and set themselves up as administrators (therefore avoiding paying payroll taxes).
Where's your source for this? Everything I've heard about the way Child's Play is set up is that they distance it from PA Inc. as much as possible for two reasons. The first being that they don't want the image of the comic to draw ire towards the charity. Secondly, they don't want the possible collapse of their company to take down the charity.
Right after fast food and pre-packaged food eaters are also prevented from taking part in public health care plans. Heart disease and complications from a life of eating crap food cost our society magnitudes more than smoking.
Point is, do you really believe you can run around punishing everyone who does something unhealthy or undesirable?
Or if you haven't lost all sense of patience, you would realize you could "survive" on a 5mb connection. Anyway, latency is a much bigger problem for me than bandwidth ever was past 2mb.
1776 called and it wants its wanton belief in Wealth of Nations back.
Then don't sign up for the beta.