which you'd expect. he also made no attempt to deny that he killed Jimmy Hoffa. should this be taken as an indication that he knows what's kept at Area 51?
If they verify the documents, you can probably trust the claim. If they deny that the documents are legit, then you can probably trust the fact that they denied the documents are legit. And that's it.
Well, you have 80% more liquid, for one. Those 3 ounce bottles are scanned. But you'd think it would be easier to detect a harmful substance in larger quantities. Why is scanning a 3-oz bottle ok, but not a larger one. why the 3-oz bottle? Is there a signal-to-noise ratio issue? The 20oz bottle might give off such a strong liquid signature than something else sneaks past alongside it?
I feel like I'm arguing nuances of religion. you spend forever on minute details about what the right way and form is for something like baptism, then realize to what ridiculous level of detail you've just tried to trivialize something like salvation, at which point you realize that you may have just been straining out a gnat but swallowing a camel.
I've been taking an empty bottle through security for years. Almost every airport has potted plants before security. water one. shake out the bottle really well. or have it empty and dry when you leave for the airport. then fill it at the water fountain once you're through. I did see a notice once that really wet things will get flagged, so dry the bottle as well as you can.
You are suggesting that ads should act as a paywall. I should not be able to view your work without seeing the ads. This demonstrates a lack of understanding of the technology you're using to showcase your work. You are also acting like you are entitled to commercial reimbursement. You are not.
You putting ads on your website is a request for me to view those ads alongside your work. You provide a framework by which I may look at those ads along with your work. Those ads may or may not be of value to me. I may decide in advance that I don't think they're of value to me. I'm perfectly allowed to not download those advertisements. And, it's 2012. You are also allowed to refuse my access to your content if I don't view your ads. But you have to choose to either request or require my viewing of those advertisements. You can't require it and then be upset when lot's of people choose not to view your work, or request it and be upset when people say, "no, thanks."
so, I guess does it upconvert when you switch to fullscreen playback? or does HD look blocky? can my eyes see the difference between 1080 and 2048 at that size? when will hollywood and the tv market catch up to Apple?
recently, you have GHWBush at only one term, but that was after 12 years of the GOP, so there could have been strong "change of course" sentiment. Jimmy Carter lost his reelection. Gerald Ford lost, but I wouldn't count that since he didn't have to win the first one. then you have to go back to Herbert Hoover and William Taft.
So, in recent politics you have a few examples. If people are staying out of this one, maybe they're thinking that if Obama wins and the economy stays sour, they'll have a better chance in 2016 on the "the Dems have had more than enough time" ticket.
well put. the logical fallacy of "X must be true, because if it isn't the result Y would be unpalatable" should have no place in determining patent validity. It should most definitely be part of defining patent law, because you'd hope they are creating laws to produce acceptable results. But given current law, if I patent something and in the process of trying to license it everybody and their mother starts using it, a court had better determine that I get paid by those who used it without license. 'Oh, it would inconvenience too many people' is no excuse to invalidate a patent unless you're proposing to work that into the actual patent law. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_consequences
all laptops are Lithium based now. it was only the NiCDd and NiMH batteries that you had to run down. you actually hurt the lithium ones doing that. they like staying at a nice high state of charge.
but she had permission. Actually, she had 'instructions' from her government to sign it. And, it's disingenuous that now she's being the one taken to task for putting her name on the paper, when clearly others were responsible for the decision. Yes, she could have stepped down, someone else would have signed it after given other instructions, and we'd be right where we are, lambasting whichever other official put his signature on it. This avoids the source of the problem, and Slashdot is contributing to the confusion, by focusing on the Ambassador.
FTFA:
I signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on behalf of the Republic of Slovenia, following the directive and authorisation of the Slovenian government.... There has been a demonization of “some sneak”, that is me, who in far-off Tokyo secretly signed something on her own initiative...it is dangerous particularly because it conceals the responsibility of those who had the power to decide, and did in fact decide, that Slovenia would be a signatory of ACTA. This was decided by the Slovenian government and by the parliamentary committee for EU matters, and before that, Slovenia was for quite some time involved in coordinating the agreement. All this was done with too little transparency, judging by the outraged responses that have appeared following the signing. Back then, the Slovenian media did not demonise this decision to the same extent as they now demonise my signature. This I consider very dangerous for the continuous (non-)development of democracy in Slovenia.
even better, it would be more subtle. you'd download what you think is a car. It would print as a car. But the gear shift was a phallus. or there was something else you wouldn't notice until it was built, like a 1 or 2-build layer thick embossing on the dashboard. Either way, you wouldn't notice until you built the whole thing, and maybe not even then if it was clever enough.
Need. What does anyone need? here's the issue. no one cares a hoot how much memory a program needs until you need it for something else. Yes, minimum memory usage is bad when it means your program isn't doing as much as you'd want or like it to do. But, when you set the browser to use a ton of memory, and then need it for something else, how does the computer respond? Few programs can suddenly release a chunk of memory for you because some other program has requested more than is available. If it can, there is lag. Or, heaver forbid, disk swapping. Until memory management is speedy and seamless, there needs to be sufficient available ram for what you might want to do, or you'll be upset when there's a slowdown or hangup. That happy level depends more on the underlying OS than the program, but the program gets to decide how much it wants to try to grab.
I agree with a previous poster, user comparability makes sense here. Most users would probably miss it, but those who don't could at least make the choice and only blame themselves, and not the program, if things get clunky.
smart cards are not used without passwords. there's still a 'something you know' aspect to go along with something you have. it's just not the traditional login/password.
Similar technology, much better materials: www.stratasys.com
of course, the 'good machines' cost as much as my house. the high precision ABS ones are ~50k or less, though. Build temperature is a big part of it. most of them, the build area is a furnace to keep environmental temperature right for layer-to-layer adhesion. there's only so much you can do with only a heated nozzle. and they have to very carefully control material quality to get the build resolution and accuracy they give, so there are humidity controls, etc. high precision motors and controllers are a big deal, too.
true. I had Symantec corp. edition at home via the office's home use license. bogged down my older pc, older laptop, and netbook. switched all to MSE, and now rarely see Process Explorer showing the AV chewing up 25-50% of the cpu for extended periods of time.
I fear, however, that part of this is the usual Windows integration problem. Office suites that can't access the same undocumented API's as MS Office, running slower as a result, etc. So, once again MS offers a free version of something to undermine another software category (stacker, diskdoubler, defrag, etc.), and whether or not its a better product, it runs better with the software. At least right now this is an optional download, so it's harder to throw the monopoly abuse thing at them on this one.
I accidentally searched on ask.com the other day too (no, really, the library had the toolbar installed). when the results came up, I realized that the entire first page was sponsored ads, with only two 'search results' on the page being real results. BUT, the layout of the results was very much like google's. colors, layout, etc. Not sure how much of that's just defaulting to browser color scheme for links, but I don't think all of it is.
hmmm... how high are these drones flying? get the right sized engine and you could start taking potshots. If people show up asking questions, you can claim that you were just launching models... of course I condone none of this, but if you could have a camera and youtube handy, we'd all be appreciative.
businessweek article doesn't really detail the patents in question. 'previewing an image'. was 'on a camera' the re-patent everything catchphrase that only Kodak thought of? after generating the image, it's a computer file. it's on a really poor computer. the computer displays the image on a screen, as has been done for decades. transmission of images? again, after generation, its a file. sending a file via some already established protocol shouldn't be patentable for some types of files.
of course, I'm assuming it's all software, not hardware. If anyone knows the patents in question, it would be interesting to see the claims.
Inventors may get an award or bonus for a filed / granted patent. So that's a quantity over quality incentive. Patent lawyers get paid for getting patents filed, accepted, attacked, defended, etc. again, quantity over quality. In fact, patent lawyers make more when there is post-award litigation whether or not they're on the offense or defense. Even more quantity-over-quality incentive.
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which you'd expect. he also made no attempt to deny that he killed Jimmy Hoffa. should this be taken as an indication that he knows what's kept at Area 51?
If they verify the documents, you can probably trust the claim. If they deny that the documents are legit, then you can probably trust the fact that they denied the documents are legit. And that's it.
rickrolled again. well played sir.
Well, you have 80% more liquid, for one. Those 3 ounce bottles are scanned. But you'd think it would be easier to detect a harmful substance in larger quantities. Why is scanning a 3-oz bottle ok, but not a larger one. why the 3-oz bottle? Is there a signal-to-noise ratio issue? The 20oz bottle might give off such a strong liquid signature than something else sneaks past alongside it?
I feel like I'm arguing nuances of religion. you spend forever on minute details about what the right way and form is for something like baptism, then realize to what ridiculous level of detail you've just tried to trivialize something like salvation, at which point you realize that you may have just been straining out a gnat but swallowing a camel.
I've been taking an empty bottle through security for years. Almost every airport has potted plants before security. water one. shake out the bottle really well. or have it empty and dry when you leave for the airport. then fill it at the water fountain once you're through. I did see a notice once that really wet things will get flagged, so dry the bottle as well as you can.
You are suggesting that ads should act as a paywall. I should not be able to view your work without seeing the ads. This demonstrates a lack of understanding of the technology you're using to showcase your work. You are also acting like you are entitled to commercial reimbursement. You are not.
You putting ads on your website is a request for me to view those ads alongside your work. You provide a framework by which I may look at those ads along with your work. Those ads may or may not be of value to me. I may decide in advance that I don't think they're of value to me. I'm perfectly allowed to not download those advertisements. And, it's 2012. You are also allowed to refuse my access to your content if I don't view your ads. But you have to choose to either request or require my viewing of those advertisements. You can't require it and then be upset when lot's of people choose not to view your work, or request it and be upset when people say, "no, thanks."
so, I guess does it upconvert when you switch to fullscreen playback? or does HD look blocky? can my eyes see the difference between 1080 and 2048 at that size? when will hollywood and the tv market catch up to Apple?
some details:
http://www.filibustercartoons.com/prezidents.htm
recently, you have GHWBush at only one term, but that was after 12 years of the GOP, so there could have been strong "change of course" sentiment.
Jimmy Carter lost his reelection.
Gerald Ford lost, but I wouldn't count that since he didn't have to win the first one.
then you have to go back to Herbert Hoover and William Taft.
So, in recent politics you have a few examples. If people are staying out of this one, maybe they're thinking that if Obama wins and the economy stays sour, they'll have a better chance in 2016 on the "the Dems have had more than enough time" ticket.
well put. the logical fallacy of "X must be true, because if it isn't the result Y would be unpalatable" should have no place in determining patent validity. It should most definitely be part of defining patent law, because you'd hope they are creating laws to produce acceptable results. But given current law, if I patent something and in the process of trying to license it everybody and their mother starts using it, a court had better determine that I get paid by those who used it without license. 'Oh, it would inconvenience too many people' is no excuse to invalidate a patent unless you're proposing to work that into the actual patent law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_consequences
Steven Levitt, economist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_levitt
as opposed to Steven Levy, journalist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Levy
all laptops are Lithium based now. it was only the NiCDd and NiMH batteries that you had to run down. you actually hurt the lithium ones doing that. they like staying at a nice high state of charge.
hence he said "the entity Anon in that email"
but she had permission. Actually, she had 'instructions' from her government to sign it. And, it's disingenuous that now she's being the one taken to task for putting her name on the paper, when clearly others were responsible for the decision. Yes, she could have stepped down, someone else would have signed it after given other instructions, and we'd be right where we are, lambasting whichever other official put his signature on it. This avoids the source of the problem, and Slashdot is contributing to the confusion, by focusing on the Ambassador.
FTFA:
I signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on behalf of the Republic of Slovenia, following the directive and authorisation of the Slovenian government. ... There has been a demonization of “some sneak”, that is me, who in far-off Tokyo secretly signed something on her own initiative...it is dangerous particularly because it conceals the responsibility of those who had the power to decide, and did in fact decide, that Slovenia would be a signatory of ACTA. This was decided by the Slovenian government and by the parliamentary committee for EU matters, and before that, Slovenia was for quite some time involved in coordinating the agreement. All this was done with too little transparency, judging by the outraged responses that have appeared following the signing. Back then, the Slovenian media did not demonise this decision to the same extent as they now demonise my signature. This I consider very dangerous for the continuous (non-)development of democracy in Slovenia.
lieutenant gov makes for a great position while he waits for the 1-2 year lobbying restraint to be lifted.
even better, it would be more subtle. you'd download what you think is a car. It would print as a car. But the gear shift was a phallus. or there was something else you wouldn't notice until it was built, like a 1 or 2-build layer thick embossing on the dashboard. Either way, you wouldn't notice until you built the whole thing, and maybe not even then if it was clever enough.
Need. What does anyone need? here's the issue. no one cares a hoot how much memory a program needs until you need it for something else. Yes, minimum memory usage is bad when it means your program isn't doing as much as you'd want or like it to do. But, when you set the browser to use a ton of memory, and then need it for something else, how does the computer respond? Few programs can suddenly release a chunk of memory for you because some other program has requested more than is available. If it can, there is lag. Or, heaver forbid, disk swapping. Until memory management is speedy and seamless, there needs to be sufficient available ram for what you might want to do, or you'll be upset when there's a slowdown or hangup. That happy level depends more on the underlying OS than the program, but the program gets to decide how much it wants to try to grab.
I agree with a previous poster, user comparability makes sense here. Most users would probably miss it, but those who don't could at least make the choice and only blame themselves, and not the program, if things get clunky.
smart cards are not used without passwords. there's still a 'something you know' aspect to go along with something you have. it's just not the traditional login/password.
Similar technology, much better materials: www.stratasys.com
of course, the 'good machines' cost as much as my house. the high precision ABS ones are ~50k or less, though. Build temperature is a big part of it. most of them, the build area is a furnace to keep environmental temperature right for layer-to-layer adhesion. there's only so much you can do with only a heated nozzle. and they have to very carefully control material quality to get the build resolution and accuracy they give, so there are humidity controls, etc. high precision motors and controllers are a big deal, too.
true. I had Symantec corp. edition at home via the office's home use license. bogged down my older pc, older laptop, and netbook. switched all to MSE, and now rarely see Process Explorer showing the AV chewing up 25-50% of the cpu for extended periods of time.
I fear, however, that part of this is the usual Windows integration problem. Office suites that can't access the same undocumented API's as MS Office, running slower as a result, etc. So, once again MS offers a free version of something to undermine another software category (stacker, diskdoubler, defrag, etc.), and whether or not its a better product, it runs better with the software. At least right now this is an optional download, so it's harder to throw the monopoly abuse thing at them on this one.
I accidentally searched on ask.com the other day too (no, really, the library had the toolbar installed). when the results came up, I realized that the entire first page was sponsored ads, with only two 'search results' on the page being real results. BUT, the layout of the results was very much like google's. colors, layout, etc. Not sure how much of that's just defaulting to browser color scheme for links, but I don't think all of it is.
FAA UAV standards which they'll have to make up as they go along
or they could just use the ones they already have.
http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/reg/
hmmm... how high are these drones flying? get the right sized engine and you could start taking potshots. If people show up asking questions, you can claim that you were just launching models... of course I condone none of this, but if you could have a camera and youtube handy, we'd all be appreciative.
businessweek article doesn't really detail the patents in question. 'previewing an image'. was 'on a camera' the re-patent everything catchphrase that only Kodak thought of? after generating the image, it's a computer file. it's on a really poor computer. the computer displays the image on a screen, as has been done for decades. transmission of images? again, after generation, its a file. sending a file via some already established protocol shouldn't be patentable for some types of files.
of course, I'm assuming it's all software, not hardware. If anyone knows the patents in question, it would be interesting to see the claims.
and isn't that how Digg started down the path to oblivion?
Inventors may get an award or bonus for a filed / granted patent. So that's a quantity over quality incentive. Patent lawyers get paid for getting patents filed, accepted, attacked, defended, etc. again, quantity over quality. In fact, patent lawyers make more when there is post-award litigation whether or not they're on the offense or defense. Even more quantity-over-quality incentive.
Invented: ????
US wasn't First-to-file yet.