You could file such a patent already; you cannot enforce it, but you remain be the patent holder if things change.
I think anti-(software)patent demonstrators should focus on the wrongness of the enforcement of patents, because the patent system itself is pretty acceptable (for people who don't believe in free lunches and other forms of humanity).
Most processors have a protection system, to prevent things like divide-by-zero and the use of invalid memory addresses and instructions.
The operating system installed code that will be called when such things occur (i.e. through an interrupt); the chip itself does not fail at all.
It's just that certain lazy OS developers just stop the running program or even let the user restart (e.g. disable interrupts, display a blue screen and halt) instead of solving the problem or forcing applications to use correct memory access etc. (as done in Java).
The PC will eventually be relegated to a keyboard, mouse, and screen.
I sure hope not! These devices are old! They'd better come up with some kind of trustworthy brain extension that would not require any further devices. Except for a housekeeping sexdoll of course.
Why don't they try to do it right at once and create an 'elephant' or 'whale', since size seems to matter..
Personally, I would like it if no mouse or keyboard was involved; a camera system tracking and interpreting my fingers' movement (intelligently) would be much nicer.
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Uhm lots of doctors are known to sell you whatever medicine they get more money for
The tango is also one of the ugliest ways to start the human mating process
When they move their head during the movie, they will hear the difference
And it will be a unique experience for their neighbours as well
Except for the depletion of affordable energy of course
What's to prevent anti-virus companies from figuring this out and providing a quick fix?
Such a virus is the best marketing they can have
Surreal didn't even begin to describe...
It would be surreal if he were actually eaten by ghosts
Don't be so pessimistic! The pictures are clearly showing progress.
Beautiful in a way and very messy/cluttered too.
Perfectly illustrating the evolution of the Internet.
Publishers simply aren't necessary anymore in the sense that they used to be; society should make them find a useful job.
y3s!! h3 t0t4lly f0rg0t M$N!! LOL :D :P (b)
So if IBM is doing nothing * 13000... then how many jobs will Microsoft lose?
Sex may even be responsible for keeping life itself going: species that give it up almost always go extinct within a few hundred generations
This is the best pick up line EVER!
You could file such a patent already; you cannot enforce it, but you remain be the patent holder if things change.
I think anti-(software)patent demonstrators should focus on the wrongness of the enforcement of patents, because the patent system itself is pretty acceptable (for people who don't believe in free lunches and other forms of humanity).
I knew I should have patented my method of 'aiming subsonic pulses at specific areas of the ear to induce sensory experiences such as sounds'
Most processors have a protection system, to prevent things like divide-by-zero and the use of invalid memory addresses and instructions.
The operating system installed code that will be called when such things occur (i.e. through an interrupt); the chip itself does not fail at all.
It's just that certain lazy OS developers just stop the running program or even let the user restart (e.g. disable interrupts, display a blue screen and halt) instead of solving the problem or forcing applications to use correct memory access etc. (as done in Java).
P2P continues: "Nothing to see here, please move along."
The PC will eventually be relegated to a keyboard, mouse, and screen.
I sure hope not! These devices are old! They'd better come up with some kind of trustworthy brain extension that would not require any further devices. Except for a housekeeping sexdoll of course.
Maybe that's why we have to do the work (filling the tax form) ourselves..
What is there to check? You will always violate some patents.
indeed, they don't belong to 'good people'
So why don't they do it the Wiki way?
Well, at least suicide-related spam and pop-ups will finally disappear
Why don't they try to do it right at once and create an 'elephant' or 'whale', since size seems to matter..
Personally, I would like it if no mouse or keyboard was involved; a camera system tracking and interpreting my fingers' movement (intelligently) would be much nicer.
The worse the manager, the more his OS gets used.
And they are backupped at least another 2 times, so what's the big deal?