...not just the healthy and wealthy. The flu vaccine works in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The cost to the provincial health care system is clearly offset by a large, positive economic benefit, as measured by fewer sick-days and higher productivity. It was a no-brainer to continue the public flu inoculation program.
A good result like this is not observable by American epidemiologists, through the fog of the private health-care patchwork. Go public health-care!
Apple is a computer company. Woolworths is a department store. The Beatles didn't care about Apple's apple until Apple started selling music. Their turf. Apple needs to limit their claim to computers, or digital technology, or something. They can't own all apples. Woolworths is green and it looks like a 'W' !
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I thought he was talking about the Bush administration's legal opinion on and enhanced interrogation.
Now, the ISP may have violated their privacy agreement, but privacy agreements usually contain verbiage that denies privacy if you are suspected of a crime, depending on the nature of information being divulged.
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Now, if that information was somehow "unlisted at the user's request", like an unlisted phone number, then a warrant would be needed to obtain the information. I do not know of an ISP that provides "unlisted" Internet service.
I do not know of an ISP that provides a "listed" internet service, either. I can't find personal addresses from IPs, so it's not listed.
If the privacy agreement has a "suspected of a crime" loop-hole, a warrant would provide suitable, credible evidence of the suspicion. ISPs might be absolved by their clause, but law enforcement requires that judges validate that there is reasonable suspicion. This is standard procedure for modifying a citizen's privacy. An extra step, true, but not overly burdensome.
OTA digital is in the same spectrum as analogue TV. Difference is, no one is using VHF any more and licenses for the high UHF channels are not being issued (63-69, I believe), which frees them up for the 700MHz auction
Isn't this just blatant, Chinese-government sanctioned patent infringement?
This is like admission of reverse engineering. There is probably an entire building full of lawyers devoted to filing and prosecuting HD DVD patents. However, It will be many years before western patent laws will have and clout in China and I hear we can't keep Chinese-made counterfeit Levi's Jeans off of American shores. Hmm.
The standards can evolve. If Microsoft wishes to add a new "feature" to an existing standard, it must a) not prevent the file from being used by programs designed to meet the current standard, and b) the new "feature" must be open for others to adopt, or not, as they wish.
Microsoft has a history of twisting standards until only their software can open the files.
The human genome attracts a lot of attention but there are many other genome projects in the works. We have an array of parallel processing linux boxes (o/c'ed Celerons) to process plant genetic data. This solution was chosen over expensive supercomputers since sequence data doubles faster than CPU speeds!
Is this a divide and conquer tactic?
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When IBM and Apple were selling "Magical-box" systems only, Intel and Microsoft took-over by feeding on the hardware junkies who weren't afraid to use a screwdriver. Now Microsoft is supporting the complete system manufacturers ONLY and hanging the do-it-your-selfers out to dry. Is this a divide and conquer tactic? Once all of the H4x0rz have migrated to Linux, who is going to save the sheep from the wolves? Next Microsoft will begin stealing old age security cheques from the elderly.
It was a 1 hour TV show about a guy who went to the moon using his own funds. Now Transorbital just needs theme music and some bad acting for the new HDTV version!;^)
THAT'S why we need to push for ethernet cards NOW. Otherwise, online multiplayer games may not ever be properly developed for this platform.
IMHO, games are either single player OR multiplayer. Games writen for single player suck as multiplayer and visa versa (Diablo is the only exception). I don't want a platform where the only multiplayer action is the poorly implemented options within singleplayer games opperating over a rarified ethernet cards. Maybe I'm a cable snob but modems just plain *suck*.
>finding one would have a dramatic effect on >interstellar travel.
Making it to *Mars* would have a dramatic effect on interstellar travel. This sounds great but imagine how much we could learn if only we could put some of these arm-chair Jean Luc Picard's in space!
No one remembers the first person that put a gargoyle on a building. Likewise, furniture design is ripped-off all the time. Although lots of musicians make deals for TV ads, I've seen plenty of ads which change a song just enough to screw the artist out of royalties but still get the benefit of conjuring the image that the artist intended. However, an artist can always produce more art. The copier must wait. No one will ever want to know what the copier thinks about a political issue and no one will ever ask for his autograph. The copier may be able to make a living but the artist still has the power. Perhaps the artists don't know how to wield it.
Sharkey Extreeme implied in the AMD 1000 MHz article that he would now have less work to do since the speed increments would be more significant. 150MHz was a big deal when compared with a 100MHz chip. 750-800MHz? *Yawn* I don't expect people will even notice the difference between a 1.2Ghz chip and a 1.25GHz. People can now focus upon more subtle things like quality. Just give me a chip that doesn't run HOT...thankyouverymuch
The article seems to be more about how science is going unreported since it is proprietary. Science now has to spend much time and resources on patents. Even those who have no interest in patent ownership must protect them selves from those who could patent a technique that they use. Molecular genetics cannot be done in a vacuum. Kits must be purchased and patents apply. One never knows when someone is going to inform you that they own ½ of your discovery because you used their kit!
Oh how I wish I were a lawyer rather than a scientist.
Future constraints is a "given" which I don't easily accept. Atomic cowboys are going to coral the atoms into a 1m cube in five minutes? Sounds like work to me! Or maybe it's like the pool-table trick where all the balls return to the triangle. Who sets up the shot? The devil is a pool shark!
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...not just the healthy and wealthy. The flu vaccine works in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The cost to the provincial health care system is clearly offset by a large, positive economic benefit, as measured by fewer sick-days and higher productivity. It was a no-brainer to continue the public flu inoculation program.
A good result like this is not observable by American epidemiologists, through the fog of the private health-care patchwork. Go public health-care!
Apple is a computer company. Woolworths is a department store.
The Beatles didn't care about Apple's apple until Apple started selling music. Their turf.
Apple needs to limit their claim to computers, or digital technology, or something.
They can't own all apples. Woolworths is green and it looks like a 'W' !
I thought he was talking about the Bush administration's legal opinion on and enhanced interrogation.
Now, the ISP may have violated their privacy agreement, but privacy agreements usually contain verbiage that denies privacy if you are suspected of a crime, depending on the nature of information being divulged.
Now, if that information was somehow "unlisted at the user's request", like an unlisted phone number, then a warrant would be needed to obtain the information. I do not know of an ISP that provides "unlisted" Internet service.
I do not know of an ISP that provides a "listed" internet service, either. I can't find personal addresses from IPs, so it's not listed.
If the privacy agreement has a "suspected of a crime" loop-hole, a warrant would provide suitable, credible evidence of the suspicion. ISPs might be absolved by their clause, but law enforcement requires that judges validate that there is reasonable suspicion. This is standard procedure for modifying a citizen's privacy. An extra step, true, but not overly burdensome.
OTA digital is in the same spectrum as analogue TV. Difference is, no one is using VHF any more and licenses for the high UHF channels are not being issued (63-69, I believe), which frees them up for the 700MHz auction
http://www.hdtvprimer.com/
I'm wondering what will become of the VHF spectrum (2-13).
ask the mice
Isn't this just blatant, Chinese-government sanctioned patent infringement?
This is like admission of reverse engineering. There is probably an entire building full of lawyers devoted to filing and prosecuting HD DVD patents. However, It will be many years before western patent laws will have and clout in China and I hear we can't keep Chinese-made counterfeit Levi's Jeans off of American shores. Hmm.
The standards can evolve. If Microsoft wishes to add a new "feature" to an existing standard, it must a) not prevent the file from being used by programs designed to meet the current standard, and b) the new "feature" must be open for others to adopt, or not, as they wish.
Microsoft has a history of twisting standards until only their software can open the files.
"... but closes the door to companies unwilling to play nice." *coughMicrosoftcough*
What a nightmare. 2000pro, an older OS, works more flawlessly with the native Toshiba hardware.
XP home was free (as in beer) and worth it.
The human genome attracts a lot of attention but there are many other genome projects in the works. We have an array of parallel processing linux boxes (o/c'ed Celerons) to process plant genetic data. This solution was chosen over expensive supercomputers since sequence data doubles faster than CPU speeds!
When IBM and Apple were selling "Magical-box" systems only, Intel and Microsoft took-over by feeding on the hardware junkies who weren't afraid to use a screwdriver. Now Microsoft is supporting the complete system manufacturers ONLY and hanging the do-it-your-selfers out to dry. Is this a divide and conquer tactic? Once all of the H4x0rz have migrated to Linux, who is going to save the sheep from the wolves? Next Microsoft will begin stealing old age security cheques from the elderly.
UF Toon
UF seems to have a grasp of this situation. hehehe ;^)
http://www.userfriendly.org/static/
It was a 1 hour TV show about a guy who went to the moon using his own funds. Now Transorbital just needs theme music and some bad acting for the new HDTV version! ;^)
Seriously though, NASA needs some competition!
totally correct.
THAT'S why we need to push for ethernet cards NOW. Otherwise, online multiplayer games may not ever be properly developed for this platform.
IMHO, games are either single player OR multiplayer. Games writen for single player suck as multiplayer and visa versa (Diablo is the only exception). I don't want a platform where the only multiplayer action is the poorly implemented options within singleplayer games opperating over a rarified ethernet cards. Maybe I'm a cable snob but modems just plain *suck*.
>finding one would have a dramatic effect on
>interstellar travel.
Making it to *Mars* would have a dramatic effect on interstellar travel. This sounds great but imagine how much we could learn if only we could put some of these arm-chair Jean Luc Picard's in space!
No one remembers the first person that put a gargoyle on a building. Likewise, furniture design is ripped-off all the time. Although lots of musicians make deals for TV ads, I've seen plenty of ads which change a song just enough to screw the artist out of royalties but still get the benefit of conjuring the image that the artist intended. However, an artist can always produce more art. The copier must wait. No one will ever want to know what the copier thinks about a political issue and no one will ever ask for his autograph. The copier may be able to make a living but the artist still has the power. Perhaps the artists don't know how to wield it.
you can hear Mike Monett tooting his own horn.
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When is the IPO, Mike?
People now believe that birds are the descendants of dinosaurs. Stranger things could happen
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Sharkey Extreeme implied in the AMD 1000 MHz article that he would now have less work to do since the speed increments would be more significant. 150MHz was a big deal when compared with a 100MHz chip. 750-800MHz? *Yawn* I don't expect people will even notice the difference between a 1.2Ghz chip and a 1.25GHz. People can now focus upon more subtle things like quality. Just give me a chip that doesn't run HOT...thankyouverymuch
In 18-22 months we should have 2GHz chips!
CENSORSHIP of a game company
All it does is punch holes in the cell membrane with an electric current. This is not an IC "chip" but rather two wires.
Sensational headline though!
The article seems to be more about how science is going unreported since it is proprietary. Science now has to spend much time and resources on patents. Even those who have no interest in patent ownership must protect them selves from those who could patent a technique that they use.
Molecular genetics cannot be done in a vacuum. Kits must be purchased and patents apply. One never knows when someone is going to inform you that they own ½ of your discovery because you used their kit!
Oh how I wish I were a lawyer rather than a scientist.
Future constraints is a "given" which I don't easily accept. Atomic cowboys are going to coral the atoms into a 1m cube in five minutes? Sounds like work to me! Or maybe it's like the pool-table trick where all the balls return to the triangle. Who sets up the shot? The devil is a pool shark!