Mankind has survived and progressed fine before captalism emerged
Feudalism was fine? Never knowing if you'd get enough to eat or if a bear was going to eat you was fine? Having a life expectancy of 40 years was fine?
When prior art teaches _away_ from doing something in a particular way, and the patent in question finds a way to "make it work" in spite of that, then the solution is likely to be deemed non-obvious.
I'm going to patent a divice or mechanism that causes a firearm to discharge if (and only if) it is aiming vertically downward and in close proximity to the bearer.
You have a point, but the users are exhibiting a lack of common sense. Surely they ought to assume a "When it's safe to do so," before any instruction to turn?
The reason that doesn't apply is in your first sentence. It doesn't use the internet, which is both a necessary and a sufficient condition for anything to be novel and patentable. Didn't you get the memo?
The web designers bring prototypes, designs and nifty things to these people and get asked stupid questions such as "Is it Web 2.0".
Tell them it's web 3.0, then charge them double. At least. Never really thought about the similarities between web design and the antiques business till now...
Doing a Scientology-bashing documentary these days is like criticizing Michael Jackson for being weird. It's not thought-provoking, and it isn't really informing anyone
You missed off the bit about it being bloody good fun.
So the six nations rugby tournamnet should be renamed the 3 1/2 nations tournament? I would say you're pedantic, but you'd probably argue over the definition of that too.
equate chemical bonding with atoms "holding hands" and such, but that doesn't do anyone any good.
Yes it does. It's a way of explaining how compounds are formed of simple ratios of elements, how molecules are structured, why certain bonds rotate and some don't for start. Perhaps your first ever chemistry lesson was about s and p orbitals - mine certainly wasn't.
Hell yes. If someone's paid X times what a grunt worker is he damn well ought to be X times as good. If a big salary isn't justified by big responsibility, what is it justified by - nice hair?
Difference is with traditional media it's soon gone and forgotten. On them there intarwebs, there'll always be a little bit of it stuck in one of the tubes.
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You have a point, but the users are exhibiting a lack of common sense. Surely they ought to assume a "When it's safe to do so," before any instruction to turn?
The reason that doesn't apply is in your first sentence. It doesn't use the internet, which is both a necessary and a sufficient condition for anything to be novel and patentable. Didn't you get the memo?
Does it run on Linux?
Thay only hav Tom Cruise because Chuck Norris hasn't rescued him yet.
So the six nations rugby tournamnet should be renamed the 3 1/2 nations tournament? I would say you're pedantic, but you'd probably argue over the definition of that too.
What software do you use? I'm sure our marketing department would love it, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Yes. Reading the summary is considered eccentric round these parts, so reading the article it links to is practically heresy.
Yeah, well spotted. Those dumbass 'scientists' probably didn't think of that - thanks, Poindexter.
Me too, I think (^_^) looks more like a cat.
Regards,
E. Schrödinger
Hell yes. If someone's paid X times what a grunt worker is he damn well ought to be X times as good. If a big salary isn't justified by big responsibility, what is it justified by - nice hair?
I assume, though it's not mentioned, that it would be type neutral? That in itself would be a big advantage.
Difference is with traditional media it's soon gone and forgotten. On them there intarwebs, there'll always be a little bit of it stuck in one of the tubes.