The patent system is supposed to promote The Public Good (tm) by encouraging innovation. It is not supposed to be a favour for "commercial interests".
GP never said it should. The excerpt you quoted contained the word "balance" which to me implies being neither for nor against.
Maybe you should try to understand (or at least read) what you're replying to before posting your "OMG noes!!! k0rporationz are teh B4D!" rants (which will doubtless get modded up). Seems your tinfoil hat is either blocking your eyes or restricting the blood flow to your brain.
And explain me this - how are commercial interests in and of themselves against the public good? If a business invents or develops something good and sells it the customers are happy, the employees have jobs and the owners make a profit. Who loses in that scenario?
Except any future employers, classmates or workmates who type their name into google... And are you seriously telling me there isn't anyone who hasn't heard of the lightsaber kid?
If you read my post I mentioned programming - but I admit I missed off the building, i.e the hardware side. Nonetheless, most problems in everyday business situations originate between the keyboard and the seat.
I've never had a problem with bad RAM like someone mentioned, except for the machine crashing (which is OK - infallible != unbreakable). Certainly I've never had it cause a 3 to change into an 8 in someone's account number.
Really? Last time I checked, the schools discredit all such education. If you do not believe me, try to get anywhere in life without official certificates.
Let me guess - you flunked out of highschool and you've got a chip on your shoulder about it? Since you seem to not know the difference between bullying and learning, I can hazard a guess as to the reason for your lack of scholastic attainment.
Are there degrees of infallibilty? Anyway, Computers are infallible. The problem is that the carbon units who program and operate them aren't anyway near.
A customer's lack of choice in consuming advertisements means less sales for the advertiser.
I have no idea what your point is, but never forget that in advertising the advertiser is the customer. The guy who buys the product is just part of the process.
monopolies are bad for consumers in almost every case.
Which is why whenever my wallet's stolen I don't just call the cops - I call Acmecops! Their quick response and friendly trained officers are preferred by as many as 7 out of 10 crime victims.
[small print or say really quick] Figures totally fictitious. Void where prohibited. Your mileage may vary. [/]
Why would there be less or easier fixable bugs in code if someone wrote it with the intention of making it open source?
I know craftsmanship and taking pride in your work are old fashioned concepts, but some of us try to do things properly. If you do a half-assed hack in closed source you'll get away with it. In open source, you'd be spotted.
One day I'm going to draw a diagram and work out if this song makes sense:
Oh, many, many years ago When I was twenty-three I was married to a widow Who was pretty as can be This widow had a grown-up daughter Who had hair of red My father fell in love with her And soon the two were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law And changed my very life For my daughter was my mother 'Cause she was my father's wife To complicate the matter Though it really brought me joy I soon became the father Of a bouncing baby boy
This little baby then became A brother-in-law to Dad And so became my uncle Though it made me very sad For if he was my uncle Then that also made him brother Of the widow's grown-up daughter WHo of course is my step-mother
Chorus I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know But it really is so Oh, I'm my own grandpa
My father's wife then had a son Who kept them on the run And he became my grandchild For he was my daughter's son My wife is now my mother's mother And it makes me blue Because although she is my wife She's my grandmother too
Now if my wife is my grandmother Then I'm her grandchild And every time I think of it It nearly drives me wild For now I have become The strangest case you ever saw As husband of my grandma I am my own grandpa
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Where in the article does it say that prior art doesn't count?
Nope. That would be the Abrams.
Maybe you should try to understand (or at least read) what you're replying to before posting your "OMG noes!!! k0rporationz are teh B4D!" rants (which will doubtless get modded up). Seems your tinfoil hat is either blocking your eyes or restricting the blood flow to your brain.
And explain me this - how are commercial interests in and of themselves against the public good? If a business invents or develops something good and sells it the customers are happy, the employees have jobs and the owners make a profit. Who loses in that scenario?
Except any future employers, classmates or workmates who type their name into google ... And are you seriously telling me there isn't anyone who hasn't heard of the lightsaber kid?
I've never had a problem with bad RAM like someone mentioned, except for the machine crashing (which is OK - infallible != unbreakable). Certainly I've never had it cause a 3 to change into an 8 in someone's account number.
[small print or say really quick] Figures totally fictitious. Void where prohibited. Your mileage may vary. [/]
That explains it - I've only ever seen odd fragments of it. Must have been in one of the even segments.
I'm not an astrophysicist either, but I suspect they kind of check for stuff like that.
Sort of like a variation on Twister?
Heretic! The form of DNA is a pious homage to the bespirallated horn of Her
One day I'm going to draw a diagram and work out if this song makes sense:
Oh, many, many years ago
When I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as can be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter
Though it really brought me joy
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy
This little baby then became
A brother-in-law to Dad
And so became my uncle
Though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle
Then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter
WHo of course is my step-mother
Chorus
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpa
My father's wife then had a son
Who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
For he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife
She's my grandmother too
Now if my wife is my grandmother
Then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it
It nearly drives me wild
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandma
I am my own grandpa
I'd be more worried about them kicking our carbon-based asses: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."
Isn't it the case that with laptops, the screen is usually the first thing to break?
We can - I've done it. Twice, in fact.
Until you go for a pee, come back & see:
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Shhhhh!