Once this goes to court I think Autocad will find out that tradmarks cannot be used as a function as they claim this watermark is being used. Trademarks are not functions and cannot serve any purpose except for indicating ownership.
Also, if the trademark is not seen by consumers it may not get any protection. For instance is it infringment to put a cool college logo as part of a chip design? Almost no one will see it, you did not create confusion. It might involve copyright, but does not involve trademarks...
One year I voted using a giant, easy to use scan-tron form with really large bubbles. After completing the form, you placed your form in a scanner which read it and made sure it was able to be read.
It seemed to work very well, it would expand to serve more voters easily (just more desks and privacy screens), it saves labor and speeds results electonrically, but is also verifiable and scans the cards immediately for errors so voters can correct them.
What is the arguement against this type of system?
There are some companies working deep UV LEDS. Check out this article on a company called SET Inc (http://www.s-et.com/). They make LEDS that emit down to 250 NM, and in addition to water purification, these LEDS could be used like fluorescent tubes to excite phosphors for lighting.
What I think is funny, is the suggestion that people would switch from satellite if COX has the real TIVO. Hello, all I know is I switched to DTV as soon as it became cheaper than Cable, like Cable is going to get cheaper. Right, and pigs fly.
I now have the DTV DVR (non TIVO) and while it isn't perfect, the UI could use some work as my old Hughes reciever had lots of better features, it is really nice. It also seems pretty stable.
So, screw cable. I get tired of businesses that screw people for years complain about getting shafted (record companies anyone?).
First, I agree that grammer and spelling are low priorities.
Second, Turn sentences into formulas. One thing that really helped me write better was the explanation of how sentences in a pargraph relate to each other. A + B in one sentence. That could be followed by thoughts B + C, or any other combination, but if you jump too much and don't connect them, you lose logic flow. Scientists like the formulas.
Third, in publishing I have found it is best to split editing into two parts. First do substantive, comment on logic and paragraph structure, sentences that make no sense, etc. That is what helps people be better writers. Then go for a second edit looking for commas, hyphens, etc.
Edit like sand paper, first rough, then fine, then poish.
I think this arguement is flawed. Sure hardworking people are part of the artistic group that makes the music, but their salaries are nothing compared to the profit earned by the record companies.
And the real issue here is a industry that has alienated it customers first with price fixing and then attacking potential customers and grandmothers with lawsuits. And in the end, what these companies do, merging the talents of different people and marketing the hell out of them, will be replaced by a new business method at some point.
I recently spend more than 4 hours completing and then recompletitng an online job form because the employeers web page kept losing my information. Now, the questions is, did they really get my info?
So, how many employeers out there are missing out on good employees because of faulty online forms and poor programming?
I think there might be many bad ones out there, because this is not the first time I have had problem with online employment systems.
On a brand new laptop with Win XP installed by manufacturer (HP), my hibernate often does not work and I am left with the boot option of "discard saved settings/data and reboot"
So, saying Windows has well working hibernation is a farce in my experence.
I know there is a strong Linux v. Windows arguement, but what I think it really comes down to is that Microsoft people don't have a clear goal with their OS anymore. I think they should refocus on clear, simple, usability and security rather than 3D windows.
I read BBC and other foriegn news services too, but I use foriegn websites the most when I am planning a trip oversees. There are great local websites for tourist offices, small hotels, parks, etc. Many are in the local language, but with the aid of the nice web page translators you can get an idea of what you are looking at.
I know when I was planning a trip to Italy recently, that I used an Italian hotel search engine, and I used the Italian Rail website to find train times and prices.
Regional internet is stupid and I hope it never comes to pass.
Learn from the past man. Didn't IBM once say that there was only a market for 5 computers in the world?
This is a very sad statement. IBM still operates one of the few corporate R&D lab operations, but have been shifting theri focus to consulting. Yes it can make more predictible returns. But where will the next atomic force microscope come from?
Ok, in the idea of guns to plows, what if this type of system was put to use fighting invasive species.
I know it sounds strange, but what if some developers get together, develop image analysis tools that could identify the CANE TOAD that is ravaging Australia. The robot, finds them, shoots them with a gun, dart gun, or blinds them with a laser, and then waits for the next Toad to roast.
And even though I like them, Austalian rabbits, foxes, and other destructive invasive species could be wipped out.
Now, all I need to do is to make sure there is a backdoor and reprogram them to kill all humans and my world domination will be complete.
The company's press release says that they licensed a patent for technology to provide an RF signal inside the RF blocked area, allowing them to choose who gets calls and who doesn't, or.....to charge people more for placing calls inside an area.
Now that sounds like a money maker. "IF you would like to make a call from inside the MCI arena, please call 555-5555 to activate your phone for just $5.99."
But, I would love to see if this stuff really works. The company doesn't appear to say why tubes of aluminum silicates with added copper would be better than other materials for blocking RF. I wonder what is going on?
First, I think some of this is missing the point. Laptops are not just to take notes, infact I think taking copious notes defeats the purpose of class. Besides, how would laptops help taking notes in chemistry, where you need to draw stuctures quickly.
Laptops really help both students and teachers when it comes to exams. My wife recently went back to school and had the option of taking essay tests (law school) on paper or on a laptop. After taking a 3 hour exam by hand, her hands were so cramped because she was not used to writing that much, since nowdays we do all our writing on computer.
Second, when I went to school, many people (depending on the class) did crossword puzzels in the campus newspaper durring class. Sure the laptop will make worse, but if you are there to learn and know you need to study to pass the test, they you will quickly learn to put the laptop away or not play durring the hour of class.
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Yeah, this article is terrible. There may be some great things in Vista, but this article sure made me think twice. I mean where is the discussion of the downside of anything he mentions? Terrible one sided crap. It sounds as if written by MS PR, and if not, this guy sucks (And I am a writer/journalist).
Great (sarcastic) the GUI won't hang up on a busy window, which I consider a minor inconvience, but then will I have spend $300 on a new graphics card or wait ten minutes as my old graphics card renders everything. I mean come on, that is like arguing that you can fix you leaking toilet by putting on one of those Japanese heated toilet seats. They are different problems completely.
If people fear electromagnetic (EM) radiation that much, wait until they read about EM fields. Maybe Gillette needs to start this paranoia to attack electric shavers.
A good resource on the truth about EM fields, check out
http://www.mcw.edu/gcrc/cop/static-fields-cancer-F AQ/toc.html
Wonder what happens when he turns on the TV and is exposed to that electric field. Man his back must really hurt. Maybe he should coat his house in tin foil.
Ok, this may be a little out there, but... what if you built one of these with a bit more, ok a whole lot more, image recgonnition and used it to fight invasive species in Australia? Could it be done?
A few hundred of these suckers could fry all the Cane Toads. Put some lasers on them to blind the frogs and they would die from starvation. Or maybe microwave them (but they might jump away). You could do the same thing for rabits and foxes.
Or pest control. Have it fry rats, or better yet, have it fry cockroaches, although I am sure they would develop a way to survive.
Maybe this could be an open-source project to save Australian wildlife.
While the space elevator idea is cool and all, I see no reason to believe that it could actually be made. Sure nanotubes are great, but has anyone actually made what they are talking about. Sure nanotubes are long, tiny, and incredably strong, but has anyone made even a meter long ribon that could take the strain of being a space elevator.
Look at fusion, sure we know how it works but we still can't make it generate more energy than it consumes. So a space elevator is not a foregone conclusion.
I suspect that there are way more reasons besides material science that this thing is not a great idea.
"It's only thanks to Microsoft's intentional attempts to sit still that Mozilla, Opera, and now Safari had a chance to play catch up."
Well, someone needs to tell me why MS stopped developing anything new for IE until Firfox came along? Huh, what was that? Oh, something about that is how monopolists act?
I read once that Rural Chinese have higher rates of hearing damage than people in cities. Why?
Well, if I remember correctly, it was because they are exposed to very little noise, and then very loud firecrackers. It seems the constant and loud background of cities conditions the ears somehow.
It really does sound like this was a unskilled or un-experienced reporter. One thing that they should have asked was who else is doing this work, and even if he had not had time to fact check your response, he could have asked questions that put the story in the proper context.
Your comment about Peer-reviewed papers is good, but sometimes there is too little information in the papers to give any context. Also, if you are not an expert in the precise field, you may not know all the journals to look in for a particular subject. And the peer review system is somewhat skewwed toward well know researchers, so new ground breraking papers are sometimes not recognized. There is a cult of personality in some fields, unfortunate, but true.
But I am glad to know that my own profession, science writing, is well respected when done properly.
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Will future movie viewers wince when the actors in the movie Office Space take their anger out on a particular printer???
I think not. If Artifical intelligence is ever created, we will see if humans give it rights.
My view is we will not.
Once this goes to court I think Autocad will find out that tradmarks cannot be used as a function as they claim this watermark is being used. Trademarks are not functions and cannot serve any purpose except for indicating ownership. Also, if the trademark is not seen by consumers it may not get any protection. For instance is it infringment to put a cool college logo as part of a chip design? Almost no one will see it, you did not create confusion. It might involve copyright, but does not involve trademarks...
One year I voted using a giant, easy to use scan-tron form with really large bubbles. After completing the form, you placed your form in a scanner which read it and made sure it was able to be read. It seemed to work very well, it would expand to serve more voters easily (just more desks and privacy screens), it saves labor and speeds results electonrically, but is also verifiable and scans the cards immediately for errors so voters can correct them. What is the arguement against this type of system?
There are some companies working deep UV LEDS. Check out this article on a company called SET Inc (http://www.s-et.com/). They make LEDS that emit down to 250 NM, and in addition to water purification, these LEDS could be used like fluorescent tubes to excite phosphors for lighting.
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http://www.mdatechnology.net/tech_update.aspx?id=
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or a dryer more technical description:
http://www.mdatechnology.net/techsearch.asp?artic
Dude, I got to say, I love your sig! I want to start my own party called, "the former republicans" or "the lonely moderates".
What I think is funny, is the suggestion that people would switch from satellite if COX has the real TIVO. Hello, all I know is I switched to DTV as soon as it became cheaper than Cable, like Cable is going to get cheaper. Right, and pigs fly.
I now have the DTV DVR (non TIVO) and while it isn't perfect, the UI could use some work as my old Hughes reciever had lots of better features, it is really nice. It also seems pretty stable.
So, screw cable. I get tired of businesses that screw people for years complain about getting shafted (record companies anyone?).
First, I agree that grammer and spelling are low priorities.
Second, Turn sentences into formulas. One thing that really helped me write better was the explanation of how sentences in a pargraph relate to each other. A + B in one sentence. That could be followed by thoughts B + C, or any other combination, but if you jump too much and don't connect them, you lose logic flow. Scientists like the formulas.
Third, in publishing I have found it is best to split editing into two parts. First do substantive, comment on logic and paragraph structure, sentences that make no sense, etc. That is what helps people be better writers. Then go for a second edit looking for commas, hyphens, etc.
Edit like sand paper, first rough, then fine, then poish.
I think this arguement is flawed. Sure hardworking people are part of the artistic group that makes the music, but their salaries are nothing compared to the profit earned by the record companies. And the real issue here is a industry that has alienated it customers first with price fixing and then attacking potential customers and grandmothers with lawsuits. And in the end, what these companies do, merging the talents of different people and marketing the hell out of them, will be replaced by a new business method at some point.
I recently spend more than 4 hours completing and then recompletitng an online job form because the employeers web page kept losing my information. Now, the questions is, did they really get my info?
So, how many employeers out there are missing out on good employees because of faulty online forms and poor programming?
I think there might be many bad ones out there, because this is not the first time I have had problem with online employment systems.
On a brand new laptop with Win XP installed by manufacturer (HP), my hibernate often does not work and I am left with the boot option of "discard saved settings/data and reboot"
So, saying Windows has well working hibernation is a farce in my experence.
I know there is a strong Linux v. Windows arguement, but what I think it really comes down to is that Microsoft people don't have a clear goal with their OS anymore. I think they should refocus on clear, simple, usability and security rather than 3D windows.
I read BBC and other foriegn news services too, but I use foriegn websites the most when I am planning a trip oversees. There are great local websites for tourist offices, small hotels, parks, etc. Many are in the local language, but with the aid of the nice web page translators you can get an idea of what you are looking at.
I know when I was planning a trip to Italy recently, that I used an Italian hotel search engine, and I used the Italian Rail website to find train times and prices.
Regional internet is stupid and I hope it never comes to pass.
Learn from the past man. Didn't IBM once say that there was only a market for 5 computers in the world?
This is a very sad statement. IBM still operates one of the few corporate R&D lab operations, but have been shifting theri focus to consulting. Yes it can make more predictible returns. But where will the next atomic force microscope come from?
IBM should find a PR person to babysit this guy.
Ok, in the idea of guns to plows, what if this type of system was put to use fighting invasive species.
I know it sounds strange, but what if some developers get together, develop image analysis tools that could identify the CANE TOAD that is ravaging Australia. The robot, finds them, shoots them with a gun, dart gun, or blinds them with a laser, and then waits for the next Toad to roast.
And even though I like them, Austalian rabbits, foxes, and other destructive invasive species could be wipped out.
Now, all I need to do is to make sure there is a backdoor and reprogram them to kill all humans and my world domination will be complete.
The company's press release says that they licensed a patent for technology to provide an RF signal inside the RF blocked area, allowing them to choose who gets calls and who doesn't, or.....to charge people more for placing calls inside an area.
Now that sounds like a money maker. "IF you would like to make a call from inside the MCI arena, please call 555-5555 to activate your phone for just $5.99."
But, I would love to see if this stuff really works. The company doesn't appear to say why tubes of aluminum silicates with added copper would be better than other materials for blocking RF. I wonder what is going on?
First, I think some of this is missing the point. Laptops are not just to take notes, infact I think taking copious notes defeats the purpose of class. Besides, how would laptops help taking notes in chemistry, where you need to draw stuctures quickly.
Laptops really help both students and teachers when it comes to exams. My wife recently went back to school and had the option of taking essay tests (law school) on paper or on a laptop. After taking a 3 hour exam by hand, her hands were so cramped because she was not used to writing that much, since nowdays we do all our writing on computer.
Second, when I went to school, many people (depending on the class) did crossword puzzels in the campus newspaper durring class. Sure the laptop will make worse, but if you are there to learn and know you need to study to pass the test, they you will quickly learn to put the laptop away or not play durring the hour of class.
Yeah, this article is terrible. There may be some great things in Vista, but this article sure made me think twice. I mean where is the discussion of the downside of anything he mentions? Terrible one sided crap. It sounds as if written by MS PR, and if not, this guy sucks (And I am a writer/journalist).
Great (sarcastic) the GUI won't hang up on a busy window, which I consider a minor inconvience, but then will I have spend $300 on a new graphics card or wait ten minutes as my old graphics card renders everything. I mean come on, that is like arguing that you can fix you leaking toilet by putting on one of those Japanese heated toilet seats. They are different problems completely.
If people fear electromagnetic (EM) radiation that much, wait until they read about EM fields. Maybe Gillette needs to start this paranoia to attack electric shavers. A good resource on the truth about EM fields, check out http://www.mcw.edu/gcrc/cop/static-fields-cancer-F AQ/toc.html
Wonder what happens when he turns on the TV and is exposed to that electric field. Man his back must really hurt. Maybe he should coat his house in tin foil.
You rock man, Just the kind of info I wanted, and a great comparison of the software too.
"...you could add DVR functionality for around another $300 if your requirements are low."
I want to build a low end, cheap as hell, DVR, but all there is out there is the "dream machine" articles or atricles suggesting $1000 is cheap.
What does your DVR system use for hardware/software? Do you have to leave it running 24/7 (can it hibernate)? Linux or Windows?
Ok, this may be a little out there, but... what if you built one of these with a bit more, ok a whole lot more, image recgonnition and used it to fight invasive species in Australia? Could it be done?
A few hundred of these suckers could fry all the Cane Toads. Put some lasers on them to blind the frogs and they would die from starvation. Or maybe microwave them (but they might jump away). You could do the same thing for rabits and foxes.
Or pest control. Have it fry rats, or better yet, have it fry cockroaches, although I am sure they would develop a way to survive.
Maybe this could be an open-source project to save Australian wildlife.
While the space elevator idea is cool and all, I see no reason to believe that it could actually be made. Sure nanotubes are great, but has anyone actually made what they are talking about. Sure nanotubes are long, tiny, and incredably strong, but has anyone made even a meter long ribon that could take the strain of being a space elevator.
Look at fusion, sure we know how it works but we still can't make it generate more energy than it consumes. So a space elevator is not a foregone conclusion.
I suspect that there are way more reasons besides material science that this thing is not a great idea.
"It's only thanks to Microsoft's intentional attempts to sit still that Mozilla, Opera, and now Safari had a chance to play catch up." Well, someone needs to tell me why MS stopped developing anything new for IE until Firfox came along? Huh, what was that? Oh, something about that is how monopolists act?
Well, if I remember correctly, it was because they are exposed to very little noise, and then very loud firecrackers. It seems the constant and loud background of cities conditions the ears somehow.
So this sounds like a complex problem...
It really does sound like this was a unskilled or un-experienced reporter. One thing that they should have asked was who else is doing this work, and even if he had not had time to fact check your response, he could have asked questions that put the story in the proper context. Your comment about Peer-reviewed papers is good, but sometimes there is too little information in the papers to give any context. Also, if you are not an expert in the precise field, you may not know all the journals to look in for a particular subject. And the peer review system is somewhat skewwed toward well know researchers, so new ground breraking papers are sometimes not recognized. There is a cult of personality in some fields, unfortunate, but true. But I am glad to know that my own profession, science writing, is well respected when done properly.