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Congratulations, you _completely_ missed the point.
Re:Why do people care about this guy? (serious inq
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...why should i care about his opinion...
You shouldn't, and we don't care that you don't. You obviously don't understand the essential contribution he made to that very thing you typed your post with, you know, "that computer."
Neither Edison nor Einstien have done anything interesting in a long time, but I would still be very interested to hear their opinions on a lot of things.
Cloning it would require the participation of the owner
From TFA:
"Ironically, the extra security sought may be offset by a recent discovery of Jonathan Westhues, where the security researcher showed the VeriChip can be skimmed and cloned, duplicating an implant's authentication. When contacted, those at CityWatcher were unaware of the chip's security issue, according to the spychips.com release."
So, yes the person would need to be in the proximity, but apparently they would only need to walk by you and your scanner/cloning device.
Which brings up another question: How do they plan to upgrade the already implanted devices? It appears additional surgery is necessary for these models. Obviously, they will need to move to a remotely upgradable model. That way, the devil can administer these devices directly from hell. I don't really believe in the devil, but this does make me sick. 666!
A guy named Gary Kremen was apparently one of the first cybersquatters in the early 90's when domains were free. A guy named Stephen Cohen then hijacked Sex.com, and Kremens sued him: "In November 2000, at the end of a three-year legal battle, a federal judge ruled that Stephen Cohen had stolen the domain by forging a letter from Kremen's company to Network Solutions. Cohen was ordered to return Sex.com to Kremen and pay him $65 million in damages. (Cohen appealed, and in June of this year, the US Supreme Court declined to hear his case.) In the meantime, Cohen had fled the country, so all Kremen got as compensation was this California mansion and a derelict house on the US-Mexico border. Even so, Kremen figured he'd found his winning lottery ticket. Under Cohen, Sex.com had been taking in $500,000 a month selling banner ads to other online porn sites."
That, however, is NOT what patent law says in most countries. It doesn't matter if the violation is not for profit except in certain scandinavian countries.
You are absolutely correct. From wikipedia In U.S. law, an infringement may occur where the defendant has made, used, sold, offered to sell, or imported the infringing invention or its equivalent 1.
That you can't even make one yourself is very idiotic IMHO.
Patents require very specific designs. If my hybrid car uses batteries, and yours uses hamsters running in a wheel, they are not the same thing.
If say I invented X and didn't know that you too had invented X, would I then be in infringement?
If they are the same design, they patent theirs, and you try to sell yours, then yes, you are in infringement.
I come to think about the Clean Room Design method where one apparently is allowed to reverse engineer any copyrighted product as long as you recreate a design spec solely based on "observation".
Can the same be done for patents issues? Say you had invented X, could I then "observe" and "reinvent" X?
Yes, as long as you really just observed it, and don't end up with the same exact design by chance.
While researching Genetic Algorithms, I came across a story about someone who had built a GA that designed circuit boards. When he executed it, telling the machine to design a board for a particular use, the GA designed many resulting boards, 4 of which infringed on existing patents.
I don't think that reward should _ever_ be a monopoly grant.
If a temporary monopoly was not granted, the inventor would be completely buried by large corporations IMMEDIATELY. If a poor man invents a great product, but has no resources to develop and manufacture and sell it, a temporary monopoly allows for him to attempt to gather these resources so that he can benefit from his efforts. Otherwise, as soon as GIANT CORPORATION X gets wind of it, they have the product on the shelves overnight and said inventor doesn't get a dime. Why did he even bother, unless for a greater cause. He could very well have leased it to GIANT CORPORATION X, and both entities benefit.
20 years seems to be an incredibly excessive amount of time, though.
Just because currently patent holders are legally capable of preventing me (legally) making and doing as I see fit with my own materials and intellect, doesn't mean it's somehow "right" that they can
You can do whatever the hell you want with your own materials, you just cant sell them for profit. Please, by all means, convert your vehicle to a hybrid. The environment could use it.
Mod up parent. Although I agree patent hoarding companies are a nuisance and benefit nothing other than their pockets, this company does not appear to be one of those.
I would hope they would continue to provide graphic-less ads. That way the site owner could choose what type of ads they want displayed. A potentially higher payout for ads with animated graphics (and therefore many more annoying websites).
Q: "What Makes a Good Web Font" A: A Sans serif font (A typeface without strokes at the tops and bottoms of letters (eg Arial and Helvetica)
"The text on web pages offers an exception: it appears mostly in sans-serif font because serifs make small letters less readable on a computer monitor." (Wikipedia)
You should be more careful about taking your pills.
but if anyone did do some proper communicating with chimps, i don't know about it.
Whenever this topic comes up, I always think of the video I saw about Koko the Gorilla.
Koko was taught sign language, and appears to be able to communicate effectively, at least with her trainer. There are some videos of Koko signing here.
The most convincing part in the video I saw was when Koko was put through (essentially) a video dating session. Koko had voiced interest in wanting a baby. Her trainer played videotape of different Gorilla's she could mate with, and she would sign that she liked particular males, and even turned the tv off on one, signing that it was unattractive. Also, a co-werker had left for some time, and came back very pregnant. When Koko first saw her, she signed "baby" to say that she noticed she was pregnant.
If you are interested in this topic, I would highly recommend watching the movie about Koko, as it convinced me. (not sure where exactly to find it though).
Not totally familiar with cellular technology... How different is this from GPS? And is this a cheaper alternative that could be provided for cell phone users wanting GPS on their cell phones?
If you bought a new car, only to find out that driving it on pavement grinds your tires down to nothing after 10 miles, would you feel a bit peeved? Perhaps even deceived?
Thank you! I was going to respond to an obvious troll earlier with a similar car analogy: "If you bought a brand new car, and after 10 minutes the windsheild becomes so scratched you can't even see through it because you drove it OUTSIDE, would you say 'its just a car, if it drives I'm happy'?"
This is an obvious defect, and Apple should handle it seriously if they don't wish to lose this share of what looks to be devoted Apple users (and all of us 'onlookers').
The section on learning is especially interesting, as the idea of rewarding the algorithm when it performs correctly seems both strange and obvious at the same time (although the author points out that sometimes the algorithm can do undesirable things in order to obtain that reward).
Genetic Algorithms will most definitely be involved in the way the gaming experience progresses.
To expand on the idea of rewarding, those genomes that are rewarded the most are then permitted to "mate" with other strong genomes, which will take into account inheritance, mutation, natural selection, and recombination (or crossover) resulting in the "smartest" population.
The fitness test could also be controlled by the player, keeping the game even more interesting, for a much longer period of time.
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Congratulations, you _completely_ missed the point.
You shouldn't, and we don't care that you don't. You obviously don't understand the essential contribution he made to that very thing you typed your post with, you know, "that computer."
Neither Edison nor Einstien have done anything interesting in a long time, but I would still be very interested to hear their opinions on a lot of things.
Cloning it would require the participation of the owner
From TFA:
"Ironically, the extra security sought may be offset by a recent discovery of Jonathan Westhues, where the security researcher showed the VeriChip can be skimmed and cloned, duplicating an implant's authentication. When contacted, those at CityWatcher were unaware of the chip's security issue, according to the spychips.com release."
So, yes the person would need to be in the proximity, but apparently they would only need to walk by you and your scanner/cloning device.
Which brings up another question: How do they plan to upgrade the already implanted devices? It appears additional surgery is necessary for these models. Obviously, they will need to move to a remotely upgradable model. That way, the devil can administer these devices directly from hell. I don't really believe in the devil, but this does make me sick. 666!
Best. Post. Ever.
Um... they did.
That is called Domain Hijacking. It is actually a common practice. It even happened to Sex.com
A guy named Gary Kremen was apparently one of the first cybersquatters in the early 90's when domains were free. A guy named Stephen Cohen then hijacked Sex.com, and Kremens sued him:
"In November 2000, at the end of a three-year legal battle, a federal judge ruled that Stephen Cohen had stolen the domain by forging a letter from Kremen's company to Network Solutions. Cohen was ordered to return Sex.com to Kremen and pay him $65 million in damages. (Cohen appealed, and in June of this year, the US Supreme Court declined to hear his case.) In the meantime, Cohen had fled the country, so all Kremen got as compensation was this California mansion and a derelict house on the US-Mexico border. Even so, Kremen figured he'd found his winning lottery ticket. Under Cohen, Sex.com had been taking in $500,000 a month selling banner ads to other online porn sites."
What if the laptop's last SSID required WEP or WPA (and has it configured in a profile)? Will it still connect if _less_ security is required?
That, however, is NOT what patent law says in most countries. It doesn't matter if the violation is not for profit except in certain scandinavian countries.
You are absolutely correct. From wikipedia
In U.S. law, an infringement may occur where the defendant has made, used, sold, offered to sell, or imported the infringing invention or its equivalent 1.
That you can't even make one yourself is very idiotic IMHO.
Patents require very specific designs. If my hybrid car uses batteries, and yours uses hamsters running in a wheel, they are not the same thing.
If say I invented X and didn't know that you too had invented X, would I then be in infringement?
If they are the same design, they patent theirs, and you try to sell yours, then yes, you are in infringement.
I come to think about the Clean Room Design method where one apparently is allowed to reverse engineer any copyrighted product as long as you recreate a design spec solely based on "observation".
Can the same be done for patents issues? Say you had invented X, could I then "observe" and "reinvent" X?
Yes, as long as you really just observed it, and don't end up with the same exact design by chance.
While researching Genetic Algorithms, I came across a story about someone who had built a GA that designed circuit boards. When he executed it, telling the machine to design a board for a particular use, the GA designed many resulting boards, 4 of which infringed on existing patents.
I don't think that reward should _ever_ be a monopoly grant.
If a temporary monopoly was not granted, the inventor would be completely buried by large corporations IMMEDIATELY. If a poor man invents a great product, but has no resources to develop and manufacture and sell it, a temporary monopoly allows for him to attempt to gather these resources so that he can benefit from his efforts. Otherwise, as soon as GIANT CORPORATION X gets wind of it, they have the product on the shelves overnight and said inventor doesn't get a dime. Why did he even bother, unless for a greater cause. He could very well have leased it to GIANT CORPORATION X, and both entities benefit.
20 years seems to be an incredibly excessive amount of time, though.
Just because currently patent holders are legally capable of preventing me (legally) making and doing as I see fit with my own materials and intellect, doesn't mean it's somehow "right" that they can
You can do whatever the hell you want with your own materials, you just cant sell them for profit. Please, by all means, convert your vehicle to a hybrid. The environment could use it.
Mod up parent. Although I agree patent hoarding companies are a nuisance and benefit nothing other than their pockets, this company does not appear to be one of those.
I would hope they would continue to provide graphic-less ads. That way the site owner could choose what type of ads they want displayed. A potentially higher payout for ads with animated graphics (and therefore many more annoying websites).
I guess I don't fully understand your point.
Q: "What Makes a Good Web Font"
A: A Sans serif font (A typeface without strokes at the tops and bottoms of letters (eg Arial and Helvetica)
"The text on web pages offers an exception: it appears mostly in sans-serif font because serifs make small letters less readable on a computer monitor." (Wikipedia)
You should be more careful about taking your pills.
sans serif
...well obviously you can buy the video/dvd from the site.
Whenever this topic comes up, I always think of the video I saw about Koko the Gorilla.
Koko was taught sign language, and appears to be able to communicate effectively, at least with her trainer. There are some videos of Koko signing here.
The most convincing part in the video I saw was when Koko was put through (essentially) a video dating session. Koko had voiced interest in wanting a baby. Her trainer played videotape of different Gorilla's she could mate with, and she would sign that she liked particular males, and even turned the tv off on one, signing that it was unattractive. Also, a co-werker had left for some time, and came back very pregnant. When Koko first saw her, she signed "baby" to say that she noticed she was pregnant.
If you are interested in this topic, I would highly recommend watching the movie about Koko, as it convinced me. (not sure where exactly to find it though).
Not totally familiar with cellular technology...
How different is this from GPS? And is this a cheaper alternative that could be provided for cell phone users wanting GPS on their cell phones?
...and have it not smear all over your back end when you're done...
Good thing too.
You can barely get me to put it in the holder, let alone reload a printer everytime I need a new roll!
In this particular instance, I would use the term "knob" or "giant asshat"
Obviously some type of Google humor (zoom all the way in). Anyone know why they did this, other than to be mildly funny and rather unconvincing?
If you bought a new car, only to find out that driving it on pavement grinds your tires down to nothing after 10 miles, would you feel a bit peeved? Perhaps even deceived?
Thank you! I was going to respond to an obvious troll earlier with a similar car analogy: "If you bought a brand new car, and after 10 minutes the windsheild becomes so scratched you can't even see through it because you drove it OUTSIDE, would you say 'its just a car, if it drives I'm happy'?"
This is an obvious defect, and Apple should handle it seriously if they don't wish to lose this share of what looks to be devoted Apple users (and all of us 'onlookers').
Nah,
They are just going to kick all Windows 2000 users to the curb on June 30, 2005 whether you come with them to XP/Longhorn, or not.
The section on learning is especially interesting, as the idea of rewarding the algorithm when it performs correctly seems both strange and obvious at the same time (although the author points out that sometimes the algorithm can do undesirable things in order to obtain that reward).
Genetic Algorithms will most definitely be involved in the way the gaming experience progresses.
To expand on the idea of rewarding, those genomes that are rewarded the most are then permitted to "mate" with other strong genomes, which will take into account inheritance, mutation, natural selection, and recombination (or crossover) resulting in the "smartest" population.
The fitness test could also be controlled by the player, keeping the game even more interesting, for a much longer period of time.
"This is the captain speaking..."
"What are your coordinates?"
"0x0000007B (0xF741B84C,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE"