If I want to securely erase a flash drive I'm done with, I'm going to put it in a glass container and put it in my oven to melt the internal chipset. Anything else is less than optimal.
1) The USPTO needs satellite offices in tech hotbeds. San Francisco/Palo Alto, Austin, etc. Bring them to Alexandria for training, but have them work collaboratively remotely.
2) Contract with Google to build an app that manages the patent application workflow. Have it crawl for data that may indicate prior art, etc.
Is it me, or does the USPTO simply suck at finding prior art? I'm not saying it's their fault, I'm simply saying it's difficult for them to sift through huge amounts of data for each patent looking for the prior art that may invalidate said patent.
You're aware the US economy functions solely because of income inequality, correct? If everyone makes $100K/yr, than there is no value, as everyone has the same buying power. Not everyone can be rich, you'll always need a lower tier of society. The choice is between having a pie and everyone getting a piece, or having a bigger pie where a few can get huge pieces leaving scraps for the lower and middle classes.
I never got why someone who makes less than $250K/yr would vote/support republican policies. If you make under that amount, *you're interests are not aligned with theirs*.
As someone who just started using App Inventor, it's AWESOME. For someone who doesn't have time to learn how to code Android deep down, it works wonders.
Most commercial vessels (cruise ships, cargo/oil tankers, etc) already use evaporative systems (waste heat from engines/generators is used to flash heat water to steam, which is than condensed back into clean drinking water). A possible market would be smaller yachts and sail boats that sail around the Caribbean.
Actually, you can get the computing power you describe online. I used to manage a Rocks cluster for the LHC's CMS detector's Tier 1 facility in the US, roughly 5500 linux boxes and 17.5 PB of storage (500TB spinning disk, 17PB tape storage). I could have easily replaced the computing power and the spinning disk with Amazon's cloud computing (running the numbers, it would've been more expensive than our hardware costs, but much cheaper after you took labor into account). I agree with you though on the brainpower part. But that's a matter of knowing people and having connections. Everything else? Easy as pie.
Correct. The NiMH patents were sold by GM to Chevron. Toyota uses a different pack method, thereby getting around the NiMH patent for their hybrids, and Telsa will simply use Lithium Ion (or perhaps Lithium Polymer packs) for the new Rav4s.
The RAV4 EV was an all-electric version of the popular RAV4 SUV produced by Toyota. It was leased from 1997 to 2003, and at the lessees request, many units were sold after the vehicle was discontinued.[1] As of 2010 there are 800 units still in use.[2] In July 2010 Toyota announced that is working together with Tesla Motors to develop a second generation RAV4 EV, and the companies expect the vehicle to be mass produced by 2012.[2][3]
The first fleet version of the RAV4 EV became available on a limited basis in 1997. In 2001 it was possible for businesses, cities or utilities to lease one or two of these cars. Toyota then actually sold or leased 328 RAV4 EVs to the general public in 2003, at which time the program was terminated despite waiting lists of prospective customers.
Why would I overpay for minutes with Verizon or AT&T when I stick to major metro areas? Let the suckers subsidize those who need calling in boofoo, I'll stick with T-mobile, my cheap minutes from them, and my coverage in major metro areas/major highways.
Here is an excellent resource for homeschooling (not that it sounds like you need it, but I'm a huge fan): http://www.ck-12.org/ (Free, professionally authored textbooks). You can print them as PDFs, and they also have versions for the iPad, Kindle, etc.
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If I want to securely erase a flash drive I'm done with, I'm going to put it in a glass container and put it in my oven to melt the internal chipset. Anything else is less than optimal.
Someone owes me a new USB keyboard, now covered in Code Red Mountain Dew. Might as well throw in a SSD to get super saver shipping ;)
Code fix. If external_temp -20F, don't shutdown. Wow, that was *extremely* difficult.
House version: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1722
Senate version: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-707
Grond: Thanks for the bill name!
Possible solutions:
1) The USPTO needs satellite offices in tech hotbeds. San Francisco/Palo Alto, Austin, etc. Bring them to Alexandria for training, but have them work collaboratively remotely.
2) Contract with Google to build an app that manages the patent application workflow. Have it crawl for data that may indicate prior art, etc.
Is it me, or does the USPTO simply suck at finding prior art? I'm not saying it's their fault, I'm simply saying it's difficult for them to sift through huge amounts of data for each patent looking for the prior art that may invalidate said patent.
You're aware the US economy functions solely because of income inequality, correct? If everyone makes $100K/yr, than there is no value, as everyone has the same buying power. Not everyone can be rich, you'll always need a lower tier of society. The choice is between having a pie and everyone getting a piece, or having a bigger pie where a few can get huge pieces leaving scraps for the lower and middle classes.
Favorite Teabagger Quote: "Keep government away from my Medicare!" FACEPALM
I never got why someone who makes less than $250K/yr would vote/support republican policies. If you make under that amount, *you're interests are not aligned with theirs*.
As someone who just started using App Inventor, it's AWESOME. For someone who doesn't have time to learn how to code Android deep down, it works wonders.
Most commercial vessels (cruise ships, cargo/oil tankers, etc) already use evaporative systems (waste heat from engines/generators is used to flash heat water to steam, which is than condensed back into clean drinking water). A possible market would be smaller yachts and sail boats that sail around the Caribbean.
Actually, you can get the computing power you describe online. I used to manage a Rocks cluster for the LHC's CMS detector's Tier 1 facility in the US, roughly 5500 linux boxes and 17.5 PB of storage (500TB spinning disk, 17PB tape storage). I could have easily replaced the computing power and the spinning disk with Amazon's cloud computing (running the numbers, it would've been more expensive than our hardware costs, but much cheaper after you took labor into account). I agree with you though on the brainpower part. But that's a matter of knowing people and having connections. Everything else? Easy as pie.
Correct. The NiMH patents were sold by GM to Chevron. Toyota uses a different pack method, thereby getting around the NiMH patent for their hybrids, and Telsa will simply use Lithium Ion (or perhaps Lithium Polymer packs) for the new Rav4s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV
The RAV4 EV was an all-electric version of the popular RAV4 SUV produced by Toyota. It was leased from 1997 to 2003, and at the lessees request, many units were sold after the vehicle was discontinued.[1] As of 2010 there are 800 units still in use.[2] In July 2010 Toyota announced that is working together with Tesla Motors to develop a second generation RAV4 EV, and the companies expect the vehicle to be mass produced by 2012.[2][3]
The first fleet version of the RAV4 EV became available on a limited basis in 1997. In 2001 it was possible for businesses, cities or utilities to lease one or two of these cars. Toyota then actually sold or leased 328 RAV4 EVs to the general public in 2003, at which time the program was terminated despite waiting lists of prospective customers.
Smiths seems to be unable to convince both Toyota and Daimler that their drivetrain is ready to be used in mass-production, unlike Tesla.
Troll? Really? Love the Slashdot knee jerk mods:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=free+market+vs+aid+developing+world
I think "suits" brings a negative connotation because you'll never see someone in a suit doing a hard day's work.
Free markets are the *BEST* way to bring people out of poverty, and arguably have done more than any amount of aid donated by first-world countries.
http://www.amazon.com/Naked-Economics-Undressing-Dismal-Science/dp/0393324869
Educate yourself.
Why aren't libraries using these scanners *and selling the books themselves on Amazon to fund additional purchases or operating expenses?*
Why would I overpay for minutes with Verizon or AT&T when I stick to major metro areas? Let the suckers subsidize those who need calling in boofoo, I'll stick with T-mobile, my cheap minutes from them, and my coverage in major metro areas/major highways.
True, the Cyanogen build for the Vibrant is still experimental: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/forum/85-samsung-galaxy-s-experimental-mod/
http://twitter.com/#!/cyanogen/status/27393215259
"Hi from CM6 on the G2 :) Everything is working except audio. Will fixit tomorrow."
Contributors were worried about people taking the works and using them in for-profit works, hence the NC license.
Here is an excellent resource for homeschooling (not that it sounds like you need it, but I'm a huge fan): http://www.ck-12.org/ (Free, professionally authored textbooks). You can print them as PDFs, and they also have versions for the iPad, Kindle, etc.
I too live in Chicago (well, the suburbs). Hopefully their urban planning will make it easier to live without a car:
http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/2040/main