You should really do more research before you start making accusations.
WARF was established because the researchers don't have time to mess with patent lawyers and royalty issues. The "Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation" (WARF) has the sole purpose of filing and protecting the discoveries of the Universities Faculty and Students. They inventors receive compensation from WARF for their discoveries, however in academia, it is more important to have your name recognized with the discovery than to get tons of money from it. Most of the money goes back into research, which is why the University of Wisconsin consistently ranks highly in the top Research Institutions of the World.
I don't think that just because UW doesn't have a manufacturing plant set up means they are not able to hold a patent for microprocessors. There are numerous people at the University, some who I have been instructed by (being a student) whom have held numerous industry positions including microprocessor architects, most of whom have become bored of the industry and gone into research. Which is where these patents come from...
I am a student at the University of Wisconsin, and also happen to work in WARF.(we call the building that the foundation is in WARF as well) The Foundation was set up to protect the discoveries of the university, and has paid for itself many times over, as some of the largest medical patents are held by them. There are also an innumerable amount of Stem Cell patents held by them which in the near future will prove to make a large amount of money.
Being a Comp Sci student, I also have heard from some of my professors about issues with companies such as IBM and Intel, whom they have been in contact with, and cannot describe to us lowly students the details of their dealings. However they are definitely not patent trolls.
I feel this will make things a little more interesting around the University though, to the point where we can see the true purpose of WARF and how it benefits the University.
Bring on a new Comp Sci building!!
'rule 110'? Come on, that's so much less interesting than 'rule 265'.
'rule 110'? Come on, that's so much less interesting than 'rule 256'.
There is no rule 265, so, I fixed it for you...> 'rule 110'? Come on, that is so much less interesting than 'rule 255'.
There is not rule 256, so I fixed it for you.
Graduating 3 years ago, I can tell you that the school staff are far less competent in computer matters than most of the student. This includes the IT supervisor of the campus. Some friends and I came across various flaws in the computer security all the time, including the ability to create a new user with admin rights. And when we would report the issue to the IT dude, that's what we called him, we would get scolded for doing so. Now I understand they wouldn't want us to try and break the security, but it it's that easy, they should be glad we didn't inform more mischievous students about it. As far as the blocking software goes... that is a joke. Within a day it is possible to get to any site you want. The easiest way was by making a.tk domain linking to the site. But there were many other ways which were just as easy. And to truly point out the flaws in their system, in my senior electronics class, the entire class would play Quake LANs, including the teacher. It was very simple when you just ran the game off a CD.
During my senior year of HS, I was just like you. Very interested in computers, enjoyed programming, and looking for a job. The one thing about me that may be different than you, is that I really wanted to go to school.
So in about March of 05, I sent an email to the Comp Sci professor at my local university, and arranged a meeting with him. At the end of the meeting, he introduced me to another person at the university, who was the web master. She told me to apply for a Student IT job on campus, which I did. About 2 months later I went in for an interview, and ended up getting the job. I worked in the IT office all summer, and have been working there ever since.
It's not much programming job, but it provides me with money while I am in school, gets me in good with all the professors there as I fix their computers, and most importantly, provides me with 2 years of experience in an IT office. I have phone experience, Hardware troubleshooting, software troubleshooting, and help desk experience. All of these have taught me a lot, and provided me with a (higher paying)job offer at another university which I will be transferring to next semester.
So after that long story, my advice, the same as everyone's else, is to GO TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Just try and get a job on campus, there are tons of them. I am also doing and Independent Study for Comp Sci too, which rocks.
So,
GO TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!
... is what will hook it for me. I want to be able to play all the classics such as MarioKart, Smash Bros, Mario64... for the N64, and also lots of games from the SNES such as the classis sidescrolling titles like Ninja Turtles and the great RPGs like Secret of Mana. If I can play all these titles on one system, without any jerry-rigging, I will be in heaven.
Now all they need to do is buy out Sega and put some Genesis titles on there and I will be locked in my room for life.
It seems to me Derek that you think the ratings apply more to the Retaliers of the games then the Parents of the purchasers. The main problem with all of these arguments seem to be that we are either putting all the responsibility in the hands of the Parents, or in the hands of the Retailers. The system that seems to be in place now is putting responsibility in the hands of the both, and throughout my childhood it seemed to work perfectly. I've tried to buy an M rated game when underage, and when they declined, I just asked my Parents, and when they approved, we went and bought it.
What is so wrong with this system?
I know what you mean with the community college, I did the same thing my sernior year, Yet I was under suspicion from what we called "The Skipper Dude"(no one knew his real name) as we would leave halfway through the day to go to the CC. Since my school was closed campus, anyone outside of the building at any time was liable to be pulled into the administrators office for questioning, you could be given anything from detentions to suspensions, depending on the number of offenses, even if you were running to your car to turn off your lights(as I once did) it felt very much like prison, but at least they got some yard time.
This certainly required excavation, but it was evidently done in a manner that was ham-fisted and incompetent. How do I know that? Because they're already in the chamber AND already drawing conclusions from pathetically little data.
I would not consider this to be true. Archeologists working on a nearby site would obviously need the permission of the Egyptian government, whom in no way would allow an underqualified group to work on some of the country's most valuable sites. I believe they did the excavation properly, using the usual recording methods and stratigraphy, taking possibly months to get to teh actual tomb door, which then they alerted the public. As seen in Carter's days, the public can cause quite alot of hassle when excavating a site, and so I would not be surprised if this site was kept under-wraps... until sufficient evidence for a discovery was found.
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You should really do more research before you start making accusations.
WARF was established because the researchers don't have time to mess with patent lawyers and royalty issues. The "Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation" (WARF) has the sole purpose of filing and protecting the discoveries of the Universities Faculty and Students. They inventors receive compensation from WARF for their discoveries, however in academia, it is more important to have your name recognized with the discovery than to get tons of money from it. Most of the money goes back into research, which is why the University of Wisconsin consistently ranks highly in the top Research Institutions of the World.
I don't think that just because UW doesn't have a manufacturing plant set up means they are not able to hold a patent for microprocessors. There are numerous people at the University, some who I have been instructed by (being a student) whom have held numerous industry positions including microprocessor architects, most of whom have become bored of the industry and gone into research. Which is where these patents come from...
I am a student at the University of Wisconsin, and also happen to work in WARF.(we call the building that the foundation is in WARF as well) The Foundation was set up to protect the discoveries of the university, and has paid for itself many times over, as some of the largest medical patents are held by them. There are also an innumerable amount of Stem Cell patents held by them which in the near future will prove to make a large amount of money. Being a Comp Sci student, I also have heard from some of my professors about issues with companies such as IBM and Intel, whom they have been in contact with, and cannot describe to us lowly students the details of their dealings. However they are definitely not patent trolls. I feel this will make things a little more interesting around the University though, to the point where we can see the true purpose of WARF and how it benefits the University. Bring on a new Comp Sci building!!
This kid may as well have his parents take him out of school and start homeschooling. He could have an entire year of homeschooling done in that time.
With a good lawyer, he may be able to threaten them back with cruel and unusual punishment.
Oh wait, I forgot, you loose all rights when you step foot in a school...
I totally remember doing something like that with a program in Middle school. It had a turtle as an icon.
Graduating 3 years ago, I can tell you that the school staff are far less competent in computer matters than most of the student. This includes the IT supervisor of the campus. Some friends and I came across various flaws in the computer security all the time, including the ability to create a new user with admin rights. And when we would report the issue to the IT dude, that's what we called him, we would get scolded for doing so. Now I understand they wouldn't want us to try and break the security, but it it's that easy, they should be glad we didn't inform more mischievous students about it. .tk domain linking to the site. But there were many other ways which were just as easy.
As far as the blocking software goes... that is a joke. Within a day it is possible to get to any site you want. The easiest way was by making a
And to truly point out the flaws in their system, in my senior electronics class, the entire class would play Quake LANs, including the teacher. It was very simple when you just ran the game off a CD.
I learned it for the comp sci program, however I would have to say that it is one of the most fun languages I have learned.
There are so many things you can do with it, maybe not many truly useful things...
I did find a practical use though, I used it to write a prime number program for the Altair 8080.
During my senior year of HS, I was just like you. Very interested in computers, enjoyed programming, and looking for a job. The one thing about me that may be different than you, is that I really wanted to go to school. So in about March of 05, I sent an email to the Comp Sci professor at my local university, and arranged a meeting with him. At the end of the meeting, he introduced me to another person at the university, who was the web master. She told me to apply for a Student IT job on campus, which I did. About 2 months later I went in for an interview, and ended up getting the job. I worked in the IT office all summer, and have been working there ever since. It's not much programming job, but it provides me with money while I am in school, gets me in good with all the professors there as I fix their computers, and most importantly, provides me with 2 years of experience in an IT office. I have phone experience, Hardware troubleshooting, software troubleshooting, and help desk experience. All of these have taught me a lot, and provided me with a (higher paying)job offer at another university which I will be transferring to next semester. So after that long story, my advice, the same as everyone's else, is to GO TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!! Just try and get a job on campus, there are tons of them. I am also doing and Independent Study for Comp Sci too, which rocks. So, GO TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!
... is what will hook it for me. I want to be able to play all the classics such as MarioKart, Smash Bros, Mario64... for the N64, and also lots of games from the SNES such as the classis sidescrolling titles like Ninja Turtles and the great RPGs like Secret of Mana. If I can play all these titles on one system, without any jerry-rigging, I will be in heaven. Now all they need to do is buy out Sega and put some Genesis titles on there and I will be locked in my room for life.
Or it could be that the reporter was giving an example of actual song prices, and not some mathmatical equation in english.
It seems to me Derek that you think the ratings apply more to the Retaliers of the games then the Parents of the purchasers. The main problem with all of these arguments seem to be that we are either putting all the responsibility in the hands of the Parents, or in the hands of the Retailers. The system that seems to be in place now is putting responsibility in the hands of the both, and throughout my childhood it seemed to work perfectly. I've tried to buy an M rated game when underage, and when they declined, I just asked my Parents, and when they approved, we went and bought it. What is so wrong with this system?
I know what you mean with the community college, I did the same thing my sernior year, Yet I was under suspicion from what we called "The Skipper Dude"(no one knew his real name) as we would leave halfway through the day to go to the CC. Since my school was closed campus, anyone outside of the building at any time was liable to be pulled into the administrators office for questioning, you could be given anything from detentions to suspensions, depending on the number of offenses, even if you were running to your car to turn off your lights(as I once did) it felt very much like prison, but at least they got some yard time.
Actually I believe you can purchase a domain for 100 year now, for a modest sum of around $1000 US.
I am not sure about hosting, but if you got that covered, you could definatly spread your word from beyond the grave.
Morrowind Oblivion was pushed back to Febuary, but damn that game would have taken sure helped capture the opening market.