incorrect. they shouldn't work like that but they do.
they could just have published it as prior art as well, thereby guaranteeing that any patent could have been fought in court easily.
it's extremely difficult to invalidate a patent and very expensive to fight, even if there is clear and blatant prior art. this is why a bunch of companies just pay for a license instead of fighting it. we have a legal system, not a justice system.
They'll learn when the 20-somethings get a poor review, smaller bonuses, passed over on promotions because their superiors are 30, 40, 50 and 60 somethings...
His analogies to computer engineering are mostly false, as biology operates according to physical and chemical rules. Not Ohm's Law. Not digital logic. You can engineer biology to mimic digital logic, but it's truly analog governed by biomolecular interactions and stochastic dynamical processes.
even if you argue it's really all analog, the fact that you can mentally process digital logic means that you are digital computer... with lots of extra features.:)
With electronic signal amplification, a very small change in electrical flow is sufficient to open and close gates that control massive rivers of electrons. “The biological transistor, what we call a ‘transcriptor,’ does the same thing.
He has formally donated the transcriptor and biological logic gates to the public domain via the BioBrick Public Agreement. That means anyone is free to use them. A similar declaration for the biological Internet is in process. The only piece of biocomputer technology Stanford and Endy have patented is the biological digital memory. “Some other groups have patented technologies claiming to accomplish a similar goal,” explains Endy. “If we have a patent, we can assure the technology is free and available to all simply by not pursuing our patent rights. But if we don’t have a patent, someone else could claim the technology and restrict its use.”
finally someone that invents a great technology and understands that patents stifle innovation!
yes... but very slooooowly. it takes about 15 minutes per cycle.
Speed-wise at least, IBM won’t feel threatened by the biocomputer. “The microbial processor operates in the millihertz time frame — about one cycle every 1,000 seconds, or about four times per hour,” Endy says, “But in biology it doesn’t always matter; slow can be beautiful.”
Chrome asks me EVERY... SINGLE... FUCKING... TIME "This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep anyway?"
seems like this is a common and unnecessary annoyance for non-Windows people.
this will remove the down warning for all file types.
1) open preference file -- OS X: /Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome.plist -- Linux: ~/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences -- Windows: GFY, you need this warning.
Now, can you let me choose for myself which filetypes are safe or not? For my job, I have to download many PDFs (up to 100 at a time) and Chrome asks me EVERY... SINGLE... FUCKING... TIME "This type of file can harm your computer.
this will remove the down warning for all file types.
on OSX, open/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome.plist and replace the "download" section with this
it would be nice if there was a Windows program to install programs from a centralized repository of software that was actually scrutinized to ensure it's malware free and perhaps a security risk rating. It certainly would make open source programs more attractive because they could quickly be certified as being malware free. the rest wouldn't be able to be certified as being 100% malware free since there cant be a true analysis of the software without REing the whole thing unless they submit the source but keep it secret.
every program having it's own updater running is annoying, uses more resources and introduces another security risk.
the equations for our current theory "break" but one must remember that it is a theory. while it seems like a very solid theory, we do not know for a certainty if it's correct or not.
just slip in the repeal of the patriot act into some other bloated bill like they do with all sorts of stupid crap. i mean, do you think they would vote for the patriot act AGAIN?
Seems easier said than done! I don't have numbers to support this, but I would think most form spam comes from botnets.
i never said it would be easy but seems it's a very low priority. also, i think punishment should be much higher than it is considering the scale and duration of the spamming. if spammers get sentenced to life in prison, i think there would be a change in how spamming is perceived. it's the risk versus reward issue that keeps spam so prevalent.
sure they have made progress but this is a VAST issue to work out. considering how long we have been chipping away at the problems in computer vision and AI, i wouldnt be surprised if it took decades.
The administrator said, 'I collected info on file hosts, web hosts, websites. I suckered $#!&loads of you. I built a history, got the trust of some very important people in the warez scene collecting information and data all the time.'
Slashdot Mirror
should we be spending billions to...
1) work toward reducing poverty in our nation?
2) make a faster plane to bomb the shit out of someone faster in a war that hasn't started yet?
I'm pretty sure this guy passes me every day on the way to the office.
off the road, grandpa!
He was really just trying to get some groceries but he used Apple Maps.
actually patents don't work quite like that.
incorrect. they shouldn't work like that but they do.
they could just have published it as prior art as well, thereby guaranteeing that any patent could have been fought in court easily.
it's extremely difficult to invalidate a patent and very expensive to fight, even if there is clear and blatant prior art. this is why a bunch of companies just pay for a license instead of fighting it. we have a legal system, not a justice system.
They'll learn when the 20-somethings get a poor review, smaller bonuses, passed over on promotions because their superiors are 30, 40, 50 and 60 somethings...
U MAD, BRO?
His analogies to computer engineering are mostly false, as biology operates according to physical and chemical rules. Not Ohm's Law. Not digital logic. You can engineer biology to mimic digital logic, but it's truly analog governed by biomolecular interactions and stochastic dynamical processes.
(human) brains are both analog and digital simultaneously.
even if you argue it's really all analog, the fact that you can mentally process digital logic means that you are digital computer... with lots of extra features. :)
With electronic signal amplification, a very small change in electrical flow is sufficient to open and close gates that control massive rivers of electrons. “The biological transistor, what we call a ‘transcriptor,’ does the same thing.
He has formally donated the transcriptor and biological logic gates to the public domain via the BioBrick Public Agreement. That means anyone is free to use them. A similar declaration for the biological Internet is in process.
The only piece of biocomputer technology Stanford and Endy have patented is the biological digital memory.
“Some other groups have patented technologies claiming to accomplish a similar goal,” explains Endy. “If we have a patent, we can assure the technology is free and available to all simply by not pursuing our patent rights. But if we don’t have a patent, someone else could claim the technology and restrict its use.”
finally someone that invents a great technology and understands that patents stifle innovation!
bold tag! :)
but can it mine bitcoins?!
yes... but very slooooowly. it takes about 15 minutes per cycle.
Speed-wise at least, IBM won’t feel threatened by the biocomputer. “The microbial processor operates in the millihertz time frame — about one cycle every 1,000 seconds, or about four times per hour,” Endy says, “But in biology it doesn’t always matter; slow can be beautiful.”
where do you plug in the keyboard? :)
... people have been flooding into ERs after mistaking their cellphones for candy.
They have had one for over a year. It's called the store app in Windows 8 and 8.1. It seems to meet all your requirements.
let's be honest, those are malware. ;)
Chrome asks me EVERY... SINGLE... FUCKING... TIME "This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep anyway?"
seems like this is a common and unnecessary annoyance for non-Windows people.
this will remove the down warning for all file types.
1) open preference file /Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome.plist
-- OS X:
-- Linux: ~/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences
-- Windows: GFY, you need this warning.
2) replace the "download" section with this
"download": {
"directory_upgrade": true,
"prompt_for_download": false
},
Now, can you let me choose for myself which filetypes are safe or not? For my job, I have to download many PDFs (up to 100 at a time) and Chrome asks me EVERY... SINGLE... FUCKING... TIME "This type of file can harm your computer.
this will remove the down warning for all file types.
on OSX, open /Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome.plist and replace the "download" section with this
"download": {
"directory_upgrade": true,
"prompt_for_download": false
},
found it in 2 minutes. my google fu is strong.
it would be nice if there was a Windows program to install programs from a centralized repository of software that was actually scrutinized to ensure it's malware free and perhaps a security risk rating. It certainly would make open source programs more attractive because they could quickly be certified as being malware free. the rest wouldn't be able to be certified as being 100% malware free since there cant be a true analysis of the software without REing the whole thing unless they submit the source but keep it secret.
every program having it's own updater running is annoying, uses more resources and introduces another security risk.
the American public agrees that Wall Street should be moved to Kepler-78b.
Q: Has the Taiwanese government declared that Taiwan is an independant state?
A: No.
Until they do, they are a province of China. This isn't a troll, this is basic logic.
the equations for our current theory "break" but one must remember that it is a theory. while it seems like a very solid theory, we do not know for a certainty if it's correct or not.
clearly it's too dark to see so they should just use a flashlight.
"GPS bullets that can track the location of a suspect's car"
"There are other ways to track vehicles and this could raise some civil liberties issues" -- Dave Allen of Leeds University
shh! nobody tell him about PRISM or his head might explode.
this brilliant idea has been brought to you by the Kerbal Space Program!
Envisioning the implosion of a corrupt, bankrupt police state? Brilliant! Most populous country on Earth is in the ascent? Wizard!
The difference between someoldguy and "Yoda" appears to be that someoldguy is really good at predicting the exact same things in hindsight.
but the US hasn't (completely) imploded yet. (ZING!)
just slip in the repeal of the patriot act into some other bloated bill like they do with all sorts of stupid crap. i mean, do you think they would vote for the patriot act AGAIN?
Seems easier said than done! I don't have numbers to support this, but I would think most form spam comes from botnets.
i never said it would be easy but seems it's a very low priority. also, i think punishment should be much higher than it is considering the scale and duration of the spamming. if spammers get sentenced to life in prison, i think there would be a change in how spamming is perceived. it's the risk versus reward issue that keeps spam so prevalent.
sure they have made progress but this is a VAST issue to work out. considering how long we have been chipping away at the problems in computer vision and AI, i wouldnt be surprised if it took decades.
The administrator said, 'I collected info on file hosts, web hosts, websites. I suckered $#!&loads of you. I built a history, got the trust of some very important people in the warez scene collecting information and data all the time.'
and he was never heard from again