The problem is patent officers aren't masters in individual fields of study to be able to determine if something is "obvious". A patent officers approval doesn't necessarily mean that the patent isn't obvious or even not already patented. That's a job for the courts and submitter. There is supposed to be a level of restraint on the submitter to not post something obvious in their field and to do diligence in ascertaining whether or not a patent should be granted for their idea or if there are existing patents that cover the idea.
The sad thing about this is the general mentality these days of the submitter intentionally not doing these duties for deniability reasons so companies can amass more and more patents.
Kind of obvious, don't you think? It's not like he was a random guy on the internet that could just disappear when shit hits the fan. I'm sure if the guy values not getting in a lawsuit with his employer over these events, he would likely be more than willing to fork over the meager $4k he got from it.
Except that this and that have absolutely no relevance to one another. That's like comparing the Hot Coffee code hidden inside GTA: San Andreas to a rootkit.
While I was one of the first to criticize the "You're holding it wrong" response from Apple, in this situation, he does hold some validity. Sure, if you are using the hands-on mode, it is just as dangerous, but if there are driving oriented controls, it should at least be mentioned in the study that they exist but were explicitly disregarded. Who knows if those in the study would have used that mode if they weren't explicitly told how to use the device in the study. I have no idea how Siri works or what its UI is like. If there isn't some easily visible item somewhere to activate the car mode then that is a problem on their end that needs correcting.
In the end, I suppose this means that they need to push the car mode or whatever they're calling it more than they have been to get people in the habit of using it instead of the hands-on mode.
You're extraordinarily naive about the shopping requirements of others. It is not merely "more comfortable" - in many areas it is not possible. There isn't always a grocery store within walking distance, and people don't always go to said stores multiple times per week.
That bike looks like it could barely handle more than a few bags of groceries. When you're buying for a family and not just yourself, that is pitifully small.
My thoughts exactly. It is miles to the nearest grocery store for me, and even a mile just to the nearest bus stop. I have to buy many heavy things to feed my family, so it would be impossible to do that sort of thing walking or on a bike. Acting like a jackass implying everyone is too lazy to walk or use bikes is naive at best.
There are plenty of places within Europe with similar problems. Honestly amazed at all the nitwits thinking they're being witty by implying walking and/or bikes is a valid solution for everyone.
You are a Mac user right? iTunes isn't that terrible on a Mac. It's terrible on other operating systems because Apple just didn't give two shits about those platforms.
It has nothing to do with typical Apple hate and everything to do with Apple doing a very unsatisfactory job porting to other operating systems. Same deal with QuickTime on other operating systems such that we needed something like QuickTime Alternative to show up if you wanted an even remotely decent experience playing quicktime movies. The experience is likely even intentionally bad everywhere but Macs, cause then they get to say that it's just typical Windows jankiness and not just poorly porting.
I am so sick of websites that try to force "strong" password creation by creating their own rules. I have several strong passwords that I use that aren't considered "strong" by many websites (it is a nonsensical sentence with misspelled words). When you force me to add capitals and numbers and likely symbols, it's just going to cause me to change "thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog" to "Thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog1$" and then when attempting to log into the site I'll have to enter several variations until I remember what specific version of "strong" this particular site is trying to shove down my throat before I can log in.
My password is secure enough without you complicating things further by requiring certain characteristics.
On another note, it amazes me how often websites will enforce "strong" passwords, but have a length limit. You want a capital, a number, a symbol, but it can only be between 8 to 12 characters long? What?
Ohh, since we're talking about your personal tastes, how you feel about the current state of NASA funding? I'll be sure to pass along your reply to the president because your opinion is very important to all of us.
People like to say things like this as if it is literally nothing, but I do not really believe them. The entire entertainment sector would be completely gutted if they could make no money from their work put into their respective projects. Everything from movies to games to books and more.
Sure, people would still make these kind of things, but it would be personal projects just for the sake of doing them and nothing more. The variety and quality would be extremely variable if these paths weren't tied to their livelihoods anymore and they needed employment in other areas.
Say what you will about blockbuster films and triple-A video games, but they wouldn't be the only ones affected.
Both aren't mutually exclusive or opposite to each other in all respects. I'm sure someone's love of science could get them out of a depressive state, but I don't think it would be particularly uplifting to someone who doesn't genuinely love science.
Having some sort of "true" meaning in life, something transcendent of our daily toil is a very powerful concept. Religion is a very good motivator.
Because it's a scientific study? You don't need to believe in God to maintain a positive mental state or get out of a negative one, just that those who do seem to have a better predisposition for getting out of depressive states. Wouldn't you, if you legitimately thought you had God as your wingman instead of absolutely nothing?
This has nothing to do with the existence of God and everything to do with peoples minds.
In a nutshell, they're just doing it for publicity, not because using torrents explicitly is going to garner them the most views. It's controversial; a movie studio embracing bittorrent in any quantity? This sort of thing sticks in minds a lot better than some tiny indie studio releasing a seven minute trailer on YouTube. Look at all the apparent good will it has garnered just in the slashdot comments? You think people would feel that way if it were just uploaded to YouTube?
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The problem is patent officers aren't masters in individual fields of study to be able to determine if something is "obvious". A patent officers approval doesn't necessarily mean that the patent isn't obvious or even not already patented. That's a job for the courts and submitter. There is supposed to be a level of restraint on the submitter to not post something obvious in their field and to do diligence in ascertaining whether or not a patent should be granted for their idea or if there are existing patents that cover the idea.
The sad thing about this is the general mentality these days of the submitter intentionally not doing these duties for deniability reasons so companies can amass more and more patents.
Not really.
Kind of obvious, don't you think? It's not like he was a random guy on the internet that could just disappear when shit hits the fan. I'm sure if the guy values not getting in a lawsuit with his employer over these events, he would likely be more than willing to fork over the meager $4k he got from it.
Except that this and that have absolutely no relevance to one another. That's like comparing the Hot Coffee code hidden inside GTA: San Andreas to a rootkit.
Yikes. Are you trying to be ironic or something?
He said 19 million barrels per day, not month. Do the math with the correct scale and get back to us.
While I was one of the first to criticize the "You're holding it wrong" response from Apple, in this situation, he does hold some validity. Sure, if you are using the hands-on mode, it is just as dangerous, but if there are driving oriented controls, it should at least be mentioned in the study that they exist but were explicitly disregarded. Who knows if those in the study would have used that mode if they weren't explicitly told how to use the device in the study. I have no idea how Siri works or what its UI is like. If there isn't some easily visible item somewhere to activate the car mode then that is a problem on their end that needs correcting.
In the end, I suppose this means that they need to push the car mode or whatever they're calling it more than they have been to get people in the habit of using it instead of the hands-on mode.
Regular people? Is this a trick question?
You're extraordinarily naive about the shopping requirements of others. It is not merely "more comfortable" - in many areas it is not possible. There isn't always a grocery store within walking distance, and people don't always go to said stores multiple times per week.
Must be nice living very close to a supermarket.
That bike looks like it could barely handle more than a few bags of groceries. When you're buying for a family and not just yourself, that is pitifully small.
My thoughts exactly. It is miles to the nearest grocery store for me, and even a mile just to the nearest bus stop. I have to buy many heavy things to feed my family, so it would be impossible to do that sort of thing walking or on a bike. Acting like a jackass implying everyone is too lazy to walk or use bikes is naive at best.
There are plenty of places within Europe with similar problems. Honestly amazed at all the nitwits thinking they're being witty by implying walking and/or bikes is a valid solution for everyone.
Erm, unless I'm mistaken, calcium ammonium nitrate can also be turned into IEDs can't it? It is primarily a mixture of ammonium nitrate is it not?
You are a Mac user right? iTunes isn't that terrible on a Mac. It's terrible on other operating systems because Apple just didn't give two shits about those platforms.
It has nothing to do with typical Apple hate and everything to do with Apple doing a very unsatisfactory job porting to other operating systems. Same deal with QuickTime on other operating systems such that we needed something like QuickTime Alternative to show up if you wanted an even remotely decent experience playing quicktime movies. The experience is likely even intentionally bad everywhere but Macs, cause then they get to say that it's just typical Windows jankiness and not just poorly porting.
I am so sick of websites that try to force "strong" password creation by creating their own rules. I have several strong passwords that I use that aren't considered "strong" by many websites (it is a nonsensical sentence with misspelled words). When you force me to add capitals and numbers and likely symbols, it's just going to cause me to change "thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog" to "Thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog1$" and then when attempting to log into the site I'll have to enter several variations until I remember what specific version of "strong" this particular site is trying to shove down my throat before I can log in.
My password is secure enough without you complicating things further by requiring certain characteristics.
On another note, it amazes me how often websites will enforce "strong" passwords, but have a length limit. You want a capital, a number, a symbol, but it can only be between 8 to 12 characters long? What?
No, Chii. That's Lauren Weinstein.
Ohh, since we're talking about your personal tastes, how you feel about the current state of NASA funding? I'll be sure to pass along your reply to the president because your opinion is very important to all of us.
People like to say things like this as if it is literally nothing, but I do not really believe them. The entire entertainment sector would be completely gutted if they could make no money from their work put into their respective projects. Everything from movies to games to books and more.
Sure, people would still make these kind of things, but it would be personal projects just for the sake of doing them and nothing more. The variety and quality would be extremely variable if these paths weren't tied to their livelihoods anymore and they needed employment in other areas.
Say what you will about blockbuster films and triple-A video games, but they wouldn't be the only ones affected.
No; copyright alone is not evil. The current state of our copyright laws is evil. It needs to go back to a reasonable time frame.
Both aren't mutually exclusive or opposite to each other in all respects. I'm sure someone's love of science could get them out of a depressive state, but I don't think it would be particularly uplifting to someone who doesn't genuinely love science.
Having some sort of "true" meaning in life, something transcendent of our daily toil is a very powerful concept. Religion is a very good motivator.
This has not been true for a long, long time.
Have they? Any article I've read thus far merely points out they won't comment on it.
Good. Letting people go on using a compromised password is silly.
Because it's a scientific study? You don't need to believe in God to maintain a positive mental state or get out of a negative one, just that those who do seem to have a better predisposition for getting out of depressive states. Wouldn't you, if you legitimately thought you had God as your wingman instead of absolutely nothing?
This has nothing to do with the existence of God and everything to do with peoples minds.
In a nutshell, they're just doing it for publicity, not because using torrents explicitly is going to garner them the most views. It's controversial; a movie studio embracing bittorrent in any quantity? This sort of thing sticks in minds a lot better than some tiny indie studio releasing a seven minute trailer on YouTube. Look at all the apparent good will it has garnered just in the slashdot comments? You think people would feel that way if it were just uploaded to YouTube?