Lets put video cameras in peoples homes that will record everything that happens. It's really okay that we do this, because we won't look at the tapes without a warrent.
It helps to look at how we can use these same methods outside the electronic world after all.
Since when have laws saying that you can't patent, copyright, or trademark things that somebody else invented stopped big business?
This kind of abuse isn't exactly new either (for a project, find out what happend to the guy who invented TV, then remember that the people who did this all very old or dead, and blowing up the companies won't help at this point), the two may well have trademarked the term back in '42 or '43 just so that they could put Supersnipe out of business. (Comics code and EC anybody?)
I'm really dissapointed in GeekPunk though. If you don't even stand up to the abuses like this, you aren't going to have much of a chance in ten years when they come back with a patent on the concept of superpowered beings that go around fighting crime and superpowered villains.
That's nice, I'm declaring my trademark on Pr0nCast(tm), and I've also filed for a patent on the concept of a porn based RSS feed. My army of lawyers in overpriced suits will be with you shortly to discuss how your patent infringes upon mine.
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Oh come on, Petey Part II was probably the funniest episode in all of Red Dwarf.
Of course, Ace II was also the best, you may have a point about the bringing back Rimmer thing.
But Futurama was the proof that Groening still had it. I say let him have his chance again. The Simpsons certaintly isn't going to sudenly get good again, and if this can at least be commercially succesful, Groening might get a third show. Hopefully in the time slot The Simpsons has right now.
The energy efficiency of the human body is about 20%.
If these things are a 100 times as strong, then they should be using substantially more energy. (I think this is a strength to mass comparison).
That being said, the fuel stores and cooling systems are going to take up a lot of mass on their own. But well, even a final product with a the mass/strength and fuel storage ability of organics qualifies as a major technilogical acheivment.
The nanotube version, while not as powerful, might actually have more potential, should have a higher energy efficiency (electrical systems get the best), and a less powerful cooling system would be needed as a result.
This also has some extrordinary potential when it comes to making things like robotic arms, since these will let us copy existing natural models, rather than trying to duplicate the same function with a different system.
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They'll turn up on ebay.
Lets put video cameras in peoples homes that will record everything that happens. It's really okay that we do this, because we won't look at the tapes without a warrent.
It helps to look at how we can use these same methods outside the electronic world after all.
Since when have laws saying that you can't patent, copyright, or trademark things that somebody else invented stopped big business?
This kind of abuse isn't exactly new either (for a project, find out what happend to the guy who invented TV, then remember that the people who did this all very old or dead, and blowing up the companies won't help at this point), the two may well have trademarked the term back in '42 or '43 just so that they could put Supersnipe out of business. (Comics code and EC anybody?)
I'm really dissapointed in GeekPunk though. If you don't even stand up to the abuses like this, you aren't going to have much of a chance in ten years when they come back with a patent on the concept of superpowered beings that go around fighting crime and superpowered villains.
That's nice, I'm declaring my trademark on Pr0nCast(tm), and I've also filed for a patent on the concept of a porn based RSS feed. My army of lawyers in overpriced suits will be with you shortly to discuss how your patent infringes upon mine.
Oh come on, Petey Part II was probably the funniest episode in all of Red Dwarf.
Of course, Ace II was also the best, you may have a point about the bringing back Rimmer thing.
But Futurama was the proof that Groening still had it. I say let him have his chance again. The Simpsons certaintly isn't going to sudenly get good again, and if this can at least be commercially succesful, Groening might get a third show. Hopefully in the time slot The Simpsons has right now.
The energy efficiency of the human body is about 20%. If these things are a 100 times as strong, then they should be using substantially more energy. (I think this is a strength to mass comparison). That being said, the fuel stores and cooling systems are going to take up a lot of mass on their own. But well, even a final product with a the mass/strength and fuel storage ability of organics qualifies as a major technilogical acheivment. The nanotube version, while not as powerful, might actually have more potential, should have a higher energy efficiency (electrical systems get the best), and a less powerful cooling system would be needed as a result. This also has some extrordinary potential when it comes to making things like robotic arms, since these will let us copy existing natural models, rather than trying to duplicate the same function with a different system.