Or a scientific article, which claimed to be original but was actually a copy of an older work, this would be plagiarism, as well as a copyright violation.
However, if I claim a patent on an invention almost a hundred years old, I would be granted exclusive rights to it until someone sics a lawyer on me.
Can't we make filing false patent claims a felony? It is not enough to have these patents sit uncontested unless someone can cough up the cash for a civil court case. The people who file these patents should ask themselves: "Do I want to pay a sizable fine or spend time in jail for filing a fraudulent patent claim?"
Morally, this is a violation of the intellectual property rights of the People (ie. the public domain), and the state should prosecute that.
This will probably be something that's only for military use of some kind.
Unlike cryptology, digital computers and the internet? Steel? Military applications have driven innovation for--- well, forever really.
The depressing thing about human nature is that if we weren't always busy coming up with more efficient ways to kill each other, technology might be advancing far more slowly.
What distresses me most about this AP story is not the asteroid itself, but that a space-faring nation (not us -- not the U.S.) has decided to take the lead on an important space mission and, as a courtesy, asked if we want to join them. But isn't that what we used to do for other countries?
Meanwhile, the Large Hadron Collider, a primarily European, international collaboration at CERN in Switzerland, now probes states of matter beyond all previous experimental limits previously probed by American labs.
Add to these stories the widespread paranoia across America that the world will end in 2012 because an extinct Mayan civilization from half a millennium ago said so, and that we still need court cases to decide whether or not evolution by natural selection should be taught in our public schools, and I'm left fearing the future of America's leadership on the world stage of science and technology.
Optical audio port. There's one in my old laptop too. It tended to be switched on when I installed a new system. Since he mentions a broken OS, he's probably reinstalled and doesn't have the right drivers.
Or MAYBE, the TSA infected him with the HAL 9000 virus.
"I'm sorry Steven, I can't let you listen to that."
With 30 percent larger brains than ours now, we can readily calculate that a population with a mean brain size of 1,750 cc would be expected to have an average IQ of 149
It is possible to end up with crap data because the premise of your experiment is wrong. You can ignore a variable that should have been controlled or kept equal, or you can measure the wrong variable.
You can also end up with data that neither confirms nor denies your hypothesis, because it allows no statistically significant conclusion.
Last year I bought a 16GB SSD for roughly $140. I wouldn't be surprised if a 64GB SSD (even next year) would be as expensive as the rest of the chrome-book's components put together.
Simply put, yes. They are a victim of the marketing department at Microsoft, which (look back for the article last week) has admitted to paying "independent" shills and stacking discussion panels to endorse their inferior product.
It is marketed better and more ruthlessly - that's why anyone pays for it.
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What, so now freaking sea lions have more privacy rights than we do?
"Approved By The TSA" - the best testimony a security measure can get!
Actually, they found traces of an ancient race of tentacled aliens that were ultimately responsible for creating us. Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!
Or a scientific article, which claimed to be original but was actually a copy of an older work, this would be plagiarism, as well as a copyright violation.
However, if I claim a patent on an invention almost a hundred years old, I would be granted exclusive rights to it until someone sics a lawyer on me.
Can't we make filing false patent claims a felony? It is not enough to have these patents sit uncontested unless someone can cough up the cash for a civil court case. The people who file these patents should ask themselves: "Do I want to pay a sizable fine or spend time in jail for filing a fraudulent patent claim?"
Morally, this is a violation of the intellectual property rights of the People (ie. the public domain), and the state should prosecute that.
Unlike cryptology, digital computers and the internet? Steel? Military applications have driven innovation for--- well, forever really.
The depressing thing about human nature is that if we weren't always busy coming up with more efficient ways to kill each other, technology might be advancing far more slowly.
If someone offers you money for your lottery ticket, you can't wait to see if you win before selling.
I know you are kidding, but that post still gave me nausea. :P
He said it.
Optical audio port. There's one in my old laptop too. It tended to be switched on when I installed a new system. Since he mentions a broken OS, he's probably reinstalled and doesn't have the right drivers.
Or MAYBE, the TSA infected him with the HAL 9000 virus.
"I'm sorry Steven, I can't let you listen to that."
I guess that will mean 2010 will be the perfect time to get one cheap.
"We didn't realize our dick move would receive so much public attention."
There's a difference.
That is wrong on so many different levels.
But encryption technologies are special toys; they're made to be broken, see. Consider them as pinatas.
I raise you a Vigenere - used by the Confederates after it was successfully broken by Babbage.
(Also, apparently they changed the password twice during the course of the war.)
It is possible to end up with crap data because the premise of your experiment is wrong. You can ignore a variable that should have been controlled or kept equal, or you can measure the wrong variable.
You can also end up with data that neither confirms nor denies your hypothesis, because it allows no statistically significant conclusion.
The "lots of love" is what someone told me too, when I was first starting out online.
Luckily, I didn't trust his expertise. Before I started using it, I checked for myself. :P
Well, that's the challenge. The misrouting part is easy.
(I'm only partly kidding. :P )
At least there's also no guarantee that future versions won't, which is more than can be said for MS Word.
Last year I bought a 16GB SSD for roughly $140. I wouldn't be surprised if a 64GB SSD (even next year) would be as expensive as the rest of the chrome-book's components put together.
http://google.com/search?q=do+ibexes+fear+fire
http://google.com/search?q=do+ibexes+fear+death
http://google.com/search?q=protecting+my+home+from+ibex+attack
(Ibices?)
That's from some verse in the Book of Revelation, isn't it?
THIS! IS! EMACS!
I'm in that 1%, you insensitive CLOD!
Simply put, yes. They are a victim of the marketing department at Microsoft, which (look back for the article last week) has admitted to paying "independent" shills and stacking discussion panels to endorse their inferior product.
It is marketed better and more ruthlessly - that's why anyone pays for it.