it goes BEYOND definition of 'prior art'. that gene was there even before mankind was able to draw pictures on cave walls, leave aside any notion of a 'patent'.
this incident shows how insanely stupid u.s. patent system and accompanying greed has gone. we are one step away from someone trying to patent homo sapiens sapiens. such patent applications should not only be rejected, but also heavily fined for trying to abuse the system.
that guy spurt a lot of bullshit without knowing what he is talking about, yet, you people modded that comment to +5 ? how did you conclude he was talking the truth without knowing how ISPs in sweden work, yourself ?
... the country which every free market holistic economist zealot fails to mention while condemning socialism, because it breaks their entire house of cards. almost socialist swedes enjoy 100 mbit for $11, whereas in the pinnacle of 'free' market capitalism, america, americans pay hoards of cash and still not get anywhere near the service they promised.
and how justice is under the paid service of the corporations, not to mention legislators, and the charade of a fair and free society is being maintained despite corporations and wealthy do not have any problems ignoring and bypassing laws through the power of money if they feel the need. and all is rationalized behind a twisted interpretation of 'freedom' coupled with capitalism.
no. im not socialist. but im this close to being one from what i saw in the recent years.
that's your key. you will need to learn to do sacrifices for your freedoms. if they want it, give it to them. quit buying any major label item, music, movie, whatever. let them suffer in their war against people.
This is hilarious, especially since the difficulty of the average game has been toned down, checkpoints added, and infinite lives are the norm. Games on 8 bit consoles used to be extremely difficult - few had saves, they had limited lives, and were often ported from arcade machines designed to suck in quarters as you die time and time again.
are you putting forward the arcade games that were designed to suck in coins as games that were trendsetters, classics, or even 'fun' in their own regard ? are you using anything other than the fact that these games were the only games available in their period to back that up ? i dont think so.
its evident that you are more a console boy. for all the examples, and your viewpoint reflects arcade games, lives and whatnot. there's a whole different picture in pc gaming.
* advent of 3d and easy, mass production of games through usage of 3 - killed strong story and fun : everyone took easier route for competition - 'hey our game has more polygons'.
* pointless innovation of the type described in the article
* 'challenge' disorder. each game has been made into major struggles you have to take on in the still of the night at your home, instead of entertainment.
* 'play time' bullshit. it become added to a game's 'value' as a measurement - but fun was dropped from the equation. so its fairly how long you spend in front of the game now. it goes hand in hand with the shit in the item above.
as one's wealth increases, his/her will/need to spend decreases proportionally. for, the things one strives, craves, needs increases as you become richer, for you acquire them, and in addition there are not much to be done with increasing amount of wealth.
its basic. you want a fast car, you got it. you want a million dollar apartment, you got it. you want a 10 million dollar house on the hill ? you got it. a private plane ? you got it.
the only ways one can keep spending are :
a) become extravagant and spend exorbitant amounts on overpriced goods, like $100k champagne bottles or handmade cars or houses made of glass - which is not only ridiculous, but also inflationist - there is no way inflation can stop. some designer can claim that his/her designs are 'art' and attempt to sell a dress which numerous similar examples have been created throughout history for $10 m. you may go buy the 'name' and the 'hype' on it. but actually you bought zit.
c) invest and continually increase your wealth. actually this is the promise of unlimited capitalism, but it fails. grandly. for, just as any other human being, a wealthy investor is an individual. s/he has a certain brain power to keep track of things, calculate risks, manage assets, process returns. you know, the regular wear & tear & weight of managing anything. it doesnt change with corporations - a corporation's capacity is proportional to the efficiency of the sum of all the individuals capacities' combined synergy and the methodology it uses to manage. so, a corporation is like an individual from outside - it has its limits.
therefore, after some point, just like individuals, corporations stop investing in hard, real investments to generate more wealth - its not worth the effort after a point. and they all get inclined to invest in tools that will generate effortless returns with no effort - financial tools.
so the world has come to a point that the wealth that was supposed to be invested as per capitalism are being played in financial tools and accruing more wealth without actually doing anything tangible or rendering any solid service. hedge funds & accompanying investment flop that put the world into crisis is a stellar example - money making money over SO derived tools that they dont actually come into play to generate reliable loans even.
therefore stop with the bullshit of 'stimulating the economy'. the MORE you have, the LESS you will invest & spend. and your wealth will increasingly take the route that countless trillions took, going into investment banks or financial tools without doing any solid good for economy.
what government is doing, is putting back some of that wealth into the economy, so your world will not crumble under you.
apparently nazis are in power in germany again. you should leave that hellhole and move to netherlands, one of the last bastions of democracy, while we update the image of germany in our minds with the new fascist image and let that image affect our business and consumption decisions.
for, if they had taken them seriously, instead of MORONICALLY shitting him in a court, and did some extra research of their own, they may have concluded that it could be good to evacuate, OR at least take measures. now 100.000 people homeless, there are only 2000 tents.
it is no brainer that having english as a 2nd language helped linus torvalds be who he is. i can testify to the effects of bilingualism first hand, since i am one of the generations in turkey who were thought a foreign language from the end of elementary school and educated in university with a foreign language. that being english.
some minority of my generation were taught german, because in those times (early 80s) turkey had great economic ties with germany, and germany was a booming economy. but today the people who are taught german is having a hard time in global world, because global world adopted english. and the positions and professions those of my generation's english taught percentage hold around the world are noteworthy. ranking from top executives in p&g to being one of top 10 people of even greater global megacorporations.
no sir. its not the 'linguistic effect' of 'any' language that helps people. its being able to actually communicate with anyone that helps. and this, is done through english.
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South korea has already fined intel for the exact same crooked behaviour recently. eu is even late in doing it.
it goes BEYOND definition of 'prior art'. that gene was there even before mankind was able to draw pictures on cave walls, leave aside any notion of a 'patent'.
this incident shows how insanely stupid u.s. patent system and accompanying greed has gone. we are one step away from someone trying to patent homo sapiens sapiens. such patent applications should not only be rejected, but also heavily fined for trying to abuse the system.
they will guarantee your job, they will guarantee your children's job, they will make sure you eat food.
but you and your children will do what they want, forever.
go get yourself fucked in your own little serfdom. this is not the europe i want.
"Moderation in regulation. Moderation in privatization."
pretty good punchline you got there. i wont forget that one.
that guy spurt a lot of bullshit without knowing what he is talking about, yet, you people modded that comment to +5 ? how did you conclude he was talking the truth without knowing how ISPs in sweden work, yourself ?
... the country which every free market holistic economist zealot fails to mention while condemning socialism, because it breaks their entire house of cards. almost socialist swedes enjoy 100 mbit for $11, whereas in the pinnacle of 'free' market capitalism, america, americans pay hoards of cash and still not get anywhere near the service they promised.
enjoy it while you are there, if you are there.
and how justice is under the paid service of the corporations, not to mention legislators, and the charade of a fair and free society is being maintained despite corporations and wealthy do not have any problems ignoring and bypassing laws through the power of money if they feel the need. and all is rationalized behind a twisted interpretation of 'freedom' coupled with capitalism.
no. im not socialist. but im this close to being one from what i saw in the recent years.
that's your key. you will need to learn to do sacrifices for your freedoms. if they want it, give it to them. quit buying any major label item, music, movie, whatever. let them suffer in their war against people.
give us donation links to fight this shit.
and in addition, why arent you still running an organization to fight this thing ? or are you working for eff or any others ?
you scared me into not doing any p2p. well done.
This is hilarious, especially since the difficulty of the average game has been toned down, checkpoints added, and infinite lives are the norm. Games on 8 bit consoles used to be extremely difficult - few had saves, they had limited lives, and were often ported from arcade machines designed to suck in quarters as you die time and time again.
are you putting forward the arcade games that were designed to suck in coins as games that were trendsetters, classics, or even 'fun' in their own regard ? are you using anything other than the fact that these games were the only games available in their period to back that up ? i dont think so.
its evident that you are more a console boy. for all the examples, and your viewpoint reflects arcade games, lives and whatnot. there's a whole different picture in pc gaming.
now then ? what happened to all the campaign promises of free speech, individual freedoms, liberties and whatnot ?
4 things broke game industry in mid 90s :
* advent of 3d and easy, mass production of games through usage of 3 - killed strong story and fun : everyone took easier route for competition - 'hey our game has more polygons'.
* pointless innovation of the type described in the article
* 'challenge' disorder. each game has been made into major struggles you have to take on in the still of the night at your home, instead of entertainment.
* 'play time' bullshit. it become added to a game's 'value' as a measurement - but fun was dropped from the equation. so its fairly how long you spend in front of the game now. it goes hand in hand with the shit in the item above.
ahahahahaaa. that was really funny ...... ..... not
we should ban them. or, tie their usage into daily permission schedules.
as one's wealth increases, his/her will/need to spend decreases proportionally. for, the things one strives, craves, needs increases as you become richer, for you acquire them, and in addition there are not much to be done with increasing amount of wealth.
its basic. you want a fast car, you got it. you want a million dollar apartment, you got it. you want a 10 million dollar house on the hill ? you got it. a private plane ? you got it.
the only ways one can keep spending are :
a) become extravagant and spend exorbitant amounts on overpriced goods, like $100k champagne bottles or handmade cars or houses made of glass - which is not only ridiculous, but also inflationist - there is no way inflation can stop. some designer can claim that his/her designs are 'art' and attempt to sell a dress which numerous similar examples have been created throughout history for $10 m. you may go buy the 'name' and the 'hype' on it. but actually you bought zit.
c) invest and continually increase your wealth. actually this is the promise of unlimited capitalism, but it fails. grandly. for, just as any other human being, a wealthy investor is an individual. s/he has a certain brain power to keep track of things, calculate risks, manage assets, process returns. you know, the regular wear & tear & weight of managing anything. it doesnt change with corporations - a corporation's capacity is proportional to the efficiency of the sum of all the individuals capacities' combined synergy and the methodology it uses to manage. so, a corporation is like an individual from outside - it has its limits.
therefore, after some point, just like individuals, corporations stop investing in hard, real investments to generate more wealth - its not worth the effort after a point. and they all get inclined to invest in tools that will generate effortless returns with no effort - financial tools.
so the world has come to a point that the wealth that was supposed to be invested as per capitalism are being played in financial tools and accruing more wealth without actually doing anything tangible or rendering any solid service. hedge funds & accompanying investment flop that put the world into crisis is a stellar example - money making money over SO derived tools that they dont actually come into play to generate reliable loans even.
therefore stop with the bullshit of 'stimulating the economy'. the MORE you have, the LESS you will invest & spend. and your wealth will increasingly take the route that countless trillions took, going into investment banks or financial tools without doing any solid good for economy.
what government is doing, is putting back some of that wealth into the economy, so your world will not crumble under you.
inconveniencing any swedish woman is one of the biggest social blasphemies in my eyes. what the world is coming to !
apparently nazis are in power in germany again. you should leave that hellhole and move to netherlands, one of the last bastions of democracy, while we update the image of germany in our minds with the new fascist image and let that image affect our business and consumption decisions.
i would consider it a good thing too, if it wasnt metaphorical.
le idiot. 100.000 people homeless now, and there are only 2000 tents. you deserve a kick in the face.
for, if they had taken them seriously, instead of MORONICALLY shitting him in a court, and did some extra research of their own, they may have concluded that it could be good to evacuate, OR at least take measures. now 100.000 people homeless, there are only 2000 tents.
your analogy sucks major tit. and i mean MAJOR.
sounds funny, but insightful in reality.
let me tell you as a citizen, i would go to kick that mayor in the face.
it is no brainer that having english as a 2nd language helped linus torvalds be who he is. i can testify to the effects of bilingualism first hand, since i am one of the generations in turkey who were thought a foreign language from the end of elementary school and educated in university with a foreign language. that being english.
some minority of my generation were taught german, because in those times (early 80s) turkey had great economic ties with germany, and germany was a booming economy. but today the people who are taught german is having a hard time in global world, because global world adopted english. and the positions and professions those of my generation's english taught percentage hold around the world are noteworthy. ranking from top executives in p&g to being one of top 10 people of even greater global megacorporations.
no sir. its not the 'linguistic effect' of 'any' language that helps people. its being able to actually communicate with anyone that helps. and this, is done through english.