Unfortunately, the DeLorean wins, as 1100MW is only 1.1 Gigawatts. They need a flux capacitor to help liven things up to surpass 1.21 GW.
Speaking of which, a nuclear symbol almost looks like a flux capacitor. Coincidence?
How about putting that money into improving the deplorable roads of Seattle proper. Despite not using salt come snowy conditions, the roads and especially the highways are full of pot holes. No wonder why everyone actually drives speed limits here, if you go faster parts of your car will start falling off.
I would almost never buy an unpacked product because I would be afraid it would interfere with my warranty, and because otherwise there is literally no way to tell who fucked up a product; the manufacturer, or the unpacker.
The products come from the manufacturer in a less packed box--meaning less twistys, blister packing, plastic bags, etc. There is no unpacker involved anywhere in the scheme. The box is also optimized to be shipped individually more so than the standard box, and will actually provide better protection for the customer.
Though funny, at the same time this plagues Microsoft's end users,in the form of what does each package actually get, it is used as a great power for Linux, in the form of different niche distributions which have (mostly) defined markets.
We all know some distros for Linux starters, and we all know some for business, and some for the ultimate geek card score. Because these options are provided not as a single product, but as a variety of distributions and even sub-distributions, each product can gain their own community, and in turn, provide better uptake of Linux.
Why just firefox and not a slew of different browsers. By doing so, they are promoting more dependence on one browser, for better or worse, and not letting the people decide.
I like firefox, but it still doesn't mean we shouldn't have a choice if we are going to be forced to have one in the bundled software.
It's great to see the judgment for this case, however, it will not stop virtual patents in the pharma world (or in software either). Patent lawyers know the system very well, and will use what they learned here to make sure that all virtual patents are tied to a mechanical process or an apparatus. In this case, specifically for US Patent 6420139, evaluating the safety of immunization could become using a simple lab on a chip (the apparatus) that will take the samples from all patients and evaluate their effectiveness in correlation with the schedule of treatment*. The lab on a chip will be novel for detection of a certain disease, virus, etc., which will allow this to be patentable for each new immunization/screening that is needed (with minor tweaks of course).
*Note: this has been written about now, therefor prior art now exists. You may not use this to validate this patent, or others.
The point now is not to sue, but to hold on so others cannot sue Amazon. I believe Amazon will be true to the patent reform they spoke about earlier, but until then, are making the better business decision for their shareholders. It may be a lot of money to defend a patent, but it is much more to have to pay litigation costs when being sued.
Has anyone heard of any other patents that Amazon has used against other companies? What about the latest patents they hold, have they been used recently, or are they just used to protect their business and shareholders?
I don't hear book publisher charging the price of a book to read the last chapter if I buy it used, why should games be the same way.
Just the same, we live in a free economy, the consumers and customers will speak as a collective whole, most likely by not buying the worse than DRM laden games.
Finally, I haven't come up with a good name yet for this, anyone have any thoughts?
You mean, "Right, it's a joke." In some browsers, the bottom of the j is cut off. I invented a new language too, named asdlkj. It is whitespace combined with brainf*ck that sits atop the microsoft JVM that compiles down to executable php.
Here is some sample code (tabs in [tab]):
+ + + + +[tab]<[. -]-.[tab] [tab]>-- [tab]<.+.
I'm still trying to understand what it's supposed to do.
There are also quite a few bugs. The two biggest are: 1. When maximizing tabs, the scrolling is messed up. If you use middle click scroll, you need to do it on the side tab bar, not the main window, else you want to scroll all of half an inch. 2. Gmail is slow to react and doesn't delete items as planned.
I don't much care for the new weather look, as it takes up about 3 times as much space as the older one. Now with the compressed space, my single page became almost two pages. Not what I call compact.
When MAMA first was getting started with the internet, she talked with my grandmother--and her mom--GRAM, General Research and Analysis Miner for some help. Together they provided an online analysis tool, called MAMAGRAM, used to across the globe for enlightenment of geeks in mining single sided relationship data.
So then maybe I thought self-defence mechanism - but I realized that the amount of power that would need would be impractical.
Even if you had that much power, wouldn't it hurt yourself long before you could use it to hurt others? It only takes a few tens of milliamps across the heart to kill someone.
magnetic fields overwhelm the pressure of matter and seize control of the sun's gases. It's where solar flares explode, where coronal mass ejections begin
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Unfortunately, the DeLorean wins, as 1100MW is only 1.1 Gigawatts. They need a flux capacitor to help liven things up to surpass 1.21 GW. Speaking of which, a nuclear symbol almost looks like a flux capacitor. Coincidence?
Here are two sources, saying that there was a mistake in the system.
AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFAIOIDnSsgrsaXKgoEH9kaWAmlwD97HAGUO1
La time (blog) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/04/amazon-responds-to-adult-queries-blames-a-glitch.html
Isn't this the same as SMS text messages. I don't ask to receive them, especially from spammers, but I still get charged $0.15 per message.
How about putting that money into improving the deplorable roads of Seattle proper. Despite not using salt come snowy conditions, the roads and especially the highways are full of pot holes. No wonder why everyone actually drives speed limits here, if you go faster parts of your car will start falling off.
The products come from the manufacturer in a less packed box--meaning less twistys, blister packing, plastic bags, etc. There is no unpacker involved anywhere in the scheme. The box is also optimized to be shipped individually more so than the standard box, and will actually provide better protection for the customer.
Please use proper grammar, you meant to say:
jonesday.com are litigious bastards.
Oh and...
litigious bastards
litigious
bastards
turtle
No they are not turtles , rather goats with small legs . Or perhaps red eyes due to ocular fisting .
Gross, to many balls in this picture!
Hackable Mind Control-Powered Valentine's Card
That would be so much cooler, and helpful for this crowd.
Though funny, at the same time this plagues Microsoft's end users,in the form of what does each package actually get, it is used as a great power for Linux, in the form of different niche distributions which have (mostly) defined markets.
We all know some distros for Linux starters, and we all know some for business, and some for the ultimate geek card score. Because these options are provided not as a single product, but as a variety of distributions and even sub-distributions, each product can gain their own community, and in turn, provide better uptake of Linux.
Why just firefox and not a slew of different browsers. By doing so, they are promoting more dependence on one browser, for better or worse, and not letting the people decide.
I like firefox, but it still doesn't mean we shouldn't have a choice if we are going to be forced to have one in the bundled software.
Do we really need to waste precious cargo space and weight to bring up food coloring? I suppose astronauts might want green or purple catchup too.
It's great to see the judgment for this case, however, it will not stop virtual patents in the pharma world (or in software either). Patent lawyers know the system very well, and will use what they learned here to make sure that all virtual patents are tied to a mechanical process or an apparatus. In this case, specifically for US Patent 6420139, evaluating the safety of immunization could become using a simple lab on a chip (the apparatus) that will take the samples from all patients and evaluate their effectiveness in correlation with the schedule of treatment*. The lab on a chip will be novel for detection of a certain disease, virus, etc., which will allow this to be patentable for each new immunization/screening that is needed (with minor tweaks of course).
*Note: this has been written about now, therefor prior art now exists. You may not use this to validate this patent, or others.
Try thinking on their side of things for once...
Yes, Amazon did ask for a patent reform, but that hasn't happened yet, so they are covering themselves in case the reform falls through.
The point now is not to sue, but to hold on so others cannot sue Amazon. I believe Amazon will be true to the patent reform they spoke about earlier, but until then, are making the better business decision for their shareholders. It may be a lot of money to defend a patent, but it is much more to have to pay litigation costs when being sued.
Has anyone heard of any other patents that Amazon has used against other companies? What about the latest patents they hold, have they been used recently, or are they just used to protect their business and shareholders?
I don't hear book publisher charging the price of a book to read the last chapter if I buy it used, why should games be the same way.
Just the same, we live in a free economy, the consumers and customers will speak as a collective whole, most likely by not buying the worse than DRM laden games.
Finally, I haven't come up with a good name yet for this, anyone have any thoughts?
You mean, "Right, it's a joke." In some browsers, the bottom of the j is cut off. I invented a new language too, named asdlkj. It is whitespace combined with brainf*ck that sits atop the microsoft JVM that compiles down to executable php.
Here is some sample code (tabs in [tab]):
+ + + + +[tab]<[. -]-.[tab] [tab]>-- [tab]<.+.
I'm still trying to understand what it's supposed to do.
I thought they were just worms that you got from that bad truck-stop sandwich jazzercising your brain.
There are also quite a few bugs. The two biggest are:
1. When maximizing tabs, the scrolling is messed up. If you use middle click scroll, you need to do it on the side tab bar, not the main window, else you want to scroll all of half an inch.
2. Gmail is slow to react and doesn't delete items as planned.
I don't much care for the new weather look, as it takes up about 3 times as much space as the older one. Now with the compressed space, my single page became almost two pages. Not what I call compact.
When MAMA first was getting started with the internet, she talked with my grandmother--and her mom--GRAM, General Research and Analysis Miner for some help. Together they provided an online analysis tool, called MAMAGRAM, used to across the globe for enlightenment of geeks in mining single sided relationship data.
Even if you had that much power, wouldn't it hurt yourself long before you could use it to hurt others? It only takes a few tens of milliamps across the heart to kill someone.
I rather the kiss of death.
Sounds like someone needs some beano.
Plaid speed.
<misquote>sulfuric ass is in the atmosphere</misquote>
I for one welcome our new cheese cutting planet.