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I feel somewhat silly after seeing the landing page, and realizing it's about a new physical pocket calculator (a product category I didn't think received all t
by unwind 15y ago
I feel somewhat silly after seeing the landing page, and realizing it's about a new physical pocket calculator (a product category I didn't think received all that much attention), I still clicked the calculator in the image, thinking it might have a web simulator.
Which it doesn't, and then I thought "meh". It's truly easy to be spoilt by this clicky-shiny web thing.
- jyothi 15y agoand they have a patent for this one http://www.google.com/patents/US6820800 http://www.google.com/patents/US6820800 An electronic calculator having means for enabling a user to input a calculation, characterized in that the calculator has a mode of operation in which the user is required to input additionally at least one estimate of the result of the calculation before the correct result of the calculation is displayed.
- bluecalm 15y agoHas it any chance of standing in court ? I mean it's as close to patent for idea as it gets. I hope there will be movement of not buying things manufactured by companies filling silly patents. I feel it's my duty to ignore this company after reading it.
- georgieporgie 15y agoThe patents I find offensive are the ones held by companies that aren't producing any products, much less a product similar to what's described in a given patent.
- MartinCron 15y agoI mean it's as close to patent for idea as it gets. Patents are intended to be for inventions, and this feels like it qualifies.
- chc 15y agoNo, this is pretty far from a patent for a general idea. I mean, how much more specifically do you think they could describe the method, and would it really add anything in your estimation?
- gaius 15y agoI feel it's my duty to ignore this company after reading it That's nice, but you haven't any understanding of what a patent actually is. It is not an idea, any more than the title of a book is a story. It is an implementation. In the case of Qama, the clever bit is scaling the estimation tolerance with the difficulty of the calculation. It seems that maths isn't the only area that needs education.
- screwt 15y agoI was disappointed - surely a live web version would be easy to mock up, and give a good feel for how things work? This wouldn't need to give away any details - if need be, just have 10 example calcs with the tolerance hard-coded.
- jpwagner 15y agohttp://sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-test-day-checklist#calcPolicy http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-test-day-checklist#...
- PhrosTT 15y agoUsing this on the SATs would be one of dumbest moves ever.