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by ktizo 14y ago
It also looks like a patent on elements of networked fleet vehicle tracking, which has been around since the '90s.
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by ktizo 14y ago
Interesting idea, so the more they try to profit from the crud, then the worse it looks, so more players try to profit off their own crud before their crud becomes worthless, and so on. Presumably if that is true, there would be a threshold
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by ktizo 14y ago
That's why you have to change the rules first. It should require a much higher level of innovation to qualify for patent protection. And if we are going to grant temporary monopolies, then there should be the relevant resources to keep the
514.
by ktizo 14y ago
That is awesome. I've heard that if you send a packet with the evil flag set to 0xF, they immediately dispatch the drones for protocol infractions.
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by ktizo 14y ago
Question: Who really gave that order? Answer: Control. Question: If Control’s control is absolute, why does Control need to control? Answer: Control… needs time. Question: Is Control controlled by its need to control? Answer: Yes
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by ktizo 14y ago
As well as reforming the rules under which a patent is granted, we should also double the pay of patent examiners, then make them professionally part-liable for court costs arising from the granting of illegitimate monopolies in the form of
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by ktizo 14y ago
It might be partly that many politicians have profited from IP of one form or another, but few have worked in software.
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by ktizo 14y ago
Could also be a function of triage. AIDS patients may not have been high up the list for bone marrow.
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by ktizo 14y ago
That depends on what test you run IIRC.
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by ktizo 14y ago
Why should ordinary people have to suffer? Make the terrorists use the #ThisIsAnActualTerrorThreatNoReallyItIs hashtag instead. Which would also give them far less characters left over in which to communicate their despicable intentions and
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by ktizo 14y ago
Could you wire it directly to the limbic system so you only get hungry after you have moved around enough?
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by ktizo 14y ago
The penrose tiling goes on for ever, but never repeats the pattern, a bit like a geometric version of an irrational number, so to make a propagating 'glider' out of simple rules similar to conway's game of life played out on that form of gr
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by ktizo 14y ago
Tell me about it. I went and bought a reprap. I now have a 3d printer on my desk that's priced well under a grand, that is cheap as hell to run and that is designed from the outset for making replacement and upgraded components for itself.
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by ktizo 14y ago
Yes, but I would rather not spend all of that listening to fur-elise for the umpteenth time while getting lost in the arcane submenus of a corporate telephone system, all the while being told how valued I am as a customer by a repeating dis
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by ktizo 14y ago
If you know a home has guns, aren't you just as likely to burgle it while the occupants are out, probably in order to steal the guns?
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by ktizo 14y ago
And the drugs - http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/21/chemputer-that... And some spare organs in case of accidents involving the guns and the drugs - http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engine... And nice littl
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by ktizo 14y ago
This technology is used to print engine parts for F1 car racing - http://www.eos.info/en/products/systems-equipment/metal-lase... And it is only going to get cheaper - http://reprap.org/wiki/MetalicaRap
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by ktizo 14y ago
I was being ridiculously literal in my interpretation as I felt that you were being ridiculously hyperbolic and that you were verging into being insulting to the chinese in general rather than the chinese government in particular, even if t
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by ktizo 14y ago
You can go all the way into the terabit range with single fibre, which is also around the same ballpark as what you need for full holographic video.
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by ktizo 14y ago
I don't mind having no call centers to call as long as the service works better and the network is smart. Currently, you are having to use a phone to verbally tell the telco where the problems are on the network they run, which is insane.
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by ktizo 14y ago
Ah I see, sorry, I was just figuring out the logistics. So, just to clear up any confusion, are you really recommending that it is preferable for Chinese citizens to drown in the Yangtze? Or is it only preferable for people who became Chine
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by ktizo 14y ago
How are you planning on drowning in the Yangtze River without first entering China? Or were you just planning on doing it within your first day?
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by ktizo 14y ago
Is strangely written because it is sarcastically reflecting the content of official statements.
534.
by ktizo 14y ago
Not true, the great apes are all classified as hominidae.
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by ktizo 14y ago
Only in an exceptionally mild way, and no worse than you should reasonably expect from posting absurdly uninformed critiques of basic science to a technology oriented online community. Besides, I meant it more for humour than offense, as I
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by ktizo 14y ago
I immediately thought of Shigeru Ban and his paper tube buildings - http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/SBA_WORKS/SBA_PAPER/SBA_...
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by ktizo 14y ago
Could be a faked email by someone winding him up.
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by ktizo 14y ago
a) We are apes, as are chimpanzees and gorillas and bonobos, etc. b) I think we may have just found you.
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by ktizo 14y ago
The consensus in science is obtained when there is NO ONE debating anything anymore. No, that is called the end of science.
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by ktizo 14y ago
It states clearly where the data is from; Measurements from three satellites what the image represents; areas classified as "probable melt" (light pink) correspond to those sites where at least one satellite detected surface melting. The

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