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The Listener(theatlantic.com)
11 points by muerdeme 17y ago|1 comments
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by muerdeme 17y ago
“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.” - Lincoln
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by muerdeme 17y ago
I would argue that their pay rate isn't high enough because of what we're learning about head injuries. I still love watching football though.
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by muerdeme 17y ago
One thing that struck me reading this article is that innovation seems to have outgrown the one size fits all nature of the patent system. Given the huge difference in capital expenditures required between engineering software and pharmace
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by muerdeme 17y ago
Why exactly does Kinsella's political philosophy matter? He is upfront about what he believes, so I don't think he's trying to deceive anyone. I also don't think that his political orientation means anything "from a legal perspective." M
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by muerdeme 17y ago
Why do I have to click checkout to find out what the sensor price is? Even the pricing tab doesn't help...
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by muerdeme 17y ago
"Final" means the set that will end the match, not necessarily the fifth set.
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Curing Your Restlessness: Limiting Your Choices(artofmanliness.com)
1 points by muerdeme 17y ago|0 comments
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by muerdeme 17y ago
The U.S. Open is the only grand slam tournament that uses final set tiebreaks. Hence the marathon 5th set (16-14) between Roddick and Federer at this year's Wimbledon.
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by muerdeme 17y ago
Correction to the Roger Federer problem: the setting must be the U.S. Open for the solution to make any sense.
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by muerdeme 17y ago
The post doesn't really make it clear, but most if not all of these figures look to me like Jobs has been getting design patents (not utility).
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by muerdeme 17y ago
United States Patent Application 20090119148
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by muerdeme 17y ago
Really? I've always had the impression that tiered internet is desirable for the "average consumer," but not for me. And how is tiered internet related to the cost of the content you receive over the internet?
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by muerdeme 18y ago
How is protection from politics protecting the kids from themselves? Given how much it pisses me off, I kinda wish I were still protected from politics.
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Patent Failure(researchoninnovation.org)
1 points by muerdeme 18y ago|0 comments
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With Hulu, Older Audiences Lead the Way(online.wsj.com)
3 points by muerdeme 18y ago|0 comments
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Photo-Sharing Site Runs Afoul of Facebook - BusinessWeek(businessweek.com)
1 points by muerdeme 18y ago|0 comments
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by muerdeme 18y ago
Before: http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north204.html After: Central banker That's the gist of the argument. I'm not going to pretend to know where the line between Objectivism's general ideals and economic ideals lies.
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by muerdeme 18y ago
I agree that efficiency depends on time frame, but I believe that the market will always be more efficient as the time-frame grows. A market is not zero sum. Investors with long-term horizons don't have to beat the market to make money, b
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by muerdeme 18y ago
"Bubbles start to pop when the momentum traders run out of money and can no longer push prices up." She states credible evidence that the market is efficient, then claims that the evidence undermines those who believe in efficient markets..
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by muerdeme 18y ago
The $2MM liquidated damages clause may indeed be a penalty, but clause would then just disappear. Either way it wouldn't affect the validity of the rest of the contract.
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by muerdeme 18y ago
According to my Dad, the acorn crop has been so good in central Texas this year that corn feeders have been (relatively) ineffective at luring in deer.
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In re Bilski: Tangibility Gone “Meta”(patentlyo.com)
2 points by muerdeme 18y ago|1 comments
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by muerdeme 18y ago
"[T]he Federal Circuit said the patent application in question -- a method for reducing the risk of sudden changes in energy costs -- was not a machine and did not result in a transformation." (FTA) The article seems to say the method is no
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by muerdeme 18y ago
Mike Leach is by far my favorite personality in sports (though I was raised in Lubbock). He really is crazy like a fox. "The Madman of West Texas": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqRz9gQfYr8
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by muerdeme 18y ago
I'd happily beta test. I currently use http://www.gyminee.com to track my workouts.
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EBay opens up to developers as users look for alternatives(arstechnica.com)
1 points by muerdeme 18y ago|0 comments
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Study: .gov web sites should focus on RSS, XML—not redesigns(arstechnica.com)
9 points by muerdeme 18y ago|0 comments
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Google Health beta launches with security issues looming(arstechnica.com)
1 points by muerdeme 18y ago|0 comments
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by muerdeme 18y ago
It is yearly interest, but the loan terms are typically much shorter. If the loan only lasts 14 days, a quoted APR seems much higher than is typical for, say, a mortgage, which lasts 30 years.

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