The great thing about ignorance is that it can be cured quite easily with a little study in the area one is ignorant. Stupidity such as yours, on the other hand, has no cure.
I really love the way the World of Warcraft fans have come out to pontificate so passionately in the comments, putting down others who may have been a little off the mark. "ignorant about life"? Really? Given the most recent subscriber numbers for World of Warcraft are approximately 12 million, that puts the world wide relevance of World of Warcraft at approximately 0.2%. World of Warcraft doesn't mean anything to the 99.8% of the rest of the world. Get over your own self importance.
... but apparently some are so annoyed by the bogus claims from PC makers that they've filed a class action lawsuit. ...
This is a little misleading. From the article:
... Girard Gibbs, a law firm that specializes in securities litigation and consumer class actions, is looking for possible plaintiffs related to the issue and is offering a “free consultation.” ...
This is what class action lawsuits are these days: a law firm sees an opportunity to cash in and gets people to sign up. Several years ago my wife got a letter from a law firm regarding a class action lawsuit where the company being sued had lost. One plaintiff got $7,000, the rest of the members of the class got a 30 days free service from the company, and the lawyers that brought the suit to the company got $4,000,000.
While I'm not saying that people aren't annoyed that they aren't getting what's advertised, this is definitely not something that's being initiated by the consumers.
I already heard about this coming down the pipe from my employer a few months ago.
Want to guess what the universal response from my shop was?
"Not going to be on call 24/7 anymore, because the work cell stays at the office and we'll just use the landlines/personal cells to make personal calls."
Assuming that professors/teachers didn't immediately catch on and bust someone for doing this and that it became widespread in use: wouldn't it just breed a generation of hard-ass profs/teachers that would have a policy of "the integrity of the files you turn in for your schoolwork is your responsibility, you will get an F for any corrupted files you turn in."
In fact, I have to wonder if news of this service even existing will prompt educators to put this sort of policy in place preemptively.
This company is preventing competitors from arising in the field of treating HIV patients. Unless you have a legally binding statement from this company stating they will either a) provide licensing for both these patents for free or b) will manufacture and provide the devices described in these patents at cost then they will-by definition-be artificially inflating the cost for any patients looking to benefit from these ideas.
Statistically, there are going to be HIV infected individuals who cannot afford to receive superior treatment because of the artificially increased price. So despite your hyperbole aimed at TechDirt, yes, these patents are being used to put lives at risk because of corporate greed.
Patent 6,188,988 has 66 claims. Here's the key claims:
1: Help selecting treatment for an illness.
a: Entering patient illness data and history into a computer that matches said data against databases containing known treatments, known guidelines for diagnosis and treatment selection, and known variations of treatments.
b & c: Aggregate data from those databases into a list of treatments and treatment data for said patient.
This is a search engine for illnesses and treatments. Google could have done this and probably has something planned with their Google Health offering.
Claims 2-8 & 12-22 are based on claim 1.
7: Generate warnings about drugs patient is taking that will have negative side effects with proposed treatment and information to help begin a proposed treatment.
Every legal Pharmacy does this. They cannot afford to do otherwise, a mistake could cause someone to die.
Claims 9-11 are based on claim 7. 23 & 45 are rewordings of 1. 24-30 & 34-43 are based on 23. 29 & 50 are rewordings of 7. 31-33 are based on claim 29. 44 is basically saying "a drug reference book on a computer." 46, 48-51, & 55-66 are based on 45. 47 is based on 46. 52-54 are based on 50.
This thing is a redundant pile of poo. It's literally proof of concept for the idea of how utterly screwed up the patent system is.
(an actual support ticket submitted) Customer Support | Your Current Question: yo yo brother wat it do wat it do. im here to rat on Sevilysia this foo be harrasing the great {Gladiator Frostio} Sevilysia be saying that Frostio be making a Premade Alterac Valley which aint true dog and hella heads be messaging frostio for an invite. That aint right ya heard? That be harassment.
(the conversation between the player and GM) Glycen: Yo, yo, this be Game Master Glycen. So I read this phat ticket about some foo named Sevilysia, you got some time to rap about this? Frostio: fo sho play fo sho Glycen: Word, how you been playa? Frostio: chillin gotta get the honor playa nah mean? Glycen: Oh I hear ya! Glycen: So tell me about this playa Sevilysia. Frostio: this playa be posting in trade channel that frostio be making a premade Frostio: advertising that he be 26-0 Frostio: and he be needing more heads for av Glycen: That ain't right yo. Fostio: but that aint even true playa he just be jealous because he aint gladiator Glycen: I hear ya, I tell ya what I do. I'll make it do what it do and look into this playa. That just ain't right ya know? Frostio: i feel ya bro we gots to get rid of this cat ruining our street cred u feel me? Glycen: Word brotha. Glycen: So you want something or can I be getting myself out of this joint? Frostio: good looking out dawg. well daym playa if you can make it out here and strike a pose with me that would be sick but I know you gots other cats you gotta bust a cap on. Glycen: Nah bro if I could show ya I would hit ya up but there are other playas out there. I gotta help my peeps ya feel? Frostio: right on playa ill let you hit up some other foos with their 99 problems u feel me? Glycen: Word up. Peace out yo. Frostio: aight playa im out 2 gotta bust a cap on Drek'Thar Glycen: Cap that Drek'Thar! But yo if you think I did a good job slap an email and my higher brother about it. Shoot this foo an e-mail to: [wowgmfeedback-us@blizzard.com]. I'm out.
For anyone unfamiliar with World of Warcraft, the gist of it is that one player(Sevilysia) is advertising that another player(Frostio) is looking for more people for a huge player vs player battle, when he's not. Effectively tricking others into spamming Frostio in game.
What's funny is that the only 5 star reviews on there at the moment are written by someone who has reviewed one of his fictional works and a random sampling of religious books and music.
The other 5 star review is by someone who's name (Peter Lake) is the same as one of the fictional characters in one of Helprin's books.
See my response to Bettawrekonize: acting stupid means you're stupid. As long as it's only an act you're blessed with a way to cure yourself, unlike genuinely stupid people.
Name one--just ONE--profession in the world where you would keep your job if you knew how to do it, but "just pretended not to." If I had a lawyer bill me for filing motions/charges that he knew would be smacked down by a judge that lawyer would be fired on the spot.
Your assertion that years of schooling means that someone's professional integrity cannot possibly be questioned by a "novice" is absurd.
You cannot teach common sense,
you cannot teach work ethic,
you cannot teach personal ethics.
You can teach about these things, but school cannot instill them within a person.
To summarize, if you act dumb, then you are dumb. If it really is a matter of merely "acting" dumb, then thankfully you have a very easy way to stop being dumb. If it's not acting, then your problem is a little more difficult to rememedy.
The gist of it is that Mike has asserted that lawyers appear pretty clueless in wielding the legal hammer to pound square solution pegs into round problem holes without prudence. He was challenged on this, and he is simply showing that yet again, despite what's said about how clueless or smart lawyers claim to be about using their legal tools, their actions speak louder than their words.
Can you explain this with more detail? I'm having a hard time imagining the reality in which a lawyer must "sue for everything" or be opened to be sued themselves. It seems like judges would be fairly upset at such a practice, as it would likely waste thousands of hours of court time.
She hung up because she would have been fired if she told you anything. See the article on Ars Technica: toward the bottom is a blurb from the Training Manual of just one of the Telemarketing firms involved.
The snark about artificial scarcities aside, the real lesson is that if you commit a crime, maybe you shouldn't hand over the evidence of that crime to the people you committed it against?
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I really love the way the World of Warcraft fans have come out to pontificate so passionately in the comments, putting down others who may have been a little off the mark. "ignorant about life"? Really? Given the most recent subscriber numbers for World of Warcraft are approximately 12 million, that puts the world wide relevance of World of Warcraft at approximately 0.2%. World of Warcraft doesn't mean anything to the 99.8% of the rest of the world. Get over your own self importance.
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While I'm not saying that people aren't annoyed that they aren't getting what's advertised, this is definitely not something that's being initiated by the consumers.
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Kinda old news
Want to guess what the universal response from my shop was?
"Not going to be on call 24/7 anymore, because the work cell stays at the office and we'll just use the landlines/personal cells to make personal calls."
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Even if this worked ...
In fact, I have to wonder if news of this service even existing will prompt educators to put this sort of policy in place preemptively.
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Statistically, there are going to be HIV infected individuals who cannot afford to receive superior treatment because of the artificially increased price. So despite your hyperbole aimed at TechDirt, yes, these patents are being used to put lives at risk because of corporate greed.
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This is a search engine for illnesses and treatments. Google could have done this and probably has something planned with their Google Health offering. Claims 2-8 & 12-22 are based on claim 1. Every legal Pharmacy does this. They cannot afford to do otherwise, a mistake could cause someone to die.
Claims 9-11 are based on claim 7. 23 & 45 are rewordings of 1. 24-30 & 34-43 are based on 23. 29 & 50 are rewordings of 7. 31-33 are based on claim 29. 44 is basically saying "a drug reference book on a computer." 46, 48-51, & 55-66 are based on 45. 47 is based on 46. 52-54 are based on 50.
This thing is a redundant pile of poo. It's literally proof of concept for the idea of how utterly screwed up the patent system is.
Not original, not innovative, not patent-worthy.
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For anyone unfamiliar with World of Warcraft, the gist of it is that one player(Sevilysia) is advertising that another player(Frostio) is looking for more people for a huge player vs player battle, when he's not. Effectively tricking others into spamming Frostio in game.
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The other 5 star review is by someone who's name (Peter Lake) is the same as one of the fictional characters in one of Helprin's books.
The remainder are 2 & 1 star reviews.
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Are you freaking kidding me?
Name one--just ONE--profession in the world where you would keep your job if you knew how to do it, but "just pretended not to." If I had a lawyer bill me for filing motions/charges that he knew would be smacked down by a judge that lawyer would be fired on the spot.
Your assertion that years of schooling means that someone's professional integrity cannot possibly be questioned by a "novice" is absurd.
You cannot teach common sense,
you cannot teach work ethic,
you cannot teach personal ethics.
You can teach about these things, but school cannot instill them within a person.
To summarize, if you act dumb, then you are dumb. If it really is a matter of merely "acting" dumb, then thankfully you have a very easy way to stop being dumb. If it's not acting, then your problem is a little more difficult to rememedy.
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This is a follow up to Do Lawyers Know Better Than To Send Mindless Cease & Desist Letters?
Which was a response to Why Not Follow Twitter's Example on Trademark Enforcement?
Which was a response to Lesson For Companies Being Over-Aggressive In Trademark Protection: Look At Twitter
The gist of it is that Mike has asserted that lawyers appear pretty clueless in wielding the legal hammer to pound square solution pegs into round problem holes without prudence. He was challenged on this, and he is simply showing that yet again, despite what's said about how clueless or smart lawyers claim to be about using their legal tools, their actions speak louder than their words.
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Others will be sensing their surroundings, finding food, and avoiding predators at a college level while I remain forever at an eighth grade level.
:'(
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/ftc-nukes-extended-warranty-robocallers -from-orbit.ars
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Srsly?
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