Oddly, Illinois is one of two states that actually has laws AGAINST Eminant Domain. I don't understand how this law went through with no outcry. Must be payola on both sides.
Of course, we're still the only state without concealed carry law.
I never realized it before now, but I don't think Steve Jobs ever addressed any criticism of Apple. He simply told everyone how awsome Apple was, and how their computers were going to help everyone create awsome things.
Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative. That's how you polish a turd.
I think the same failure of analogies applies to patents. The very first US patent was on a process of making potash. A running program is called a process, and information is processed. Therefore, software can be patented. Huh?
Working backward from that model, we can see that very few patents should be valid. Recipes cannot be patented, and a recipe is just a collection of ingredients which are processed together in a specific way. There are also chemical and biological changes that occur during the processing, so this should in no way validate a patent. Thus, all chemical, pharmacutical and process-related patents should be invalidated, with software patents following the process-related patents.
The most obvious takeaway from this is that the patent system is inconsistent and capricious, and is in no way deserving of the respect it has been given.
They talked about this today on NPR. This is all because the major news agencies are used to dealing with responsible news sources who have pre-checked their facts, and now they have to deal with every Tom, Dick and Harry who comes along. NPR stated that despite this, the news outlets had shown an exemplary job of restraint.
Can anyone tell my why NPR runs commericals? I guess they have a different definition of "Public" than I do.
The problem is we've allowed a government "class" to form, with all of the problems inherent in a feudalistic society. The US pioneered a new type of democracy, but old ways die hard, and we've slowly moved back to old European ways, even as Europe has embraced more democracy.
This structure was easy to marry to the feudalist corporate structure as well as the military structure. This has resulted in the industrial-military complex we see today, with the corrupt, unethical use of favors for positions as players pass between goverment and industry jobs.
Now that feudalism has taken hold, it won't be shaken from within. We'll need a new country to show the world how it's done. Moon? Mars? Who knows.
Re: Re: Corporatized farming. Such animal abuse was rare before.
How about regular businesses, rather than corporations? And meager wages are better than no wages at all, which is what a large portion of the US is earning right now.
Seriously, you can't imagine a world without huge corporations? Where you actually work for a living, rather than living off interest (A.K.A. Capital Gains)?
According to the patent examiners who did the AMA on Reddit, claims cannot be added or altered without submitting an entirely new patent. That's why you see every claim under the sun up front, at least in the initial filings.
Doesn't make it any better. We still need to abolish all patents.
There was an interesting conversation I heard on NPR yesterday. The show was on mandatory minimum sentences, but the closing statements were very revealing. A former prosecutor's final statement was that mandatory minimums were necessary because it gave the prosecutor descression to increase or decrease sentences as they deemed necessary, rather than leave it to a judges whim. Another guest made the point that a judge's decision is public and subject to review, while a prosecutor's dealings are behind closed doors. Power without accountability.
I think prosecutors may have become power-drunk.
I was thinking about this. The Tea Party is anti-government. The Occupy movement is anti-big business. If they are ignoring the Tea Party and going after Occupy, they aren't worried about anti-goverment activities, they are worried about someones profits.
This isn't even as noble(?) as protecting the goverment. This is corruption, pure and simple.
No, you did not specifically state that software patents are good. But you did excuse the examiners for making having poor judgement and poor diligence in approving these patents. This is equivalent to saying, "well, yeah, if the examiners had x, then the patent system would work." This is called being an apologist. It indirectly supports the institution in question, which in this case is software patents.
I appologise if no one has ever walked you through inductive logic before, but it would explain your involvement in the patent world.
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They also shout "Woooo" the loudest while watching professional wrestling on TV.
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Of course, we're still the only state without concealed carry law.
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Fuck you and your "Non-obvious" patents.
Asshole.
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Steve Jobs
Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative. That's how you polish a turd.
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Who has the power?
People are much more critical of copyright today, in spite of (because of?) the ?IAA educational campaigns.
The public outrage caused by a YouTube lockdown may just cause a serious scaling back of copyright law, rather than greater compliance.
Copyright maximalists, be careful what you wish for.
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Did you know that 7 states ban atheists from holding public office?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_against_atheists
But, hey, don't let facts get in the way of your rant. Who needs integrity when God is on your side?
Carry on.
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They just get to not exist.
Not really all that exciting, is it?
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Patent Lobotomy
Working backward from that model, we can see that very few patents should be valid. Recipes cannot be patented, and a recipe is just a collection of ingredients which are processed together in a specific way. There are also chemical and biological changes that occur during the processing, so this should in no way validate a patent. Thus, all chemical, pharmacutical and process-related patents should be invalidated, with software patents following the process-related patents.
The most obvious takeaway from this is that the patent system is inconsistent and capricious, and is in no way deserving of the respect it has been given.
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It's the Internet's fault!
Can anyone tell my why NPR runs commericals? I guess they have a different definition of "Public" than I do.
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Re: today's news
I guess we'll get another 10+ years of the TSA needlessly groping grandmothers. Joy.
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This structure was easy to marry to the feudalist corporate structure as well as the military structure. This has resulted in the industrial-military complex we see today, with the corrupt, unethical use of favors for positions as players pass between goverment and industry jobs.
Now that feudalism has taken hold, it won't be shaken from within. We'll need a new country to show the world how it's done. Moon? Mars? Who knows.
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Re: Re: Corporatized farming. Such animal abuse was rare before.
Seriously, you can't imagine a world without huge corporations? Where you actually work for a living, rather than living off interest (A.K.A. Capital Gains)?
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What does, "by the people, for the people" mean?
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Re: Lawyers and grifters trying to get unearned income.
Chalk me up for 95%.
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Doesn't make it any better. We still need to abolish all patents.
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Allowing prosecutors to make decisions
I think prosecutors may have become power-drunk.
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This isn't even as noble(?) as protecting the goverment. This is corruption, pure and simple.
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I appologise if no one has ever walked you through inductive logic before, but it would explain your involvement in the patent world.
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