So if you want to search a laptop, you're expecting to find information, content, communication... things of an intangible nature. But if you can't see into the laptop, what gave you the hunch? Couldn't be that you were influenced by... oh, say... a beard? A swarthy complexion? A non-European surname? How, exactly, are "hunches" about potentially valuable information formed, when that information can't be discerned at a glance?
Quick scan of the WSJ article before seeing this post; and one of those little one-line-paragraphs pops out at me, as if it's the core of the article:
"Mr. Obama is expected to direct the patent office to train examiners to scrutinize applications for overly broad patent claims.
Seriously? That's your plan? Something previously unheard-of? And all this time, we thought that was the minimum standard... job one for patent examiners. Turns out it's a new concept, and we may be able to start screening for obviousness after retraining is complete. 2014? 2015?
I can think of a couple of Chinese takeout restaurant owners who'll be delighted to know they can skim $500G for getting pranked in the exact same way. Any idea how many orders of General Tso's that's worth?
Ahh, but based on the IP address from which she accessed Facebook, he can find someone to sue. That is, of course, if the ISP will cough up her identity...
But... but... they really do have a squad of inspectors who stop and test every farmer's crops, and then match it up against records of Monsanto seeds. And suits like this are the result.
I know, I know... ten gallons of fail, and I choose to point out this tiny little crumb; but I must say that I was moved by the story of poor Jamie -- Jamie Thomas-Rasset, that is. I know why she stole them Internets; she was put up to it by her dastardly cousin, Jammie!
Sounds to me like he was deliberately sold a product which could not legally be used to do the things it was sold for. "Warranty of merchantability" comes to mind... lawsuit, anyone?
To complete the moneygrubbing portrait of US healthcare's failings, be sure to read Dr. Atul Gawande's New Yorker expose' comparing health care costs in Rochester, MN, home of the Mayo Clinic, to dirt-poor Hidalgo County, TX. Predictable, right? Scores of top Mayo experts, incredible high-tech facilities, highly systematized; vs. a cobbled-together network of individual practitioners, and patients who can barely afford to pay. Except the reality is backwards... costs incredibly less to be treated in a well-run, expert system, mostly because in the unorganized environment, each and every practitioner has opened a freestanding clinic or specialty in a strip mall, and each is scamming federal reimbursement right up to the legal limit... and beyond. Kickbacks, payoffs, gaming the system; given the right unregulated environment, greedy providers will go for the gold every time.
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Ahh, our old friend, "alleged". What if it were possible to, say, suspend someone's ISP account... not saying who... for being an "alleged asshat"?
Guess you're right... "alleged" can be useful after all.
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Yes, and Mr. Prenda would like to know who that one person is. He'd like them to send him money.
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Hunches based on... someone? Anyone?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiPeBmmBN_Q
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How about, "Do your jobs"
"Mr. Obama is expected to direct the patent office to train examiners to scrutinize applications for overly broad patent claims.
Seriously? That's your plan? Something previously unheard-of? And all this time, we thought that was the minimum standard... job one for patent examiners. Turns out it's a new concept, and we may be able to start screening for obviousness after retraining is complete. 2014? 2015?
Really.
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They were very fortunate to produce a study which supported their own position, eh?
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Fine details of failure
On the post: Monsanto Wins Case Of Seed Patents; Planting Your Own Legally Purchased & Grown Seeds Can Be Infringing
Sue Monsanto...
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Entrepreneurial docs, too
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