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rather pleasing to the eye .
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Indeed, more symmetry than the norm.
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Nice, well supported, resting place by the lake. Just add a soft cushion and pillow, and can sleep for hours, enjoying the chirping of birds (of the feathered kind) around.
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It brought to mind the question about what chairs would look like if knees folded the other way.
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It looks like a bench designed for homeless people.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I was thinking designed for cats.
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Designed by AI. Meets specifications. end of...
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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What happened to Harold Aptroot? He's been a fixture here for a long time.
He had a disagreement with jschell and used some colorful language in the Algorithms forum, but I can't imagine that that got him booted.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I hadn't seen that, but I doubt anyone would get booted for it. This time of year, I wouldn't be surprised for someone to be absent for a while. There are other members, however, who I fear are no longer with us, and not out of choice.
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Well Harold was here yesterday, and then poof! His account is closed.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Looking at that last exchange there is nothing to get him removed. I suspect he decided it was time to move on.
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Well it sure is a shame. My memories of his technical posts are that they are extremely accurate and comprehensive.
The difficult we do right away...
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Maybe just a timeout, let's hope.
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We come and go.
Once, there was a trollslayer here; left without noise, but not without noticing.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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If I remember rightly, our resident trollslayer left because they were sick of blonde jokes here in the lounge. I seem to remember that it was another of our missing members that triggered this.
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When you file the papers to register a patent you are basically revealing the inner workings ( which you want to be kept secret) of your device because you have to describe in detail what you want to protect. Anyone can check and see what’s in a patent. Is that so?
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I expect so, which is why some people don't get patents.
Also so others can see if their own version would be in violation.
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I had thought of a so-called patentable idea and also put an application to the Intellectual Property department in my previous organisation. However it was turned down because of "detectability" issues; meaning that it was difficult to detect its infringement by others.
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Yes, the government extends a 20 year protection for your patented invention. Others must know how it works to determine if their invention duplicates the patented invention. The down side is that someone can take your invention and come up with a new invention citing the existing invention and then detailing the unique thing that they added to make a new invention. You will often see previous patents cited in patents for new inventions.
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Like in all scientific work.
If your scientific paper just repeats what others have done, it will not be accepted at an international conference or in a peer reviewed scientific journal.
It must add something new, that has some significance. For patents, it is often referred to as an 'invention height', that must be significant.
I am happy that scientists publish their works for others to build upon. And I am happy that inventors publish their inventions for others to build upon.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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That's the point of patents.
You share your knowledge and in exchange you get a time limited monopoly.
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By seeing someone’s patent you can get ideas how to build something similar (but of course not exactly the same), interesting.
PIEBALDconsult, Amarnath, Gary thanks for your thoughts.
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If it is too similar you can get sued for patent infringement. If it is substantially different, than it's closer to a new thing.
A lawyer once explained to me that a patent is in essence a deal where, in exchange for describing how something works, you get the full force of the government to protect your exclusivity for a limited time. On the other side of the deal, the community (government) gets to know the new idea and eventually benefit from it.
The whole patent land is so full of pitfalls that tons of lawyers get to make tons of money navigating poor souls through it.
Mircea
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