Jason Katie wrote:
actually if an improvement or modification is made to an existing patent
then it can itself can be patented as a whole new invention (at least in
america.)
I don't think so.
Can you cite an example where:
a patented work was taken, and modified
with the expressed intent
So all of the solar panels I'm installing to try to do a small part of
generating low carbon electricity would become less effective. Thanks guys.
They include seeding the skies with compounds to encourage the
formation of low-lying, cooling clouds;
Which brings up the question, why not just start producing the patented
drugs in direct conflict with the law. Since when are you required to kill
people because the law says you must. Sounds like a law that need to be
disobeyed to me. What is the patent holder going to do about it? Sue
them?
That's not to say that there aren't
cases where using modern drugs might be appropriate, but it needs a
systems approach, not a silver bullet.
Quite true. If there were really cheap versions of all the rediculous drugs
we have in the US, I don't think it would be an improvement -- probably
A I used to think Hawking was such an admirable guy. Oh well I
shouldn't be surprised I guess.
Joe
Philip Gwinnell wrote:
Hawking: Doomsday Clock closer to midnight
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor (Daily Telegraph UK)
Last Updated: 6:45pm GMT 17/01/2007
The world has nudged
Chip Mefford wrote:
SNIP
Look, if you have a patented widget, and I take your
widget, reverse engineer it, and replace all the
phillips head bolts with hex bolts because they
don't strip as easily,
Why not use Robertsons? They're better ;)
Joe
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
ZY Well, if you take the position that women are not worth anything
ZY except as property, sort of like a horse or cow only probably
ZY worth a little more, then it does make sense as a parable that you
ZY should value the life of men, even strange ones, more than your
ZY own
http://www.prwatch.org/node/5630
Phone Connections - Center for Media and Democracy
Spin of the Day ยป Jan 10, 2007
Phone Connections
Source: Environmental Health Perspectives, January 2007
A new study analyzing research on the biologic effects of cell phone
use found that industry-funded
Whereas a criminal can have the defense of innocent until proven guilty,
when it comes to chemical toxicity it really should be reversed -- toxic
until proven safe. To make any change in policy fail-safe, however, such
as REACH proposes to do, the testing for toxicity or danger of any chemical
Biblical literalists , hm.
See also:
http://www.alternet.org/story/13750/
Fundamentally Unsound
--
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/46753/
As Bush's War Strategy Shifts to Iran, Christian Zionists Gear Up for
the Apocalypse
By Sarah Posner, AlterNet. Posted January 18, 2007.
Is Bush
Joe Street wrote:
Chip Mefford wrote:
SNIP
Look, if you have a patented widget, and I take your
widget, reverse engineer it, and replace all the
phillips head bolts with hex bolts because they
don't strip as easily,
Why not use Robertsons? They're better ;)
Joe
Hrmm,
Good
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FOR GRAIN TO FUEL CARS VASTLY UNDERSTATED World May Be Facing Highest
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Lester
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Investment
in
fuel ethanol distilleries has soared since the late-2005 oil price
hikes, but
data
Holding Eli Lilly Responsible
chapter from New Paradigms in Diabetic Care
International Medical Verities Association
Will be available in the Spring
If there is any justice in the world history will remember Lilly as the company
that killed babies. These were words I wrote three years ago but
Yes in fact the tragedy of 09 11 ironically gave us a glimpse of just
how true this is. The no fly period gave climatologists an
unprecedented opportunity to see just what the effects of sulfur
emmissions from high flying jets has on our current environment.
Sufuric acid has a very high
Deadly 'flu code cracked TheStar.com - News - Deadly 'flu code cracked
January 17, 2007
Joe Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/172085
Canadian scientists have helped unlock a key secret to history's deadliest
influenza outbreak and how it killed so quickly and
Luke Hansen wrote:
It never ceases to amaze me how glad religious folks
are to defend their faith until someone says something
that makes them a little uncomfortable. Then they
start getting a little peaved. Then a little defensive
and angry. Then the shit-slinging begins.
For most
Now, using corn for fueling cars does sound like a lousy idea, but not
because it might increase corn prices. Considering that corn now sells for
only about two thirds of what it costs to grow it, I don't see this is such
a bad thing. Maybe farmers around the world could support themselves
Keith Addison wrote:
KA Biblical literalists , hm.
A film you absolutely must see is Jesus Camp, about brainwashing by
fundamentalists. Richard Dawkins is absolutely right when he speaks of
child abuse in this context.
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David Kramer wrote:
DK A film you absolutely must see is Jesus Camp, about brainwashing by
DK fundamentalists. Richard Dawkins is absolutely right when he speaks of
DK child abuse in this context.
I left a couple of words out (been staying up too late). I meant to
write about brainwashing of
David Kramer wrote:
I left a couple of words out (been staying up too late). I meant to
write about brainwashing of children by fundamentalists.
There was a very disturbing story on NPR last month that dealt with
this issue in a Missouri church community. Listen with caution!
But what if the same company that did the tweaking owned the original
version's patent?
I don't think they'd sue themselves. If it were a different company they
could do a backroom
deal. It is all about money, lots of it. As long as folks don't get it, that
prescription drugs are
not the
GAAAHH!
MORE idiocy!!! CORN IS NOT A GOOD FUEL why cant they figure this out?
everyone here knows a dozen or more different sources of liquid fuel, so why
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http://www.bitlaw.com/source/35usc/101.html
it goes on to say in article 102 that if it is not the item or process
(big emphasis- the process is basically the invention) originally patented,
then it can be patented to the new inventor without infringing on the
original inventor's patent.
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