"I was completely awed and impressed by the whole process," Bilski said. "I couldn't tell you what the outcome will be. But not getting this patent made it very difficult to get this service out to many customers."
I don't understand how the patent process hindered getting a service to a customer. Can someone enlighten me? If it was so difficult, why bother to begin with?
I've seen this with my wife's business. She's under-priced compared to her competitors. We've had people who left her for one of her competitors (who charged 10-15% more) because they figured that the higher price meant better instruction/more value. That wasn't the case and they returned to her.
I'm unclear as to why people think this way but they certainly do. Of course that doesn't mean that people will be willing to suddenly pay for news, but it is an interesting thought none-the-less
No one is talking about "obsessing over the game so that it rules your entire life". They're talking about silly musicians claiming that somehow video games will dumb down society. It's the same tired claim that's been made since the early 80s.
It's getting old. Really old.
I'm never going to be good enough to play Cliffs of Dover on a real guitar. So what's wrong with me pretending on GH? I mean how does that negatively affect me or anyone else?
My wife recently opened her own dance studio and we paid license fees to BMI and ASCAP. We left SESAC out because none of her music is licensed by SESAC. Of course that didn't prevent them from sending us threatening letters. Sadly my wife relented and simply paid their extortion fee to get them off her back.
Anyway, it's good to know that that money is not going to the people whose music she uses but rather whomever BMI, ASCAP and SESAC decide deserves it.
Often, I can buy an entire CD of my favorite artist used (like new) on half.com, ebay, amazon, etc for LESS than it would cost me to download the same album on itunes or whatever. In some cases I've paid $3 with shipping for entire albums. Further, I get the actual CD, liner notes, and DRM free MP3s in whatever quality I want.
It's all a rip-off and until people simply STOP BUYING IT, we will continue to get soaked.
At the All Of MP3.com prices I would have spent the money to simply download copies of songs I already own rather than spending the time to rip them all manually myself. At $2 or so per disc this is feasible. At $10 per disc it's overpriced.
It's funny how the recording industry simply doesn't get that. So I spent a ton of time ripping and labeling all 300 of my CDs. And instead of the $600 they could have gotten from me for music I already bought they ended up with $0.
Speaking from my own experience, whenever I filled out these surveys in highschool/middle school/grade school I suddenly became a sick freak. I would answer things like drinking and doing drugs daily even though I never touched the stuff. I had sex weekly even though I was a virgin. I broke the law, etc, etc.
So, I'm just saying, take these surveys with a grain of salt. Just because it's a survey does not mean it's accurate.
I urge you to look at the link posted above by Jubilee
How dare the parents sue the school district. Have we no shame anymore? Who in their right mind would defend their childs "right" to do something like this?
The parents should have to pay the schools fees to defend themselves and be sent to a parental training class to learn how to behave in society. This is utterly preposterous.
If this was my child, they would be forbidden indefinitely from using the computer while still under my roof. They would further lose all privileges indefinitely. The fact that the parents and the ACLU sued the school district only goes on to enforce this child's belief that she can do no wrong.
Huh? For me, paypal has nothing to do with not giving out my credit card number. With paypal I can accept credit cards as payment from anyone with a credit card. Without paypal I would need a credit card merchant account to do this, which is far more expensive than a free paypal account. When you just sell something every once in a while on ebay, and want to accept credit cards, paypal is most assuredly the way to go.
To confirm, simply go to each website. Google is a plain and simple search. Yahoo and MSN is a amalgam of a bunch of crap all of which distracts from the reason I went there - to search the freaking Internet.
RSS
Twitter
Re: (as Doug B)
I found this quite interesting as well. Do you suppose he sought out LBJ or EE Cummings' relatives before quoting them? What a freaking hypocrite.
Patent failure made it "very difficult"? (as Doug B)
From the original article:
"I was completely awed and impressed by the whole process," Bilski said. "I couldn't tell you what the outcome will be. But not getting this patent made it very difficult to get this service out to many customers."
I don't understand how the patent process hindered getting a service to a customer. Can someone enlighten me? If it was so difficult, why bother to begin with?
Why not sell it on amazon? (as Doug B)
If craigslist doesn't suit you, there's a whole host of sellers selling these pieces of garbage (new and used) on Amazon.
Re: Well, kinda it does ... (as Doug B)
Agree.
I've seen this with my wife's business. She's under-priced compared to her competitors. We've had people who left her for one of her competitors (who charged 10-15% more) because they figured that the higher price meant better instruction/more value. That wasn't the case and they returned to her.
I'm unclear as to why people think this way but they certainly do. Of course that doesn't mean that people will be willing to suddenly pay for news, but it is an interesting thought none-the-less
Re: Re: Buttons (as Doug B)
Huh?
No one is talking about "obsessing over the game so that it rules your entire life". They're talking about silly musicians claiming that somehow video games will dumb down society. It's the same tired claim that's been made since the early 80s.
It's getting old. Really old.
I'm never going to be good enough to play Cliffs of Dover on a real guitar. So what's wrong with me pretending on GH? I mean how does that negatively affect me or anyone else?
Don't forget the scumbags at SESAC (as Doug B)
My wife recently opened her own dance studio and we paid license fees to BMI and ASCAP. We left SESAC out because none of her music is licensed by SESAC. Of course that didn't prevent them from sending us threatening letters. Sadly my wife relented and simply paid their extortion fee to get them off her back.
Anyway, it's good to know that that money is not going to the people whose music she uses but rather whomever BMI, ASCAP and SESAC decide deserves it.
But... (as Doug B)
Realplayer is "the best, audio, video, flash and media player"
I mean it's "The standard for audio and video streaming online."
http://www.google.com/search?q=realplayer
;-)
Music is no different (as Doug B)
Often, I can buy an entire CD of my favorite artist used (like new) on half.com, ebay, amazon, etc for LESS than it would cost me to download the same album on itunes or whatever. In some cases I've paid $3 with shipping for entire albums. Further, I get the actual CD, liner notes, and DRM free MP3s in whatever quality I want.
It's all a rip-off and until people simply STOP BUYING IT, we will continue to get soaked.
But (as Doug B)
Will the city also refund the money that these motorists' insurance companies inevitably charged them due to the citations being on their record?
The same Jack Ely? (as Doug B)
Interesting that the blog's poster boy Jack Ely is also responsible for this post - http://www.counterpunch.org/ely12102008.html
The whole story (as Doug)
The thieves had physical access to the machines. Why is that not mentioned in your "down with Diebold" article?
How? (as Doug)
Anyone want to explain to me how this man still has a job?
There's a funny thing about this (as Doug)
At the All Of MP3.com prices I would have spent the money to simply download copies of songs I already own rather than spending the time to rip them all manually myself. At $2 or so per disc this is feasible. At $10 per disc it's overpriced.
It's funny how the recording industry simply doesn't get that. So I spent a ton of time ripping and labeling all 300 of my CDs. And instead of the $600 they could have gotten from me for music I already bought they ended up with $0.
A different perspective on surveys (as Doug)
Speaking from my own experience, whenever I filled out these surveys in highschool/middle school/grade school I suddenly became a sick freak. I would answer things like drinking and doing drugs daily even though I never touched the stuff. I had sex weekly even though I was a virgin. I broke the law, etc, etc.
So, I'm just saying, take these surveys with a grain of salt. Just because it's a survey does not mean it's accurate.
The parents are morons (as Doug)
I urge you to look at the link posted above by Jubilee
How dare the parents sue the school district. Have we no shame anymore? Who in their right mind would defend their childs "right" to do something like this?
The parents should have to pay the schools fees to defend themselves and be sent to a parental training class to learn how to behave in society. This is utterly preposterous.
If this was my child, they would be forbidden indefinitely from using the computer while still under my roof. They would further lose all privileges indefinitely. The fact that the parents and the ACLU sued the school district only goes on to enforce this child's belief that she can do no wrong.
There is one good thing about this (as Doug)
It keeps giving developers jobs
Re: (as Doug)
Huh? For me, paypal has nothing to do with not giving out my credit card number. With paypal I can accept credit cards as payment from anyone with a credit card. Without paypal I would need a credit card merchant account to do this, which is far more expensive than a free paypal account. When you just sell something every once in a while on ebay, and want to accept credit cards, paypal is most assuredly the way to go.
MSN & Yahoo DID NOT copy google. (as Doug)
To confirm, simply go to each website. Google is a plain and simple search. Yahoo and MSN is a amalgam of a bunch of crap all of which distracts from the reason I went there - to search the freaking Internet.