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  • On the post: ISP Copyright Filter Debate Continues: Verizon Stays Away, While Rep. Bono Is All For Filtering

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2008 @ 12:45am

    so...

    if they coudl figure out how to filter copyrighted data, why not fix the spam problem while they're at it?

  • On the post: How Could MySpace.co.uk Have Been 'Abusively' Registered Six Years Before MySpace Existed?

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2008 @ 06:41pm

    bahah

    your post cracked me up, IronChef ;) now im thirsty!

  • On the post: How Could MySpace.co.uk Have Been 'Abusively' Registered Six Years Before MySpace Existed?

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2008 @ 06:38pm

    seriously?

    So what if this dude's "business" was a traffic harvesting parking page... is that more or less legit than myspace? according to whom, the business legitimacy police? So since he was doing this before the other myspace.com came into existence, why isnt myspace.com basically stealing from him?

    If you writeoff people as squatters and justify taking away their rights, dont be surprised when your rights are the next to go. scary stuff.

  • On the post: Alibaba Shows That Chinese Firms Can Leave IPO Money On The Table As Well As US Firms

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2008 @ 06:48pm

    but...

    if their market is truly experiencing a .com bubble, then there is no such thing as money on the table since irrational exuberance can make the price be all kinds of strangeness. tripling was small taters in the .com days... and we'll see how badly it was mispriced if the bubble pops, too.

  • On the post: Al Gore Throws Hat Into The IPO Ring…

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2008 @ 06:17pm

    it will

    if he can sell global warming, he can sell an IPO. easy.

  • On the post: The Problem With A Database Of Prior Art Is You Don't Know What's Worth Putting In

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2008 @ 05:38pm

    seriously

    the whole thing is pointless because if obvious != obvious, there is no foundation for a patent system at all. If the courts cant man up and call some things obvious that really are, theres no point in even having the patent system at all.

    Hmm. gives an idea though... perhaps like these domain name generators. what if were to develop a system that didnt try to come up with ideas, but simply compbined every known thing in existence with every other thing known, and with every possible known usage... and build a list of everything that could possbily be invented today. Put this on a website and let google index. Instant prior art for any possible idea.
    But i just patented this idea, so sorry...

  • On the post: Digg And Others Sued For Infringing Infamous Computer Solitaire Patent

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2008 @ 02:02pm

    the mcqueen

    if more proof is needed of how @#$@#$'ed up the system is, check out the McQueen Machine - this dude just got a patent issued on a perpetual motion machine (invest today!!) http://www.mcqueenmachine.com/

  • On the post: Digg And Others Sued For Infringing Infamous Computer Solitaire Patent

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2008 @ 01:52pm

    Re: Re: Re: Easy there tiger...

    angry, i own a collection of patents, and Mike is right. the system is f@#$'ed. if i want to defend one of my patents, which i spent many thousands to procure, the avergae litigation cost is several million. so as a small inventor, there is an icecubes chance in hell i'll ever be able to force someone from using my technology. on the other hand, ive had several companies issue C&D's to me for bullshit IP they claim to own. what choice to i have? i cant afford to defend myself, so i either pay huge licensing for BS or i quit producing this product. Meanwhile, these trolls are making the bucks by stealing from innovators. There is nothing good left in the system, and Im not even bothering getting any more patents.Ive lost years of my life to this stupid process and I hope they fix it someday, but Im not waiting for it.

  • On the post: Nuclear Power 2.0

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2007 @ 01:43pm

    read it

    here yah go
    http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/910

    likely to be the first modern one built. just south of my hometown.

  • On the post: South Park Comes Full Circle, Though Viacom Doesn't Seem To Realize It

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2007 @ 07:03pm

    Re: Cut off...despite?

    HEHEH that "despite" was the best thing ive heard all day.

    Like a guy i know who says "look a gifted horse in the mouth"...

  • On the post: MPAA Explains Why It's Okay To Tie Federal Funds To Blocking File Sharing

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2007 @ 08:46pm

    Re: Continued rise of expanded Federal government

    interpretation: ron paul! ;)

  • On the post: Can Silicon Valley Repeal The Laws Of Economics?

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2007 @ 08:40pm

    are you a

    backgroundist?!

  • On the post: You Don't Promote Innovation By Holding Back Those Who Push The Boundaries

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2007 @ 03:06pm

    gotta wonder tho

    yes, for the server caching scheme to work, it would need to be user-owned and likely employ security/encryption measures... before anyone would feel confortable using them.

    perhaps something to offer as a third-party service... offer part of a server for a monthly fee, and incorporate secure p2p as part of the package..arranged such that the service provider has no access to the content, only the subscriber. etc etc etc blah blah blah google will own us all anwyay ;)

  • On the post: You Don't Promote Innovation By Holding Back Those Who Push The Boundaries

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2007 @ 02:11pm

    gotta wonder tho

    is there a limit to how much bandwidth a consumer can possibly use? i mean you can only consume so much media at a time right? so if you can download a dvd in 2 seconds instead of 2 hours, you still gotta spend 2 hours watching it.

    but thats probably what really is the issue here, since a consumer on average will only consume a small amount of data per month, no matter how fat their pipe becomes. The p2p apps are really the only thing that can continue to consume all the remaining bandwith.

    The funny thing about p2p is that it really would be a better use of network resources to serve those same files from a collection of servers instead of via last mile consumer connections, since p2p will typically result in the same data being sent over a consumer-grade connection twice (uploader + downloader)

    perhaps there is some form of p2p that needs development which would allow client-side management of server-hosted files to be shared via a p2p protocol... and thus keep this unecessary bandwidth usage from occurring. but.. wow how did i ramble on this long hahah

  • On the post: BW's Facts-be-Damned Defense Of Software Patents

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2007 @ 12:32am

    venture capital

    Tack, i have investors ready to put $7.5 million into developing your technology. I just need some earnest money to get the ball rolling. Please send cash.

  • On the post: Google Maps Should Push The Wikipedia Analogy Further

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2007 @ 10:39pm

    this would

    if done properly, this would complete the package for what google maps should be. the end-all location app.

  • On the post: BW's Facts-be-Damned Defense Of Software Patents

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2007 @ 07:39pm

    perpetual motion

    dont make me go dig up the recently patented free energy device that has a motor spinning a generator which feeds the motor... this was granted in 06. the system is broken. period. stop arguing.

  • On the post: WiBro's 'Success' Not Boding Well For WiMax

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2007 @ 06:45pm

    haha

    i love that first comment...

  • On the post: One More Time: The PDA Market Is Meaningless To Measure

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2007 @ 09:58pm

    they are but..

    im certain the regular ol pda market is shrinking overall. but the industrial uses for pda's has been pretty strong, this is what my company deals in. I dont know anyone who has bought a straight-up PDA in ages (remember the dell axim?) but our sales of industrial pda's has been growing significantly, as this is a niche application that proved to acutally be useful.

  • On the post: Can Companies Use Trademark Lawsuits To Find Out What Keywords Competitors Are Buying?

    paintball barrels ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2007 @ 09:53pm

    uh yeah

    or just run some of their own ads and see how much it costs to get to the front of the pack. not that hard..

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