The patent is only for a specific type of joint connector (not for all of them), and for this type, there is no prior art. The patent, if granted, secures only the schematics/diagrams mentioned in it.
Even the title being generic, this does not mean they are patenting the abstract idea of combined ports. You have to read the patent to see what it mentions.
Why is on slashdot homepage?
http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=digg
So I heard you like games, so I made a game within a game
I would say first, but Voyager came in front of me.
Way to go xkcd, you've been referenced in a legitimate research paper!
To get a visual overview of ICMP records we converted the one-dimensional, 32-bit IP addresses into two dimensions using a Hilbert Curve, inspired by xkcd.
There, I am fixing it for you: illegitimate paper
Where are my modpoints when I need them?
Almost all papers from the fields of economics, administration and the like are posted (many even on draft status) on http://ssrn.com/ for free.Even if they are selected and put into a journal after, you will probably will have free acess to them if you just look for then into there.
The transition to Windows 95 from Windows 3.1 was huge, but they did a better job explaining the differences. I remember people wanted to change, the felt the newer version was better.
My life is not possible without Kongregate and Newsgrounds.
How this piece relates to a news-for-nerds site? Is there any new technology involved in the making of it? This has no place in the front page of
The upfront costs of building the network of antennas are very large, so the telcos must somehow charge for it. Also the maintenance of the network is no small deal. All this stuff you don't pay for.
If strict SMS, then none. If you count whatsapp, then about 50 to 100.
The two kinds of Internet-access carriers, wired and wireless, have found they can operate without competing with each other. The cable industry and AT&T- Verizon have divided up the world much as Comcast and Time Warner did; only instead of, “You take Philadelphia, I’ll take Minneapolis,” it’s, “You take wired, I’ll take wireless.”
I am a free market type of guy. I do recognize the abuse that can come from natural monopolies that utilities tend to have, but I have never considered this type of collusion before."
Apple designs a iDevice in the USA, buys it built from another company in China, sells it to a subsidiary in Brazil, where it is ultimatily sold.
Where is the profit generated exactely? Can you pinpoint a place?
Don't be so simplistic.
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