Comment Re:Prefer books to movies (Score 4, Funny) 322
The porn film industry in particular.
No, he said gaping plot holes.
The porn film industry in particular.
No, he said gaping plot holes.
They wouldn't if Shaywer had independently produced something that Boeing had already developed as part of a black project.
If they developed this in secret, they would have a classified patent. Classified patents are revealed when the invention is reproduced by a civilian.
The very worst thing I see when someone opens a presentation is "Slide 1 of 50+". If you do want to use slides, use them as a guide only. A single picture is lots better than 20 bullet points. And for heavens sake, Do Not Read The Text To Us!!!
Make sure you know your subject, prepare 4 slides max and talk about your subject. Start with a question or quiz to engage your audience. Trick them into a 'Duh...' moment. Get interactive and don't be afraid to say "I don't know"...
I agree with everything up to the "4 slides max" part. A good rule of thumb is no more than 1 slide per minute, and you don't need tricks to make a good presentation. What you need is practice. That's the most important part of preparing a good presentation. You have to practice the entire presentation at least twice, preferably in front of another person who can tell you (after you've finished) which parts didn't flow well and why. Even someone who doesn't understand the material can give you a good idea of which parts are awkward or difficult to follow, and whether you're talking too quickly or slowly.
3)Titanium Dioxide, used to make many white paints white, is a photo-catalyst, which means it can self-clean and chew up pollutants in the air.
Titanium dioxide is only effective as a photocatalyst if you use very small particles (tens of nanometers in diameter) of the anatase phase. Rutile, the most common naturally-occurring phase, is a very inefficient photocatalyst, and that's what you would find in conventional white paint. You could use anatase nanoparticles as your pigment instead, but it would add to the cost, and it's not readily available for this level of consumption.
Actually, you pretty much describe the system as it exists. The 1 year period the GP refers to is for a provisional patent. You file the provisional patent saying "I'm about to release a cool new invention that does X" and then you have one year to release it and file for a non-provisional patent, which lasts for 20 (or 14 if it's a design patent covering the form rather than the function).
No. It's only considered prior art if it's offered for sale in the U.S. more than 1 year before the filing date. See 35 USC 102(b). This has nothing to do with a provisional application.
In my experience, the more often I teach a particular lecture, the smoother and more effective it will be. Forcing someone to change a lecture because the students expect it is unreasonable. Granted, some changes are simple (PowerPoint instead of overhead slides, lecture video available for download, electronic copies of handouts, etc.), but really, a halfway decent lecturer will understand where improvements can be made, and no amount of technology will make a bad teacher much better.
Besides, anyone who thinks college courses are intended to prepare you for the real world either never went to college or never had a real job.
I knew we should have installed a factory reset button on the internet.
I keep thinking about the parallels of this with the older digital media of hand-copied books. Computers are much better than humans at copying data exactly, but much worse at understanding data once a small part of it has been corrupted.
We don't have to trust one neurotic monk anymore, but it's still possible for small corruptions to leak in. I wonder which has better data integrity: paintings inside a dark, windless cave, or a bunch of computers yelling ON and OFF at each other.
"Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like `Psychic Wins Lottery.'" -- Comedian Jay Leno