The claims require a physical implementation (e.g. "An information storage and retrieval system").

You mean the algorithm has to be implemented/executed on a physical device? How difficult is that? Let's assume that a patent doesn't restrict the target algorithm to a restricted form of implementation such as a digital watch processor, a cell phone, etc. How is this different than patenting the math itself? Moreover, restricting the form of implementation would only necessitate that the patent submitter submit several patents, one for each conceivable application of his algorithm.

When patents become as broad as claiming usage of algorithm 'x' in 'a communication system', is this really any different than patenting algorithm 'x' itself? Does it matter if 'a communication system', is a remote-control changing the channel on a TV with IR LED pulses, a 4G cell phone, a low-earth orbiting satellite link, or tin cans connected by string?

It's probably also AGAINST THE LAW. Christ. Submitter is an unmitigated moron. People are going to jail for HIPPA violations and you want to dump any old crap on the hospital network for a CALENDAR? Just use an external web based thing ya moron. Try Google Apps.

Did you read your comment before posting?

Do you really think that using Google Apps to maintain appointments {which might be medical related such as "do 'x' surgery on patient 'y'" are acceptable under HIPPA?

You must be one of those people who use their personal laptop on the company LAN and use GMail for 'saving' company documents...

Who are you to say that a donkey couldn't run a country better than previously elected humans?

Basically, what you are saying is that if I were to obey the Church's teachings, then we shouldn't go to church!

Interestingly, if you replace 'Satanism' with 'terrorism', and replace 'Jesus' with 'X political party', you have just perfectly described many national governments. I guess separation of "church and state" really means "divide and conquer".

Imagine if the performance of the master bedroom were a major area to be monitored...

If I lived in Arkansas, and I only drive on local roads in state, and I do 3-4000 miles a year doing so,... why would this be justified by either Constitution or 10th amendment?

Probably because your state built local roads where you live, you are not having to drive out of state to get to where your going! Thus interstate commerce is being prevented and thus falls under federal regulation!

IANAL!

Can we sue them for extortion, then?

Why the hell should should a lawyer earn 10000 pounds just for *1 week* of simple research [90% of which is probably done by a secretary anyway]? That's a freakin' year's salary for some people!

Are you kidding?

I was in a PhD program in Electrical Engineering at a top-10 university [not trying to start a pissing contest here]. Quite frankly, I had a much better opinion of CS until I started taking a lot of graduate-level CS courses there.

Saying CS people do a lot of math is like saying a bank teller or cashier does math all day.

I found undergrad and graduate CS students alike would go running for the hills as soon as someone said the words 'integral' or 'derivative' . Random processes and statistics were avoided.

Most 'numerically' focused papers/research was focused about speeding up raw calculations (such as matrix multiplication) without any understanding of the application and without any critical examination of the possibility for lowering complexity through close approximation, transforms, etc...

Many papers (especially related to CPU/compiler performance don't even average measurements properly). Even the industry-standard 'SPEC' CPU benchmarks use the wrong type of averaging which leads to incorrect results -- in some cases a faster computer (which completes all benchmarks faster than a slower computer) can have a *worse* score than the slower computer].

Computer architecture and programming are fine things to learn, but they are not enough in themselves. If a person wants to be an architect, they have to know not only about construction but also about design -- art, etc... Likewise, I think too much of CS is focused on either way-to-abstract stuff and/or trade skills without giving students a chance at actually learning something more domain-specific.

Programmers are a dime a dozen. Decent programmers that truly understand what they are implementing (in a specialized field - engineering, sciences, etc) are very rare.

I suggest replacing IT with Construction and replace 'hang some coat hooks' with 'replace a hard drive' ?

Will the result be any better?

Forward your outgoing mail in your mailserver to your ISPs SMTP server.

Problem solved.

You do realize one can get their own VPS for about $100/year, right?

Did you call them for the residential account or the business one?

Their residential TOS forbids running servers at home. I cant imagine that they eould happily help in such a case....

But if they did, I would like to do the same!

No wonder British food tastes so bad!

[and BTW, F1RST P0ST!]

excellent points

people can look at Russia and easily see kt as a failure of Communism. Why do people assume that the USA is a good example of a successful capitalistic government?

(perhaps if success is defined more broadly than GDP the point becomes more clear)

[is a student that graduates with a C average a success?]