Reverse engineering can be prevented through the use of contracts.
I've seen it done. Ah you want to use our magic item and or software? No problem $199.95 plus you sign this no reverse engineering agreement.
Yes, and then Microsoft bought them out to make games for the XBox.
On my list of things to hate Microsoft for this is #1. By a wide margin.
I really liked Marathon and Myth.
There is also the odd correlation with the institution of patent laws in England and the occurrence of the industrial revolution.
While correlation != causation, it is something that needs to be considered carefully when proposing changes to patent law.
The killer app for the interwebs is porn. Is there any significant collection of 3D porn? No.
Therefore there is no need for 3D on the web.
You do know that patent fees are on a sliding scale depending on the size of the patenting entity?
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee100512.htm#maintain
What kills the independents are the legal costs. They are generally 3 orders of magnitude larger.
> Second, the employee stock options did cost the company money--although there is no direct expense, that dilution of stockholder equity reduces the stock price. Not only today, but it was most certainly a factor when the IPO was priced.
Dilution of the stock price doesn't cost the company money unless they plan to issue more stock to raise capital or decide they need to repurchase stock to counter the effects of dilution.
The practice of compensation of employees with stock options is rightly criticized as a disincentive to purchasing stock because of the dilution.
Stock options are taxed when they are exercised, not when the underlying stock is liquidated.
While that may or may not be true, it seems to me to be utterly idiotic to expect any sort of privacy for anything that is tied to or posted on Facebook.
Well the problem with having just sales taxes is that the larger your income the lower the percentage of your income you generally spend on consumption. And for those in low income groups almost all of your consumption is non-discretionary.
On the other hand there are some studies that show a consumption tax does favor investment over consumption - something that is a positive.
As far as stock goes, it really doesn't matter. When you get a stock option it's still taxable income.
The nice thing about owning stock is that the long term appreciation and dividends that you may garner is taxed at preferential rates - again to encourage investment, and in recognition that dividends are taxed twice, once as corporate earnings and again as income.
Hope that people who own a lot of Apple stock have been cashing in on it. I've read too many stories about people concentrating their investments in Apple. Diversification is very important.
That may work in cases where the facts under debate are hard to discern by direct measurement.
All it is here is a delaying measure. For the facts will become obvious over time.
If you go WEST from the Urals you will get closer to France.
You are right though that it might take a couple of more shots to bracket France properly.
Oh cool they are going to take out France!!
You forgot that they would broadcast your name and location long with the video to a secret Google/NSA/MPAA server.
Stress detectors unfortunately are prone to false positive results. If you run 1000 interviews you may have only one who lies and gets away with it but you may 'detect' 50 liars who are telling the truth.
Average students attending universities with admissions standards that accept them will predictably attain - hold on now - average performance.
50 years ago average students didn't go to universities to get bachelor's degrees. Now they do.
So how is it a surprise that the standards are lower?
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