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asmithmd1

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    Comment #40411441

    Yes, this has been observing the moon, both near and far side since 2009 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter I don’t see how any NASA employee, who ultimat…

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    Comment #40411158

    Did you watch the video? He also says, “we don’t know what’s on the back side of the moon” I guess we have decided to elect political representatives are just egotistical camera wh…

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    Comment #40411065

    Uh, no. The ONLY time we see a new moon is during an eclipse. Other times the moon is above or below the sun and is too dim to see. A lunar eclipse is when the moon passes into the…

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    Comment #40410836

    IDK why 81 year old Poli-sci major, attorney, and ultimate NASA executive decision maker Bill Nelson wasn't forced out of office after he incorrectly explained to Congress that the…

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    Comment #40059686

    Or imagine the CEO says, "Safety is everyone's job, we will accept no lapses in safety" Instead the CEO said "increase monthly production 10% this quarter" There is no trick needed…

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    Comment #40059578

    Boeing would lock non-conforming parts in a cage so there is no chance they will be accidentally used. Unfortunately, managers would overrule an inspector and get the parts release…

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    Comment #40059489

    Because Boeing did not actively try to hide the design flaw they knew about as they did with the 737 Max

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    Comment #40059465

    "We are confident in the safety of the 737 MAX and in the work of the men and women who design and build it," Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg March 2019 https://au…

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    Comment #38326792

    Tell me you have never worked in a publicly traded without saying it. This is EXACTLY what late stage "political" companies are like. There is no rational way to decide who gets th…

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    Comment #38315286

    And Bose. MIT, the nonprofit owns 100% of the for profit company

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    Comment #37968111

    Very nice intro. I like how you introduce networking layers. It seems you are starting to go down the path of explaining how computers and servers work - and that is certainly daun…

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    Comment #37406807

    I try to get back to a real world analogy, think of a bank: Can you try opening the public door off hours and discover it is locked? Yes, of course. If the the public door is unloc…

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    Comment #37361897

    Thanks for the thorough research, not just on-line, but including calling people. I occasionally go down rabbit holes like this and I have not gotten the helpful responses from off…

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    Comment #36099187

    Thanks for sticking with me and engaging. I agree that design patents should not have a compulsory license. Interesting that Birkins patent expires in 3 years. I will set a calenda…

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    Comment #36098323

    Now I understand what you are saying. The only way I see individuals deriving value from scarcity is with brands - not functional patents. Even with technical luxury goods like wat…

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    Comment #36097296

    So you are saying price==value? That is not true. The price a company extracts from a customer is de-coupled from the value a customer receives. If I walk into a store to buy a shi…

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    Comment #36097116

    In short, is all this just fancy BS? I have been following Simon Wardley on Twitter and read most of his blog posts about mapping and maybe kind of worked through his examples - so…

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    Comment #36096891

    A dry quote from the defendant in #24 above: "Putting aside that there is no page 598 in Kaiser Steel..."

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    Comment #36096727

    Of course I do not know, but he should have come clean. "Hey, I can't find this case in WestLaw, but chatGPT found it and produced it". Instead he just submitted it as-is right out…

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    Comment #36096592

    Thanks for the great context. The lawyer should be disbarred. He doubled down when he was caught, and then blamed chatGPT. What do you bet he was trying to settle really quickly to…

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    Comment #36096352

    > a lot of the value comes from the exclusivity of it I think you are confusing value and price. Auctions precisely determine something's value. Companies sometimes can use scarcit…

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    Comment #36095236

    With my proposal there is still the exact same $1B pot of gold for the inventor, the difference is everyone gets the benefit of their invention now. The trick is to set the claim l…

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    Comment #36095152

    The problem is companies can just ignore your request to license a patent. Did you know the reason any artist can "cover" another artist's song is that Congress added "compulsory l…

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    Comment #36095093

    I agree patent trolls are a problem. And I agree we want to incentivize people to innovate. I am citing an example with copyright how Congress chose to strike a balance and I think…

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    Comment #36095005

    Currently, in trade for publicly disclosing how their invention works, we give patent holders an exclusive right to make, sell, or use their invention for 20 years. A patent holder…