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Well, maybe so. But I stand by my disappointment at the lack of knowledge about patents around here. We don't understand patents, but we're mad as hell about them!

> Do you work in patent law? Yes. As for the effect on the community... well, are you just talking about the way that patents make software developers feel? Because obviously devel…

Well, that may be. But almost all of the posts you see around here decrying them are just steeped in ignorance. Titles like "Microsoft has patented . Software patents have to go." …

No, I don't. I just get annoyed at all the misinformation that gets repeated about patents in general and software patents specifically. The discourse around HN is generally of a p…

Rabble rabble rabble. I hate this attitude: I don't understand software patents, and I'm not going to take the time to learn about them, therefore they need to go.

> Basically, Allen got an omnibus patent that covers all these characteristics No. He didn't. And regardless of whether software patents need to go, ignorant media coverage certain…

Do I think it's acceptable that adults are required to have some understanding of how the world around them works? Yes, I do.

The claims really are not particularly vague.

That's kind of my point. The title means nothing. The abstract means almost nothing. The figures mean almost nothing. Have a look here for a brief guide to reading a patent, writte…

Have you actually read them? Read the claims? They're software patents, so plenty of folk will hate them just based on that... but they really are not poorly drafted patents.

Why would any of these people have consented to a search? If a cop approaches you in the parking lot, be polite but firm, and waive no rights.

He's trying to write this up as a neat hack ($300 for an hour of work? where do I sign up?), but all he's really done is waste a lot of other people's time to exploit a silly looph…

"It's funny how often we hear patent system supporters tell us that if you haven't actually gotten a patent for your invention, it's perfectly reasonable for someone else to go and…

I've read it twice. That says it all, I guess.

I see what you're saying, but... it's copyright infringement and license violation. Politeness is not a requirement.

Go back to Linux, this is iOS.

... eight months ago.

Exactly. There's nothing dishonorable about arbitrage.

Where would the U-232 contamination come from, if it's bred U-233? Does thorium also just sometimes decay into the lighter isotope?

It is, certainly. My only issue is that it wasn't treated like an approximation.

"... except for the problem of too many layers of indirection." (David Wheeler's corollary)

I am going to have to steal that line about the trees and the forest.

"Brazil's inflation rate hit 80 percent per month. At that rate, if eggs cost $1 one day, they'll cost $2 a month later." Really.

But this is true even if you never had an account. That's like saying you can't leave the internet, because people can still talk about you online.