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do a google search on "patent trolls"
I don't think patents are legitimate.
Please tell me why you think they are if you disagree.
Paul Graham was right. It sure looks like ideas are worthless.
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Re: Paul Graham was right. It sure looks like ideas are worthless.
#32Well, bad ideas are worthless.
I think an idea should be treated as nothing depends on execution, and execuition should be treated as nothing depends on idea.
Re: Paul Graham was right. It sure looks like ideas are worthless.
#33The next guy who upvotes anything starting with "Paul Graham was right" is going to get his legs broken. Ok, not really (just saw the Sopranos on dvd last night), but let's not turn this into a dumb fan boy site. There are tons of those already.
I disagree with Paul Graham - but no one commented on these arguments( http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=19535) http://juwo-works.blogspot.com/2007/05/ideas-are-worthless-wrong-ideas-can.html
Here is a simple way to provide evidence of the hypothesis that ideas have value: make money off them without performing execution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage
Re: Paul Graham was right. It sure looks like ideas are worthless.
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
"you have in fact implemented it." false. "Lots of theories go into each new application, rather than one theory spawning lots of new applications." both happen. "But until you have shown there are no subtle deal-breakers (think fusion reactors) there is no reason to assume your idea has value in the current historical, social, economic context." ???
??? yourself. Explain your reasons for disagreement, and what you didn't understand. Reread my scifi writer example. Should these receive royalties? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_satellite#Geostationary_Satellites (Arthur C Clarke) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine#Submarines_in_fiction_and_games (Jules Verne) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter#History (Leonardo da Vinci) Since you didn't say…
I dont understand.
Peace.