Thought the peanut butter sandwich patent was a joke? That one doesn’t even register a chuckle compared to a patent recently granted to Amazon.com. The e-commerce giant now can claim a legal monopoly on the process of photographing people and things against a white backdrop.
The patent, issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office, is making some folks in the photography community do a double-take. Amazon’s patent, called Studio Arrangement, details a specific arrangement of elements in a photography studio that the company believes helps foster the production of the most aesthetically pleasing images.
“Getting a Patent” really is a bit misleading. Its only a screen that provides proof of “first use.” Anyone else can do the same thing. Conflict arises only when the original patent holder sues the conflicting user. THEN, settlement failing, you go to court and the first thing argued/established is whether or not the Patent is Valid. Many patents fail at that point which is why many patent holders don’t sue.
Lots of good commentary about the net effect of patents/intellectual property. Seems there are pros and cons to any system of regulation we choose.
Down right frustrating.
cart machine.. is a two wheel machine.. four legs bad two good.. hehhe
to card.. as in whool and sheep and carding , somtink else.. ehhe
i’s sleeping in the longgrass in summer of 1956 and din’t know remote machine was worked on dog whistle sound.. ahhh
“”1956 and din’t know remote machine was worked on dog whistle sound
While I usually have trouble ascertaining most of your banter, that one is decipherable to me —
Yes, the old ‘remote control tv clickers’ were actually a spring-loaded hammer that hit an ultrasonic tuning fork for operating tv controls remotely…
I’m inspired… I’m going to go out and get an old Admiral 4-channel clicker and see if I can make the cop’s dog bit him or, at least, chase his own tail in an embarrasing fashion.
That is interesting. Well done Timmy. My first remote was hard wired. A tuning fork you say? My, my, that is primitive…. right out of Barney Rubble. Sure there wasn’t a pterodactyl tied up inside that remote?
seems first remote controll 1956 may not contain battery… obvious resons.. so wan make dog whiltle sound with box register electronic machine in home. but i was 11 months old and laying in long grass pluss my state din’t have such machine.. but i remember beans..
my mum in 1956 was 27yrs old and had four and a half kids and lived in burbs, she got the semi detatched home because her dad in law worked for city council in some paper compacity. his other sons had gotten apprenticeship but my day only was trained to build barrack for baltic refugee kial… well remember toilet systern.. we called the water closet under the roof atic containere stop-cock thingy…
but all i want to say i was 11 months old in summer of 1956 and remember sleeping in afternoon grass and me mam went and got some small bean can , and we had white bread on toast and may oldest sister had to have me on her lap because me mum was out of breath and seven month pregent weith woot turned out to be me bro… think she borrow money from childhood mate down the st. for to buy the beans
ahhh 1956 dog whiltle tv controll how primative
My dad used me as the tv remote. Easy to program, powered by beans. I do wish he had patented the process.
I coulda been rolling in beans by now!!!!
heheh patent process before art. ‘fart
“”well remember toilet systern.. we called the water closet under the roof atic containere stop-cock thingy…
Well, it’s better than a ‘thunder-mug’ but I’d still preferre a privy {outhouse}, being environmentally concious, and all — Not only do I not shit in my water supply, but I can use the compost to make explosives 2 months later…
Divis flats centre belfast on sixth floor the had ‘fertilizedr’ and sugger. heheh
“”the water closet
invented by John Crapper. Thus we have ‘the jon’ and ‘going to take a crap’. True story, that.
Yes, and the Earl of Sandwich created a slice of bread because there was no toilet paper. Ipso Dipsit BECAUSE there were no toilets.
He made people eat shit sandwiches when discussing AGW over cards.
At night….. before light bulbs so no one ever had any ideas. Only the Bible.
We had fire from grass, wood, nikki’s shit; Whatever would burn… My improvement is to place an old color tv *shadow mask* on top of your fire to make it burn smoke free like a kearosene wick does fluid… I know my demonstrations are not popular… I’ve never courted popularity… Only how to make heat without smoke getting in my eyes.
Tony eathon on Pathe new cinima 1938 me dad was 17yrs old and joing up… six yrs later he at kiel canal when on sinco de mayo , beeb say
‘montgomry etc gitmo lowlands etc free… (russian in berlin since 1st) me dady back in hometown months before russian leave bolmho´m.. denmark were i live last 40yrs..
ahhhh fukk it all arrest both Gerry Adams and that fukk irish minister former fro defence..
too auld for this shyte
Norman, I have spent many clock-cycles to determine that this is just for you::
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gaRtlMp-hMU
Its not always MP.
Dilbert is good too:
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2014-04-04?CmtOrder=Rating&CmtDir=ASC&Page=2
((First time I’ve ever looked for a cartoon by key words. Gosh the interweb tubes is full of fun stuff.))
What? I don’t understand your bantlinks
Engineers????????????????????
I fucking hate them…OH, I hate them so much>>>>>>>>>>>>> where is my inositol and morphine>????
You didn’t mention the fags, did you???
‘red book’ arrive west germay wif RAF (not rød armi fraction) and the guys in barack were into goons ans monthy python and woot the yanki stuff… MASH
“”woot
http://moddb.com/mods/lost-alpha
1986 chenobl brought ye rhine chemical spills.. ehhe
bopell battery bolixc etc
fuk aurf
“”bopell
If you mean Bhopal, well then.. I still don’t understand where we’re going with this… but, We’ll all go together when we go…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TIoBrob3bjI
“”sinco de mayo
racist. you probably detest mexican food, don’t you?
un leden bread is good in ghipatti and toco
2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India
I managed to ascertain that… see above…
s’rry tim man. s’rry drunk southern paddy ‘ere.. don’t mind me
“”s’rry drunk southern paddy ‘ere
No, unthu… I’m going for my third six pack here… you don’t get off that easily.
Who killed more Indians than Custer????
Union Carbide.
actually custer kill more self.. he was following french generall instrux.. ‘ye can loose every battle and yet win war’ custor is much maligned general
seen usa passport in 1976,, ‘may visit all lands except Cuba’ seen french passport in 1989 . me thinks north africa was simular but they din’t say..
funny how colony 1776 and paris 1789 are so disconected in anglo lands
racist
Custer was an asshat like most if not all generals. I think the notion of losing battles and winning wars is very … “Eastern” in its outlook. I know Ho said as much, a contemporary of Mao who could have said it. But I think Stalin “could have” said it too: give up/lose land to gain ultimate victory.
Custer, absent the spirit of what you claim, is famous for saying: “There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.” ….//// although to be fair, that is so asstarded to have been made up after the fact? The joke I remember from grade school is: “Where did all those Indians come from?”
War. We still “think” that way. Its like dominion.
gun control works
http://cdn.motinetwork.net/politifake.org/image/political/1005/the-experts-agree-gun-control-hitler-castro-qaddafi-stalin-i-political-poster-1275189575.jpg
i’m racist agains silly kids games.. wonder why persons play with such non real politic
why link to some silly video game. .why would anybody do such, when real world, iffn there is such, iffn we persons on planet now need realness why waste time wif sillyness
excuse me it is two in the morning..
wish all the world would go away…
planet is being nuked in more ways then one and got no time for sectarianism
“”excuse me it is two in the morning..
Yea, I dropped the game to talk to you newfags because it is too frustrating, as is. I *think* there is a man-in-the-middle injecting bad files into the free download
American corporations {xbox whatever} would not like people to see the beauty of this game on old hardware especially since it is a free giveaway… Now, consoles are 15 years behind; and, at $800, they can’t afford for even a few people to see someone running a ten-year-old pc blowing their shit out of the water.
well this patent wont last a millisecond in court
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_bizarre_computer-scripted_tv_show_referenced_in_last_weeks_mad_men_actu
Virus laden site??
I’m not running any active virus scanner or anything; So I didn’t have a problem with it.
I can see how if one is not running Mozilla’s noscript then the site is quite ‘busy’ doing who-knows-what.
THIS lighting system has been used for MANY MANY MANY years…over 100, and probably almost 200..years that is..
Once you started artificial lighting for cameras, you got MAJOR shadows..Even Direct lighting caused problems..
TV and movies REALLY SHOW IT..check out a few of the 1930 era movies..LOOK for shadows..
Then look at the game shows…look at the back section..BACK lighting has been around since STAGE production, and wondering how to get rid of the Light, yes the LIGHT…it caused the shadow.
DOWN lighting Causes shadows on the floor, that can STRETCH for miles.. Also lighting causes HEAT…TONS of it..ask any actor..
We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
— Stephen Hawking
The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative – things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection?
— Robert Pozen
They heard Rembrandt made a lot of money as a portrait artist painting properly illuminated subjects. They want to sue his estate.
Never bemoan innovation
Who knows this can be the next Apple computer – with something bigger than the iPhone even
Who knows ?
Keep an open mind always
Since we are on the subject of pure patent trolling…
Has anyone patented the wheel yet?
Come on, whoever’s gonna get it first is gonna get rich… really rich.