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Now this means when I break my phone I can't use the cracked screen anymore.
Talk about whining for the sake of whining...
According to TFA the top layer is flexible, so for all we know these screens might be a more durable alternative in the future? It's too early to tell for sure, but something like this is more or less the holy grail of dynamically configurable user interfaces. I hope they make it work.
Now this means when I break my phone I can't use the cracked screen anymore.
Talk about whining for the sake of whining...
According to TFA the top layer is flexible, so for all we know these screens might be a more durable alternative in the future? It's too early to tell for sure, but something like this is more or less the holy grail of dynamically configurable user interfaces. I hope they make it work.
Sorry, but unless this top layer provides a significant layer of protection (which would encroach on a considerable and growing market for screen repair), this is really nothing more than a solution without a problem. Sure, a cool concept, but a rather unnecessary one.
The touchscreen itself was the "holy grail" of interfaces, and this "morphing out of the screen" concept is hardly new when you consider web advertising. I'm pretty certain that group has figured how to make something "pop-up" on a screen fo
last i heard, using an iphone while you are blind is pretty annoying.
last i heard, using an iphone while you are blind is pretty annoying.
So is the rather unbelievable concept that a blind person would spend $500 on a device today with ZERO tactile feedback (although I see your point about future potential).
Turn on Voice Over [svan.ca] on an iPhone, and play around with it. Hell, I use it occasionally in the car to have my iPhone read text messages and emails to me while I drive - those accessibility features are there for a reason, and people with disabilities can make fairly extensive use of the functionality, even without tactile feedback. However, the interface is somewhat clunky - double tapping, swiping around to find the button you want, three-fingered swipes to read... imagine if you could find the button you
you heard wrong. the iPhone (and all iOS devices) are actually some of the
most readily accessible devices in mainstream use.
see: http://svan.ca/blog/2012/blind/ and related links found there
Mod parent up.
We hosted an accessibility conference [knowbility.org] a few weeks ago and the iPhone was the clear winner as most usable device. Is it 100%? No, of course not. But it is far ahead of Android, though Google has been working on it.
Haptics would certainly make it even more awesome. Can you imagine using maps with haptics for elevation? For the blind, you could have different heights to represent different features (e.g., highways might be deeper than side roads), all with Braille labels. That would be sweet.
"Every third-party application examined by these users was worthy of criticism ranging from "this one thing is annoying" to "the whole thing is completely unusable.""
wow, i find your lack of imagination disturbing.
They seem to have addressed the issue of the third dimension, but that's only one part of what makes a button a button. Does it "click"? Is there tactile feedback? Or does a single 'brush' of a fingertip across a raised button trigger the interaction?
Buttons aren't just lumps. They're clickable, and they need to offer resistance and then "give way" in order to constitute touch feedback. I'm not seeing that here,
I should think the system should be aware of how distended every button is at any given time. I don't think you'd get a "click" but it could definitely distinguish between a brush and a push.
According to TFA the top layer is flexible, so for all we know these screens might be a more durable alternative in the future?
They don't mention what the flexible layer is, but that it is 200nm thick. For comparison your regular plastic wrap is 11um thick. That's over 50 times thicker than the layer they're putting on the screen. So lets assume it's something stronger than polypropylene. Aluminum would not be transparent (except in Star Trek), but thinking from a strength point of view the foil in your ho
less likely to crack these than gorillawhateverblabla glass screens.
that's the biggest criticism these are getting.. because people are fixated on the thought that glass touch screens are teh shit. while they're really just shit.
That's the thing people forget about hardness is that it is a double edged sword. So they are right in their marketing that Gorilla Glass, and others like it, are very hard. So they are difficult to scratch and so on. Sounds strong... However what it really means is they are brittle. They have a higher failure point, but when they do fail they break pretty badly. For real strength, some flexibility, give, is what you actually want.
An area where you can see this is knives. Far and away most quality knives are steel, including those made for adverse environments. However a bit of research turns up that you can get advanced ceramic knives. They are much tougher, they don't need sharpening basically ever, and they are real easy to clean. Why then are these not the exclusive knives in all high end kitchens? For that matter, why aren't they the knives of choice whenever you can afford it (they are expensive)?
The reason is they are brittle, they don't bend. So they are "stronger" than steel in a sense, in that you put pressure on them that would cause a steel knife to flex and they hold fast. However you increase the pressure to a point and then they just fail, shatter, whereas the steel knife would still bend, and then come back. So they are brilliant for cutting vegetables, meats with no bones, and so on but they aren't going to replace your carving knife.
Same shit with phone screens. Ya the move from plastic to glass means that they are more resistant to minor scratches. However hard impacts, a proper plastic will do a better job of handling.
Same shit with phone screens. Ya the move from plastic to glass means that they are more resistant to minor scratches. However hard impacts, a proper plastic will do a better job of handling.
I sincerely doubt that an impact that wouldn't do permanent damage to a plastic LCD screen would damage a gorilla glass screen. You're forgetting just how fragile those plastic dispays are. It's TRIVIAL to physically destroy the cells behind the plastic layer with a good impact. It doesn't crack your screen all to hell like a glass one, but the result is only very slightly different; either way, your screen is damaged and must be replaced for full functionality, and why would you want less than full functio
Wrong wrong wrong wrong. Gorilla glass is actually very flexible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYaQnvVwStc [youtube.com]
They used that glass because it was stronger and more durable than plastic for the same weight. Had they been plastic (and they were before the iPhone 4), they'd crack more frequently.
I've had plastic screened phones in the past, no more. They get all scratched up and touch screen's sucked when new & just got worse over time.
Glass has properties that make it much better for touchscreens & is being improved all the time. The paper thin glass that Corning has just developped may make most glass even better: http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/new-willow-glass-is-rollable-and-paper-thin/ [arstechnica.com]
I don't see a fragile rubbery surface as an improvement...
That is fucking amazing!!!
Yeah, it's a joke, but it is pumping a liquid into a sack to make it firm. Very familiar.
Let's hope it isn't too wrinkly when it goes down again.
(It would cause distortions/refractions)
I agree, it looks a tad ugly. Though so did the first UIs for operating systems, and the first of a lot of other things. The first ipod looks fugly now!
However, think of all the visually impaired people who'd benefit from this, being able to introduce a dynamic braille would help a lot of people I'm sure. Just because you don't like it in blue doesn't mean everyone else will hate it too or find no benefit to the practical use, even if it doesn't look like the ritz of technology.
However, think of all the visually impaired people who'd benefit from this
Visually impaired people would benefit from a phone that had no screen at all, but braille buttons and tactile/audio feedback. Why would a blind person want to to pay for an expensive touchscreen that they can't see? Real buttons are far cheaper. Touch screens are for the sighted only.
Yes, there are prettier solutions coming out soon, like tactile feedback screen from Senseg [engadget.com]
They don't look cheap nor cheesy to me. The buttons in the demos simply don't look like keys on a keyboard, which is apparently the comparison you are making. The buttons demonstrated may not be the only form they can take. Tactus has a photo of a "remote" that appears to have squared angular buttons. Regardless, you are dismissing the primary reason for having the pseudo-buttons in favor of a rather shallow and pretentious one based on appearance. The purpose of the buttons isn't to look slick, it's to provide the otherwise absent tactile response.
It strikes me you can only get tactile response if you touch them, and if you touch a touchscreen, you've operated it.
I wonder what the answer to this issue is.
Probably monitoring the pressure of the fluid in the buttons rather than the surface of the touchscreen while the buttons are up.
Pushing harder means a wider surface area of fingertip deforming to meet surface. So a light touch does not necessarily activate. That, plus they might be able to tell if you are touching the side of the button, which means buttons smaller than your fingertip which probably don't feel good more like an old hp rpn calculator. Nevertheless clicky buttons is probably on their roadmap in the future. Personally I am wondering more about the freezing point of the capillary fluid and what kind of moire patterns ma
The author seems to think the buttons look "slick", but they look cheap and cheesy to me. A regular touch screen looks a whole hell of a lot better, in my opinion.
Yes, I would agree that "blisters" sitting on my tablet screen give a whole new meaning to viral infection.
...or a cool way to let you know you've been DQ'ed in the new online porn matchmaking game...
"Uh, hey eDoc, my screen has blisters on it...what's that mean?"
I already have a plastic screen protector on top of my glass, so do a lot of other people. I don't see any problems with it.
I see problems with them all the time. They are not as clear, they smudge terribly and are generally not much better than the glass on the phone.
Phones these days are pretty darn scratch resistant.
Big advantage: They're easy/cheap to replace. Glass screens aren't.
Assuming that it could also be used to display Braille, rhis tech could probably be rather useful for tablet computers and ebook readers for the blind.
A fixed key pattern? *Weak*
The difference (aside from Latin vs. Greek etymology) is simple -- haptics is a subset of tactile feedback, and refers to systems with providing feedback through actuators, whereas tactile feedback can include stuff like the snap-action in a real keyboard.
Haptic, admittedly, is different from "tactile" itself, but nobody has ever explained how "haptic" is different from "tactile feedback". They are the same thing. Just a marketing word.
The difference, as far as I've been able to make out, is this: Haptic is touch inducing. Tactile is touch sensing. Things like the extra bit of plastic on the H and J keys, the off-center rotating mass in a vibrating joystick, etc, are haptic devices; some passive, some active. Things like touch screens, bumper sensors on robots, etc, are tactile sensors. They provide the computer with the ability to sense when it is being touched, or when it is touching another object. Sophisticated systems, like fly
I could care less the textures are of fixed position, or on a finely-detailed grid. For the uses that its useful for, this probably doesn't matter much for a first draft of the concept.
Instead, I worry about the fluid and surface acting as a lens, obfuscating the details below. And I worry about durability: Gorilla Glass is awesome in ways that I never fully appreciated until I myself tested it to destruction, but a squishy membrane over top of it can't be any improvement.
(And nevermind the effects of sc
TFS says the thing can redefined quickly. That's good enough for me, for now, too.
But in addition to my previously-stated concerns, the whole thing seems about as likely to catch on as keyboard condoms [thekeyboardcompany.com]: It can't as much as fun as the real thing.
there is a difference between
quickly redefine
Define dynamically.
their comment on "quickly redefined " means turn the raised buttons on and off quickly
What Jane is saying is to be able to define the areas that raise dynamically. The current incarnation of their tech requires the buttons to be raised in s specific place and shape based on what was manufactured. It equivalent to putting a permanent button on the side of the phone. But the true game changing will only occur when you can via software on the fl
If there's enough regions it hardly matters that they are aligned on a grid. You can make your windows align on a grid, too, with a little window manager magic.
your missing the point.. the ability to control one cell/area over another.. right now they have an all or nothing. and Considering that you are trying to overlay a user interface solution to content that is natively displayed in a grid, while you could do it in say radial address scheme it would just add undo burden..
I'm having a hard time coming up with the problem this solves, outside of creating a braille touchscreen "keyboard". Obviously, the liquid needs to be transparent so you can see the touchscreen underneath, which means the buttons have to rely on icons displayed on the LCD to indicate what the button does. So, you can now have a raised button on top of an icon on a touchscreen. Please excuse me as I don't get too excited over this. This looks like a solution in search of a problem...
While I agree with your point about touchscreens in cars, I don't see this as a solution, since these buttons are not pressed, they are touched, you can't just use tactile feedback to locate the right button and then press it, you'll "press" any button you touch. Still, I am curious where this technology will evolve and what uses it will find.
Then dont use touchscreens. BMW has it right with the big knob control at the center console. Rotate, push, up down left right. this can easily be added to the steering wheel.
Hell my Jeep I was able to use the 6 stereo buttons to navigate a DashPC decently safe. If the UI is not written by a moron, it can be done easily without a touchscreen or added driver distraction.
Then dont use touchscreens. BMW has it right with the big knob control at the center console. Rotate, push, up down left right. this can easily be added to the steering wheel.
No, that is TOTALLY WRONG. Because now instead of being able to access muscle memory directly and just reach out your arm and press the button you've pressed dozens of times before, you have to look into your memory and remember the sequence of moves, or look at the screen if you forget them. Any system that forces you to look at the screen rather than being able to just fumble around is taking your eyes off the road and therefore shit. A lot of people will never remember the sequences and thus these systems decrease road safety.
You appear to be assuming that one button = one function. When you have an integrated panel controlling the mp3 player/radio/GPS/aircon/toaster it's pretty much a given that each button[1] will do more than one thing, ergo, you'll still have to remember sequences of presses.
[1] unless there are 297 of them, in which case the control panel will need to be the size of a pool table.
You appear to be assuming that one button = one function. When you have an integrated panel controlling the mp3 player/radio/GPS/aircon/toaster it's pretty much a given that each button[1] will do more than one thing, ergo, you'll still have to remember sequences of presses.
I personally think it is a horrible idea to switch entirely to a touch screen. A miserable, ruinous idea. Ideally every interface will have some physical buttons, for mode selection and possibly also an up/down control which handles whatever you most need access to; volume for the stereo, temp for the climate control, and so on. Two up/down controls would be ideal for each item, and you could mirror the buttons on the steering wheel. vol/(track/station), temp/fan, etc. Only things which you don't really nee
I personally think it is a horrible idea to switch entirely to a touch screen.
I never said otherwise, in fact I agree 100%.
Ideally every interface will have some physical buttons, for mode selection and possibly also an up/down control which handles whatever you most need access to
You'd still need to know which mode or submode or subsubmode you're in - there's so much stuff there'll have to be a hierarchy - and what position/option you're currently at, otherwise you won't know if your inc/dec controller is
Forget cars... just anything with a button. If you can't feel where a button is on the remote, you have to look at it, plain and simple. Example, I use an ipad as a remote for XBMC. I tried at first an app with buttons, but it was horrible.
My thumb would slide left/right with repeated presses such that I had to constantly look down and correct where my hand was moving with each press or risk mishitting a button. This also doesn't change the fact that you can't find the button on feel alone. I don't have t
"The only intuitive interface is the nipple."
And now we can have nipples as the interface.
Nope, can't think of anything ever going wrong with moving parts.
Obviously, this is where this new technology can REALLY be useful . . .
I was under the impression that Apple had already filed for a patent on this.
I was under the impression that Apple had already filed for a patent on this.
Probably. At least in the US, you no longer have to have a working prototype to register a patent. All you need is an "idea" to get a patent. Then you wait until someone actually figures out how to build it. You sue them for infringement, take over their development, and market it yourself.
But you need a big legal department and enough spare cash to pay for all the court time. So don't think of doing it as an independent developer; it's a technique only workable in a big organization with lots of mo
But only in predetermined locations by the manufacturer.
Call me when they can make that button travel across the screen with a moving icon.
Also I really wonder how much added distortion to the visual display this adds. Notice they did not have any shots that would show you that you are looking through and can see all the spots where the buttons are. designed to be.
Seems like a perfect way to get people to adopt phones like the iPhone, even though it doesn't have a physical keyboard.
It's really sad that Apple crashed like they did when they launched it, but you know it's no big wonder when you consider that they entire industry warned them again and again that consumers would never adopt a phone that didn't have tactile feedback from a physical keyboard.
Ohh wait, the rest of the industry was wrong and Apple succeeded enourmesly and everyone else followed suit. People
Hi guys, welcome to 2009, only it's done with air instead of fluid. [gizmag.com]
Which genius thought liquids built into electronics was a good fucking idea?
It's about tactile feedback: look at the "mixing desk" flavor in the animation cycle on their front page...
I suggested something like this back in 2009 when I saw '10 gui', I thinking: pick up where haptic displays (the ones that braile users use) left off, most especially multi-display situations where one or other display might serve largely as a control device with helpful visual feedback when you need to look at it: http://kfsone.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/touchy-feely-10gui/ [wordpress.com]
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Terry Stader, Westford�s veterans service officer, recently answered questions for the Eagle and Independent about the backlog of Veterans Affairs unprocessed claims. Here�s what he had to say:
Why is there such a large backlog of unprocessed claims in the Department of Veterans Affairs? What is the government doing about it?
The current headline news regarding the VA is about the medical (VHA, Veterans Healthcare Administration) side and not necessarily the compensation benefit side (VBA, Veterans Benefits Administration). Personally, I have more problems with the VBA side than the VHA side. I have established a very good working relationship with the VA Medical Center in Bedford to address the medical side. Not saying there is no problem with scheduling, but the local vets are very happy with their healthcare from Bedford or Boston.
Recently the VA has implemented a fast track claims program, which they call a Fully Developed Claim (FDC for short). The idea was to submit a very complete claim package that does not require the VA to look for non-government documents to substantiate a claim. As VSOs we have to make sure the veteran applicant submits a comprehensive submission. The VA has a goal to process these claims within 125 days. (For more information, visit benefits.va.gov/fdc/).
There are reports stating that the Boston VARO (VA Regional Office) is getting faster in processing claims. Some claims go to other regional facilities and they get really bogged down there, like the Aid and Attendance "pension" program that everyone who has an elder veteran seeking long-term care assistance is interested in. The last A&A claim submitted from Westford took 18 months to get approved.
An influx of soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, combined with a 2010 procedural change that made more Vietnam-era veterans eligible to file post traumatic stress disorder and Agent Orange (a chemical exfoliant) claims have contributed to a spike in claims.
The Vietnam veteran is getting to the age where they are more medically challenged and are seeking all possible medical solutions in light of the major changes to the healthcare industry in the last several years, including "ObamaCare."
We are already hearing about those with these new insurance plans having to seek alternative medical care because their new "cheaper" plan does not allow them to see their current physicians or get the same level of care.
The whole medical insurance situation is a quagmire. So many people are looking for breaks in their insurance premiums, property taxes and all the other "fees" (vehicle inspection fees go up next year, etc.) and these rates of increases far exceed the cost of living adjustment of Social Security and, if they are lucky enough to have one, a pension. I have seen a veteran who has retiree plan with a major local company charge him almost $800/month for his share of his healthcare insurance and he is well over 65, so he pays the $104.90 a month for Medicare. I have also seen veterans who are moving out of town to New Hampshire and communities to our west where cost of living is much cheaper than Westford. I have even encouraged it in some cases.
I see more people looking to get a VA benefit to offset the high costs of items like hearing aids and prescriptions. If we (the veterans and his local VSO) can identify a medical malady that maybe related to the veterans time in service, then we can submit the application for a disability that will give them financial relief. It will also allow them to pursue that VA healthcare options for that medical issue. It is possible that a veterans "civilian" healthcare insurance plan is a better solution than the VA. So we will need to look at all the options.
It does take a long time to have a claim processed. Yes, we have instances here in this office (Westford Veterans Services Department), where the claim was finally processed and the veteran has passed or passes within months of getting the benefit. This is the exception more than the rule, but it happens.
Are you able to help the veterans process their claims? What is your role in assisting the veterans? What does your job include? What doesn't it include?
Yes, we can help the veteran and that is our role. As a VSO, it is my job to evaluate the veteran (or surviving spouse) situation and assist them with coming up with a plan on getting a blend of federal, state and local financial assistance to ease their cost of living. Sometimes our role is to assist the veteran in getting to the right VA medical professional that will assist him with a service connected disability. At all times we are the advocate for the veteran (and/or family). Because our local VSO office is a centralized repository of information about resident veterans and their issues/cases, we have a pretty good handle on what solution is best. Many times we will have a completely new issue, so we reach out across the state and seek advice from our peers in other communities. A VSO in Westford has a different client base than the VSO in Lowell for example.
What is my job? I think the mission statement on the town's Veterans Services website (westfordma.gov)�is a pretty good start:
"Mission Statement: The Town of Westford's Veterans Services Department's mission is to honor and serve veterans and their families. By serving as their principal advocate, we are ensuring that they receive the care, support and recognition earned in service to their country.
The department advises residents as to the availability of federal and state services and benefits to which they are entitled. In addition, the department provides financial assistance to qualifying veterans, surviving spouses and their dependents.
This department also assists veterans in applying for federal VA benefits, such as service connected compensations, non-service connected disability pensions, medical benefits, home loans, educational benefits, death and burial benefits, as well as pension benefits for those veterans in assisted living or (who) are housebound."
It does go beyond that with items like 9/11 monuments/services, care (and recording) of veterans gravesites in the seven cemeteries of Westford (and even beyond), the two public events: Memorial Day and Veterans Day; and every day an information kiosk.
What this office is NOT... we are NOT affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the name Veterans Administration went away in 1989). We CANNOT offer legal advice (I am not a lawyer) nor can I act as a financial planner. I have a list of professionals to to which I will refer the veteran (or family or friend). I will try and give them multiple choices and let them determine who they have a "warm and fuzzy" (relationship) with. These folks can never charge you for processing a VA benefit application, but they could charge you for their other services. While many people will want to do it on their own, that is fine.
I am a peer to the veteran, but more than that, I do this job five days a week and am getting more and more experience with the nuances of claim processing. So I offer my view of the world to them.
What are your office hours?
My office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every week day. Because of the nature of the walk-in type clients, sometime the best time is early morning or late afternoon. I am open to evenings as well. I try and keep my Fridays open for house calls and client visits. It is essentially a one-person office, although I have a part-time clerical aid. Recently I was approved to be a VA Work Study site, so I may be getting an intern to assist with benefits and outreach.
What are the Afghanistan and Iraq vets facing?
Of the Operation Iraqi Freedom /Operation Enduring Freedom/New Dawn veterans I am currently working with, none of them are having VBA or VHA issues. What is happening with our service members today is that as part of their out-processing, many of them are getting put into VA medical programs and have disability applications already in the works. I have been involved with a few that are not happy with their VA medical professional and I worked with the vet to get a new one assigned as his or her primary care professional or a new specialist. I have also had a conversation with a Persian Gulf veteran (era: Aug 1990 to present) who had chosen not to report an issue and now wanted to move ahead with a claim, and we did get to a successful and rather speedy resolution.
Are you in touch with other veterans service officers around the region?
James MacRae is theVSO from Acton... he is a Persian Gulf era veteran himself. Chris Dery from Tyngsboro is a Kosovo veteran. Bob Johnson (Groton VSO), John Boroski (Littleton VSO) and I are Korea and Vietnam era vets ourselves and although we see veterans of all ages, tend to see those in our "class" Vietnam, Korea and World War II. Regina Jackson in Chelmsford also sees some variances to the typical veteran I might see. Military sexual trauma is a hot issue. Both Regina and I have seen MST case(s), her's female, mine male.
Our corner of Middlesex County has myriad of military experiences in the VSO community, a unique blend of veterans. The VSOs talk to each other at least monthly and share our issues regarding the VA and getting issues addressed. This actually occurs all over the state with regional meetings and statewide annual traning offered by the Mass. Department of Veterans Services.
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Terry Stader, Westford�s veterans service officer, recently answered questions for the Eagle and Independent about the backlog of Veterans Affairs unprocessed claims. Here�s what he had to say:


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Colts on offense: Rookie Andrew Luck came as advertised, no? The first overall pick has been pretty spectacular this season, throwing for 4,374 yards and 23 TDs. The 6-foot-4-inch, 234-pounder has the poise of a 10-year veteran. He processes information quickly, stands in the pocket bravely, and delivers accurate spirals. He is also deceptively athletic and will make plays with his legs. He is not infallible, however, as he did throw 18 picks. Luck is one smart cookie, as he became fast friends with Reggie Wayne. A 12-year vet who knows a thing or two about playing with a great QB, Wayne had a great season, catching 106 balls for and 1,355 yards. He is still slick. Rookie receiver T.Y. Hilton is a playmaker. He's quick and shows great open-field vision. Rookie tailback Vick Ballard (he's bullish) has really come on.
Ravens on defense: This aging unit still has some of the league's top playmakers, including massive nose man Haloti Ngata (6-4, 340), inspirational linebacker Ray Lewis (coming off triceps injury), mouthy linebacker Terrell Suggs (he has exceptional range and power), and incomparable safety Ed Reed. There's only one No. 20, but you'll swear there are several.
Ravens on offense: Ray Rice is the sparkplug that starts this engine. The 5-8, 212-pound tailback runs with exceptional power and balance. He runs so low and so swiftly that he makes it nearly impossible to get clean shots on him. Rice deflects hits, slides off defenders, and always keeps those muscular legs moving. QB Joe "Cool" Flacco is among the streakiest players in the NFL. When he's on, he will shred secondaries. When his confidence is shaken early, he has a hard time recovering. Flacco (6-6, 245) has a great arm and will fit balls into tiny windows. But he's about as mobile as a giant sequoia. Rugged receiver Anquan Boldin has the uncanny ability to always get open. Torrey Smith has speed to burn and has cut down on his lapses in concentration. Dennis Pitta is a good receiving tight end and Rice is terrific on screens.
Colts on defense: Unheralded linebacker Jerrell Freeman (you'll know more about him after this game) has collected 145 tackles. Fellow linebackers Pat Angerer (he has deceptive speed) and Kavell Conner (he's explosive) are solid. Robert Mathis and Dwight Freeney will bring pressure. Defensive backs Antoine Bethea and Vontae Davis are consistent playmakers.
Special teams: Adam Vinatieri is pretty good — but you knew that. The most clutch kicker in NFL annals hit on 26 of 33 field goal attempts, including 4 of 7 of 50-plus yards. He was 9 of 10 from 40-49 yards . . . Pat McAfee averaged 47.9 yards per punt . . . Deji Karim averaged 36.4 yards on nine kick returns, including a 101-yard TD last Sunday vs. Houston . . . Hilton averaged 11.5 yards on punt returns and had a 75-yard TD . . . Baltimore's Justin Tucker connected on 30 of 33 field goal attempts, including a long of 56 yards . . . San Koch had a 47.1-yard average on punts . . . Jacoby Jones is an elite returner. He returned two kickoffs (including a 108-yarder) and one punt for scores.
Miscellany: Colts franchise returns to Baltimore (no Mayflower trucks were used to haul the equipment) . . . Colts are 2-0 vs. Ravens in postseason . . . Ravens coach John Harbaugh (he always looks like somebody stole his lunch money) is 5-4 in playoffs . . . Postseason debut for Indy coach Chuck Pagano, who previously served as Baltimore's defensive coordinator . . . Colts have won 9 of last 11 games . . . Suggs has 10 career postseason sacks.
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Jonny's future
The Toulon star and England legend speaks in depth to Sky Sports and reveals he could announce his retirement in February but still holds a Lions ambition
By Peter Fraser - Follow me on Twitter @SkySportsPeteF
Last Updated: 17/01/13 8:43am
For Jonny Wilkinson, no decision is ever taken lightly. The search for perfection and associated mental torment of striving to be the best have long been much-publicised factors in a star-studded, World Cup-winning career. He now stands at another crossroads.
The Toulon fly-half and England legend, who called quits on his international playing days in December 2011, is widely regarded as one of the most talented players in the history of rugby and he remains a celebrated icon.
Wilkinson, now 33, has seen his playing days revitalised since moving to the south of France in 2009 after previously being ravaged by injuries and he has helped his club to their current position at the summit of the Top 14 table. A Heineken Cup quarter-final spot has also already been secured ahead of Saturday's final Pool 6 game at Montpellier, in a season which has the potential for a domestic and European Double.
But the former Newcastle Falcons hero now has a new choice to make. He is still waiting for what he calls the "eureka moment" but his Toulon contract expires at the end of the season. He appreciates, after months of deliberation, in February he is likely to need to inform his club, who will be planning for next season, on his verdict of a potential summer retirement from all forms of rugby.
That would bring to an end a career which began in 1997 and has included scoring more than 1,800 club points through a combination of dedicated training, match-day physical commitment and unrivalled skill.
Having wrestled with the choice of international retirement just more than one year ago, Wilkinson knows reaching a conclusion on his future is far from straightforward. He wants what is best for Toulon. However, it is also time to think about what is correct as an individual.
"That is interesting," said Gillette ambassador Wilkinson before pausing for thought in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports when asked about the scenario of making a personal decision in a team sport. "I cannot lie, it does involve thinking about yourself. But, ultimately, I know as well that what is best for me is determined by whether it is any good for the team. One thing I cannot bare is being involved in something where you do not belong or should not be. My involvement needs to be for all the right reasons.
"From an individual point of view, I do not want to play a year too long. Some people might say I have already done that [laughing]. I do not want to go into that zone, because it costs so much in terms of the drive, the mental energy and the preparation. It does cost a lot and I love it but I want to always know there is a positive at the end of it. That is the individual part but, yes, you are right, in a team sport, it is interesting what the decision comes down to.
"At the same time, maybe that is the only negative of this situation. All the other positives are that I am fortunate to have an amazing team and coaches full of people who are willing to say to me, 'well, you decide'. In sport, you have people saying to you, 'we will or we will not renew your contract'. I am fortunate enough to have that decision. The problem is, with my competitive nature and drive to do well, I do not quite know where I stand."
Wilkinson's career has, in his own words, previously been blighted by 'obsession' to be the best, excruciatingly in-depth analysis of performances and dwelling on issues which did or did not meet his exceptionally high standards. He has spoken honestly in the past about his consequential battle with depression. It is a horribly complex situation yet he is not someone looking for sympathy.
He knows his career has been about learning and dealing with pressure. But he is also aware the weight of expectancy and focus is becoming an unwelcome burden. He is now, at times, looking for distractions away from rugby. He has not fallen out of love with the sport, he just knows he needs to "find a different balance".
"It is difficult to tell, because if maybe I put myself back in the shoes of my 21-year-old self, I would not think this but life just seemed to come so simply back then," said Wilkinson when discussing how he has changed throughout his career. "It is the early stages. You are still at the bottom of the mountain and looking up at what you can climb and where you can go. With that in mind, it creates this simplicity to every decision and you are also more physically able to deal with every... I do not know how to describe it... fork in the road, every challenge. It falls into the stride. Ultimately, it makes you wonder if you could maybe have made more of it. If you are able to sit back, it might let you be a bit more planned. But, at that age, everything just looks after itself. You go to training, you go home.
"What I do know, for me at that age, is that rugby consumed me in such a way that I thought about nothing else. I loved that. Whereas, now, I have to think about other things. Mentally, I cannot stomach being consumed by rugby the way I used to. I am not able to do that. Maybe, with the age, I have got increased responsibility and there is more pressure. Maybe I just see it that way. Whatever it is, I now crave a break."
Wilkinson knows a decision on his future will come from a gut feeling while playing on the field with Toulon rather than "trying to put numbers to things, formulas and listing pros and cons". And that rugby instinct is what has led to widespread predictions he will stay connected with the game by moving into coaching after playing.
The No.10 has been influenced over the years by famous kicking coach Dave Alred and he sees himself possibly following in the footsteps of one of the most influential figures in his life. But any fans who might dream of seeing Wilkinson as England's head coach any time in the near future will likely be disappointed.
"I adore coaching individuals on a skill basis," he said. "At the moment, I feel, if I am qualified to do anything, I am qualified to do that, because of the time and energy that has gone in to doing it in my own life. So, if there is a coaching road ahead somewhere, it would be within that framework of one-on-one and getting people through the skill-set. I would adore doing that. From a team point of view, it is not really my area right now, I do not think."
FortunateViewers of Sky Sports will over Christmas have seen former England head coach Sir Clive Woodward, who led Wilkinson and his squad-mates to victory in the World Cup in 2003, interview England football manager Roy Hodgson as a part of the 'Sporting Heroes' series.
In the television programme, Woodward suggested England's footballers could cure their penalty shoot-out yips by learning from Wilkinson's regimented training and kicking technique. So, from a coaching perspective, does the man himself think this would be possible?
"I guess there is always an opportunity to get better and create an inevitability to what you are doing," said Wilkinson. "But when I am kicking in rugby, it is always the same. With football, it is a touch sport and there are different aspects. You are also talking about having a goalkeeper, so you need to consider disguise. In rugby, you can have a certain run-up. Where you stand at the end of your run-up pretty much dictates where the ball is going. If you have that in football, the goalkeeper knows where the ball is going.
"What is possible is the principles - a clean strike, power transfer, weight transfer, trajectory and control of the ball. But, on a certain day, the aim and the position of a wall and the goalkeeper can all change. Drop goals in rugby are more like football. They are the hardest thing to teach in rugby. Ultimately, you can practice in a sterile environment but, as soon as you go out to the field, so much of that goes out the window.
Wilkinson is continuing his ambassadorial work with Gillette into 2013 and is thrilled the brand will still provide backing for coaching schemes in partnership with sports coach UK. He said: "It is about helping people to be the best they can be and that lasts forever. That is why it is fabulous that Gillette are so supportive of the drive behind coaching."
But on the immediate future and before any potential retirement, is what remains of his playing career. That could include a place in Warren Gatland's British and Irish Lions squad for the tour of Australia in June. And while that would depend on Toulon's progress, with the play-off final taking place on 1st June, the same day as the first Lions match in Hong Kong, Wilkinson is not totally guarded about his desire.
"It is not something I want to talk about too much, because it could be a lot of words on a page about nothing," said the six-time Lions cap. "The selectors, committees, management boards and coaches will be looking at so many players who are performing brilliantly at international level at the moment. They are guys who deserve to be there and deserve to be taking the game forward.
"What you can say is that it (playing for the Lions) is an enormous honour and one I am fortunate enough to have had before but never in a winning sense. It (this summer's tour of Australia) is something you would love to be a part of, say, 'I was there' and to give everything for it. But there is not a player in European rugby who would say differently about playing in that environment. By going every day as hard as you can and giving it everything you can possibly afford, if there is any chance it might happen as an outside shot, then maybe the dream can stay alive. But I do not think about it too much, because I know I am an older guy who has retired from internationals."
Jonny Wilkinson is a Gillette ambassador. Gillette are supporting coaches this year in partnership with sports coach UK


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) -- Ghosts and monsters are just some of the horrors you'll find on Halloween, but for some parents, just as scary can be letting their kids trick or treat outside in the dark.
So Wednesday, thousands of parents headed to the Mesa Mall, trading traditional trick or treating for a safer alternative.
It's not everyday you see the mall transformed from a shopping venue to the hub of trick- or- treating in town. For some parents, it helped put their minds at ease.
"I love it. I feel like they care about the kids. I feel like they care that they have a good time and a safe time," said mother Courtney Jacobs.
Jacobs brings her kids to the mall every Halloween, because she says it's safer than traditional, outdoor trick- or- treating.
"I am kind of freaked out about the whole craziness going on in the news about the kids," she said. "I don't want them to be by themselves, you never know. If you can't pay attention to one and the other goes, what happens then? Or what happens if somebody runs up and grabs your kid while you're out walking? You don't know who they are; they have masks."
Instead of strangers, it's mall employees handing out the goods.
"I started working, folded a few clothes, then they told me you're just going to hand out candy, and I was like yes," Aeropostale employee David Herbert said. For Herbert, there's no better day of work than Halloween.
"The best part is honestly seeing all the costumes. They're just awesome, seeing Mario Brothers, some of the princesses I guess," he said.
More than 60 stores handed out candy, and mall officials said they think more than 2,000 people showed up-- one of the biggest turnouts in the program's 20 year history-- for a day of frights and fears that parents hope will only last for one day.
Data shows that Halloween is by far the deadliest day of the year for young pedestrians. A ten year study showed an average of 5.5 deaths each Halloween, compared with just 2.6 the rest of the year.


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At the United States of Hockey, Chris Peters writes of Miller:
In certain spots of this tournament, Miller was fantastic. In others, he was just kind of there. He showed spurts of his great play-making ability and speed.Peters writes that Miller played in all situations and is the only forward on the team that can return next season.
At ESPN Insider, Grant Sonier writes that Miller was consistently good with his physical play.
I don't think that point are ever going to tell the full story with JT, and he will be someone that you will really need to see early on to appreciate. I didn't get to watch as much as I wanted to of the tournament, but whenever I did, it seemed like JT was always doing interviews and talking about the team after losses. Maybe he has a shot to follow in Derek Stepan's footsteps and be the Captain next year for Team USA.


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Without a doubt, Manchester United gave their most impressive performance of the season against Bayer Leverkusen last night.
The German outfit are no slackers - they're the second best in the Bundesliga right now. And they were taken apart mercilessly, ruthlessly, and beautifully by United.
It wasn't a classic United performance with flowing football and aesthetically pleasing artistic dribbles. It was a gritty and hard fought win. There was a point in the game at which United were passing at an accuracy of less than 70%.
Still, they looked more the team of last season - one in which everybody on the field contributes to the goal tally: even players from the other team. While Wayne Rooney deserves a massive amount of credit for his hand in every one of the three goals, the most heartening sight for United was was definitely a revitalised Shinji Kagawa.
To put it simply, he was sublime: fighting, running, and finally playing truly penetrating passes. His biggest criticism since his arrival at United has been that he has dawdled on the ball excessively, dribbling where he should be passing. All those vices disappeared against Leverkusen.
In a team missing their top scorer, captain and midfield general, Kagawa really stepped up. The vigilance with which he tracked the Leverkusen midfield saw him mirror Carrick's role in the team, breaking up play and spreading the ball when necessary. Along with a timeless Giggs, Kagawa dominated the midfield. He was the cool-head, picking up the ball high-pressure situations in his own half and moving it astutely up the field to the strikers.
His contribution up top was no less. He had a big hand in the first two goals, setting up the move for Valencia's finish and winning the free-kick from which the own goal was scored. The icing on the cake was his pass to Rooney for the fourth. His chip completely took apart the Leverkusen defence. Even more importantly, he was a real presence in the final third, involving Nani and Valencia with short cutting passes to the wings. When necessary, he was even confident enough to take a crack at goal. Its ironic that the revitalised Kagawa appears once again on German soil given his past at Dortmund.
It's not a coincidence that the return of this Kagawa coincided with with his return to his number 10 position. If anything, his performance against Leverkusen elucidated the fact that it's a mistake to put him on the wing. There is no way Moyes would ever sacrifice Van Persie, but a Kagawa like the one who showed up on Wednesday would walk into any team. Moyes has a Class A problem on his hands.
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MAYVILLE - Barbara M. Biekert, 90, formerly of Morris St., Mayville and the Mayville Senior Apartments, died Wednesday (Feb. 13, 2013) at Heritage Green Rehab and Skilled Nursing.
She was born April 20, 1922, in Mayville, the daughter of the late H. Donald and Mary Persons Shearer.
Barb had been the billing clerk in the general office for Kling's Furniture in Mayville. She was a member of the Mayville United Methodist Church, Order of the Eastern Star's and the Mayville American Legion Auxiliary.
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Barbara M. Biekert
Barb enjoyed embroidering, sewing, cooking and baking, and she loved her family very much.
She is survived by her son, Gary (Bonnie) Biekert of Mayville; three grandchildren, Benjamin Lawson of Mayville, Margie Nelsen of Randolph and Paul Biekert of Baltimore, Md.; and three great-grandchildren, Devyn Nelsen, Dyetrich Silsby and Grayson Biekert.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin L. Biekert whom she married July 6, 1949, in the Mayville United Methodist Church and who died Aug. 30, 2010; a daughter, Debora Biekert; a sister, Caroline Ellsworth; and a brother, Gordon Shearer.
The funeral was at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 16 in the Freay Funeral Home, Mayville. Rev. Mark Parsons of the Mayville United Methodist Church officiated. Burial was in the Mayville Cemetery. The family received friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15 in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Mayville United Methodist Church, 81 S. Erie St., Mayville, N.Y. 14757 or Hospice Chautauqua County, 20 W. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, N.Y. 14750.


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The Greens neighborhood in Longmont held its annual Fourth of July parade on Friday morning, one of many neighborhood and community celebrations throughout the St. Vrain Valley.
This was the 13th year for the parade, according to organizer Jean Goldstein, who participated in similar July Fourth celebrations organized by her father when she was growing up in Akron, Ohio.
"It's one of my favorite memories of all time," she said.
The Greens neighborhood was among those in Longmont hit hard by last September's floods.


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Dear Zeus, beautiful angel boy~
I'm heartbroken knowing a doggie as beautiful, as sweet, as special as you has left for the Rainbow Bridge so long before your time. I've never met a "Sheppadoodle" before; such a beautiful blend of two of the most beloved breeds! I think you got your love for water from your Poodle side, and your dislike for getting your paws wet from your Shepherd side!:) Reading the story of you and your "wet socks" put the biggest smile on my face, and I can only imagine the countless more cherished memories you family holds in their hearts. You were only on this earth but a short time, Zeus, but what a legacy you forged in those 7 years, touching the lives of so many, bringing happiness to all you knew and loved. You may no longer be there with your family, physically, but your spirit lives on in their hearts, and I hope that will comfort them until that wonderful day when you all are together again!
Until then, romp happy and healthy and whole at the Rainbow Bridge, sweetheart! I know all of our beloved furangels will be throwing you the biggest party today, celebrating your much deserved Dog of the Day honors, and I hope seeing you being honored here today brings some small measure of comfort to your family. They were SO very blessed to have had a best friend in you!:love::love::love:
Love, Sandra


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Lady Chucks' 'D' earns them a road win
JVs win third of last four, improve to 9-5 this season
DUBOIS — The Punxsutawney-DuBois rivalry has eclipsed decades, and if there is one thing a fan of either squad can expect, it's a close, rugged contest between the teams every time they meet.
Although the Lady Chucks and Lady Beavers basketball teams found themselves at the bottom of the District-IX standings entering Thursday night's contest in DuBois, both squads came out anxious to earn a victory in the saga's latest chapter.
And the Lady Chucks did just that with a 33-25 victory over the Lady Beavers.
"I knew we'd have to win on the road with defense, and we did that all night," Punxsy head coach Randy Reitz said. "We gave up 25 points on the road with very solid defense. We had a couple mental breakdowns where we didn't talk, but overall, that's probbaly the best defense we've played all season."
The game started out a defensive slugfest, just as could be expected between the two teams to anyone familiar with the rivalry.
The first two minutes made it seem as if the contest might be a shootout, with DuBois' Katelyn LaBue scoring the game's first point by knocking down half of a pair of free throws.
Punxsy sophomore guard Taylor Newcome answered with a quick three to give Punxsy an early 3-1 lead, but a pair of free throws by the Lady Beavers' Casey Wilcox evened the score in the game's second minute.
Neither team scored for the next five minutes as both defenses clamped down to force poor shot opportunities on both ends.
Amidst the defensive stops, Punxsy's sharp shooter, Newcome, picked up her second foul, forcing her to the bench earlier than usual.
Nicole DiPietro broke the scoreless spell with a layup on a great hustle play, beating her defender to the ball after the pair tangled and fell to the ground.
Punxsy's lead was short-lived though, as Wilcox hit another free throw and the Lady Beavers took the lead back on a basket by Jordan Fairman.
A foul shot by Jensen Constanino evened the score at six after one period.
Early in the second, Punxsy forward Ally Fye picked up her second foul, putting the foul disparity at 7-3. Although his team's aggressive defense sent some of his players to the bench early, Reitz reiterated after the game that foul trouble isn't something that concerns his team.
"We're so deep that foul trouble really doesn't bother us," he said. "I can just insert another player, and we don't miss a beat. It's really nice being able to go eight or nine deep."
Reitz said a large part of the advantage of playing so deep is more girls are able to form a sense of chemistry. Often, a Punxsy substitution resembles a hockey line change with four or even five girls subbing into the game, but Reitz said it's all a matter of comfortability.
"These girls play a lot of basketball together, and they're starting to figure out what each other girl likes to do," he said. "We have some groups that feel more comfortable playing with each other, and that's just the way we're going to do it."
While the first quarter was low-scoring, the second bested it by a point with DuBois outscoring Punxsy 7-4.
Punxsy's only baskets came on layups by Constantino and senior Alex Magill, and Punxsy trailed 13-10 at the half.
In the second half, Punxsy's defensive prowess continued, holding the Lady Beavers to just 12 points between the third and fourth quarters, but things heated up a bit for the Lady Chucks on the offensive end.
"I thought in the second half, our offense was a lot better," Reitz said. "We made some shots. In the first half, we had some good looks, but they just wouldn't drop. You're a little less confident on the road, too. These kids weren't going to quit defensively, though, and we knew sooner or later, the shots would start falling. And they did."
Punxsy point guard Ashley Reitz led the way with all nine of her points coming in the second half at key times when Punxsy needed a basket.
Punxsy took the lead with just under two minutes to play in the third on a layup by Fye, but DuBois' Wilcos answered right back to give the Lady Beavers a 21-20 lead.
On the final possession of the quarter, though, Newcome drained a three that would prove to put Punxsy up for good.
Reitz gave the Lady Chucks some breathing room early in the fourth quarter with a two early and a three with just under six minutes to play.
DuBois narrowed the gap to as few as four points, but Punxsy's defense proved to be too strong, and a pair of Newcome free throws with 51 seconds remaining sealed the deal.
"I'm very pleased with the effort these girls give you every single night, and we came away with a victory on the road," coach Reitz said. "You can't ask for anything more."
In the JV contest, Punxsy continued it's season-long defensive dominance in a 44-33 win that wasn't quite as close as the scoreboard indicated at the end.
DuBois narrowed a 16 point gap at the end with some increased pressure on defense and foul shots that would prove to be meaningless.
The Lady Chucks' two-headed scoring monster of Shaina Painter and Anna Horner set the pace for Punxsy with 17 and 13 points respectively.
Lexxi Cielo came in next-highest for the Lady Chucks with six points.
Forward Hope Weaver put up four for Punxsy, and Ivy Phillips and Morgan McFarland rounded out the scoring with two apiece.
Up next for the Lady Chucks is an important league game at home against the Lady Raiders of Brookville (9-3) Tuesday night.
The Punxsy-DuBois rivalry continues tonight, when the boys' teams will face off in Punxsutawney.


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Posted 10 May 2005 - 05:25 PM
Straight pipe, no cats, 2.25", Flowmaster40. Nothing better.
Posted 10 May 2005 - 05:28 PM
what size is the original pipe on a suby? it doesnt look that big?
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what size is the original pipe on a suby? it doesnt look that big?
the stock exhaust varies
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Probably 1 and 3/4 on your 81.. just a guess.
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... get rid of the legal structure in place that makes this type of lawsuit have a good enough chance of prohibiting or delaying a competitors product that it makes good financial sense to proceed?
I wish that money spent on lawyers was spend on engineering, or alternatively, entertaining commercials.
Unfortunately, it is the lawyers themselves who have a disproportionate influence over the legal structure itself. They are also the only ones who would know how to fix it and every reason not to. Hence, our current problems.
No, your current problems stem from you permitting corporations with a vested interest in controlling IP to comandeer your representative government, leading to bad laws.
Contrary to what you apparently believe, practising lawyers don't get to make up the law as they go along. They can only apply it creatively. It's interesting that out of (a) the people who wrote these laws (b) the people who agitated for these laws and now routinely abuse them for commercial gain and (c) the people who have the job of di
we 'buy' justice from the legal store (system).
is there any wonder that the store owners don't want to give the secret to 'stocking the shelves' away? or let people produce their own goods?
a bit far for an analogy but the point is that they line their pockets due to how bad the system is. they have NO REASON to make the wheels turn faster and more efficient. they would argue themselves out of jobs.
it really is that simple. if tax laws were simple, we would not need accountants and such.
people keep complexity because their job 'depends' on it. nothing much more than that.
therefore, don't EVER expect it to change. its a constant, like gravity.
At least gravity does not increase...
How else in our mechanized age could we keep folks working, when we don't need them tilling fields or making goods anymore?
Artificial barriers to entry like these patents increase the cost of goods, reduce the competitive field and drive monopoly rents.
Without these rents, you would not have obscene profits and obscene salaries arrived at in this manner.
You'd still have obscene profits but it would be in exchange for extreme value.
But that would mean real work instead of lawyering, and the lawyers can't have that.
It would also democratize opportunity, and the CEOs and politicians that are funded by them can't have THAT!
We all know this is exactly true. We all know it's a game that is genuinely rigged to self reinforce the societal position of whoever has power and money currently.
This is a deeply poison pill the effects of which no nation or civilization ever escapes no matter how draconic a regime they try to enforce.
It's not substantially different than the corruption that drove the Arab Spring to topple its dictators.
Software patents turn each and every programmer on this board a criminal on a daily, no, an hourly basis. That's not even an exaggeration, or hyperbole, or overstating the case; that's a material fact . It drive developers out of business and stops them from starting businesses every day
How is this different from the events that set off the Arab Spring?
from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12120228 [bbc.co.uk]
Mohammed Bouazizi, 26, sold fruit and vegetables illegally in Sidi Bouzid because he could not find a job. Last month he doused himself in petrol and set himself alight when police confiscated his produce because he did not have the necessary permit.
Call them what you like. The 1%. The Royal Family. The Coke Snorting Class. The Lawyers. The Politicians. The Executives. The Parasites. Whatever you want to call them, the fact is they never see it coming because they're so out of touch with the rage hey engender in everyone else. They think they can keep all "those" people under control because "those people" don't matter, have no power and are so fucked they'll never get unfucked.
That's what they think.
But that would mean real work instead of lawyering, and the lawyers can't have that.
Really? This gets moderated insightful?
Do you know what lawyers are? A dispute resolution tool. They are nothing more or less than a more civilized way of resolving disputes than killing one another. They do not make laws - politicians do that. And how to politicians decide which laws to make? You vote for them.
You don't like lawyers getting money from disputes arising out of bad laws? Blame yourself. Your failure to control your elected representatives is what permits those laws to exist.
But take a
You,re overlooking recommendation, the fact that lawyers have directly participated in the pursuit, drafting and sustaining of these same bad laws and they are the direct beneficiaries of these same bad laws.
Sure lawyers have a key role to play in civil society.
So what?
Imagine the judge having to wake up in the morning to look forward to something like this.
To prosecute someone more than once for the same reason?
"Reason" includes elements that are actually different in this case from the last. For instance, different products (tablets v. smartphones).
I'm not saying "rounded corners" is a great basis for lawsuits, whether one or a dozen; I'm just saying that this lawsuit is distinguishable from the previous by the specific "infringing" products identified in each.
So, yes, this suit is no less, and no more, valid than the prior one.
Right, and that's why you want to get suits against you dismissed with prejudice and ones that you initiate dismissed without prejudice if things aren't going to go to completion.
Hmm, probably a civil/criminal thing, and some
It's obvious at this time that they've realised it's economically worthwhile to lock them down in a court, and it's just a warning to anyone else who'd think of entering the market that if they do well, they WILL be sued. So with Apple threatening legal action to totally block in one way, and MS grabbing for royalties in the other, it adds a huge extra cost to using Android they're hoping will stop future co
Leaving aside the difference between lawsuits and prosecution, that would mean anyone who loses a lawsuit once would have impunity to do those same things over and over again in the future. Probably not a great basis for a legal system.
Yes or no, depending what you mean by "same reason". If you violate a law twice, you can be prosecuted twice. If you take a single action that violates multiple laws, you can be charged with two crimes for the "same reason". Most countries, Germany included, prevent "double jeopardy", being punished more than once for the same crime. But your question is not relevant to this article since they are being sued, not prosecuted, and double jeopardy does not apply. Though if you have had a suit withdrawn/t
Honestly, if someone could find a way to patent the wheel, they'd do it.
Our patent system is such at this point that there is no advancement possible without asking permission and paying royalties to someone else. Every fundamental idea and concept is owned. As anything that has any sort of visual representation and interface.
Of course, all this is incredibly ironic, given that back in the day, Microsoft and Apple both flagrantly ripped off [gizmodo.com] what are considered to be absolute fundamentals of a GUI from Xerox.
It's been done [cnn.com]
It's all Apple has left: patents and lawsuits. Without Steve Jobs at the helm, what else did you expect them to do? Innovate new products? Please, even with Steve leading, all Apple has ever done is scoop up companies doing actual innovation and copy them. (It's become cliche to point out that Apple stole the Mac GUI from Xerox. Even more cliche is pointing out that they "licensed" it without realizing that the point is that they claimed it as their own without giving any credit to the people who actually designed it.)
Have you seen iOS 5? All the new features were either stolen directly from Android (notifications, Siri, iCloud if we're honest) or
Have you tried Mac OS X Lion? It's this weird bastard child of Windows and iOS. And, yes, I mean Windows. They flat-out stole quite a few things from Windows and added them to Mac OS X. Even the style changes from Snow Leopard to Lion makes it look more like Windows Aero. Why they went that why?
Well - this is Apple, post Steve Jobs. All they've got left is copying other people and then suing them.
Well, perhaps it is cliche.
Regardless, it seems like quite a number of companies (not just Apple) are saying, "To get here, I stood on the shoulders of giants. And by God, I'm going to make damn sure no one else does."
This doesn't spur innovation; quite the opposite, really. Especially when you consider that pretty much all commercial works these days are derivatives of something else. And for the most part, if you want to learn/build something new, you need billions of dollars and a particle accelerator.
It's become cliche to point out that Apple stole the Mac GUI from Xerox
This is 'stole' meaning 'paid a big chunk of Apple stock in exchange for it and then added original features like the desktop metaphor with the trash can, the menu bar, window title bars and others?' Do you, by any chance, work for the MPAA?
and then added original features like the desktop metaphor with the trash can,
Ah yes, the trash can, that was where you had to drag the disk icon in order to get the beast to let go of your floppy...
Apple was first to market with a well packaged MP3 player and a business model to support it. Everything else has been largely riding on those coattails with incremental improvements. After the rest of the electronics manufacturers woke up they came back hard with mass quantities of spaghetti flying at all manner of walls. Often times the products featured superior aspects sometimes not. But, for one reason or another they played second fiddle to the comparable iDevice. Recently Apple has been losing g
It's all Apple has left: patents and lawsuits. Without Steve Jobs at the helm, what else did you expect them to do?
it was steve jobs who had started these patent/copyright wars. he was berserk at android and had called them thieves and whatnot. we discussed it here in slashdot when it was disclosed. you werent around it seems.
you are seeing the fruition of the policy jobs created and overseen.
As Apple has engaged in an all out abusive patent war on anyone who dares compete with their Dynabook ripoff technology, I say "Fuck Apple."
I guess someone at Apple has finally watched [youtube.com] Galaxy S2 commercial?
In online gaming, this kind of thing is usually remarked upon as "u mad?".
I guess someone at Apple has finally watched [youtube.com] Galaxy S2 commercial?
That commercial is hilarious!
(girl with iPhone) "That's a Samsung."
(guy with MacBook) "I could never get a Samsung. I'm creative."
(guy with iPhone) "Dude, you're a barista..."
MS behaved once like a complete asshole and it slowly found itself in a world where nobody liked it anymore and it was starting to hurt the company. Nothing like outright revenge but in its proposed standards being ignored and its rivals providing each other with support just because. Or do you think IBM has no alterior motive in supporting Linux then because it doesn't care what it sells support for? IBM doesn't just sell patents to google for the hell of it either to fight Apple, or do you think IBM liked it when Apple ditched their CPU? Oh, not that it made much difference, Apple was a very small buyer but why help Google for just a tiny bit of cash with patents that IBM might one day need themselves?
Reputation matters. How much? Well so much that MS has bought advertising space from GOOGLE to advertise its own browser despite that everyone who can USE Internet Explorer has it installed by default (it comes with Windows). Paying your competition to advertise a product given away for free... that was not the Internet Bill Gates envisioned in the 90's.
Apple had a good reputation, god knows what for, pre-OSX the only time I saw Apples, they were crashing but still, it was a good rep, intresting devices and it never hurts to be considered the plucky underdog against the mega-corp. But right now, a LOT of mainstream media, at least in Holland, is presenting these cases as the relatively small Apple bullying the "small" mega-corp and super diversified semi-government Samsung... it would be like comparying say Harley Davidson against Yamaha. Sure both build motor cycles but HD isn't even in the same class when it comes to business clout.
And yet in this case, many are starting to see Apple as the big evil giant stamping on its smaller cuddlier competitors. When Samsung becomes cute, you know you are doing something wrong with your image.
Yet, the tablets do like a lot alike. Gosh, what do you know, so do many e-readers and for that matter phones. How many phones do you know that are rectangle with a rectangular screen and 12-15 buttons below it? Some form factors just belong to a type of product. Go ahead, redesign the refrigerator with a unique design that has not been seen before since the days of cupboards making started god knows how many centuries ago. Good thing Apple wasn't around when Gutenberg copied the printing press from the Chinese. We would have a thousand different book designs for each and every publisher.
It would be better if plenty of people hadn't already found evidence of how many if not all of Apples own designs had been done by others before.
Everybody copies from everybody else, in science they are even proud of it "if I seen furthest, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants". Artists are inspired by their predecessors but suddenly in our society the slightest hint of similarity is evil. And for what? To protect your profits so you don't have to innovate (compare the iPad 2 to say a device like the Asus Transformer or the Samsung Note)? That works, for about as long until someone passes you (IE6 anyone?)
It doesn't surprise me that the "new" iPhone is just a small update and that none of them have really upped the stakes let alone tried anything NEW. Smaller, bigger, new design... just updates.
If you want a color e-ink display, you got to go to Korea. Not silicon valley, korea. Go to China and you can buy mobile phones that run rings around western models, laptops with features and specs you just can't get here. The west has become so obsessed with lawsuits, real innovation has stopped. Sure, maybe Apple can stop Samsung now on one of its many different markets but what if next some Chinese company comes up with a NEW idea that Apple wants to copy? Oops, it just introduced around the world that implementing the same broad design as someone else is illegal. Apple and MS have both been in court before for this where they claimed the other copied something only to find they themselves copied it too.
Apple is fighting a legal battle it i
Everybody copies from everybody else, in science they are even proud of it "if I seen furthest, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants". Artists are inspired by their predecessors but suddenly in our society the slightest hint of similarity is evil
The quote came from Issac Newton, who had an infamous dispute [wikipedia.org] with Gottfried Leibniz on the bragging rights for inventing Calculus. There were no lawsuits, presumably the laws of the time were not sufficiently bloated to allow litigation over such claims, but the whole affair was not very pretty.
they gone from a plucky fighter against the evil MS to a far greater evil then MS ever dreamed off. That is an achievement of sorts
If you rate a tech company by "evil / not-evil" (and shades in between), you really need to grow up. Almost all companies exist to make profit, nobody (IBM, Google, Apple, whatever) exists to "fight against MS" (or
Don't buy Apple products.
But then you'd put Apple and Samsung out of business!
Maybe we should just let Apple executives shoot Samsung executives AND all their workers also then seize their goods and throw them into the ocean.
The simplest solution is always the best.
Let's be clear about one thing- IP lawyers are succeeding in creating a parasitic lifestyle on our industry and on our lives and futures. They impose themselves as non-value producing entities on an industry and then begin siphoning off money from that industry.
They do not add value, they remove value; they do not promote progress, they retard progress. There are so many dollars being thrown off from any given product, and lawyers have conspired to insert themselves into that revenue stream, directly and negatively effecting your bottom line.
This parasitic lifestyle is as good an example of the 1% staging a systematic assault on the 99%.
In fact, The imposition of a software patent regime is as clear cut a case of the 1% consciously organizing to cut off economic opportunity from the 99% as you're going to find outside of a smoke filled room in Texas.
There are about the same percentage of software developers who favor software patents as there are climatologists who don't believe in global warming. 98% of software developers want to write software, create a product, and add value.
Precious few look at the patent troll lifestyle with envy and wish to pursue a career litigating over simple minded applications of middling value.
But for those that do favor software patents, just exactly how do you propose to win at this game?
That the realistic cost of acquiring a software patent starts at 15-30k and goes well north of there.
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/01/28/the-cost-of-obtaining-patent/id=14668/ [ipwatchdog.com]
although note that one IP lawyer comments that "In Los Angeles it is not unusual for partners to charge in excess of $600/hour which makes your estimates on the low side."
which is more than you're likely to make from your patent:
The cost of patents is greater than the revenue they generate. ÃoeAbout 97 percent of patents generate less revenue than the patent costs." Return on patent costs. How much does it cost to patent an invention? (Andy Gibbs, CEO of PatentCafe.com Inc., quoted in Celia Lamb, ÃoeNew program at Sierra College aims to help would-be Pre Plastics,Ã Sacramento Business Journal, February 7, 2003)
But never mind that, now that you have spent more than your likely savings on your one single patent, exactly what is it you're thinking about doing with this patent?
Licensing it? Do you think that licensing is automatically negotiated and enforced by the government?
No, you're going to pay a lawyer an hourly rate which is two to ten times what your own hourly rate is to approach, approach and then re-approach company after company none of whom are even slightly sympathetic to your request for a taxation on their profits and will, in fact, do everything they can to resist any kind of licensing deal, including using the tactic of exhausting the rent-seeker's financial ability to pursue rent.
Oh so let them use your "intellectual property" you'll sue! For millions! Well, good luck with that. Because you're sure as hell not going to be doing that on your own unless you're in the 1% or can find some subset of 1% who are sympathetic to your quest to join their ranks via litigation.
The cost to sustain an infringement claim starts at one million US and goes to 5 million and beyond. So unless you're befriended by some part of the 1%, you're not going to be enforcing your "intellectual property rights" anytime soon.
So what do we have, really? We have a system which has the net effect of imposing an impossibly high barrier- call it a poll tax- upon the most vibrant and valuable form of economic participation our economy has - starting a company.
And who created that barrier?
Highly paid (1%) lawyers working for highly compensated (1/10 of 1% ) CEOs.
Sorry about teh unformatted post previous.. I am sure Slashdot is moving to WYSIWYG any day now
You can change your posting settings (click the little gear icon), setting it to "Plain Old Text" is probably what you want:
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A good carpenter doesn't blame his tools. No, I didn't bother to read your brain dump. dict succinct. If you can't bother to care what you write, why would I care to read it?
Oh BTW Ayn Rand? An egomaniac, cigarette-addicted/ tobacco-company-excusing, life long amphetamine addict who also tried repeatedly to force a sexual relationship on the no longer willing Nathaniel Brandon who himself is famous for having said "I agree with Ayn Rand about most things and I admire most of her philosophy, but I don't see how any of that means I have to sleep with an old woman".
Almost certainly an obsessional autism case also given her total inability
Whatever I wont even waste my time reading this tripe anymore. Fuck you Apple
what did they invent, fucking glass now?
Well, there's probably an app for that, too...
I got into computers in the Apple II days, the first mouse I touched was on a Apple Lisa the forefather of the Mac. I worked for Mac software companies and Apple partners. So I have been around Apple and watched them a long time. I was never a Apple cult person because dealing with and watching their business practices they could be jerks. Apple was a company that tried to compete via innovation, but over the past few years their switch to litigation before innovation makes me sick.
Apple get back to R
I think I'm going to file a new patent for the process where a company derives revenue from suing competitors over frivolous claims instead of producing a product.
Too much prior art... of course if you have enough money prior art is much less relevant and you can still use it to drag all sorts of companies through the court system for decades on end... (at which point it doesn't really matter if you "win" or "loose" as the lawyers will be rich, and the opposing company will be bankrupt)
Pretty much shows Samsung is going to win and Apple are on the ropes. The S2 is faster, thinner, lighter, has better reception, bigger and brighter screen, and an OS supported by now nearly all manufacturers. Oh and a hell of a lot cheaper (got mine for under $50 with short contract).
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Jason Bell, account manager for Tater Man in Sydney, FL, told The Produce News that the company started digging sweet potatoes in Florida on July 9, and finished there in mid-September, well ahead of its normal harvest period.
"Just as Florida was wrapping up, we started digging in Georgia, which was also early," said Mr. Bell. "That harvest will end around the first of October. We have less acreage in Georgia, so it goes considerably faster."
This year's Tater ManSoutheastern crops came through a lot of weather issues, which started with a tropical depression in June and then heavy rains off of Hurricane Isaac in late August.
"But in Florida, we grow in soil that is from 93 to 97 percent sand, and water drains through it quickly, which is an advantage for us," said Mr. Bell. "When this happens, we have to sort of spoon feed fertilizer to the crop because it causes slower maturation, particularly on the Covington variety. But doing so also helps to ensure that we'll have good quality and a good amount of No. 1 sizes."
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Tater Man is also shipping well ahead of where it was at the same time a year ago.
The company grows sweet potatoes on 500 acres in Florida and another 300 acres in other Southeastern states. The majority of its crop is shipped along the entire Eastern Seaboard. Its customers are retailers and processors.
Tater Man is now offering a three-pound consumer pack of is branded sweet potatoes. Mr. Bell said that he feels there's a message in the growing demand for bagged sweet potatoes, and it is that consumers are considering them a staple item today, just like they do with white potatoes.
Tater Man has been shipping sweet potatoes since 1999, but the company started growing them in Florida only a few years ago. Mr. Bell said he feels that his feet are on solid Florida ground now.
His staff is growing in reflection of the company's growth.
"Judy Albano joined us in September," said Mr. Bell. "She was previously with Crown Harvest Produce Sales, a Plant City, [FL,] strawberry company. Judy is focusing on logistics, administration and retail customer service. She'll be keeping Tater Man straight."


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"sudden pitch to one side," 1784, from earlier lee-larches (1765), a nautical term for "the sudden roll which a ship makes to lee-ward in a high sea, when a large wave strikes her, and bears her weather-side violently up, which depresses the other in proportion" ["Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," London 1765]; perhaps from French lacher "to let go," from Latin laxus (see lax).
When a Ship is brought by the Lee, it is commonly occaſsioned by a large Sea, and by the Neglect of the Helm's-man. When the Wind is two or three Points on the Quarter, the Ship taking a Lurch, brings the Wind on the other Side, and lays the Sails all dead to the Maſt; as the Yards are braced up, ſhe then having no Way, and the Helm being of no Service, I would therefore brace about the Head ſails ſharp the other Way .... [John Hamilton Moore, Practical Navigator, 8th ed., 1784]
"predicament," 1580s, from Middle English lurch (v.) "to beat in a game of skill (often by a great many points)," mid-14c., probably literally "to make a complete victory in lorche," a game akin to backgammon, from Old French lourche. The game name is perhaps related to Middle English lurken, lorken "to lie hidden, lie in ambush," or it may be adopted into French from Middle High German lurz "left," also "wrong."
1821, from lurch (n.1). Related: Lurched; lurching.