text:
en.swpat.org is a wiki. You can edit it. May contain statements End Software Patents does not endorse.
November 2014: About Microsoft's patent licence for .NET core
Sitemap • Countries • Why abolish? • Law proposals • Studies • Case law • Patent office case law • Lawsuits
Talk:Discuss this wiki
- EN:English
- ES:Español
- FR:Français
- PT:Português
- Archive: dormant discussions (still editable)
To ask a question, click "
[+]" along the top of this page (or "
[edit]" and scroll to the bottom).
This is a page for general discussion about en.swpat.org. People looking to contribute might find interesting starting points at:
- Links to be processed
- Category:Pages with requests for help
- Category:Check accuracy
- Category:Pages with claims needing references
- Category:Stubs
[edit] Fostering an inclusive community
There's a big long discussion about women in free software on LWN.net, which got me thinking (more than any previous discussion of the topic did). I never would have thought that swpat.org could seem unfriendly to women, but from the women in that LWN discussion, I guess having no visible problem doesn't make a project "friendly", it just makes it "not necessarily unfriendly", which equates to "potentially unfriendly".
It also seems, from that discussion, that to make a project "friendly", we just have to write a policy that sexist comments will not be accepted, and that comments shouldn't assume everyone is male, and enforce it. Seems reasonable, and it seems to be just putting in writing what we would have done anyway.
I've previously avoided making policies for swpat.org because I see policies on Wikipedia mostly being used to revert new users, which makes people feel unwelcome, but this sort of policy wouldn't have that problem. Instead, it might make a lot of people feel more welcome.
Any comments or suggestions for what policy to adopt? What examples are there? What's better, a policy explicitly to prevent exclusion of women, or a general policy of civility with no specific mention of women but which would obviously imply that sexist comments aren't allowed? Ciaran 11:57, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
- Ubuntu's code of conduct
- Mandriva's
- Software Freedom Day's
- FSF's LibrePlanet's (Draft)
- Debian's draft (March 2012)
- ...
- Another thing which might be useful is advice on keeping discussions friendly. On other wikis, I've noticed that questions on Talk: pages are sometimes met replies which start with an overly definitive "no". Such assertive/aggressive replies are used in competitive/saturated projects (like the Linux-kernel mailing list, and what some parts of Wikipedia have unfortunately become) to push people away from reviewing/developing certain areas of a project. Doing it on swpat.org could never be useful. So maybe what would be useful is more of a "How to be nice" guide. It might even be worth considering a two or three line statement under the edit box as well as or instead of writing rules/advice on a page. Ciaran 18:24, 20 September 2009 (EDT)
- Here's the sort of thing I think could go in a good code of conduct: We have so much work to do, we need all the help we can get. Cooperation can be difficult sometimes but politeness, respect, and compromise are part of building as big a community possible for the fight for freedom. Ciaran 22:39, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Describing "failing" initiatives
I'm wondering how to best name the collection of non-abolition initiatives launched or considered to reduce or solve the problems of software patents.
Some are complete failures (e.g. using antitrust law, buying litigation insurance), and others have very minor benefits but will never get us where we want to be (e.g. defensive patent pools, invalidate the most harmful), and others are partial victories (e.g. abolishing business method patents or securing an exclusion from patent infringement when the reason is compatibility/interoperability).
The current name is too kind: "Steps that don't bring us closer to our goal but might give some temporary protection", but the only other name I can think of is probably too harsh: "failing solutions".
In reality, there's a spectrum, and some are closer to the former name and others closer to the latter.
The dangers of being too kind are more serious (readers might think we endorse those methods as solutions) than the dangers of being too harsh (contributors to those projects might be offended).
What name could better represent the situation?
Or should the division be refactored by changing the "Arguments" page to "Arguments for abolishing software patents", and then have a page for "non-abolition initiatives" which could list all the failing and minimally useful initiatives, with a clear note at the top of each such page about why we think that initiative is not worth focussing on.
(I just thought of that last idea while writing this question, and I'm starting to like it) Ciaran 09:35, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
- I still like that last idea, but "non-abolition initiatives" is too vague - it could even include pro-swpat campaigns. What description could convey that these initiatives were launched to save people from the dangers of software patents, without letting the reader think that they are what we support? We need a succinct name for "Initiatives which were proposed as solutions, but which didn't aim for abolition and thus failed". Ciaran 14:52, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
- "Palliatives" would fit the bill, unless you want to emphasise the "failing" bit. Palliatives ease the symptoms for a time, they do not cure. Or is that too high-falutin' a word? steelpillow 16:47, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
- Maybe it could be one part of a two-name title. If there was a word for failed attempts at solving a problem, then we could have "Palliatives and $OTHERWORD". We might have to go with a long descriptive title in the end. Ciaran 17:14, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
- "Palliatives and failed efforts to fix the problem"? (but then that could included "failed" abolition campaigns - but maybe I'm being too demanding here) Ciaran 17:18, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
- Other possibly useful words: stopgap, mitigating, attenuating, alleviate, lessen, limit. (with help from dict.org) Ciaran 17:25, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
- "Palliatives and failed remedies"? steelpillow 14:54, 8 September 2009 (EDT)
- Ok, let's start with that. Palliatives and failed remedies. Ciaran 07:50, 5 October 2009 (EDT)
- The falutin' of "palliatives" is a little high. I still haven't thought of a replacement word, but here's a dump of my thoughts: "crutch" is good, but not really descriptive enough. Is there a word to describe something that a badly wounded boxer or soldier gets so they can continue to fight just a little longer, while incurring more and more damage the whole time? Is there a word for putting nice coat of paint over something that's rotten and rotting? Or if we look for something that's purely descriptive, is there a slightly shorter way to say "Expensive, inefficient, minor help and failed remedies". Ciaran 18:36, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- We use chewing-gum or sticky tape for a temporary fix, patch or lash-up, but those don't necessarily imply ultimate failure. For that, we talk of "painting over the cracks" or "short-term patches". Nostrums and snake oil are quack medicines, but is "nostrum" is as high-falutin' as "palliative"? How about "Patch-ups and snake oil"? steelpillow 13:29, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
- Then again, what about "bad", "dud" or "broken" ideas, as in say "Patch-ups and broken fixes" steelpillow 17:33, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
- The falutin' of "palliatives" is a little high. I still haven't thought of a replacement word, but here's a dump of my thoughts: "crutch" is good, but not really descriptive enough. Is there a word to describe something that a badly wounded boxer or soldier gets so they can continue to fight just a little longer, while incurring more and more damage the whole time? Is there a word for putting nice coat of paint over something that's rotten and rotting? Or if we look for something that's purely descriptive, is there a slightly shorter way to say "Expensive, inefficient, minor help and failed remedies". Ciaran 18:36, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- I like "duds". Most of those initiatives were launched with great fanfare (and many were surely just PR stunts), and duds describes what they've turned out to be. I've moved it to Duds and non-solutions now. Ciaran 15:01, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Possible changes to category names
Some categories are "out growing" their names. Nothing urgent, but here are some observations. Currently, the only way to change category names is the tedious way, so I won't make any changes until they seem logical and defined. That sort of tedious work doesn't bother me at all actually, but as the wiki grows, that work grows at least linearly, so I'd like to get it as right as possible in these "early" stages. Ciaran 09:37, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
- There is no need for sub-categories to be mutually exclusive or to be carefully planned in advance. Sub-categorisation can (and sometimes should) also be recursive - think more "related" than "sub". The hierarchy we have stuck with so far is beginning to creak at the seams. Perhaps the time has come to move on to richer cross-linking. If a particular category seems like a good idea, just create it, link it to any suitable parent category/ies, and move any suitable articles and child categories over. This usually keeps the work manageable. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Category:People
Might have to be split up, but I'd split it as minimally as possible, just into two, three, or four subcategories.
- Category:Organisations has parallel issues. It might be good to do the same for both, e.g. create cats for "Campaingers against swpats" and "Organisations against swpats" at the same time; both could then be sub-cats of each other and of "Campaigning" as well. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Category:Arguments
A large portion of this is now filled with "indirect arguments", for example, articles about problems with the current patent system such as Costs of defending are astronomical for developers and SMEs. They're useful for pointing out problems, but it's a "direct" argument only for reducing the costs of filing/litigation/defence. They only become directly an anti-swpat argument when put in a context that explains that the costs will never become low enough or that there are so many of these practical problems that they're unsolvable. If someone sees these are our "arguments", they'll think we've misjudged the solution. I don't know if this category should be split in two (is a clear split even possible?) or if it should be renamed to something more general "Arguments and problems"?
- I guess we have a similar issue with Category:Why it matters. I think it's useful to keep them both as they are, for direct issues of principle, law, etc. By all means have an indirect category, perhaps something like "Problems with the current system", and move the indirect stuff over. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
- Yeh, the more I think it through, the more sense it makes to start making a clear distinction between fundamental problems and practical problems. Pages on the latter could then have a note at the top explaining that they're not the core issue (but that, in context, they do for part of a core issue). I'm tied up with other work today, but I think I'll implement this later this week.
- I'm not sure what direction to take with Category:Why it matters. An idea which would appeal to logical categorisers would be to make it the union of the fundamental and practical problems, but from a communications point of view that would be a mistake. People will be able to see that info just by looking at the two categories, so it would be a trivial convenience and would lead to people missing the vital distinction between fundamental and practial problems.
- Another possibile use would be to house articles such as Why consumer organisations should be involved and Why tech groups should be involved (but that comes with the caveat that, given their weakly developed state, those articles might change in the future), and the cats for fundamental and practical problems would be sub-categories. Any ideas? No rush - I doubt this will be resolved this week, probably not even this month. Ciaran 18:32, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
- Category:Campaigning also could do with some lovin. The campaigning info on the wiki is generally higgledy piggledy. I'll try to turn Organising a campaign into a kind of parent article for this topic. Ciaran 06:16, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
- That is partly my fault. I got muddled as to whether it was about news of campaigning activity, how to conduct a campaigns, campaigning organisations, or topics that come up during campaigns. steelpillow 15:14, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
- Category:Campaigning also could do with some lovin. The campaigning info on the wiki is generally higgledy piggledy. I'll try to turn Organising a campaign into a kind of parent article for this topic. Ciaran 06:16, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Category:Patent infringement suits
- Update May 2010: this cat has been replaced by Court cases and litigation
I was going to make a category for articles about case law and patent office practice in the USA (and another for the EU would surely follow). Category:Patent infringement suits already contains many of the articles that would go in these categories (some wrongly, since for instance, there's no litigation in in re Bilski - it's a grant rejection dispute). I guess that category is useful because it can include cases that were filed but which were then settled before the ruling (thus no case law created, so wouldn't be in the new case law categories), so we'll have two largely overlapping categories, but still, that seems the right thing to do.
- Yes, largely overlapping cats is fine, because they have different focus and are not wholly overlapping. It's how the category system is meant to work. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Obama administration
Which category should it go in? People? Organisations? something new for political entities?
- Both People and Organisations, of course. Maybe by creating new sub-cats for "politicians" and "political organisations" as with my campaigners example above. steelpillow 21:19, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
I've been doing a stock take of all the articles: User:Ciaran/temp-frontpage
The original goal was to update the front page, but I was wondering if there's also another way to use this organisation effort. My first thought was we could have a box for each of the ~20 sections (which I'll call "series" since "sections" already has a MediaWiki meaning), with 10-30 articles. The relevant box could be included at the bottom of each article. So, for every article about a person, there would be a box with a list of all articles about people, and at the end of every article about a court case, there'd be a box with a list of all the articles about court cases, etc.
But, this is a bit bulky, and it might overshadow the categories.
My current idea is to make an overview page for each of the ~20 series. This already exists for some/most, like Countries and litigation. And, for each series we could also have a template that gets included and is diplayed at the top-right of the article, like the box that's currently on Bilski v. Kappos (2009, USA).
This seems maintainable and useful. My hope is that when people land on a page from a search engine, be it a good page or a poor one, they should easily see ways to look for other interesting topics. Ciaran 15:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
- I think the overview pages with lists of links is a good idea. But it needs some care:
- Some pages may want to end up in more than one series.
- On the overview page the link list should probably go near the top, on the other pages it might be better along the bottom as you first thought - that way, a couple of them on a schizophrenic page would not clutter the main content.
- What shape to make the link lists? See my rough hack of a possible main page layout. The lists run horizontally, and could easily be templated as tasteful boxes.
- I think this system would be flexible enough and have about the least maintenance overheads.
- Meanwhile, there might be some scope for bringing the categories a little more in line with your series titles. Don't be afraid of overshadowing the categories - if they fall out of favor, it might be for good reason.
- steelpillow 22:06, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
- I like your Test2 hack. When we have overview pages for each of the ~20 "series" (maybe 20 is too many), I think that style will be the way to go. What's holding me up is that there are still a few articles to sort into the series, and there are some series (e.g. "Arguments and problems") that might be split or differently defined. Should be ready in a week or so.
- I want to limit as much as possible the repetition of pages between series, but yeh, articles like Bilski-v-Kappos will have to go in series Bilski and series Case law. Categories provide the navigation functionality of having multiple ways to find an article - so I want "series" to offer a different way to navigate, but I won't let purity get in way of being useful. Ciaran 13:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Standard sections for pages on organisations
(I haven't forgotten any discussions, IIRC, but the ACTA leak has distracted me.)
Most types of pages can't be made uniform, but it hit me that maybe the pages about companies, or about all organisations, could all include these sections (even if they just say "no known info"):
- Patent acquisition history
- Litigation by and against
- Lobbying and consultation responses
Just what's in my mind. Ciaran 13:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me. What about templating some of the key highlights in a box, say type of organisation, pro/anti/neutral stance and country of origin? Also not thinking deeply. steelpillow 19:26, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
- Yeh. I think that's a logical way to go, but I can't think of how to word it. Summarising positions is very difficult:
- Google - I'd say anti-swpat, but they sure do a good job hiding it! They're also stockpiling a lot of worrying patents, so it might be misleading to put them in the "with us" category.
- Novell - I'd say strongly pro-swpat, but I've never actually found evidence that they lobbied or pushed for software to be patentable. I have a memory of some from the EU lobbying around 2004, but I've no proof.
- Oracle - currently pro-swpat, but previously anti-swpat. The current stance is obviously more important, but do we weaken our case by oversimplifying their position?
- But maybe my problem is tunnel vision. Maybe there's a better way to summarise things than simply "for/against". Ciaran 19:46, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
- Yeh. I think that's a logical way to go, but I can't think of how to word it. Summarising positions is very difficult:
- Maybe one thing that can have a one word answer is "Has used software patents aggressively: "
- On it's own, it wouldn't make for an interesting box, but it's a start :-) Ciaran 22:59, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
- Rather than have a statement which must then be true/false, I think it better to have a descriptor and a short summary. For example "Position on swpats: " can then be "for", "against" or "Not known". Stockpiling patents is not an indicator - the FSF (or an associate?) does that. I think it's worth including some detail, for example Oracle could be "For swpat, previously against". Quotations, links, etc. can then go in the body of the article. steelpillow 15:37, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
I've shrunk the size of Template:navbox vertical and I think it might now be ready to be put on every page.
Remaining problems:
- It doesn't work well with text-based browsers (like lynx) - you see all the navbox contents, hundreds of lines, before you see the page.
- Possible solution #1 (best): could we use some <div> taggery with float properties to put the template at the end of the text but have it displayed at the top? Maybe by putting the whole article in one tag, and then having the template on its own in another tag just after? (I've tried in vain, but I'm no wizard)
- Possible solution #2: copy the table code, making "newtable" with a way to have the box only displayed if the browser is gecko/webkit/ie.
- I wonder if this will also cause problems with how search engines categorise the page contents (but, this can't be much of a problem since a lot of news site pages are overloaded with crap and they get indexed okay).
- I've no idea if this might cause problems for browsers used by blind people.
- I still have to develop a method of keeping it up to date. I think this will require writing a few scripts and maintaining a table with all the articles and what series they're in.
The goals of the navbox are:
- Make it easier for first-time visitors to see our other pages
- Mention "End Software Patents" - build the campaign's reputation
- Mention it's publicly editable
- Link to Finding things on en.swpat.org
- On rare occasions, it could be used to display big announcements
Anyone got comments on the readiness of Template:navbox vertical? Or insight on the problems above? Ciaran 08:54, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
- I've made Template:welcome a redirect to Template:Navbox vertical, just for a trial, so it can be seen in action on the pages which use Template:welcome: Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Welcome.
- One other thing: some pages also need their own box. I'm not sure yet how to combine this one with another. Ciaran 10:26, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Some thoughts:
- The only way using div tags would be to create a whole column for the navbox. There is no way to do this without adding the div code to every page. Might as well use a table.
- But not doing that leaves it all before the main body.
- How about dropping it (or something like it) into the left hand menu space that is served with every page? Sorry I don't know how this is done. Say between the search box and the toolbox. Or would that put it ahead of the main content for text browsers too?
- You could put a horizontal navbar along the bottom of every page.
Sorry that doesn't help much. - steelpillow 20:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
- Damn. The div tags idea might have been wishful thinking :-) Putting it in the left-hand column is probably the long term way to go. AFAICT, that will require a sys-admin patching some file, so I'll put it in my queue of sys-admin requests (but, the state of Parserfunctions gives an indication of how quickly that queue moves). I'll look into the broswer detection idea - that might be doable without any sys-admin intervention. I'll give the bottom-horizontal bar a try, maybe it would work if it was like a set of tabs with multi-colum lists, but it might not be prominent enough. Thanks for the sanity check and new ideas. Ciaran 23:11, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
- I did look into this, but found no solution. I've made notes about the problems and possible solutions at Template:Navbox. Ciaran 13:23, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Reorganising example patents
For these articles:
- Micro-blogging patents
- XML patents
- micro-blogging patents
- audio-video patents
- Webpage and web service patents
- Image processing patents
- Phone patent litigation
I was thinking of making the commonality clearer by renaming them to all to "Effects of patents on insert-topic-here", etc. The last one might get renamed soon to something about "multi-touch" rather than its current very general name. Ciaran 12:58, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
- Lengthy titles are seldom good. I'd be inclined to keep the "Xxxx patents" form, even change Phone patent litigation to Phone patents. That way the title stays relevant even though the focus of individual articles currently differs. It might be worth creating a category for "Effects of patents" or "Technology patents" or similar, if nothing suitable exists yet. steelpillow 20:00, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
- Or maybe "Patents on xxxx"? That would be almost as short, and it would still be more noticeable that there's a connection between these articles. Ciaran 23:55, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
- Not sure I have an opinion either way. Go for it. steelpillow 20:19, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
- Or maybe "Patents on xxxx"? That would be almost as short, and it would still be more noticeable that there's a connection between these articles. Ciaran 23:55, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
- Right. I think I'll go ahead with that, and make the category. And then a second set of articles that I'd like to make more uniform is:
- Divine e-commerce patents
- MPEG video formats (Maybe this should be "MPEG-LA's video patents")
- Microsoft FAT patents
- And maybe there are more with that kind of focus - specific patents or specific sets of patents owned by a single entity. Ciaran 08:08, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
- Right. I think I'll go ahead with that, and make the category. And then a second set of articles that I'd like to make more uniform is:
[edit] Restating the problem
What I'm wondering about is how to break down this list into two, three, or four "sets" of articles:
- Micro-blogging patents
- XML patents
- micro-blogging patents
- audio-video patents
- Webpage and web service patents
- Image processing patents
- Phone patent litigation
- Divine e-commerce patents
- MPEG video formats (Maybe this should be "MPEG-LA's video patents")
- Microsoft FAT patents
- DE10232674 (More or less the same thing was granted in the USA as US2003226110 - two articles wouldn't make sense, so what's the best way to do this? A descriptive title with two redirects and put the redirects into categories so that DE10232674 will appear somewhere?)
- jpeg
- Ogg Theora
There's surely more but that's probably enough to show the range. For 1-7, I'd say they're articles about the affects of patents on a *domain*. 8-11 are about specific idea (patented in one or more countries) or sets of patents owned by a single entity - number 11 is about a specific patent granted in a specific country, not sure if it still fits in. 12-14 are specific standards. But is that breakdown right enough to be worth formalising?
If it's useful, they can also be put in a kind of hierarchy:
- Micro-blogging patents
- XML patents
- micro-blogging patents
- audio-video patents
- MPEG video formats (Maybe this should be "MPEG-LA's video patents")
- Ogg Theora
- Webpage and web service patents
- Image processing patents
- Phone patent litigation
- Non-categorised
No rush, any comments welcome. Ciaran 18:05, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
- My instinct is to split them into two kinds of space - one for technology areas and one for patent owners. Your hierarchy might serve as the germ of two new articles, each organising the relevant detailed articles. Some articles would appear in both lists. That way, there is no need to allocate each article to a given space. steelpillow 20:44, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- For an article about patent owners, patent trolls should also be added.
- But for now I'm thinking about the technology areas. What do we want readers of the above list of articles to see? I think they should show the harms of software patents through real world examples. I'm not sure what change this implies, but I just feel that this set of articles lacks a direction, so I wanted to juggle them around here a bit to see if anything emerges... And now that I think of it, maybe court cases should then be a subset of this "effects" series (but because court cases are so important, they would still get treated as a top-level set).
- For individual patents (example DE10232674), I think a short article just for that patent would be fine - even if it was just a template that displays where to view that patent on the various websites that show patents, plus links to articles we have and third-party articles mentioning that patent. But, an individual patent isn't necessary an "effect", so maybe the minimal articles about individual patents should be separate.
- Then, threatening use of a patent could get an article such as "Divine e-commerce patents" (or "Divine threatens e-commerce"?), and if there was litigation, either a new article could be started for the case, or the "threatens" article could be turned into a "court case" article depending on what's appropriate. And then articles such as Micro-blogging patents would be "Threats to micro-blogging".
- What got me thinking is that I was telling someone that at en.swpat.org, they could find all the necessary example of the harm done by software patents. Then I started looking at our current structures, and I think this aspect is actually missing. The Arguments page tries to cover it, but the examples angle could be better. Ciaran 00:16, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
- Another twist: Trend Micro v. Barracuda (2008, USA). Trend attacked Barracuda. A law suit was filed. They settled out of court. Now Trend is in dispute with Fortinet over the same patent. A Separate Trend Micro v. Fortinet article wouldn't make sense. How to organise these situations into articles? (I think this confirms that court cases are a subset of real world effects) Ciaran 03:08, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
- I'm looking into this again. NetApp's filesystem patents is an article that also deals with multiple litigations over the same patents. Maybe the current "court cases" should be split in two: aggression and rulings. Bilski v. Kappos is only interesting from the ruling point of view. NetApp v. Sun is only interesting from the look-what's-happening point of view. I'll check if all cases can be split into these two groups. Ciaran 20:18, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
- This might be a good idea. One set would have names like "Bilski v. Kappos ruling (2010, USA)" and the others would be "NetApp litigation against Sun and others (2010, USA)". Ciaran 22:32, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
- Nah, "litigation" is the wrong word. We need something that includes threats and other ways of forced licensing. "NetApp patent aggression against Sun and others"? Ciaran 22:34, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
- This might be a good idea. One set would have names like "Bilski v. Kappos ruling (2010, USA)" and the others would be "NetApp litigation against Sun and others (2010, USA)". Ciaran 22:32, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
- (Much later...) I was going to rename most of those articles from "X patents" to "Patents blocking X", but what about areas where it's not clear that a blocking patent exists? I don't want to create the impression that, for example, JPEG has patent problems if it doesn't. "Patents and JPEG"? Ciaran 10:05, 19 January 2012 (EST)
[edit] Reorganising arguments
So arguments can be stated as refutations of myths, and vice versa, so I guess arguments and myths should be under the same umbrella. The other obvious thing to try is to split arguments between practical problems with current software patent regimes and fundamental problems that will always exist as long as software is patentable.
I haven't gotten far in the planning of this reorganisation, but I'll flesh some ideas out here. Ciaran 16:25, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
(Previous discussion on this: #Category:Arguments)
Maybe the correct approach of this is think of it in terms of a future legislative proposal. Which arguments could be nullified by the sort of reforms that IBM might push for (anti-troll measures, increase the speed, lower the cost, etc.), and which can only be nullified by abolition. And then myths are a third subsection. Ciaran 16:39, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
I don't think "myths" is a great term. "False [counter-]arguments", or "false claims" would be better. Ciaran 17:58, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
First try at splitting this list on fundamental/implementation problems.
First, the fundamental problems:
- All businesses are targets
- Blocking innovation and research
- Blocking useful freedoms
- Blocks competing software, reducing choice
- Breaks software distribution methods
- Controlling entire markets
- Examples of use for sabotage
- Freedom of expression
- Harm to standards
- Harms to education
- Patent ambush
- Software is too abstract, patent quality is bad
- Publishing information is made dangerous
Implementation problems:
- Antitrust doesn't work
- Costs are astronomically disproportionate for SMEs and individuals
- Costs of the patent system to governments
- Hindering competition, obstructing the free market
- Incompatible timespans
- Infringement is unavoidable
- Insurance against patent litigation doesn't work
- Invalid patents remain unchallenged
- Jobs and skills
- Just a Use of the Patented General Purpose Computer
- Patent trolls
- Software is math
- Software patents harm SMEs - this isn't an argument, this is "effects of"
- Software progress happens without patents - is this an argument? refutation of a false claim?
- Speculation
- The disclosure is useless
- The failing solutions are expensive
False claims (refuted):
- Protecting small inventors myth
- Some SMEs like software patents myth
- Low risk - this is refuting the false claim that they're needed to offset risk
Looking at this list also makes me wonder if some of these should have more descriptive names to describe why they're specific to, or at least particularly problematic for, software.
- All businesses are targets --> All businesses use software, all have risk
? Ciaran 19:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- My first reaction is to ask if there is a difference between legal arguments and other kinds such as moral, pragmatic (implementation) or factual. Broadly, Software is math is a legal argument, Patent ambush a moral one, Low risk pragmatic and Software patents harm SMEs factual. OTOH, many fall across several of these classifications.
- Then, every argument has its counter-argument. Should false claims that "X is so" be presented in reverse, as "Why xxx is not so", or maybe go the other way and treat "Insurance against patent litigation doesn't work" as the false claim for "Insurance against patent litigation". Either way, I'd like consistency.
- steelpillow 20:08, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- Yeh, I think software is math and Just a Use of the Patented General Purpose Computer shouldn't be here, or at least should be renamed. They are currently arguments for how to abolish software patents. If an article was called, "Software patents block people from using math", then that would be an argument. (I'll reply again later to the rest) Ciaran 21:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
- "Why xxx is not so" makes complete sense. It seems obvious now that you say it, but it never crossed my mind. In "arguments", these articles could be in a subsection "refutations" (for want of a better name - they're also "counter arguments", but in the context of an anti-swpat wiki, that would sound like counter-arguments to our own arguments, which they're not).
- For what remains, which I split in two (fundamental/implementation) and you split in three (moral/pragmatic/factual), my goal is to prepare for upcoming legislative battles. I'm worried that instead of the "us versus them" battle that we fared very well in in the EU, our coming battles will be over what change to make: should governments abolish software patents or just tweak the numbers to make trolling unprofitable. I think there'll be a lot of support for making trolling unprofitable, including among people whose software patent problems don't come from trolls. I think our challenge will be to explain why aiming for "reform" is wasting an opportunity. So, the goal of the division in this particular case isn't so much to help readers find things, as it is to highlight why abolition is the solution.
- This goal is also more important than perfect coherency. For example, the 20 year term of patents, is that reformable or not? Well, technically it is, but in reality it's very unlikely to get reformed, so it's a grey area for where to place it, but I'd rather have grey areas and explain the reform/abolition distinction than eliminate the grey areas but lose the above point. Ciaran 01:15, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Planned changes to structure
Nothing radical, but I'd like split court decision analyses out from the other pages that collect info about court cases. Two initial examples:
I'll make a category for them, then start to look for existing articles that should be renamed in this way.
I'm also looking at how to split the arguments up into fundamental problems and the unsolveably numerous practical problems. Ciaran 20:08, 24 November 2011 (EST)
- I don't like this idea anymore. There's a new ruling in Germany and I want to make a page for it but I don't yet know if it contains substantial case law or if it's just one more court case awarding some money to someone.
- With German rulings, where the rationale behind the ruling isn't published until weeks after the publication of the decision, it's actually not even always possible to know if a ruling will contain substantial case law.
- I think I should go back to having the same title format for all cases, but have a page listing case-law-making cases, and a category and a standard-ish note at the top of all such pages. Hmmmm.... Ciaran 03:53, 30 December 2011 (EST)
- Or, another solution would be to have a page for each case, and a second page for an analysis of the ruling if it's interesting. So if we don't know if a ruling will have interesting case law, it's still possible to make a page for it. A page for the analysis can come later, if worthwhile. Ciaran 06:29, 30 December 2011 (EST)
- Yes. Separate pages for the case in general, and the decision. If a German decision hasn't been published yet, it's simply a case, until the decision is published, then a page can be made about the decision. Decisions differ from cases in that they have a single precise date. This should be in the page name. Something like:
- US CAFC Cybersource v. Retail 16 Aug 2011
- US CAFC decision in Cybersource v. Retail on 16 Aug 2011
- Cybersource v. Retail at the US CAFC on 16 Aug 2011
- ...preferably something that can be put directly into a sentence. Ciaran 08:51, 14 February 2012 (EST)
- Also has to accommodate court cases that are referred to by code, like German cases:
- X ZR 27/07 (2010, April, Germany) - about a Microsoft patent, so Microsoft or FAT32 should/could be mentioned. Ciaran 07:38, 21 February 2012 (EST)
- I think I'll go with this:
- Microsoft v. Siemens ruling on 10 April 2010 by the German BGH - this is code named "X ZR 27/07", but I won't put codes in page titles
- Cybersource v. Retail ruling on 16 Aug 2011 by the US CAFC
- Ciaran 12:55, 21 February 2012 (EST)
- Also has to accommodate court cases that are referred to by code, like German cases:
End result: I went with:
Having a date in the middle was just weird, and using completely correct English made them too long.
Case law articles (the ones with the new naming convention) are now in this category: Category:Court ruling analyses.
That was a lot of work. Ciaran 19:16, 23 February 2012 (EST)
I've blanked Template:Navbox and moved some of the functionality into MediaWiki:Sitenotice.
In the future, I might move the "Navigation headings" from Sitenotice back into Navbox, and maybe make a series of derived boxes with more navigation topics for case law, countries, court cases etc. So I'll leave all the Navbox tags in the articles for the moment. Ciaran 12:52, 21 February 2012 (EST)
[edit] Pruning the categories
The wiki has outgrown some categories. Category:USA and Category:Legal topics could easily have +100 articles, and it would be such a mish-mash that no one would no what to be looking for there. One of these days I'll make a list and delete a lot of categories.
I'm also wondering if subcategories are a good idea. They make category pages very messy and might defeat the purpose of categories as an organisational tool. I'm going to experiment with sticking to a flat structure and manually adding links if they're very relevant. Like this:
- Category:Court rulings by US Supreme Court
- Category:Court rulings in the USA
- Category:Court rulings by US CAFC
. Ciaran 13:16, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
- I'll have to categorise categories into objective and subjective. Pages can be objectively put into "Court rulings in Germany", but it's not always easy to know if a page really belongs in a category like "Campaigning" (which is a worthwhile category). Ciaran 16:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
[edit] Court rulings or case law?
I seem to have decided that "case law" was a better term than "court rulings".
Should I change every instance of "court rulings" to "case law"?
I'd tend to say yes, but "court rulings" does a slightly better job of highlighting the individual pages are about individual court rulings.
Is using both terms better for search engine pickup? Is there a useful distinction?
And then should "Template:patent office decisions list" also be changed to "Patent office case law"?
... Ciaran 13:32, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
- Yes, there's a difference. I can have a list of court ruling analyses, but not a list of case law analyses. Case law is the whole. Court rulings are parts. It can sometimes be hard to say if a ruling is part of case law (i.e. does it really have an impact), but it's usually clear that a ruling is a court ruling.
- Grey areas include preliminary injunctions by courts, and rulings by "commissions" such as the USITC, but I'm going to classify both of those as court rulings. Ciaran 13:59, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
[edit] Court rulings and case law again
Problem: I wanted the "court rulings" pages to be about individual texts that contribute to case law, but the name "court rulings" also suggests that Apple v. Microsoft should be in the category.
What the category name really should say is "Analysis of case law from court rulings", but that's too long. "Case law" seems better.
Here's a starting point for looking at what categories will need to be renamed (when I've decided on the name change):
. Ciaran 06:42, 13 August 2012 (EDT)
[edit] Babelfish has been replaced by Bing Translate
I'll have to update the Template:translate de set of templates, but can't do it right now since Bing Translate is giving me an error. Ciaran 09:13, 5 October 2012 (EDT)
[edit] Change people articles "on" to "and"
It would be better to have
than the current
That's more accurate, particularly when we talk about judges who talk about patents in general or software in general. Those comments might give insight to how that judge would approach software patents, but it's not a comment "on software patents". Ciaran 21:57, 31 December 2012 (EST)
[edit] Wiki software and config to-do, Summer 2013
Some things to do after May's upgrade to Mediawiki 1.21.1:
- Fix the display glitch caused by my Questy patch, displaying questions twice
- Make a new theme, based on vector, to resemble Wikipedia, but using ESP style
- Make ESP logo that uses full available space
- Enable more editing buttons, like on Wikipedia
- Check what thing (gadget?) has to be enabled to get hover-over ref tooltips
- Dig for ideas in Wikipedia's InitialiseSettings.php, CommonSettings.php, and Special:Version
- Code for LocalSettings.php to change my question from time to time, say, by picking the question based on the month
- It could even just be "What month comes after $currentMonth?"
- Get reflist working with a ref= option so for list-defined footnote text, like Wikipedia does
- Check if I can enable page renaming for non-logged in users
- Clarify copyright situation, as I described on wikemacs.org
- Why does my cite_web always print the url a second time?
If you have more, now's the time to suggest them. Ciaran (talk) 04:42, 17 June 2013 (EDT)


text:
Rocky, steep and fairly strenuous – we worked up quite a sweat on the climb up to the Teufelsloch (Devil's hole) near Altenahr. And of course we couldn't leave home without all of our photography equipment. Alongside a single-lens reflex camera and the high speed Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD, we also had a graduated filter in our rucksack on this trip. The graduated filter allows you to reduce high contrasts between the sky and landscape. Ideal for taking photographs on sunny days when the dynamic range of the camera is not sufficient to capture details in highlights and shadows with one single exposure.
SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD (Model A011) awarded "Best Expert DSLR Lens"
Even without a macro lens, it is entirely possible to take great pictures of flowers. We realised this one day when we discovered several wood anemones by the golden light of the afternoon sun. The Anemone nemorosa doesn't normally bloom until April, but the mild winter has given us an early floral start this year.
Nature- and architecture photographers know how important light is for magnificent shots. If the sun is high in the sky, the contrasts are too hard and the light is too flat. Ideal times however are dusk and dawn. Depending on the point of time, the light then is soft or warm, emphasizing the structures and shaping the motive details.
Tamron is developing a cutting-edge high-power zoom lens, with expanded focal lengths at both wide-angle and telephoto ends of the zoom range, providing a zoom ratio of approximately 18.8X.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
We've covered Photoplay in the past and more recently took a quick look at an upcoming update that was to introduce push notifications and Live Tile support. This new release is now available and has been pushed out to the store. If you're not familiar with the brand, Photoplay is an Instagram-like service that enables consumers to utilise smartphones for photography and share shots on social networks, as well as their own.
To serve as a reminder, here's what is new in version 1.2:
- Users can reply to comments but just tapping left edge of the screen near the comment you wish to reply to
- It's now possible to receive notifications about comments, likes, new followers, replies, reposts and feed updates with new photos from favourite users
- Animated Live Tiles with feed photos, simply pin the app tile to your homescreen
- Performance improvements
- Stability improvements
You can download Photoplay from the Windows Phone Store (Windows Phone 8 only). Thanks, zhoulhas, for the tip!


text:
Dr. Grumpy: "What's wrong?"
Mr. Webster: "In the 3rd paragraph you said Fukitol made me tired."
Dr. Grumpy: "Yes..."
Mr. Webster: "It didn't. It made me sleepy."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
That makes sense to me, actually. Tired and sleepy aren't necessarily the same thing.
yup, mr webster had a point.
I'm w/ them. Fatigue and sleepiness are 2 separate dimensions around sleep, so he might have been making that distinction.
However, I don't think that's what you were evaluating, was it?
Happy New Year, esteemed yak herder! I hope this year, your patients - er - yaks - are much easier to manage!
(with a Diet Coke, 'natch)
"Much like this conversation..."
As two anonymous posters have said they are different sensations.
Okay...so having Narcolepsy means I know and understand the difference...and the potential importance. All that aside, REALLY MR. WEBSTER?????
Ummm, there's an error in your first SENTENCE, Mr. Picky - that wasn't a question, it was a statement! :P
Staying away from the tired v. sleepy topic, however.
Patients make me tired.
Mr. Webster needs a higher dose of Fukitol.
Cooper? Cooper? Sheldon Cooper? Anyone?
totally thought of sheldon as well!
I told the NP that the 60 mg dose of Cymbalta made me feel as if I were walking around in a pink fuzz, sort of like when I am half way through the second drink. She wrote in my chart that it makes me feel "dizzy." I later explained to the doctor that the 30 mg dose was good for me, the 60 was too much. But for a year, every time I wanted to get the Cymbalta 30 refilled, the office staff said, "But we DC'd that, it made you dizzy."
Susan Peterson
Little Calf Creamery. Delicious homemade ice cream and food in Thousand Oaks!


text:
When divers need help, DAN has the resources to provide the information they need and to facilitate appropriate and qualified assistance.
DAN maintains a worldwide, up-to-date referral network of physicians and hyperbaric chamber facilities that stands ready to assist divers with their medical issues, questions and emergencies.
In an emergency situation, please call 911 or your local emergency services provider number. If you think you might have signs or symptoms of decompression illness, please call the 24-hour DAN Emergency Hotline at +1-919-684-9111.


text:
An Accessibility Audit/Expert Evaluation based on a comprehensive accessibility test will identify most accessibility problems. However, a number a issues can only be identified by exposing the web site to a user test. Likewise, the accessibility audit may identify formal accessibility problems with limited or no impact on real-world users.
Hence, Sensus recommends that the Accessibility Audit/Expert Evaluation be supplemented by a user test. The user test is usually conducted by a group of 5 users based on the potential problems identified as part of the accessibility test. The participants in the user group use typical enabling technologies such as trackball, screen magnification, screen readers and speech synthesizers. Including the results of the user test with potential workarounds, the result of an Accessibility Audit/Expert Evaluation with user test is similar to the specification above.
The Accessibility Audit/Expert Evaluation with user test should be conducted whenever the web site is ready for testing.
The cost of an Accessibility Audit/Expert Evaluation with user test depends on the complexity of a web site.
Please write to email@example.com for a fixed price quote on an expert evaluation with user test. Typically, an expert evaluation with user test can be completed within two weeks.


text:
Vindoo names 3 Chennai players, including a senior
Three Chennai Super Kings players, one of them quite senior, were in touch with Vindoo Dara Singh during the ongoing T20 season, the actor, arrested in connection with the spot-fixing probe, has told investigators. Debasish Panigrahi reports. Vindoo puts police on bigger Bollywood trailindia Updated: May 24, 2013 12:33 IST
Three Chennai Super Kings players, one of them quite senior, were in touch with Vindoo Dara Singh during the ongoing T20 season, the actor, arrested in connection with the spot-fixing probe, has told investigators.
"Yes, he has dropped some names, we are verifying the authenticity of his claims," said the joint commissioner of police (crime), Himanshu Roy, who refused to reveal the identities of the cricketers.
The police might question the players once they corroborate Vindoo's claims, sources said.
The small-time Bollywood actor, arrested by the Mumbai police on May 21 for betting and his alleged links to bookies, is emerging as a key link in the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked Season 6 of cricket's richest tournament.
His interrogation has brought the fixing scandal to the door of CSK, which is owned by India's cricket board chief N Srinivasan.
On Thursday, a team of the Mumbai Police was in Chennai to question Gurunath Meiyappan, Srinivasan's son-in-law and CSK 'principal', or CEO, as his name allegedly figured prominently during the interrogation of Vindoo, known as Jack in betting circles. The team drew a blank as Meiyappan was not home.
However, in a message faxed to the Mumbai police, Meiyappan said he would appear before the police at 11am Monday. "We have informed the Mumbai Police that it's impossible for him to appear on a short notice since he is out of town with his family," adviser to the Meiyappan family and senior counsel in the Madras high court, PS Raman, told HT over telephone late on Thursday. Raman, who claimed that he was unaware of his client's whereabouts, said he was yet to hear from the police.
When contacted, the additional commissioner of Police, Niket Kaushik, said they had received the fax from Gurunath's lawyer late in the evening and would take a decision on the request on Friday morning.
Himanshu Roy said the police were probing how Vindoo suddenly made a killing during the ongoing season, pocketing a neat Rs. 17 lakh through betting.
"This is strange since he lost heavily in the previous five seasons," he said.
During the day in Chennai, a team of the Mumbai Police's crime branch was literally red-flagged when it reached the Cenotaph Road residence of Meiyappan. A red flag was fluttering atop the house -- an indication, said locals, that no one was home.
Meiyappan was not at his office in the India Cements building either, Roy said. The CSK office is housed in the building as well. Srinivasan is the vice-chairman and MD of India Cements.
A copy of the summons -- asking Meiyappan to appear before the crime branch in Mumbai on Friday between 11am and 5pm -- was pasted at his house and another handed over to an employee at the CSK office, Roy said.
The police had summoned Meiyappan as they wanted to bring him face-to-face with Vindoo, whose police remand would end on Friday.
(With inputs from Chennai)
First Published: May 23, 2013 21:20 IST


text:
Free Family History Training Offered for Members and Youth
Related Links
- Find more details about the RootsTech youth activities.
- Find more details about the free training for family history callings.
- Learn about or register for the RootsTech Conference.
- Watch the live streaming of "Best of RootsTech" sessions.
- Watch the live streaming of family history consultant training.
- Learn about FamilyTree, a new enhancement to FamilySearch.
Several opportunities are available to learn more about family history in conjunction with the RootsTech family history and technology conference on March 21–23, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information about RootsTech 2013 or to register for the conference, go to the www.rootstech.org.
Not Able to Attend RootsTech in Person?
The following "Best of RootsTech" sessions will be streamed live online all three days of the RootsTech conference at www.rootstech.org.
Thursday, March 21
8:30 Keynote—Dennis Brimhall, Syd Lieberman, Josh Taylor
11:00 The Future of Genealogy—Thomas MacEntee and panel
1:45 Tell it Again (Story@Home)—Kim Weitkamp
3:00 The Genealogists Gadget Bag—Jill Ball and panel
4:15 Finding the Obscure and Elusive: Geographic Information on the Web —James Tanner
Friday, March 22
8:30 Keynote—Jyl Pattee and Tim Sullivan
9:45 Researching Ancestors Online—Laura Prescott
11:00 FamilySearch Family Tree—Ron Tanner
1:45 Google Search… and Beyond —Dave Barney
3:00 From Paper Piles to Digital Files—Valerie Elkins
Saturday, March 23
8:30 Keynote—David Pogue and Gilad Japhet
9:45 Using Technology to Solve Research Problems—Karen Clifford
11:00 Digital Storytelling: More than Bullet Points—Denise Olson
These are just 13 of more than 250 classes available at the conference.
Two training sessions specifically for family history consultants will be streamed live at lds.org/familyhistorycallings.
Saturday, March 23
12:40 Hearts, then Charts
1:45 Secrets of Success
Attend Free RootsTech Sessions for Members and Leaders
The Church's Family History Department is offering several free sessions and activities specifically for Church members and youth on Saturday, March 23, in conjunction with the RootsTech Conference.
Free training sessions for members with family history-related callings such as family history consultants as well as other priesthood and auxiliary leaders will be available.
Three General Authorities will join with Family History Department staff to teach sessions. Elder Allen F. Packer of the Seventy will give an address at a 9:45 a.m. devotional on Saturday, March 23, followed by addresses from Elder Paul E. Koelliker and Elder Bradley D. Foster of the Seventy on the role of family history in the work of salvation. Attendees will also get a sneak peek at new features on FamilySearch.org.
Register for the free training at www.rootstech.org/FHcallings (separate registration is required for both the free training and the RootsTech Conference).
Free Classes and Activities for Youth and Youth Leaders
On Saturday, March 23, youth ages 11–18 are invited to participate in a number of classes and activities at the Salt Palace Convention Center, including a Geneaology Merit Badge and Personal Progress Booth, a class by popular EFY speaker Ryan Sharp, and a youth panel discussion.
David L. Beck, Young Men general president, will speak to youth leaders about how family history work can bless the lives of youth. That evening, Sister Elaine S. Dalton, Young Women general president, will be the speaker at a special devotional for youth at 6:00 p.m. in the Salt Palace Convention Center, Hall 2. See www.rootstech.org/youth for more details and to register.


text:
Vive la Liberté!
Wake up call
Exclusive: the rights and wrongs
Don't have nightmares ...
North Shore in mourning
Generation Me
London Laurels
Grrrr ... be nice.
Shakkas all round.
Water water, everywhere ...
Mk II Marsupial
Just a warm-up?
A new ring of hell?
Unreal. Pinch me, please.
Portugodallmighty ...
Sweet Chile
Best waves on the Thames
Please enter your email so we can keep you updated with news, features and the latest offers. If you are not interested you can unsubscribe at any time. We will never sell your data and you'll only get messages from us and our partners whose products and services we think you'll enjoy.
Read our full Privacy Policy as well as Terms & Conditions.
Cookies help us deliver our services. By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn MoreAccept


text:
Purchasing This '33 Ford Coupe Was A Simple Decision
Truth be told, there is nothing easy about building a street rod. Typically, the hardest part is deciding what you really want-not just the general type of car, but all the little details that go into making the car reveal your individual expression of personal automotive taste. When you roam through the car shows, you will see many vintages and models; all too often, these versions are not quite executed the way we would do them ourselves, as it is rare to hear an enthusiast say, "That's perfect-just the way I would have done it." Car guys are universally expert in their opinions, if not in their ability to perform.
Jim Schablein, of West Harrison, Indiana, is a lifelong hot rod enthusiast and all-around car guy. Jim's dad was a motorhead and did a lot of drag racing in the 1960s, while Jim grew up to be the NSRA Indiana state rep these past 20 years. After his retirement, Jim found the idle life was not for him, and he now works for SoffSeal managing the street rod department-he's in charge of keeping the inside of your ride dry and quiet.
Jim has owned a number of cars, ranging from Vettes to roadsters, but he was in the market for a '33-34 three-window after selling his last Deuce. He viewed the prospect of starting a build project with mixed emotions, and he happened upon the black three-window pictured here during the course of making the decision about how to proceed. With the idea of a long project looming over his head, Jim opted for the easy way-buy one that was already done, personalize it a little, and drive the thing.
Jim and his wife, Cindy, most certainly fell in love with this bad black Ford the moment they laid eyes on it. "The first thought I had when I saw it was, that is a bitchin' hot rod," Jim said. With a paltry 400 miles on the odometer at purchase time, Jim and Cindy set out to have some serious and instantaneous fun, promptly putting 2,500 miles on the coupe. The second most fun thing they did was to employ a large inventory of SoffSeal products to ensure dry and quiet cruising.
The cruising did the double-duty of working out the few new car bugs that needed attention and providing the fine enjoyment that comes from driving a street rod. Jim said his toughest challenge was getting the car ready to pass the stringent safety inspection at the '05 Nats in Louisville after only having it in his possession for a month prior to the event.
The Schableins are quite happy with their decision to buy a finished car instead of building one from scratch, as they have done in the past. "Some say buying a finished car is taking the easy way out," Jim mused. "Well, I'm 60 years old, and, at that age, the easy way is the better way!" Well said, Jim, and there are probably builders of all ages who would not hesitate to agree with you.
|Jim Schablein
|West Harrison, Indiana
|1933 Ford three-window
|Frame / Manufacturer
|Just-A-Hobby / Lobeck's V8 Shop (Cleveland, OH)
|Model A Ford front crossmember
|Chassis plumbing
|steel tubing by Gary Maney (Dalton, GA)
|Currie Ent. (Anaheim, CA) 9" Ford w/ 3.70:1 gears, limited-slip, 31-spline axles
|Rear suspension
|Pete & Jake's (Peculiar, MO) triangulated four-link w/ AFCO coilovers & Chassis Engineering (Riviera Beach, FL) panhard bar
|Rear brakes
|11" Ford drum
|Front suspension
|Chassis Eng. I-beam axle, '48 Ford spindles, POSIES Rods and Customs (Hummelstown, PA) spring, P&J's tubular shocks & Chassis Eng. panhard bar
|Front brakes
|Wilwood (Camarillo, CA) two-piston Super Stopper
|Master cylinder
|Corvette, power-assist booster, Chassis Eng. pedal assembly & Wilwood proportioning valve
|Steering box
|Flaming River (Berea, OH)
|Front wheel make, size
|Wheel Vintiques (Fresno, CA), 15×6
|Rear wheel make, size
|Wheel Vintiques, 17×10
|Wheel paint type / Color
|House of Kolor (Picayune, MS) / Flame Red
|Front tire make, size
|Cooper, 165R/15
|Rear tire make, size
|Cooper, 305/60×17
|Gas tank
|Tanks Inc. (Clearwater, MN) steel 11-gal
|Other chassis items
|rolling chassis handbuilt by Gary Maney
|'90 Chevrolet 350ci, 350hp crate
|350 ci
|Machining / Assembly
|Water pump
|Edelbrock (Torrance, CA) aluminum
|Cooling fan
|SPAL electric
|Walker Radiator Works (Memphis, TN)
|GM aluminum
|Valve covers
|327 Chevy 350hp w/ adapters
|Manifold / Induction
|Chevy Bow Tie / 680 Holley Street Avenger carburetor
|Ignition / Wires
|GM HEI / Taylor
|DynoMax (Monroe, MI), coated
|Exhaust / Mufflers
|DynoMax / coated two-chamber
|Other engine facts
|painted & 'striped Olds-Cad–style air cleaner & engine trimmed to look like a 327, totally billet-free
|Phoenix 2,200 stall speed
|Gennie Shifter (Denver, CO)
|Trans mods
|shift-kit trans built by Phoenix Performance Transmission (Weatherford, TX)
|Inland Empire Driveline (Ontario, CA), aluminum
|Body style
|'33 Ford three-window
|Body manufacturer
|Windsor Fabrication exclusively for Eddie's Rod Shop (Kingsport, TN)
|Body mods
|11/2-inch top chop
|Hercules steel
|Grille / Insert
|Jeff Hibbs (Dalton, GA) WS frame, hinges & door handles retained as stock
|Paint type / Color
|Spies Hecker / deep gloss black
|Jeff Hibbs
|Headlights / Taillights
|'34 Ford commercial / '41 Chevy blue dots
|Outside mirrors
|Other body items
|final assembly by Eddie's Rod Shop
|Insert / Gauges
|custom-built / Auto Meter (Sycamore, IL) w/ beige face
|Stereo / Speakers
|Sony AM/FM CD / Sony, 5×7 front & 6×9 rear
|Air conditioning
|Vintage Air (San Antonio, TX)
|Ron Francis Wire Works (Chester, PA), installed by Eddie's Rod Shop
|Steering wheel
|LeCarra (Oneida, TN) banjo
|Steering column
|ididit inc. (Tecumseh, MI)
|Interior mirror
|stock-style by Vintique
|Wise Guys Seats & Accessories (Elkhart, IN) '33 Ford
|Wesley Mitchel, Mitchel's Trim Shop (Cleveland, TN)
|Material / Color
|Ultraleather / no-sheen black
|cut wool, black
|Wise Guys
|Other interior items
|stock '33 handles & door pulls


text:
Selecting your vehicle's make, model, and year allows us to display only parts and items specific to your car's model and year.
Part# CH25266
Be the First to Review
OPGI Price: $49.99
Part Type: (P) High Performance, designed to improve performance
Years: 1978-1987
Sold As: EACH
K&N's "Stubstack" is designed to reduce turbulence and increase airflow into your carburetor. Available for either Holley or Edelbrock carburetors, the unit fits inside the air cleaner housing and slides snugly over the choke horn. Test results have shown up to 40 CFM increase in airflow, which can translate into a 10% horsepower gain just by using the Stubstack. Pick one up today and increase your cars power and performance.


text:
521 Promo needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 137 designs submitted by 41 freelance designers.
I'm run the LGBT clothing line Outt Clothing and am looking for something new and hip to add to our collection. Go Crazy!
This is for the FUTCH crowd. In other words the design should be more masculine looking.
Please keep the shirts to a one or two color design. You can do an over the shoulder design. The whole front of the shirt, the side whatever appeals to you. Please try and keep the design in one location though, If you decide to go with the shoulder wrap stay there : )
You can view out site at http://www.outtclothing.com


text:
AMGEN Tour of California Stage 5Posted in Journalism, Mobile Media, Samsung on May 14th, 2015 by admin
The Amgen Tour of California Stage 5 through downtown Ojai. Shot with my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 using the built-in camera (cut with Premier Pro). I've been attempting at using this phone more as a professional visual journalist, since I stopped using the iPhone in January (temporarily!)


text:
How the ACA will affect people living with HIV/AIDS: The act's potential to transform the AIDS response
How the ACA will affect people living with HIV/AIDS: The act's potential to transform the AIDS response
The second in a series that examines the Affordable Care Act's impact on people living with HIV/AIDS
In contrast to our current healthcare system, which makes it difficult for PLWHA to obtain the care and treatment they need, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the potential to sharply increase healthcare access for PLWHA. In 2012 Jeffrey Crowley, former director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, and Jen Kates of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation surveyed the ACA's key provisions for PLWHA. The pair wrote: "The passage of the ACA provided significant, new opportunities for expanding access and coverage to millions of people in the United States, including people with HIV."
The key ACA provisions that Crowley and Kates highlighted include the following:
· Medicaid: Beginning in 2014, the exclusion of coverage for single, childless adults will be eliminated, with a new minimum income-eligibility threshold of 138 percent of the federal poverty line to take effect. The ACA increases Medicaid payment rates for primary care and also allows states to permit chronically ill patients to designate a Medicaid provider as their health home.
· Medicare: The ACA phases out the Medicare drug-coverage gap, which currently puts chronically ill patients on the hook for thousands of dollars in drug costs. A $250 discount for Medicare recipients who enter the so-called drug dough-nut hole is now available, with the discounts to increase over time until the coverage gap is completely eliminated. Until the drug-coverage gap is eliminated, the ACA allows AIDS Drug Assistance Programs around the country to cover HIV-positive Medicare recipients' out-of-pocket costs for HIV-related medicines.
· Health insurance: Beginning in 2014, all U.S. citizens and legal residents will be required to have health coverage, with insurance-premium subsidies made available to families with incomes from 100 to 400 percent of the poverty line and cost-sharing subsidies offered to families above 250 percent of that line. Beginning in 2014, both annual coverage limits and exclusions of coverage for pre-existing conditions will be eliminated. Private health insurance marketplaces, or exchanges, will be available in all states (operated either by the state or by the federal government) to enable individuals to purchase affordable health insurance.
· Health-care quality: Beginning in 2014, all health plans, including Medicaid, will be required to provide a package of essential health benefits. The ACA mandates that these packages include comprehensive services across 10 service categories. The ACA mandates collection and reporting of data on health disparities.
· Prevention: The ACA aims to increase the health-care system's focus on prevention. Priority prevention services are to be covered as part of the essential-benefits package, and the act also created a Prevention and Public Health Fund, which has already provided additional funding for HIV-prevention activities supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Together these provisions are expected to have a significant impact on the ability of PLWHA to access the health-care system.
Next week: Ensuring the ACA's full implementation.
Excerpted from the Black AIDS Institute's 2013 State of AIDS Report, "Light at the End of the Tunnel: Ending AIDS in Black America."


text:
So me being lazy and stingy has contributed to me not buying a Ride mag having already read someone elses version cover to cover. So fortunately someone else has scanned in my little piece from the most recent edition:
Whilst getting all soppy and emotional in looking back at that picture, I realised in the last 3 months I've come quite a way. To think, a month with a cast, another 3 weeks with a moon boot, and the remaining time with a weak foot, a sore hip and a pretty special limp meant that life has been challenging.
I've built up my riding from the initial pedal on Raoul's SLAM pedals with just my left leg, to some tentative but joyful double legged wind trainer rides all culminating in that first ride down beach road! From beach road it was 2/3 of the way up Mt Hotham and from there it's been a steady progression of gym and rehab sessions with whatever riding I can manage dispersed in between. My holy trinity of Doctor: Andrew Garnham, Physio: Nat McColl and Masseur: Arnaud Domange have helped make it all possible. These guys all do their job incredibly well, but it would be nice not to have to see them so often!
I supposed it comes as no shock to most cyclists out there, but the one aspect I was, and still am missing a bit (make that a lot), is the social side of training as a cyclist. Everything I do currently is all about my functionality, everything relates to mobilising my healed tendons so I can regain full ankle movement and pedal freely. Similarly, I am doing a lot of work with my left glute to get it back and fireing so I can pedal hard again with no issues. Nevertheless, all these tedious steps are most certainly necessary, and speaking from experience with my last pelvis fracture; there is light at the end of the tunnel. One day everything just clicks, pedalling goes from a frustrating struggle to control your limbs to a thoughtless and soothing motion that makes you remember why you love riding a bike
So I can't wait to get back out on some of the bunch rides, to inflict some pain and likewise have some pain inflicted upon me. Because the bottom line is, we're all just a bunch of psychopathic sadists. You know you are.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A past snippet of pain to 3 months of gain
Posted by JONATHAN LOVELOCK at 5:20 PM
1 comment:
You are so right. It's the social side of training that is missed most. The actual ride, inflicting pain and having pain being inflicted, the getting up early and the joy of pedalling and getting somewhere as well as the coffee and feed after the ride. It is frustrating not being able to join your mates for all of that and feeling like you're on the outer because of it. For me it's also knowing that I might have another 6 months before I can ride again.ReplyDelete
Good luck getting out there again! And enjoy the social riding.
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
White variety from Abruzzo and Marche. Generally aged in stainless steel, though some vinters barrel age it, achieving a creaminess. Pear and apple aromas.
Lovely red variety of Campania, literally meaning "red feet," a descriptor for the birds that sit on the vines when they eat the ripe berries. High acid, light tannins and charming fruit flavors of raspberry, cranberry and black cherry. Primarily used as a blending varietal; in small percentages (less than 15%), it cuts the aggressive tannic bite of Aglianico in the great Campanian red, Taurasi. It is also the primary variety in the medium-bodied Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso.
One of Liguria's most important white varieties with flavors of pineapple and pear with notes of herbs (often rosemary).
Red variety of Friuli with big tannins and deep color and flavors of black fruits. Used only by a few producers and often in blends.
Pinot Bianco
The most widely planted white variety in Alto Adige, this has flavors of apples with a touch of spice. Examples vary from light, crisp and refreshing to more serious bottlings with deep fruit concentration and distinct minerality (such as the top examples from producers such as Cantina Terlano, Cantina Tramin and Alois Lageder.)
Pinot Grigio
Wildy popular white variety grown in several regions of Italy, with the finest bottlings coming from the cool northern regions of Alto Adige and Friuli. Flavors of apple, pear and dried flowers with most examples being quite light and simple. A few producers make single vineyard or special selection bottlings that are more complex. (Known as Pinot Gris in France and other countries.)
Pinot Nero
Known almost everwhere else in the world as Pinot Noir, this is a red variety with moderate tanins, cherry/strawberry fruit and high acidity. A few examples from Piemonte and Tuscany, but the best in Italy are from Alto Adige.
Red variety of Puglia, with deep color, black fruits and plenty of spice. Generally found in southern Pugila and often bottled on its own. DNA related to Zinfandel of California.
White variety from Veneto and Friuli used in the production of the sparkling wine of the same name. Flavors of white peach and lemon, aged in steel tanks.
Prugnolo Gentile
The name for Sangiovese in the town of Montepulciano (used in the wine Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.)
The complete name of this variety is Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso – or "Refosco with a red stalk." Yields wines of big spice, red fruit and distinctive tannins.
Ribolla Gialla
Charming white variety of Friuli that produces light to medium-bodied wines with high acidity and flavors of pear, lemon, chamomile and dried flowers.
One of the major red varieties of the Valpolicella district with deep color and good fruit (red cherry) intensity and moderate tannins.
Rarely seen red variety grown near Asti in Piemonte that makes a lightly spicy, high acid red.
Red variety of Umbria, grown only in the Montefalco area. Known for its intense tannins, Sagrantino is even more tannic than Nebbiolo. Cherry fruit and distinct spiciness as well. Sagrantino is made in both a dry and sweet (passito) version.
One of Italy's most famous and widely planted red varieties, this is best known for its use in three famous Tuscan reds: Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino. High acid, garnet color and fresh red cherry fruit along with notes of cedar; today some modernists have tweaked Sangiovese to deepen the color and add spice and vanilla from small oak barrels. Sangiovese is also planted in Umbria, Marche and Emilia Romagna.
Known as Sauvignon Blanc throughout the rest of the world, this white variety is found most famously in Friuli and Alto Adige, where it produces assertive wines with bracing acidity and flavors of asparagus, pea and freshly mown hay. Also grown along the coasts of Tuscany.
Red variety from Friuli that produces lighter reds with cherry, currant fruit, high acidity and light tannins. Also known as Vernatsch.
Red variety of Friuli with big tannins and spice. Only a few producers work with this grape.
Red variety of Campania with lively acidity, dark berry fruit and moderate tannins. Usually a blending variety, but also used to make a lightly sparkling red wine.
Red variety of Puglia with deep purple color and big tannins. Usually part of a blend, but sometimes bottled on its own. Interestingly, the name of the grape is loosely transalted as "the back of a donkey," perhaps because of its productivity in the vineyard.


text:
CLT20 FAQs
What is Champions League Twenty20?
Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) is an initiative of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa that brings together the best domestic clubs from across the world in a battle for Twenty20 honours. The inaugural competition featured 12 sides from seven nations and was held in October 2009 in India. New South Wales Blues, the side from Australia led by Simon Katich, emerged winners of the tournament.
In 2010, CLT20 moved to South Africa where 10 sides from six nations locked horns at four venues. IPL 2010 winners Chennai Super Kings, led by MS Dhoni, reigned supreme after a fortnight of top notch competition.
Year 2011 saw CLT20 returning to India with a pre-tournament qualifier making it possible for more teams than ever to be part of the race for the title. Six teams faced off in a qualifier out of which the three proceeded to join seven already confirmed teams, making it a 10-team tournament. For the second year in a row an IPL team, Mumbai Indians, were crowned champion of champions.
In 2012, the Sydney Sixers were crowned the new CLT20 champions in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the title clash at the New Wanderers Stadium, the Sixers defeated the Highveld Lions to take home the magnificent CLT20 trophy.
In 2013, Mumbai Indians gave a fitting farewell to Sachin Tendulkar's T20 career by notching up a comprehensive 33-run victory over Rajasthan Royals to clinch the Champions League Twenty20 title. This was the second CLT20 title for the IPL 2013 winners, having won the 2011 edition.
For its 2014 season, the CLT20 will once again be played in India. Eight teams – three IPL teams, including 2010 CLT20 champions Chennai Super Kings, two teams each from South Africa, Australia and Barbados Tridents – will go straight into the main tournament. Four teams – one each from Sri Lanka, New Zealand, India and Pakistan – will compete in the pre-tournament Qualifiers of which the top two will enter the league phase.
Which teams will participate in CLT20 2014?
The tournament will follow a format similar to the three previous editions, with a Group Stage preceded by a Qualifier. A total of 29 matches will be played in the competition.
The Group Stage will be played from 17 September 2014 to 4 October 2014. It will feature ten teams.
Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings apart, Group A will comprise Dolphins (winners of South Africa's domestic T20 competition), Perth Scorchers (Big Bash League winners), and a team from the CLT20 2014 Qualifier.
Group B will feature Hobart Hurricanes (Big Bash League runners-up), Barbados Tridents (winner of the domestic T20 competition in the West Indies), Kings XI Punjab (runners-up in IPL 2014), Cape Cobras (runners-up in South Africa's domestic T20 competition), and a team from the CLT20 2014 Qualifier.
Competing Teams
Q1 – Lahore Lions
Q2 – Mumbai Indians
Q3 – Northern Knights
Q4 – Southern Express
Group Stage
Group A
Kolkata Knight Riders
Perth Scorchers
Chennai Super Kings
A team from the Qualifier
Group B
Kings XI Punjab
Cape Cobras
Hobart Hurricanes
Barbados Tridents
A team from the Qualifier
What is the format of the 2014 tournament?
The CLT20 2014 will follow a format similar to the three previous editions, with a Group Stage preceded by a Qualifier. A total of 29 matches will be played in the tournament by the best domestic T20 teams from around the world, for total prize money of US$6million.
For the complete schedule, click here
What are the venues for games this year?
Mohali, Bengaluru, Raipur and Hyderabad.
For the complete schedule, click here
What are the match-timings?
Matches will be played at 1600 and 2000 hours Indian Standard Time, that is, 1030 and 1430 GMT.
How much money does the tournament offer winning and other competing teams?
Winning team - USD 2,500,000
Losing finalist - USD 1,300,000
Losing semifinalists - USD 500,000 each
Teams finishing fifth to 10th - USD 200,000 each
What makes CLT20 different from other Twenty20 competitions?
CLT20 can be viewed as the World Cup of club cricket. It is a platform for domestic/club players, preparing them for the next step – representing, or performing even better for, their countries. It is the perfect training camp where youngsters rub shoulders with experienced international in a competition with wide international appeal.
CLT20 is the most lucrative T20 club cricket tournament in the world, designed to benefit domestic clubs - a great boost for the game.
What are the rules governing the CLT20 competition?
CLT20 follows regulations which are not dissimilar from any international cricket tournament in this format.
What are the rules governing players who represent more than one club that is competing in the tournament?
If a player is selected to play for an 'away' team rather than his 'home' team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket), the 'away' team must pay USD 150,000 as release fee to the 'home' team.
'Away' teams are not eligible for compensation if a player chooses to play for his 'home' team.
What are the provisions for abandoned matches?
Points from abandoned matches will be split equally between teams.
What happens in case of a tie?
The Super Over will decide the winner in case of a tie. Please refer to Appendix 8 of the CLT20 Match Playing Conditions for details.
Who will form the core of the umpiring and refereeing team of the tournament?
The tournament will feature the best Indian and international umpires and match referees.
Who takes a call on a player's suspect bowling action?
The on-field umpire will take action in the case of suspect bowling action. Once he has reported the matter, the player will be referred to the technical committee (made up of eminent members of the various boards) for corrective action.


text:
City of LauderhillHome Sitemap Contact
Mah Jongg Club
Lauderhill Mah Jongg Club
- Date: 02/14/2018 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Location: Garden Plaza at Inverrary
4251 Rock Island Road
Lauderhill, Florida 33319
Return to full list >>
The Lauderhill Mah Jongg Club promotes the game of Mah Jongg. The mission is to join people together of all skill levels, from novice to expert, to play and enjoy this wonderfully challenging game. The club is open to the public and serves the tri-county area.
The fee is $1.00 to play, which goes toward refreshments and Mah Jongg related prizes for weekly contests. Beginner lessons are given upon request. We have the current NMJL card for purchase. Please contact Lynn Kaplan at 954-253-0547 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com for any additional information.


text:
Interviews, new and vintage gear reviews, lessons, curiosities, the whole bass world straight to your computer, tablet or smartphone. Learn, enjoy and look around at zero cost... What else?.GET IT OR READ IT ONLINE HERE!
*Only applicable to transport by road; sea or air transport rates must be checked. Canary and Balearic Islands excluded. Check rates for Canary and Balearic Islands.
It's been a few years since we started, years in which we have enjoyed watching our store and our company grow until we have become a reference in the bass world, and we felt that it is was time to climb a step, a very important one, both for us and for our clients.
Not only you can see on the web what we have in the store, but you can also buy online in the most comfortable, easiest and safest way, avoiding emails or unnecessary trips to the store in case you know exactly what you want. Of course, we will be glad to answer your questions by email or if you visit us in the store to test basses, amps or just to say hello.
Please, have no doubt that every day we strive to offer the prices and service that you expect, HOPING YOU CHOOSE US AS YOUR BASS STORE….
Todobajos c/ Suecia, 88 - 28022 - Madrid Teléfonos: 913 067 597 - 607 244 250 email@example.com
OPENING HOURS OF THE STORE: Monday-Friday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm - Saturdays from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Todobajos © 2019 Legal notice | Privacy policy | Conditions of Use


text:
For buyers, prices are falling and supply is plentiful. Flash chips that were on allocation in 2013 are now readily available. For suppliers, demand will be strong as more electronics equipment makers use flash and the amount of flash memory in portable electronic equipment grows.
Suppliers may bemoan the fact that demand dropped off in first quarter 2014 and prices fell about 30%-50% from fourth quarter 2000. However, the $10-billion flash market is still expected to grow 19% to $12.6 billion in 2001, says market researcher IC Insights. That may pale compared to the 130% growth in 2013 over 2012, but the overall semiconductor market is expected to fall 9% in 2001, according to market researcher IC Insights. Nineteen percent growth means there will be solid annual demand for flash despite the overall semiconductor industry slowdown.
Flash memory manufacturers say that while they are concerned about the first quarter slowdown, they believe demand will start to build in the second half and continue through year-end. Next year has potential to be another banner year for flash.
"We expect things will pick up in third quarter because we expect people to continue buying computers, automobiles, DSL modems, handheld computers and cell phones," says Kevin Plouse, technical marketing manager for AMD, the second biggest flash memory manufacturer next to Intel. The items Plouse mentions all use flash memory.
Plouse notes also that in the past seven years, quarter-to-quarter flash shipments have fallen on only three occasions, and it never took more than two quarters for unit sales to resume growth.
Cell phones are the single biggest user of flash and will remain so for years. Reason: Cell phone manufacturers keep adding features to cell phones that require more memory As functionality increases, consumers will be apt to buy new phones.
While cell phone shipments have slowed, there is still strong demand. After growing to about 420 million units in 2000 from about 280 in 1999, cell phone unit shipments are expected to total between 460-480 million units in 2001. Each cell phone has a flash chip.
Most cell phones will probably ship with 16-megabit (Mb) chips, but in coming years phones will use higher density 32-Mb and 64-Mb parts as more units become Internet enabled and have voice-recognition features. "There are going to be real reasons for people to change their phones because new subscribers are about 100 million on average. Growth is coming from people who want to replace their phones.
While cell phones are the single biggest user of flash, there are emerging applications for flash which will drive growth for years to come. Example: automobiles where flash is being used in both engine control and global positioning satellite (GPS) systems. "Now cars are moving more to a PC model where you have Internet access, voice-activated e-mail from the car," says Plouse. "It will be flash-based. Dashboards are one of the fastest growing applications for flash. Car shipments won't go up much but flash content will go up significantly," he says.
Set-top boxes, digital cameras and MP3 players also will drive flash growth. Unit sales of these devices will increase as well as the amount of flash memory per unit. That means a transition to higher density flash devices, which have higher price tags.
Buyers can also expect more devices–such as MP3 players, digital cameras, and other consumer electronics equipment–using nand technology for data storage. Nand flash technology is less complex, and therefore less expensive, than the nor flash technology used for code storage in cell phones. A 64-Mb nor flash chip costs between $20-$25. A 64-Mb nand would be less than $8.00
Both nor and nand flash will move to higher densities in the coming year. Most nor devices will be 16-Mb units, but there will also be growth in shipments of 32-Mb and 64-Mb devices.
The flash market is about 65% nor, but that will equalize in coming years as popularity of protable electronic equipment grows. "Nand is more diverse than nor," says Kevin Kilbuck, director of business development for Toshiba. "It is used in everything from digital cameras and MP3 players to huge disk arrays used for flight recorders and military uses. The market for nand will grow two times nor" in the next three years, he says.
With nand, the most popular densities were 64 Mb and 128 Mb last year. That will shift to 256 Mb this year, says Kilbuck.
Memory cards, which use nand flash, had been eight and 16 megabytes. "Those were built with 64-Mb devices. Memory cards are shifting to 32 megabytes, and 256-Mb devices will be used."
The move to higher density devices is one reason that average selling prices for flash will increase from $5.70 last year to $6.27 in 2001 despite declining prices overall. In general, a 32-Mb part costs twice as much as a 16-Mb device.
However, buyers of low-density parts will continue to see significant price declines, says Brian Matas, an analyst with IC Insights. Tags were down 30% for 8- and 16-Mb parts and 40%-50% for 2-and 4-Mb devices, he says. "Our forecast is for prices to fall 10% on a blended mix across the industry, says AMD's Plouse.
But that may be conservative. Last year, a number of flash makers announced expansions. If new capacity comes on line it will boost supply and further weaken prices.


text:
Customer Login
Add Event
Email Updates
Toggle navigation
No Registrations
Aerospace & Defence
Agri & Food
Basic Materials
Consumer Goods & Retail
Energy & Resources
Life Sciences
Manufacturing & Construction
Telecom & IT
Energy & Resources
In-Depth: Practical Statistical Analysis for the Energy & Power Markets Seminar
In-Depth: Practical Statistical Analysis for the Energy & Power Markets Seminar
A Three-Day Classroom Seminar and Workshop (CPE Approved)
April 9-11, 2019
New York, NY, United States
Event Information
List of Speakers
Venue / Accomodation
This course adds a third day to the popular
Energy Statistical Analysis seminar
to allow the time needed for a more in-depth discussion and explanation of many important topics. Additionally this three-day course is designed as a hand-on workshop. Not only will you learn about practical energy statistical techniques and tools, but you will practice building statistical models in a workshop format.
Learn why companies continue to be exposed to significant energy and electricity related price risk, and how risk and value are properly quantified. Energy and electricity companies worldwide depend on accurate information about the risks and opportunities facing day to day decisions. Statistical analysis is frequently misapplied and many companies find that "a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing."
This comprehensive three-day program is designed to provide a solid understanding of key statistical and analytic tools used in the energy and electric power markets. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises that you will complete using your own laptop, participants will learn and practice key energy applications of statistical modeling. Be armed with the tools and methods needed to properly analyze and measure data to reduce risk and increase earnings for your organization.
A laptop is required.
What You Will Learn
Correlation & regression analysis; real option analysis; the Black-Scholes option pricing model; binomial trees; GARCH Models; the measurement of energy price risk; and how to use correlation and regression analysis for maintaining a competitive edge.
Workshop exercises will have you building forecast models including time series and financial engineering price models including Geometric Brownian Motion and Mean Reversion Jump Diffusion.
How to minimize price risk through operational design flexibility; measure forward price volatility and adapt Value-at-Risk concepts (VaR) for the Energy Industry.
Workshop exercises will have you building VaR models, calculating volatility and simulating complex energy projects.
Use actual case studies to examine 1) how Monte Carlo simulation is used to value renewable energy, demand response programs and energy storage projects; 2) bench-marking techniques used for estimating the incremental cost savings of expanding existing operations; and 3) real-option value of generation assets and power purchase agreements.
Actual workshop problems and case studies will look at statistical applications and tools most frequently used in the energy industry.
Learn the four manage statistical metrics.
Who Should Attend this Seminar
Among those who will benefit from this seminar include energy and electric power executives; attorneys; government regulators; traders & trading support staff; marketing, sales, purchasing & risk management personnel; accountants & auditors; plant operators; engineers; and corporate planners. Types of companies that typically attend this program include energy producers and marketers; utilities; banks & financial houses; industrial companies; accounting, consulting & law firms; municipal utilities; government regulators and electric generators.
Prerequisites and Advance Preparation
This fundamental level group live seminar has no prerequisites. No advance preparation is required before the seminar.
Program Level
Basic level. This fundamental course begins with basic material and then proceeds to the intermediate level.
Delivery Method
Each Class is Limited to First 20 Registrants
Your Instructor
Kenneth Skinner
, PhD - VP and Chief Operating Officer, Integral Analytics
Kenneth Skinner, Ph.D. is Vice President of Risk & Evaluation Products for Integral Analytics, an analytical software and management consulting firm focused on operational, planning, and market research solutions. Dr. Skinner has over 20 years' experience in evaluation and risk measurement, having worked as an energy consultant with PHB Hagler Bailly and Financial Times (FT) Energy, and as the Derivative Structuring Manager for the retail energy supplier Sempra Energy Solutions. He has his Ph.D. from Colorado School of Mines, in Mineral Economics, with an emphasis in Operations Research, an MBA from Regis University and his BS in Engineering from Letourneau University.
Dr. Skinner is a nationally recognized expert in economic evaluation and modeling of energy assets including energy storage, distribution and generation, efficiency and demand response, renewable energy alternatives, financial derivatives and structured contracts using net present value, econometric and statistical methods, optimization principles, and real option valuation techniques. Dr. Skinner is currently the technology columnist for Wiley Natural Gas and Electricity Journal and is a noted speaker on energy related topics for organizations such as AESP, IAEE, ACEEE, PLMA, IEPEC, INFORMS, Infocast, EUCI, SNL Energy and PGS Energy Training.
The Basics of Deterministic vs. Probabilistic Thinking for Energy Applications
Basics of data science - Information from Data
Descriptive Statistics, Means, Standard Deviations, Distribution Shapes
Frequency Distributions and Confidence Intervals
Implications of the Empirical Rule, Transformations and Probability
Fundamental Modeling Tools and Simulation
Exercise: Setting up a Monte Carlo Simulation to Evaluate Project Value and Risk
Application: Calculating Value at Risk (VaR)
The Linear Method and
The Quadratic Method
Historic Simulation Method
Monte Carlo Method
Exercise: Calculating VaR Using Three Different Methods
Application: Hedging Energy Exposure
Understanding the "Greeks"
How and when to Hedge
Delta Hedging
Dynamic Hedging
Gamma Hedging
Application: Component Risk Analysis
Payoff Diagrams
Portfolio VaR Diagram
CAPM, RAROC and the Sharp Ratio
Calculating Load Following Supply Risk
Layered Hedging using Statistical Triggers
Exercise: Customer Migration Model Estimating Migration out of Standard Offer Service
Exercise: Measuring Load Following Supply Risk
Exercise: Measuring Intermittent Renewable Supply Risk
Correlation and Regression Analysis for Maintaining the Competitive Edge
Univariate and Multivariate Analysis
Hypotheses Testing
Testing for Equal Means and Variances
Control Charts
The Energy Forecasting Toolbox
Historical Trend Analysis
Univariate Time Series
Multivariate Time Series
Econometric Models
Bayesian Estimation
End-Use Models
Engineering or Process Models
Network Models
Game Theory
Case Study: Statistical Reports that Everyone Can Understand
Case Study: Benchmarking to Industry Standards- GTS Steel vs. KCPL
Exercise: Building Regressions and Forecasting, PDF's, CDF's and Payoff Diagrams
Exercise: Calculating Hedge Ratios, Constructing an Energy Hedge and a Weather Hedge
Exercise: Using Forecasts in Monte Carlo Simulation to Calculate Risk Premium
DAY Three:
Introduction to Real Options Analysis
Details of Option Model Implementation
Real Options and Net Present Value (NPV) Analysis
Estimating Volatility and Uncertainty In Historical Prices
Black-Scholes, Binomial Trees, and GARCH Models
Geometric Brownian Motion and Mean Reversion
Application: Minimizing Price Risk through Operational Design Flexibility
Application: Real Option Value of Demand Response and the Smart Grid
Exercise: Calculating Volatility
Exercise: Simulating Prices using GBM and Mean Reversion Monte Carlo Models
Exercise: Valuing Combustion Turbines using Real Options
Exercise: Valuing Gas Storage using Real Options
Hotel and Seminar Information
This seminar will be held at the hotel listed below. The seminar will start promptly at
and will finish at
on the first and second day. On the third day, the seminar will resume at
and will finish at
. The program includes continental breakfast, lunch-first and second day only, and coffee breaks. Attendees also receive a professionally produced seminar manual that can serve as a valuable office reference. Dress is casual for all seminars
NYC Torch Club (NYU Campus)
18 Waverly Place
New York, NY 10003
View Seminar Location Website
Because of the diversity of hotels found in the area, we will not be holding a block of sleeping rooms with one particular hotel.
Register Now
reserve your seat
Other dates & locations
Houston, TX
United States
Brisbane (San Francisco), CA
United States
Stay Informed
follow this event
Contact Us
request more info
Event details
Organizer :
PGS Energy Training
Venue :
NYC Torch Club (NYU Campus), New York, NY, United States
Event type :
Training Course
Reference :
EventStatus :


text: Some troubling news on the pro-choice front: according to the AFP, almost 70% of Italian gynecologists refuse to perform abortions, up from under 60% in 2003. "Italy legalized abortion in 1978 but pressure from the Vatican enabled doctors to claim a 'conscientious objection' and refuse to carry out the procedure," the NY Times reports. A large percentage of Italian anesthetists are also refusing to participate in abortions — nearly 50% these days. In Sicily, a whopping 84% of gynos will not perform the procedures. [Agence France-Presse via New York Times]