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Then see if that country or region has a dominant job board/classified website/real estate listing etc.
Millions of users are just coming to the internet in those countries and have room for growth. Many of the existing websites offer horrible experience.
"The author's entire premise is off. The recent filing is a continuation of an application filed on Feb 3, 2000 (see patent 6,609,113). So, Chase wasnt taking a 'swipe' at Bitcoin because the original application was filed 13 years ago."
As we pull out of the recession in the US, the fastest growing job market is the low wage/retail jobs. Walmart will have to match the technologies of Amazon as they fight for market share. Leading to more and more automation of human tasks. During this past thanksgiving there were worker strikes in some Walmart stores for a living wage (~$15/hr). What happens to society when these jobs are not even available?
The most interesting part of the 60 minutes interview was not the drones but this:
Charlie Rose: Is Amazon ruthless in their pursuit of market share?
Jeff Bezos: The Internet is disrupting every media industry, Charlie, you know, people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. And Amazon is not happening to book selling, the future is happening to book selling.
Remember "Offer HN" trends? - the entire front page was filled with "Offer HN"
- followed by blog posts about why it sucks
- followed by blog posts telling those people calm down
- people were asking for separate URL for "Offer HN" like "ask"
These things are kinda gimmicky and will usually die off within a week or so.
Getting back to whatever I was doing...
Explain it to me as a 5 year old:
This is not a true 'first to file'. You basically get 1 year grace period.
Example: John gives a speech on his invention. Mark files a patent a month later after hearing John's speech. John then files a patent application 6 months later. Mark's application cannot be used against John's application as prior art,even though, Mark filed a application first.
This was generally the practice before AIA. As most people would say it harmonizes US patent laws with around the world. In other words, mostly semantics...
"A method of swinging on a swing, the method comprising the steps of: a) suspending a seat for supporting a user between only two chains that are hung from a tree branch; b) positioning a user on the seat so that the user is facing a direction perpendicular to the tree branch; c) having the user pull alternately on one chain to induce movement of the user and the swing toward one side, and then on the other chain to induce movement of the user and the swing toward the other side; and d) repeating step c) to create side-to-side swinging motion, relative to the user, that is parallel to the tree branch."
Now go find prior art for this where it shows steps a, b, c, d. Not easy anymore is it?
Obviously, common sense should have played a huge part. But common sense by it self is not patent law. You still need evidence to support your common sense.
dctoedt is right. Humans make mistake.
[1] www.mckoolsmith.com/careers-summer.html
Edit: grammer
This years first top 10 picks:
4 Freshman 3 Internation players (ages 18, 19, 21) 1 Sophmore 1 Junior 1 Senior
If you are any good or hyped, you are draft in the first year..
Most of the inner city kids have a distrust of "the system" or "the man". Therefore, they would never trust their income to a players assoc.
Whats should be done is to establish a class on How to Manage Your Money 101 by the league/PA.
Here is a article from SI on 'How Athletes go Broke' http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1...