Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:07 am
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid we can't do that.Selezen wrote:Is there a psycho-social category for me, or am I "just Dave"?
Cheers,
Drew.
Cheers,
Drew.
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Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:39 pm
I just spotted this sig on slashdot - it made me chuckle.
"Google Glass - At last a Segway for your face."
(BasilBrush)
"Google Glass - At last a Segway for your face."
(BasilBrush)
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:05 am
ED Forum wrote:ELITE has never been, and should never be, a game about SAFE places and happy, fluffy unicorns.
Re: the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:35 am
Meanwhile, at the Acoustic tent, the Bootleg Beatles played a Stones riff and commented: "Sign of a good band - you've got to know when to split up."
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:47 pm
Apple patent filing wrote:A system comprising: a configurable component of a configurable environment; a configuration module of the configurable environment, the configuration module of the configurable environment being configured to receive a configuration variable, and instruct the configurable component of the configurable environment to configure itself according to the configuration variable; and a configuration application of a portable consumer electronic device, the configuration application being configured to send a configuration variable to the configuration module of the configurable environment to initiate configuration of the configurable environment.
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 12:09 am
The more I read that the more enlightenment comes to me. It almost makes sense now, maybe after another 100 readings.Cody wrote:Apple patent filing wrote:A system comprising: a configurable component of a configurable environment; a configuration module of the configurable environment, the configuration module of the configurable environment being configured to receive a configuration variable, and instruct the configurable component of the configurable environment to configure itself according to the configuration variable; and a configuration application of a portable consumer electronic device, the configuration application being configured to send a configuration variable to the configuration module of the configurable environment to initiate configuration of the configurable environment.
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:39 am
I got it in one reading.. Apple just patented the Control Panel.Tricky wrote:The more I read that the more enlightenment comes to me. It almost makes sense now, maybe after another 100 readings.
(reserving my opinion because we don't allow that kind of language here)
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:25 am
It's probably not just a "control panel" because it involves an "application of a portable consumer electronic device," and it's more or less implied that the "configurable environment" is distinct from the device.Diziet Sma wrote:I got it in one reading.. Apple just patented the Control Panel.
Most people would call this type of system a "remote control app", but if Apple called it by its simple name, the patent officials would likely just reject it as trivial.
I wonder if this filing was related to the iTunes Remote app...
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:43 am
It's for 'automotive environment settings' apparently.blm768 wrote:I wonder if this filing was related to the iTunes Remote app...
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:02 am
My experience is that the US patent office don't reject anything, no matter how braindead the application is!blm768 wrote:...if Apple called it by its simple name, the patent officials would likely just reject it as trivial.
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:36 am
Which somehow begs the question why not some smart US denizens of these boards go ahead and patent all sorts of mundane things, and let Amazon, Apple & Cie. bleed in license fees when they attempt to do the same?Smivs wrote:My experience is that the US patent office don't reject anything, no matter how braindead the application is!
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:01 pm
Smivs starts checking the patent files for:-
"A mechanical or electro-mechanical device for opening and/or closing an electrical circuit which is operated by pressing a button or moving a small lever."
Well, you never know.....
"A mechanical or electro-mechanical device for opening and/or closing an electrical circuit which is operated by pressing a button or moving a small lever."
Well, you never know.....
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:27 am
I never knew Sir Humphrey Appleby had left the public service to work for Apple!Cody wrote:Apple patent filing wrote:A system comprising: a configurable component of a configurable environment; a configuration module of the configurable environment, the configuration module of the configurable environment being configured to receive a configuration variable, and instruct the configurable component of the configurable environment to configure itself according to the configuration variable; and a configuration application of a portable consumer electronic device, the configuration application being configured to send a configuration variable to the configuration module of the configurable environment to initiate configuration of the configurable environment.
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:11 pm
Steph wrote:Or to be accurate I've dreamed Oolite since E: D really got underway. If E: D hadn't got going I would never have looked around for something and found Oolite - the only computer game that I've actually been able to play without failing miserably on a constant basis since I was a child!
Re: Quote of the week!
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:13 am
That sounds like a quote from my "I dreamed about ED" thread on the ED forum. Not read that quote on there yet! (I always check the Oolite forum before heading over to ED lol)Cody wrote:Steph wrote:Or to be accurate I've dreamed Oolite since E: D really got underway. If E: D hadn't got going I would never have looked around for something and found Oolite - the only computer game that I've actually been able to play without failing miserably on a constant basis since I was a child!