I actually worked on a whole bunch of patents in my career over the years and I have to say that every single patent is nothing but crap.
A software engineer explains to This American Life that even he didn’t understand the patents he was granted. It was part of a seminal story about patent trolls and the way that a system designed to foster innovation can crush it.
From New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2011/12/the-years-best-tech-quotes.html#ixzz1qc1h5iv7
Great words from the legendary Bruce Lee. We must all keep on flowing, that is one of the secrets to life.
Biggerbrains: An excellent site for Ph.D students and young researchers.
When I was a Ph.D student, it seemed a very lonely and strange career path. Frankly speaking I would not recommend anyone to contemplate doing a Ph.D and doing a research career, or worse, becoming a Professor. In terms or ROI or “return on investment” (time, energy, money) I think it is one of the worst career choices. Nevertheless, for those crazy or strange people (like me) who have passion to be a researcher, one advantage of the internet age is to be connected with other young researchers. This site is an excellent resource for young researchers.
A poignant reminder of how life can be sweet and tragic
I came across this story of a person who had a kindergarten friend, a girl who grew up to have a glamorous but tragic life. The words of a person remembering being just four, reminded me that my own daughter seems so small, but she really is a person of her own. I wonder what life my daughter will have. Time goes so fast and soon she will be grown up. Of course I hope she has a happy and wonderful life.
ACE 2012 Nepal: Call for Creative Showcases and Demonstrations
The Creative Showcases Demonstrations track is open to a large variety of submissions including, but not limited to:* Technical demonstrations of prototype technologies of advanced entertainment technology
* All varieties of video and computer games
* Web and mobile-based computer…
ACE 2012 Nepal: Call for Art & Culture Track
New for 2012!
In line with the theme of this year’s conference, “Entertaining the Whole World”, we are inviting position papers, games or other forms of entertainment, and interactive works of art showcasing the diversity of art and culture found in today’s digital artifacts. Contributions are…
Chinese student punished for calling Singaporeans ‘dogs’
A Chinese university student has been fined and ordered to perform community service for calling Singaporeans “dogs” in a microblog.
In addition to three months community service and a fine of S$3,000, Sun Xu, a 25-year-old senior at the National University of Singapore (NUS), will have his scholarship rescinded in his final semester.
“As the student had acted in a manner that was detrimental to the reputation and welfare of the university community, his actions breached the NUS Code of Student Conduct,” said a university circular.
“The Board of Discipline has ruled that his remarks were improper, insensitive and disrespectful. The remarks had also stirred up considerable unease, distrust and ill-will within and beyond the university community.”
Last month, Sun enraged Singaporeans by posting on popular Chinese microblogging site Weibo that “there are more dogs than people” in the city-state, whose resident population is 74% ethnic Chinese. — Agence France-Presse
The original Chinese text: “最烦的就是新加坡那些不小心碰一下就在那边瞪着你或者嘴里絮絮叨叨的中年老瘪三了，在新加坡狗比人多啊！”
ACE 2012 Nepal: CALL FOR PAPERS
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ACE 2012: 9th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference incorporating DIMEA 2012 (7th Digital Interactive Media Entertainment and Arts Conference) Venue: Kathmandu, Nepal, 5-7 November, 2012
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