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Post by GTCGreg on Apr 18, 2018 0:39:55 GMT
Sneaker waves require advanced differential calculus. Something I still have nightmares over.
Do they call them sneaker waves because they sneak up on you, or because they get your sneakers wet?
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Post by the light works on Apr 18, 2018 3:45:43 GMT
Sneaker waves require advanced differential calculus. Something I still have nightmares over. Do they call them sneaker waves because they sneak up on you, or because they get your sneakers wet? because if you're not wearing your sneakers, you're going to get wet. |
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Post by silverdragon on Apr 18, 2018 5:19:37 GMT
I know it is hard, "electricity 101" doesn't teach the true definition of formula symbols. 99.9% of all electricians never heard about any fancy symbols other than Ω. per default, U is always the effective voltage, U RMS unless otherwise marked, e.g. U pp. Same for Watt. Watt is always the physical power which can directly translated to any form of power, e.g. heating power. Reactive power or "Wattless power" can't be expressed in Watt. What would a "wattless watt" be? That's why transformers are always rated in VA! VA can be watt for ohmic loads where current and voltage have no shift in phase. Apparent power must be written as VA since W is dedicated to true power. I have a degree in electrical engineering. I know all about real power, reactive power, power factor and the RMS values of sine waves, triangle waves, square waves and any other shape wave you can shake a calculus book at. I don't need large print formulas. All I got was a sparkies certificate, back when City-and-Guilds were the thing to have, and I dont need large print formulas either, simply because I dont understand them mostly without having to write them out myself and do some leg work to my old books?. All I ever was expected to do was connect end a to socket (b) getting red to red black to black and not blew to bloody pieces?. Someone else did the head-ology on power consumption rates before they asked me to wire it up?. Therefore, the maths above is lost on me. Most of my work, no, be truthful, ALL of my work, was post-consumer board, as in after the fuse box. I did have to upgrade a fuse now and then, but thats got simpler over time, now its all MCB's, pop out old pop in new and tighten a few screws. (Then I am a good boy and LABEL THE BLOODY THING so home owners dont have to guess which lighting circuit is the kitchen and which is bathroom kind of thing?..) |
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Post by silverdragon on Apr 18, 2018 5:22:10 GMT
Erm, Sneaker wave, rogue wave, int that nautical kind of thing?.
I am going to presume this is an over-charge of maybe turning off of a large consumer product on one phase thats going to throw out a large problem?..
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Post by the light works on Apr 18, 2018 14:05:22 GMT
Erm, Sneaker wave, rogue wave, int that nautical kind of thing?. I am going to presume this is an over-charge of maybe turning off of a large consumer product on one phase thats going to throw out a large problem?.. there actually is scientific coverage of the phenomenon - it has to do with wind waves being of one frequency, and deep swell waves being of another frequency, so you get a bit of a harmonic going on, and if a wind wave happens to hit at the same time as a deep swell wave, it runs up the beach a little further. |
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Post by silverdragon on Apr 19, 2018 6:16:33 GMT
Kind of like Every Seventh wave on a beach is "bigger" for some reason?.
BTW, this I have looked at myself, and it sort of rings true.
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Post by the light works on Apr 19, 2018 14:56:25 GMT
Kind of like Every Seventh wave on a beach is "bigger" for some reason?. BTW, this I have looked at myself, and it sort of rings true. not always precisely seven, but yes, that is a sneaker wave. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Apr 19, 2018 15:37:44 GMT
Kind of like Every Seventh wave on a beach is "bigger" for some reason?. BTW, this I have looked at myself, and it sort of rings true. not always precisely seven, but yes, that is a sneaker wave. and Edison probably has a patent on them. If not Edison, Apple for sure. |
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Post by silverdragon on Apr 20, 2018 6:29:53 GMT
not always precisely seven, but yes, that is a sneaker wave. and Edison probably has a patent on them. If not Edison, Apple for sure. Concerning The limit on time on patents, are you aware that most of what Edison patented is already out of patent?. There is a Hairdresser in Boston that holds more patents at this current time than Edison. [-I think he has come up with a few new ideas for scissors, Hairdryers, and gas-less aerosols...] |
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Post by c64 on May 6, 2018 9:20:04 GMT
and Edison probably has a patent on them. If not Edison, Apple for sure. Concerning The limit on time on patents, are you aware that most of what Edison patented is already out of patent?. There is a Hairdresser in Boston that holds more patents at this current time than Edison. [-I think he has come up with a few new ideas for scissors, Hairdryers, and gas-less aerosols...] To claim a patent is much easier than you would think. OK, nowadays it involves a lot of money but you can claim almost anything, especially if it can't work so there are no previous patents. I think it was in the 1960s or earlier that someone had claimed and had got the patent for "sliced bread" to proof that you can claim a patent for anything. |
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Post by silverdragon on May 6, 2018 10:04:06 GMT
Not forgetting the "Urban Myth" that someone tried to patent the letter "e".
Which of course spawned a number of people actually trying to do that....
So a self fulfilling myth?.
[as far as I can find out, those that tried were sent a "nice" letter explaining that the alphabet was under its own patent on a free to use by all already...]
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Post by the light works on May 6, 2018 11:46:28 GMT
it seems it is easier to get a patent on what you shouldn't than it should be and harder to get a patent on what you deserve than it should be.
as I recall one of the bad patent stories I heard was a telephone lineman who came up with an idea for a hybrid tool that performed most of the functions of the larger tools linemen carried, and when he mentioned the possibility of partnering with his employer to market the tool, they whisked him off to Las Vegas to discuss the merits of it with the big bosses - while they had their own lawyers filing patent on it and claiming it as their own intellectual property, on the grounds he had thought of the idea while at work.
it seems to me that there should be some basic rules for ownership of intellectual property, such as that unless your job description is to come up with new ideas, in which case your contract should reflect the value of your ideas, then just because you came up with an idea while doing a different job does not entitle your boss to ownership of the idea. also, if a company patents an idea and keeps it a closely guarded secret, then they have no right to complain if someone else comes up with the same idea and does something with it. - assuming the other person didn't actually steal the idea. - and if the government comes up with an idea, it cannot sell exclusive rights to that idea to any private party, nor can it sell rights to one party for less money per unit than it sells the rights to another party for.
It would seem sensible to me that if an idea proves to be so great that it vastly improves the life of humanity, then the person who came up with it should be afforded retirement to a life of leisure - within reason, of course - while the idea itself is made available for public use.
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Post by GTCGreg on May 6, 2018 14:00:30 GMT
Keep in mind that our patent laws were written by lawyers, for lawyers. The more complicated they are, the more lawyers benefit.
Patent laws do not grant ownership of a patent to the company that you work for. The company has rights to your ideas because of your terms of employment contract that you agreed to when you went to work for that company.
You, or the company you work for, can not keep a patent secret. All patents are available for public disclosure. For this reason, some companies will not patent trade secrets. They want to keep it just that, a secret.
You cannot patent existing technology even if it has never been patented before. That's why getting a patent on "sliced bread" or the letter "E" is not valid. These things were in use prior to someone filing for a patent on them.
The government only issues patents, they do not defend them. It is the sole responsibility of the patent holder to defend their patents in court and at their own legal cost. If they win the case, the patent violator is usually required to pay back the legal fees to the patent holder in addition to any damages the court may award. The only ones that always win are the lawyers. They get their money regardless of whether they win or lose a case. Maybe our laws should require the losing lawyers to pay all legal fees. At least there would be a lot less frivolous lawsuits filed.
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Post by the light works on May 6, 2018 14:24:53 GMT
Keep in mind that our patent laws were written by lawyers, for lawyers. The more complicated they are, the more lawyers benefit. Patent laws do not grant ownership of a patent to the company that you work for. The company has rights to your ideas because of your terms of employment contract that you agreed to when you went to work for that company. You, or the company you work for, can not keep a patent secret. All patents are available for public disclosure. For this reason, some companies will not patent trade secrets. They want to keep it just that, a secret. You cannot patent existing technology even if it has never been patented before. That's why getting a patent on "sliced bread" or the letter "E" is not valid. These things were in use prior to someone filing for a patent on them. The government only issues patents, they do not defend them. It is the sole responsibility of the patent holder to defend their patents in court and at their own legal cost. If they win the case, the patent violator is usually required to pay back the legal fees to the patent holder in addition to any damages the court may award. The only ones that always win are the lawyers. They get their money regardless of whether they win or lose a case. Maybe our laws should require the losing lawyers to pay all legal fees. At least there would be a lot less frivolous lawsuits filed. maybe you can't keep a secret, but companies that are in the business of inventing things do it as a matter of routine. for example, Gorilla Glass sat on a shelf for years before the smartphone was invented. sure, if someone had been trolling the patent office looking for new unused technology, they could have found it, but for all intents and purposes, it was kept secret. and perhaps you missed that I was suggesting basic guidelines. including the employer only having a claim on the idea if the employee is hired to develop ideas. as for the lawyers only winning, the suggestion I has was that a jury hearing a civil suit would always have the option of declaring the suit frivolous, in which case the plaintiff and the plaintiff's attorney would be held liable for all the costs of the suit, and leave the plaintiff's attorney at risk of civil penalties. |
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Post by c64 on May 13, 2018 11:37:48 GMT
You cannot patent existing technology even if it has never been patented before. That's why getting a patent on "sliced bread" or the letter "E" is not valid. These things were in use prior to someone filing for a patent on them. The government only issues patents, they do not defend them. It is the sole responsibility of the patent holder to defend their patents in court and at their own legal cost. There is a lot of stuff going on which shouldn't be possible, especially in the government. Europe currently has a refugee problem. There are not enough accommodations so the government has to rent anything they can get. Last month it was discovered that there were some apartments rented for over €200 per square meter in cologne! Now I have some questions: Did someone just not pay attention signing the contracts or did that someone receive a lot of money? And Can I get one of those contracts for my flats? If I could rent my largest apartment for that price, I would receive more money every two years than the entire house is worth! |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 13, 2018 14:59:44 GMT
You cannot patent existing technology even if it has never been patented before. That's why getting a patent on "sliced bread" or the letter "E" is not valid. These things were in use prior to someone filing for a patent on them. The government only issues patents, they do not defend them. It is the sole responsibility of the patent holder to defend their patents in court and at their own legal cost. There is a lot of stuff going on which shouldn't be possible, especially in the government. Europe currently has a refugee problem. There are not enough accommodations so the government has to rent anything they can get. Last month it was discovered that there were some apartments rented for over €200 per square meter in cologne! Now I have some questions: Did someone just not pay attention signing the contracts or did that someone receive a lot of money? And Can I get one of those contracts for my flats? If I could rent my largest apartment for that price, I would receive more money every two years than the entire house is worth! The other problem with that is, now that the government has driven rent prices so high, what does the average German do to affording an apartment? |
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Post by c64 on May 13, 2018 16:54:41 GMT
now that the government has driven rent prices so high, what does the average German do to affording an apartment? Usually piling up debts until insolvency. Also the government has installed several rent control laws. While costs for the landlord increase dramatically, the landlord is not allowed to raise the rents. |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 13, 2018 17:25:26 GMT
now that the government has driven rent prices so high, what does the average German do to affording an apartment? Usually piling up debts until insolvency. Also the government has installed several rent control laws. While costs for the landlord increase dramatically, the landlord is not allowed to raise the rents. Even if the government paid you enough rent to buy a new building after two years, it wouldn't do you much good if the people that the government allowed in your building destroyed it in one. |
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Post by c64 on May 14, 2018 18:37:32 GMT
Usually piling up debts until insolvency. Also the government has installed several rent control laws. While costs for the landlord increase dramatically, the landlord is not allowed to raise the rents. Even if the government paid you enough rent to buy a new building after two years, it wouldn't do you much good if the people that the government allowed in your building destroyed it in one. Depends on the people. Some are really honest and hard working. I have recently switched jobs. Now I earn more than twice as much, commute less than 15 minutes, work fixed hours and even get more vacation days. A coworker is from Iraq, he had lost everything, learned our language surprisingly well and does an excellent job (I am his supervisor). Now our government says that the Iraq is a heaven of peace and he must return home. There is literally nothing he could return "home" to. I have put my lawyer from a highly renowned attorney's office on the case and we have wrote a letter to declare him indispensable for the company. I hope this works.  |
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Post by c64 on May 14, 2018 18:51:01 GMT
it wouldn't do you much good if the people that the government allowed in your building destroyed it in one. From a TV Comedy series, Markus Maria Profittlich talking like an archeologist:  "Here, where I am standing could have been a kitchen once. And over there, there could have been a bedroom once. And this interesting piece here (dusting off a piece of wood fragments) could have been a table. It is always fascinating to try to think how those people had lived when digging through the remains of an archaeological find - AND I NEVER, EVER WILL RENT TO STUDENTS ANY MORE!!! |
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