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These are all rectangular (square is a rectangle ,, or have you forgotten) , have various numbers of control buttons and all have removable straps... I've never seen a wristwatch of any kind that doesn't...
Posted on 05/05/2015 10:19:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker
“... the economic system in China can no longer be described as “communist” as they are embracing Capitalism.”
Bingo. The top layer of communism is simply only a control layer that is being “corrupted” by capitalism. :-)
I too think the copyright and patent systems have been degraded and abused by vested interests. They no longer resemble their intended function, and now serve mostly to empower rent-seekers and their descendants.
T? Piker! Go for e which is the most commonly used letter in english and you get royalties from the calculus crowd too.
These Dick Tracy knockoff watches are going to be used, abused, fiddled with, used for bizarre sex games, stomped on and sent back to Tim Kook for refunds. Why? After all the hype from the fabulous fanbois this lamer watch sells for $300 but only gives you $10 worth of value same as the inexpensive Casios like this one
CASIO F91W-1 Casual Sport Watch
http://www.amazon.com/CASIO-F91W-1-Casual-Sport-Watch/dp/B00006I551
And the point of your undated photo of under a 1,000 school children doing calisthenics making their national flag is? That proves nothing about their economic system in a country of 1.6 Billion people. It is the equivalent of a 1000 word anecdote trying to overcome the facts I presented. . . without providing any context.
More lies from the serial liar of the Apple Threads.
Samsung tried to use that image as examples of "prior art" and it was roundly rejected by the courts. The whole purpose of bringing it up was propaganda for public consumption and you and a lot of others bought it. Prior art has to be in the area of the invention, not fiction, just showing that someone thought an idea might be a cool thing in the future. "Prior Art" is a term in law which has a specific meaning, not the public mistaken concept that you just put up here. Apple even brought in the FX people in "2001: a Space Odyssey" who testified that below that table was three feet of television equipment to achieve that effect, . . and that those "tablets" were built into the table, and were not in any way portable, and all illusion. Apple won almost $1Billion from Samsung in that lawsuit. Sorry, no banana.
Facts are difficult things.
But. . .but. . . but. . . (pun intended) YOU said you stomped yours you several times claimed you bought . . . and sent it back to Cook for a refund. . . You've again outed yourself!
As has been normal marriage. Appealing to "Authority" is not much of an argument.
The whole purpose of bringing it up was propaganda for public consumption and you and a lot of others bought it.
And why not? It makes the very obvious point that Apple didn't think of the idea. Apple didn't even exist in 1968.
Prior art has to be in the area of the invention, not fiction, just showing that someone thought an idea might be a cool thing in the future. "Prior Art" is a term in law which has a specific meaning, not the public mistaken concept that you just put up here. Apple even brought in the FX people in "2001: a Space Odyssey" who testified that below that table was three feet of television equipment to achieve that effect, . . and that those "tablets" were built into the table, and were not in any way portable, and all illusion.
I don't think anyone believed that those tablet computers were real, or that people were actually in space, or that the giant super computer psychotic killing machine was real either. What you have put forth here is an example of the fallacy where someone says something that is factually true, but does not actually support the point in contention.
The Technology to create those tablets did not exist in 1968, but this does not at all address the point that conceptually the idea existed long before Apple.
Apple won almost $1Billion from Samsung in that lawsuit.
As a conservative, you are no doubt familiar with the general attitude of conservatives regarding courts and their all too common miscarriages of justice. I do not know enough details about this particular court case to say this verdict is just flat out wrong, but from the details I do know, it certainly seems to be wrong.
If Samsung ripped off something Apple developed which was unique and proprietary, then that is one thing, but it certainly looks like Apple sued someone for copying the wheel.
The design and look/feel is about as exciting as a common toothpick.
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These are all rectangular (square is a rectangle ,, or have you forgotten) , have various numbers of control buttons and all have removable straps... I've never seen a wristwatch of any kind that doesn't...
Replacement DELL Laptop charger cable strap (not inserted in charger brick)
Quote : Look and feel is for homos.
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Careful Ethan ,, I made the mistake of addressing a post to Swordmaker with “You Go Girl” and he became offended because he assumed that I should know his gender although he has not created an “about” page ,,, he didn’t recognize it as a simple colloquialism acknowledging his assertiveness on a subject...
While I agree with your sentiment about look and feel Swordmaker has declared that he is from California and your observations about look and feel patents could make someone from that state “uncomfortable” and that is to be avoided.
Careful with that. Next thing you know, the toothpick manufacturers will have to pay license fees and the price of toothpicks will go up.
Especially when you have none on your side.
I didn't claim that the fictional devices in 2001 constituted prior art.
Learn to read.
Ten dollar Casios look better and are more useful in the real world. I posted a link (above) to a good one on Amazon. The Apple fanbois get ripped off for this $300 clunker so are wearing sh_t eating grins to trick others into buying one so that Apples stock price doesn't plummet into the basement.
it’s innocuous commonplaces taken as “offensive” by paranoid morons.
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Yes , that’s a better answer. You supply the left jab , I deliver the straight right...
I wasn’t joking about Dell legal...
That patent troll mentality of Apple that anything and everything begins and ends with apple and that they can patent something as imbecilic as not having sharp corners to make tossing the device in your pocket easier and less painful really annoys me... Apple didn’t invent the computer or the microprocessor ... Their desktop OS is a UNIX variant since I think V9.something , the phone and tablet are just the same device shrunk... and they destroyed the usefulness of the portable MP3 player by making it only capable of getting content through iTunes. I’m putting music on a USB memory stick right now ,, only $12 and it works better with my car stereo than ANY iPod at any price.
I like their toys ,, they’re good but they are nothing earthshattering ,, just fine tuned and artsy versions of existing products ,, like comparing a Porsche (apple) to a Chevy (Samsung) ... I make money on Apple ,, to me that is the only reason to care about them.. I buy used GSM iPhone 3gs’s (and higher) and ship them overseas where people are really into this “gotta have the apple logo” crapola...
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