The Rise Of Patent Hoarding Houses

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Big software houses seen winners in EU
patent vote

Big software houses seen winners in EU
patent vote 06/22/2005 02:35 AM
To the disappointment of open-source backers, a European Parliament committee yesterday watered down tough patenting proposals.

Google Hoarding the Pie?

Google Hoarding the Pie? 02/07/2005 02:12 AM
Om Malik looked up some of Google's SEC filings and found the following: Google has been paying more money every quarter to the affiliates. However, TAC as a percentage of advertising revenues generated by network sites is declining. For instance in quarter ending June 30, 2004, the company had paid out 80% of the revenues generated by its network. In quarter ending Sept 30, 2004, it was down to 79% and now in the December 2004 quarter, that number was...

Hoarding not a usual compulsion

Hoarding not a usual compulsion 06/03/2004 02:10 AM
Excessive hoarding may not be treatable by standard obsessive-compulsive disorder therapies, research suggests.

Hoarding Home Depot

Hoarding Home Depot 08/17/2004 05:16 PM
Plus, Apple's Real rivalry, and McAfee finds more security.

Why Innovation And Hoarding Intellectual
Property Don't Mix

Why Innovation And Hoarding Intellectual
Property Don't Mix 08/10/2004 01:58 PM
We recently wrote about how innovat ion was more important to the economy than invention, while noting that the patent system was really more focused on protecting invention, and slowing down innovation. Now, Robert I. Sutton is noting the worrying trend that, as startups are showing up again, they all seem to be most focused on protecting and hiding their intellectual property which tends to harm, more than help, innovation. Remember, the original point of the patent system wasn't just to protect information, but to open it up so that others could make use of it. Unfortunately, that use of the patent system is becoming less apparent every day. Sutton points out, properly, that some protection of intellectual property makes sense, but: "If you take it too far, innovation can't happen. If you never show your ideas to other people, or to only a very few like-minded people, then your ideas won't get any better and you won't get the information you need about which customers will—and will not—buy them." Innovation happens by getting your product out into the market and figuring out what it takes to get people to buy into the idea." Innovation isn't about a (patentable) spark of genius, but "world-class persistence to spend long hours trying to do new things with old ideas." Isn't it time we reformed the patent system to encourage real innovation, and not this focus on hiding away inventions and making innovation more difficult?

"So Much Clutter, So Little Room:
Examining the Roots of Hoarding"

"So Much Clutter, So Little Room:
Examining the Roots of Hoarding" 01/04/2004 03:27 PM

Hoarding Beer as Cheap Brew Banned
(Reuters)

Hoarding Beer as Cheap Brew Banned
(Reuters) 04/26/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters - Norwegians rushed out to stock up on beer on Friday after authorities ruled it was too cheap following an unprecedented price war in a nation used to some of the most expensive alcohol on earth.

A pox on both your houses...

A pox on both your houses... 10/30/2003 01:42 PM
New form of mousepox developed. A scientist has created an extremely deadly form of mousepox (a relative of smallpox) through genetic engineering. The new virus kills mice even if they have been given antiviral drugs as well as a vaccine that would normally protect them.

Space-Age Houses

Space-Age Houses 08/27/2004 01:56 PM

postscript houses.

postscript houses. 06/07/2004 06:48 PM
Could this revolutionize architecture? A robot that can "print" a 2,000 sq-ft house in one day without the use of a single human hand. What sort of effects will this have on the future of houses?

Why do houses have more than one room?

Why do houses have more than one room? 07/31/2004 05:40 PM

In http://ph ilip.greenspun.com/materialism/house-design/ (commentable) I put forth some ideas for building houses that are designed for single people.  The document asks the questions "Why have more than one room if you live alone?", "What about creative space if you don't have an office or studio?", and "Is it feasible to build an industrial loft in the middle of the woods or suburbs?"

Comments appreciated, especially from folks with some experience in architecture or construction.

Economist.com | Coffee-houses

Economist.com | Coffee-houses 12/19/2003 02:34 PM
"The coffee-houses that sprang up across Europe, starting around 1650, functioned as information exchanges for writers, politicians, businessmen and scientists. Like today's websites, weblogs and discussion boards, coffee-houses were lively and often unreliable sources of information that typically specialised in a particular topic or political viewpoint."

Shots fired at houses

Shots fired at houses 12/28/2004 05:08 AM
Shots are fired at the front of two houses in west Belfast, no-one is injured in the attacks.

Houses damaged in bombing

Houses damaged in bombing 05/22/2004 03:46 AM
Two houses are damaged in an early morning bomb explosion in east Belfast.

Photoshopped dream houses

Photoshopped dream houses 04/29/2004 07:41 AM
Lots of tasty entries into this Worth1000 photoshopping contest to design a fantastical dream house. Link

Economist.com Coffee-houses

Economist.com Coffee-houses 12/20/2003 05:03 AM
Grave and Wholesome Liquor .. Economist

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Slideshow of prefabricated houses

Slideshow of prefabricated houses 05/25/2004 01:19 PM
Time magazine has a short slideshow of kit-built and pre-fab houses. (Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion house shown here.) Link

(When I was in New Zealand, I looked at a great prefab house on Waiheke Island.)

Oil futures rise above $44 a barrel Best
Buy 3Q earnings rise 21 percent Stocks
extend rally with mo

Oil futures rise above $44 a barrel Best
Buy 3Q earnings rise 21 percent Stocks
extend rally with mo 12/19/2004 03:28 PM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Wed Dec 15, 11:20 pm GMT

Telus targets 28% rise in 2004 profit
per share on 5% revenue rise, cost cuts

Telus targets 28% rise in 2004 profit
per share on 5% revenue rise, cost cuts 12/20/2003 09:51 AM
Canadian Press Dec 20 2003 9:07AM ET

Styrofoam houses coming to Afghanistan

Styrofoam houses coming to Afghanistan 08/04/2004 06:32 PM
Steve sez, "Just been reading Shadow Of The Mothaship from Cory's book A Place So Foreign, and was struck by the conceptual similarity between his foam houses of the future and the polystyrene houses being planned for Afghanistan."

"That is the challenge," he said, "people have to accept it, that it's absolutely safe to live in a Styrofoam house, safer than in an adobe house.

"Let them feel it. Let them dance on it. Let them see that it is strong."

Link

Afghans to benefit from polystyrene
houses

Afghans to benefit from polystyrene
houses 08/04/2004 11:46 AM
What would the Big Bad Wolf make of it?

Israel demolishes 13 Gaza houses

Israel demolishes 13 Gaza houses 05/10/2004 10:14 AM
Israeli troops demolish the homes of some 75 Palestinians near the scene of an ambush on Jewish settlers.

Engineers Use Hurricanes to Study Houses
(AP)

Engineers Use Hurricanes to Study Houses
(AP) 09/25/2004 09:17 PM
AP - When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver.

Are Burglars Casing Houses In Their
Underwear?

Are Burglars Casing Houses In Their
Underwear? 06/05/2005 11:57 PM
Virtual tours of homes for sale allow home shoppers to effortlessly tour houses for sale from the comfort of their own homes. However, it's not possible to know what the viewers are actually after. Is a virtual tour a good way for burglars to case a house? Burglars can check out locks, locations of valuable goods and entryways for targeted houses with anonymity and zero fear of being caught. This concern sounds a bit inflated, however. Though realtors report that sellers are wary of the sophisticated technology and opt to post photographs instead of the more detailed virtual tour, this is hardly indicative of a fear of burglary. Traditional open houses seem to be a far better way for burglars to check out places, and most likely a more common choice for today's burglars. The supporting evidence discussed in the article is purely anecdotal -- it would be telling to compare burglary rates for all homes versus homes with the virtual tour and with open houses in a given neighborhood. That said, until virtual tours somehow enable virtual burglaries to happen, there doesn't seem to be a good reason to be concerned.

Your data online: safe as houses

Your data online: safe as houses 07/30/2004 10:06 AM
The Register Jul 30 2004 2:03PM GMT

Schools 'add thousands' to houses

Schools 'add thousands' to houses 09/16/2004 10:59 AM
Houses near primary schools with good test results cost far more than others nearby, a report says.

Burningbird's "Houses Dark and
Shuttered"

Burningbird's "Houses Dark and
Shuttered" 12/20/2003 03:59 AM

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Like Particles, 2 Houses of Physics
Collide

Like Particles, 2 Houses of Physics
Collide 01/22/2004 03:19 AM
A drama of two renowned laboratories played out at a conference in Oakland, Calif., over a puff of primordial matter with an otherworldly name: the quark-gluon plasma.

IBM offers $10,000 to owners of
contaminated houses

IBM offers $10,000 to owners of
contaminated houses 09/05/2004 04:59 PM
Techzonez Sep 5 2004 8:28PM GMT

Steinbrenner Aims to Put All His Houses
in Order

Steinbrenner Aims to Put All His Houses
in Order 05/02/2004 01:31 AM
Some people who know George Steinbrenner well say the facets of his personality have multiplied in recent years.

Mini tornado damages houses

Mini tornado damages houses 12/28/2004 01:35 PM
Roofs were blown off houses and a lamp post knocked over by a mini tornado in west Wales.

I.B.M. Offers $10,000 to Owners of
Contaminated Houses

I.B.M. Offers $10,000 to Owners of
Contaminated Houses 09/02/2004 09:21 PM
The company is willing to pay $10,000 each to the owners of nearly 500 contaminated homes if the owners give up their right to sue over pollution.

Burningbird: Houses Dark and Shuttered

Burningbird: Houses Dark and Shuttered 12/22/2003 02:07 AM
Houses Dark and Shuttered

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Finance houses struggling against
hackers

Finance houses struggling against
hackers 05/20/2004 05:36 AM
Defences inadequate, says Deloitte

Israeli troops raze houses in Gaza

Israeli troops raze houses in Gaza 05/14/2004 01:47 PM

Baghdad Camp Houses Those Fleeing
Falluja

Baghdad Camp Houses Those Fleeing
Falluja 04/26/2004 11:51 AM
Hundreds of Iraqis who fled fighting between insurgents and American marines have trickled into a camp of about 50 tents in Baghdad.

New Houses to Be Friendlier to Long
Island Sound

New Houses to Be Friendlier to Long
Island Sound 04/17/2004 09:51 PM
Following an environmental approach developed in Maryland, developers agreed to strict guidelines for 15 luxury homes on New Rochelle's waterfront.

Coffee Houses Cross Paths with History,
Again

Coffee Houses Cross Paths with History,
Again 01/07/2004 02:37 PM
From the There's Nothing New Under the Sun Department, coffee houses in the 17th and 18th centuries were the Wi-Fi hotspots of their day: The Economist writes (without byline, as is its wont) about the parallels between the political and editorial foment that occurred in 17th and 18th century coffeehouses in England and, to a lesser extent, France, and how these centers of iquity (as opposed to iniquity, Wodehouse might write) led to the foundation of insurers and publications. In fact, coffee houses were often the mailing addresses for folks before street addresses were common. It all sounds awfully familiar, doesn't it? Wi-Fi hotspots in coffee houses thus have this excellent pedigree. The author of this piece is the same fellow who write the charming and excellent The Victorian Internet, which relayed the development of the telegraph and its effect on the planetary infosphere, and how it paralleled (and predicted) Internet trends, including the bubble. The author is working on a book now about the coffee house/Internet cafe overlap....

Emotional Steinbrenner Aims to Put All
His Houses in Order

Emotional Steinbrenner Aims to Put All
His Houses in Order 05/01/2004 09:29 PM
Some people who know George Steinbrenner well say the facets of his personality have multiplied over the past few years.
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