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You're Better Off Being A Dumb Blond
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Bret Cahill
Apr 11, 2012, 12:04:41 PM4/11/12
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You obviously want to avoid two types of errors mentioned by some
philosopher, confounding two different things as one and making a
distinction between two things that should be getting the same
treatment.
If you actually do anything original then you _will_ be making both
kinds of errors, even if they never get past the "thought experiment"
stage and no one except yourself ever knows about them.
Hair often darkens after adolescence so most dumb blond jokes are
generally based on the young person's error of confounding two
different things as one.
Jokes and ridicule notwithstanding, if it is at all possible to shift
in some direction for a trade off you are better off being a little
thick skinned and making dumb blond errors _as long as it helps you
identify false distinctions_.
A genius proposing one unified field theory is much more valuable than
millions of pendants correcting millions of dumb blonds.
This was always true but it should be much more obvious today, partly
because of cheap information / communications and partly due to the
direness of the unsustainable situation. In the U. S. there's the
additional factor because IP will soon be the only legitimate way to
support yourself.
Bret Cahill
Trashing others behind their backs "has always worked for 8th grade
girls and it has always worked for the United States of America."
-- Bill Maher (identifying the false distinction between GOP politics
and middle school girls' behaviour) (2012)
philosopher, confounding two different things as one and making a
distinction between two things that should be getting the same
treatment.
If you actually do anything original then you _will_ be making both
kinds of errors, even if they never get past the "thought experiment"
stage and no one except yourself ever knows about them.
Hair often darkens after adolescence so most dumb blond jokes are
generally based on the young person's error of confounding two
different things as one.
Jokes and ridicule notwithstanding, if it is at all possible to shift
in some direction for a trade off you are better off being a little
thick skinned and making dumb blond errors _as long as it helps you
identify false distinctions_.
A genius proposing one unified field theory is much more valuable than
millions of pendants correcting millions of dumb blonds.
This was always true but it should be much more obvious today, partly
because of cheap information / communications and partly due to the
direness of the unsustainable situation. In the U. S. there's the
additional factor because IP will soon be the only legitimate way to
support yourself.
Bret Cahill
Trashing others behind their backs "has always worked for 8th grade
girls and it has always worked for the United States of America."
-- Bill Maher (identifying the false distinction between GOP politics
and middle school girls' behaviour) (2012)
Neon
Apr 11, 2012, 3:40:00 PM4/11/12
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Bill Ward
Apr 11, 2012, 3:54:07 PM4/11/12
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porky_...@my-deja.com
Apr 11, 2012, 4:20:29 PM4/11/12
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folks at alt.global-warning, where you also sent this pearl, can help
with interpreting you post. But since you've mentioned a dumb blonde,
here's a funny and true story.
It was the end of semester, time when every one is readying for the
exams. I was in the library and I walked past some really cute blonde
girls. Apparently she was studying for some physics exam.
Well, on the table in front of here there was a pile of books on
physics, and at the very top of the pile there was a book ... yes, you
guessed it! "Physics for dummies". And so I said to myself: the girl
is trying hard to live up to that "dumb blonde" reputation.
PPJ.
William Hughes
Apr 11, 2012, 4:54:39 PM4/11/12
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On Apr 11, 1:04 pm, Bret Cahill <BretCah...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> A genius proposing one unified field theory is much more valuable than
> millions of pendants correcting millions of dumb blonds.
Because dumb blonds cannot tell time?
> A genius proposing one unified field theory is much more valuable than
> millions of pendants correcting millions of dumb blonds.
Bret Cahill
Apr 11, 2012, 6:13:40 PM4/11/12
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Bret Cahill
1treePetrifiedForestLane
Apr 13, 2012, 2:55:18 AM4/13/12
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except when I'm a smart red-head, but
that's why they make bleach.
that's why they make bleach.
Bret Cahill
Apr 13, 2012, 11:16:32 AM4/13/12
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If you want to be pedantic, start another thread.
1treePetrifiedForestLane
Apr 13, 2012, 3:51:51 PM4/13/12
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not if I can't patent it.
Bret Cahill
Apr 14, 2012, 12:29:25 AM4/14/12
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You'll have to show it's useful.
> not if I can't patent it.
> > If you want to be pedantic, start another thread.- Hide quoted text -
> not if I can't patent it.
Eric Jacobsen
Apr 14, 2012, 9:39:06 AM4/14/12
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Usefulness is not a requirement for obtaining a patent. There are
numerous examples that this is true.
Eric Jacobsen
Anchor Hill Communications
www.anchorhill.com
numerous examples that this is true.
Anchor Hill Communications
www.anchorhill.com
Bret Cahill
Apr 14, 2012, 10:31:54 AM4/14/12
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> Usefulness is not a requirement for obtaining a patent.
Who gets to decide what is useful?
Bret Cahill
brent
Apr 14, 2012, 11:25:40 AM4/14/12
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robert bristow-johnson
Apr 14, 2012, 10:59:43 PM4/14/12
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On 4/14/12 9:39 AM, Eric Jacobsen wrote:
> Usefulness is not a requirement for obtaining a patent. There are
> numerous examples that this is true.
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:29:25 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
> <BretC...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>
>> You'll have to show it's useful.
>>
>>> not if I can't patent it.
>>
>>>> If you want to be pedantic, start another thread.
need we be feeding the troll?
> Usefulness is not a requirement for obtaining a patent. There are
> numerous examples that this is true.
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:29:25 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
> <BretC...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>
>> You'll have to show it's useful.
>>
>>> not if I can't patent it.
>>
>>>> If you want to be pedantic, start another thread.
[just a note to the alt.phisolophy and math.science and alt.physics and
sci.climate-change people. i am hoping that we at comp.dsp start
starving the troll in the hopes he trawls somewhere else for harvesting
whatever it is that he is seeking in our otherwise high S/N newsgroup.
if you *have* to engage the troll, can you please remove comp.dsp from
the Newsgroup: header? of course it's easier for everyone if you just
don't feed him. thanks.]
--
r b-j r...@audioimagination.com
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Eric Jacobsen
Apr 15, 2012, 12:36:40 AM4/15/12
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On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:31:54 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill
<BretC...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>> Usefulness is not a requirement for obtaining a patent.
>
>Who gets to decide what is useful?
Users.
<BretC...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>> Usefulness is not a requirement for obtaining a patent.
>
>Who gets to decide what is useful?
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