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Offline quadz

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« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2011, 05:19:08 PM »
I think Congress approved the patent law changes that's first come (register) first serve instead of first create first serve.

I had read something about that with regard to filing.

But hopefully prior art still counts for something.  If I were to document the idea and publish a proof-of-concept open source implementation, I think that really ought to still count as prior art, and prevent subsequent patents.


If that's true you could make up this neat idea, someone googling could find it, make the prototype, patent & then sue you for not paying royalties. 

Yeah.  I imagine such an eventuality would fill me with a very special sort of rage. :raincloud:


I'd say patent it & then just let anyone use it and anyone could look it up on the patent databases.

If only it didn't cost between $17,000 and $38,000 to obtain a patent I don't want.


Software patents should be abolished.

Reasons why: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Why_abolish_software_patents


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« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2011, 08:19:38 PM »
I agree completely. Software already has enough protection with copyright. A program is by definition an algorithm, and algorithms are not patentable. A fact which seems to have escaped the USPTO and Congress. Software is not a "process" it's a method of control of a process, an algorithm. See above.

You don't have to have a patent for a method for that method to be prior art under the law. The method only has to be used and or published prior to the method for which  patent is being applied. You can even invalidate your own patent by using it or publishing it prior to the application date of your patent. This is why secrecy is important.

For example, if you invent a wheel, and you use the wheel on a cart and you go around town on the cart, you cannot (under U.S. law) apply for a patent on the wheel once you have "used" it and published it. It becomes prior art. You can apply for an "improvement" patent on the basic machine but you can't get a basic patent on the device once it's prior art.

But the ultimate solution is to outlaw software patents entirely, but we all know in this world that just isn't going to happen as long as Congress is in the pockets of big business and the lobbies.
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« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2011, 04:20:13 AM »
I don't think software patents should be abolished (genetic ones I think should be, or weakened to give back the consumer right of first sale) but they should be harder to obtain.   For some reason software is treated differently then physical goods, which it doesn't need to be, it just is.  Even if someone reverse engineered a program like car that doesn't mean people stop buying software (they don't stop buying cars & new parts even though they can get used ones, for example).  I can sell my car radio but I can't sell copy of DirectX (or Half Life 2, go figure) even though it's useless to me.    Yeah, I know it's free but that doesn't mean someone wouldn't pay for it, just like an old car radio.   :righteous:

Anyway, I'd love to see a constant Q2 super-large game based on this concept.  That would be awesome.  I'd like that more then lower ping.  Battle across the US, for example.  You might not be able to cover every square mile (unless you modified the server & client for REALLY large maps) but you could get close.
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« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2011, 11:59:23 AM »
Umm... about my issues, i now believe that there's a problem with my setup and not the servers.
My pc: Hp pavilion Dv6
My mouse is a Deathadder the 35000 DPI version.

My problems are: Guns shoots 5 meter to the left of the opponent(insta)
Laggs(on coolnet)
etc.
Also, i use the q2 kicker(i have q2 on steam but i find the kicker easier to use!)
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« Reply #19 on: August 09, 2011, 08:14:40 PM »
I know that I can't get over 60fps unless I run my game in software mode for my laptop, because my graphics processor on it is so shitty. You might want to double check how good your onboard graphics is for your laptop. Even though it's 2011, the some of these standard laptops can't even run the older games perfectly. 
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« Reply #20 on: August 10, 2011, 04:17:25 AM »
Did you try updating your laptop video drivers?  I downloaded drivers for my wife's vista laptop from intel & the Q2 performance shot right up.  The stock drivers were horrible.
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« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2011, 01:07:35 PM »
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