Is there some sort of mathematical significance to these birds?
No. Take your meds.
>>7774059
There is if you think there is, there isn't if you don't.
>>7774059
They're just awkward
I am a quantum mechanic
ask me anything
can i be thermodynamics?
>>7773914
how can you be sure
>>7773914
Yeah I've seen to be having some problems with my quantum carburetor, can you take a look at it?
Lowly electrical engineer goes to visit the Melbourne synchrotron facility and asks stupid questions, I cringed at some of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27KRtJ-2sVY
also, 48:30 - Omg! Breadboard! Breadboard!
>electrical engineers aren't physicists
Thanks for the heads up op
>>7773871
Have you ever studied QFT and Particle Physics? Do you have any idea how time consuming it is to learn that shit? There is no reason an EE should be expected to know that stuff.
What degree do u have or are studying? How do people react when you tell them
Should have a Biomedical Science degree in 6 months or so. People usually sound impressed like they think it's particularly hard or something, but I think that's because there's so many arts/humanities students here, plus it has a lo of syllables.
Medicine.
People literally think I'm superhuman(which I also am).
>>7773788
I'm in geology, but trying to transfer into geophysics. The trick is to have as many syllables as possible. I like to say "geological sciences" (which is what it will actually say on my degree).
Kind of pissed cause my uni just stopped offering my degree in Latin (as in, the writing on the piece of paper). Now its in boring old english.
Do we need it?
Does it work?
Have you used it?
Can we enforce it?
All your questions will be answered tonight * after you fill forms A1,A2 and B7, send them to our main office, wait 3 months for approval, reapply forms E and F, contact our legal suport team and ....
>>7773755
Your friendly (non-US) physicist and patent attorney here
>Do we need it?
The debate will never end. Considering the alternative for recovering investment in R&D is use of trade secret I'd say we do need it.
>Does it work?
Yes but not perfectly. Contrary to what some think the system is continuously changing, particularly due to case law.
>Have you used it?
I do this for a living.
>Can we enforce it?
Yes but it can be painful. The Apple disputes are well known but actually far, far from the norm. Usually it is quietly settled before reaching litigation stage and when litigated frequently settled out of court. Just because Jobs wanted to "go thermonuclear" and a lot of journalists have Apple devices a lot of people now have some strange impressions of the system.
The 1+ billion settlement was big but the Nokia settlement was far bigger but little reported.
>All your questions will be answered tonight * after you fill forms A1,A2 and B7, send them to our main office, wait 3 months for approval, reapply forms E and F, contact our legal suport team and ....
I think you need a new counsel.
>>7774319
I looked a bit into the patent system few years ago, but I didn't do anything back then.
I still have a few questions, I'd like to hear your take on it.
1. Do you think that filling a patent without an attorney (especially the first time) is suicide?
Is it reasonable for a company with limited funds?
2. How much does the whole thing typically cost?
I've read about 10's of thousands per patent, with several patent required per market item.
3. When some people patent an entire technology (ie some fancy method to cut metal sheets, or a microchip lithography technique) can you just ignore them?
Will they come after you/block your sales?
Especially if their total assets are in the low 10s of millions?
I'm asking because I'm aware of a technology that currently only a single company uses, and overcharges a lot for it. Could moving the manufacturing outside EU/US help avoid legal issues, or do people actually block the imports?
4. Are provisional patent applications riskier than trying to keep a trade secret?
Do you think a start-up should get enough capital for a good attorney before applying, or do it with a cheap/no attorney, before demonstrating the technology (and risking to reveal the trade secret)?
>>7775803
1: Unless you have a lot of experience it is suicidal: it does disclose your invention but is unlikely to achieve the best possible protection.
You could however use some of the self help guides on he net to get a clearer written statement on what your invention is. Strange as it may seem it is a common problem that the inventor does not disclose all the relevant parts to the patent attorney.
You should particularly focus on how your invention differs from prior art and what the technical effect of these differences are. Also you should consider what is the simplest, most primitive embodiment of the invention that (just) work, and what your preferred embodiment is.
2: We are in the service industry. You are our highly valued client. This means you are the boss and should shop around a few places for the best deal. That deal is far more than cost alone, rather you need to find someone you have a good chemistry with, someone you will work well with because you will be in this for a long time.
Cost is hard to state upfront since there are expenses throughout the process which can last about 20 years.
First and also a major cost is drafting. 5 - 10 k$ with pharmaceutics in the high end of this.
Next is filing: less than 1k$
Reporting and amending claims, 2 - 5 rounds at 2k$ each, roughly. The number of rounds before the Examiner is an unknown. Some times it is like pulling teeth.
At 12 months from filing is the deadline for international filing, a PCT application is about 5k$
At 30 and 31 months from filing date (called the priority date) is the due date for national/regional filing costing another 5k$ each.
So all this is spread out over many years.
Not even the biggest players go all out on filing, many are selective about what is also filed abroad. Sometimes they stop after the PCT application and drop national/regional phase, or perhaps pick a single country or region
I need an easy project that has that "wow" factor. It's gotta be about kinematics, forces, energy, sound, or electricity.
>>7773749
Derive a closed form solution for an asymmetric spinning top, that'll impress 'em.
make a clock and get accepted into MIT
>>7773749
a potato clock
Anyone else here going to apply to be an astronaut? Any tips/advice? I have the qualifications. Mite b kewl.
Also, I'm a straight white male.
Good luck senpai
See u in space
Don't come back.
How much does the randomness in QM matters in the question of free will?
besides the fact that randomness isn't free will can it really matter that much that there could be a different outcome of our actions if we could turn back time?
non-determinism = automatic free will
considering we have zero control over randomness(hence the name), it doesn't change the fact that free will doesn't exist, even in the sp00ky world of Quantum.
>>7774202
I know that and I already mentioned it in my starting post, i'm still wondering how much the randomness in quantum physics has influence on our actions and neurobiology, if it does have any at all.
Please help me get better at algebra. I'm so bad at math.
Not possible. Mathematical ability is genetically determined. You can't change your genes.
My condolences.
>>7773672
this
I bet OP isn't even proficient with Banach Fields
>>7773672
Not sure if trolling...
More or less anyone can become good enough to complete an undergrad degree at least, unless they're clinically retarded.
Remember goyim, only raving mad lunatics wear tin foil
You don't want to become that oddball 'mind control' loner we invented and inserted into all your favorite movies and television shows, do you?
correlation =/= causation ;)
>>7773584
In what fucking city does anyone live 1km away from an RF tower ?
You're literally comparing rural and urban cancer rates.
>>7773587
Good goyim. Don't forget to donate to my cause to get pseudoscience such as this out of our schools and out of our libraries.
Where is the best UK university for meeting gay guys?
Imperial, plenty of engineers to go around.
>>7773528
lmfao. What's with this meme?
What's the best way/place to learn c++?
And what prerequisites will I need?
Thanks in advance senpai. I'd blow you to show my gratitude, but I'm not gay, sorry!
The interwebz desu senpai.
>>7773464
Internet is a big place.
>>7773461
None of us will ever fuck a goddess like this.
ITT: Discuss anything to do with Banach spaces, Hilbert spaces or [math]l^p[/math] spaces.
Stop flooding /sci/ with these threads retard
What about sobolev spaces?
>>7773304
What's a Sobolev space?
What is your opinion on mathematical olympiads?
>>7773206
talented, genius, and smart kids.
but than some of them want to major in cs or physics than mathematics sadly.
What happens to them when they reach adulthood? Why don't they become tech moguls and such?
They won the genetic and environmental lottery and were artificially raised to make use of their talents, they will earn 6 figs probably, but none of them end up spectacularly successful. There is still a lot we don't understand and outside of human control.
>>7773206
Giant math-based-autism cirklejerk.
So /sci/, what is your favorite number? My favorite number is 581442729886633902054768000. If you know what's special about it without looking it up, then you're cool.
>>7773152
251521180131513.
>>7773154
That's just a random number you just came up with.
>>7773157
No. Don't blame me if you can't crack it.