Jerry_Atrick

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Doh!I knew I was an ASIO reject for a reason 😉

Haven't heard from an old work colleague for some time; known him about 30 years, bu when we left the company we worked for, he headed back to the US. When my partner and I moved to Aus for a couple of years, I caught up with him as his company was doing some work for the ADF. He just pinged my on linkedin. This was their message:

Once in a life time

high frequency

Good afternoon

I try to dress down when doing it with others, too.. They may not be so receptive, though

So? I didn't say it wasn't. was referring to the Chinese indifference to patent and IP laws... I didn't say it was a bad or cheap or crap car. I said the Chinese have been ripping off others IP for years.. That is the FACT I was referring to.. Would that car have been as good if they didn't? I don't know.. that is SPECULATION. And I don't recall talking about the cost, either.. Of course, if you're ripping off other's IP and doing it in a country that forces low costs.. of course the cost is going to be cheaper..

I am not sure where that was coming from.. Clearly I am advocating the Scottish system which is early inteverntion rather than incarceration.. I think that is wholly inconsistent with Farage.. Hard to believe, I know, but it was a reasonably balanced article. And from a Murdoch source. That also doesn't make me a Farage supporter because I give credit where it is due.. surely?

Some like it that way

What was the fact? Work in IP law (in a jurisdiction that repects the laws and intenational treaties/covenants), and it is not that easy. Of course, it depends on the particular case as well and how the patent was granted. If you patent the object, it is easier; it you patent the concept, it becomes a lot harder to copy and slightly modify. Always get a good IP lawyer. China (and other countried) don't respect IP law.. Never have and never will (but will aggressively defend theirs in jurisdictions that do - it's called legal arbitrage).

It's about the safest sex these days

Even new.com.au, a Murdoch pulication is publishing a more balanced article, and references the Scottish style of intervention (something along the lines i have been advocating) as a better way to reduce youth/teenage offending: https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/former-chief-magistrate-weighs-in-as-judges-under-fire-over-victorias-bail-frenzy/news-story/85a94330dfaf7b457aae5e9192e544c4 And of course the hideoulsy complex bail laws in Victoria don't help. What is the approach taken by Aussie politicians.. Something that hasn't worked for millenia - give in the the blood-thirsty mob lock em up. Wasn't it Einstein who said the definition of stupidity is doign the same thing and expecting different results?

Yes, but at least most others respected the patents while they were alive... not the Chinese.. and yeah - you can point to many western companies that have been done for patent rip offs.. biut that is the point. They don't get done for it in China.

It's not surprising.. The Chinese have been ripping off others' IP for years.

A computer based on the human brain. Had to check it wasn't April 1. The last para is lamentable: https://www.theage.com.au/national/artificial-brain-real-human-brain-cells-the-weird-possible-future-of-computing-20250930-p5mz1d.html Disable javascript first

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$16.90!!! blimey.. was it salad royal or something? We're people buying them?

It was a targeted jibe amongst friends..

I know a lot play Aussie rules, Rugby and Gaelic Footy, but I didn't think one needed to be smart to play those sports 😉

There are plenty of cases to be heard without frvilous ones.. and contrinbuting to legal aid just means more people get to bring more expensive cases... Anyway, judges are salaried, so they get the same whether they are in court or not.. They usually make their money while they are barristers. When I lived in San Francisco, I teased a lawyer who was doing her California bar exam, citing she wanted to become a judge... My response was, "with the money attorneys make, what... are you not a good lawyer?" I wasn't prepared for the tirade that came...

Teh vid I posted is how it started... I am not a big fan of Mr Bean type stuff - get's old very quick, but the Johnny English films were really funny - at least to my immature sense of humour.

They really should have a law for continually vexatious litigants such as Chump and Palmer (is he called that because of what he often wraps around with his palm?).. If there is more than a small number of frivilous claims broght to court within a certain period of time you have to pay: The courts costs and the costs of secondary administration (lists maintenance, paying the salaries of support staff, rent, etc). The cost of your advesaries, including their time in court and the opportunity cost of their time had they directed it to somethng more productive. The costs of the delays to other litigants beihnd you... cvost of them not having their cases heard and cleared up - i.e. the cost that was incured for the situation they were brining to court to be remedied for the time of the delay you caused. Because you're abusing the court system which is already expensivee and not easily available to the masses, a substantial contribution to a legal aid fund to make law more accessible to everyone. In addition, the their lawyers can't evidence that they clearly recommended to their client that the case was not winnable (or highly likely to lose) with a clear recommendation not to proceed, then they should also be liable to paying the same amount as awared agains the frivilous plaintiff/claimant for being in dereliction of their duty. Remember, I am talking frivilous and no chance of winning; i.e. initimidation, not a case that has even a 10% chance of winning - sometimes they have to be contested to clraify the law. Suddenly, the courts may not be so clogged.

How many are there?

It is the opening scene of a Johnny English film where every agent of "MI-7" are gathered at a wedding, and Johnny English is guarding them.. and a bomb gets through and they all die. (except for Johnny English and his partner).