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Check out The Onion This Week

Jul 23, 2009

The Onion has announced that it has been purchased by the Yu Wan Mei company. 
The new logo for The Onion is now, "America's Finest News Source and Salvage Fishery."  The link below is the website for the new owner:
 
 
Yu Wan Mei Amalgamated Salvage Fisheries and Polymer Injection Group is dedicated to harvesting the ocean’s great aquatic bounty to bring residual fish and fish-related nourishment and substances to honorable consumers across the globe. Through research and care, Yu Wan Mei has developed expertise in a number of the latest fish-extraction techniques, pleasing all who consume its line of healthful, pleasing products. Laborers and machines work in harmony at Yu Wan Mei, ensuring unparalleled achievement in all possible arenas

Inventors Are Rock Stars

May 25, 2009

Check out this ad from Intel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqLPHrCQr2I&NR=1

Ajay Bhatt's patents and pending patent applications include the following:

1. US5909556 A  G06F    19990601  Intel Corporation
     M & A for exchanging date, status and commands over an hierarchical serial bus assembly using communication packets
  2. US5881252 A  G06F    19990309  Intel Corporation|Microsoft Corporation
     Method and apparatus for automatically configuring circuit cards in a computer system
  3. US5768542 A  G06F    19980616  Intel Corporation
     Method and apparatus for automatically configuring circuit cards in a computer system
  4. US5742847 A  G06F    19980421  Intel Corporation
     M & A for dynamically generating and maintaining frame based polling schedules for polling isochronous and asynchronous functions that guaranty latencies and bandwidths to the isochronous functions
  5. US5708849 A  G06F    19980113  Intel Corporation
     Implementing scatter/gather operations in a direct memory access device on a personal computer
  6. US5694555 A  G06F    19971202  Intel Corporation
     Method and apparatus for exchanging data, status, and commands over an hierarchical serial bus assembly using communication packets
  7. US5655127 A  G06F    19970805  Intel Corporation
     Method and apparatus for control of power consumption in a computer system
  8. US5623610 A  G06F    19970422  Intel Corporation
     System for assigning geographical addresses in a hierarchical serial bus by enabling upstream port and selectively enabling disabled ports at power on/reset
  9. US5615404 A  G06F    19970325  Intel Corporation
     System having independently addressable bus interfaces coupled to serially connected multi-ported signal distributors generating and maintaining frame based polling schedule favoring isochronous peripherals
10. US20080215822 A1  G06F    20080904 
     PCI Express Enhancements and Extensions
11. US20080196034 A1  G06F    20080814 
     PCI EXPRESS ENHANCEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS
12. US20080195791 A1  G06F    20080814 
     PCI EXPRESS ENHANCEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS
13. US20080195780 A1  G06F    20080814 
     PCI EXPRESS ENHANCEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS
14. US20080109565 A1  G06F    20080508 
     PCI express enhancements and extensions
15. US20070150762 A1  G06F    20070628 
     Using asymmetric lanes dynamically in a multi-lane serial link
16. US20070147426 A1  H04J    20070628 
     PCI-Express® transaction layer packet compression
17. US20070115831 A1  H04L    20070524 
     Method and apparatus for meeting compliance for debugging and testing a multi-speed, point-to-point link
18. US20070008898 A1  H04L    20070111  Intel Corporation
     Point-to-point link negotiation method and apparatus
19. US20060168581 A1  G06F    20060727 
     Software deployment system
20. EP789872 B1  G06F    20060712  Intel Corporation
     METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERIALLY INTERFACING ISOCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS PERIPHERALS
21. EP789879 B1  G06F    20040102  INTEL CORPORATION
     METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND MAINTAINING FRAME BASED POLLING SCHEDULES FOR POLLING ISOCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS FUNCTIONS THAT GUARANTEE LATENCIES AND BANDWIDTHS TO THE ISOCHRONOUS FUNCTIONS
22. EP666525 B1  G06F    20010912  INTEL CORPORATION
     Method and apparatus for control of power consumption in a computer system
23. EP789879 A4  G06F    20020502  INTEL CORP
     METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND MAINTAINING FRAME BASED POLLING SCHEDULES FOR POLLING ISOCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS FUNCTIONS THAT GUARANTEE LATENCIES AND BANDWIDTHS TO THE ISOCHRONOUS FUNCTIONS
24. EP789872 A4  G06F    19991027  INTEL CORP
     METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERIALLY INTERFACING ISOCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS PERIPHERALS
25. EP789867 A4  G06F    19991027  INTEL CORP
     M & A FOR DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING AND MANAGING CONNECTION TOPOLOGY OF A HIERARCHICAL SERIAL BUS ASSEMBLY
26. EP789879 A1  G06F    19970820  INTEL CORPORATION
     METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND MAINTAINING FRAME BASED POLLING SCHEDULES FOR POLLING ISOCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS FUNCTIONS THAT GUARANTEE LATENCIES AND BANDWIDTHS TO THE ISOCHRONOUS FUNCTIONS
27. EP789872 A1  G06F    19970820  INTEL CORPORATION
     METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERIALLY INTERFACING ISOCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS PERIPHERALS
28. EP789867 A1  G06F    19970820  Intel Corporation
     M & A FOR DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING AND MANAGING CONNECTION TOPOLOGY OF A HIERARCHICAL SERIAL BUS ASSEMBLY
29. EP666525 A2  G06F    19950809  INTEL CORPORATION
     Method and apparatus for control of power consumption in a computer system
30. WO2007002942 A1  G06F    20070104  INTEL CORPORATION
     POINT-TO-POINT LINK NEGOTIATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
31. WO1996013769 A1  G06F    19960509  INTEL CORPORATION
     M & A FOR DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING AND MANAGING CONNECTION TOPOLOGY OF A HIERARCHICAL SERIAL BUS ASSEMBLY
32. WO1996013771 A1  G06F    19960509  INTEL CORPORATION
     METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERIALLY INTERFACING ISOCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS PERIPHERALS
33. WO1996013777 A1  G06F    19960509  INTEL CORPORATION
     METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND MAINTAINING FRAME BASED POLLING SCHEDULES FOR POLLING ISOCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS FUNCTIONS THAT GUARANTEE LATENCIES AND BANDWIDTHS TO THE ISOCHRONOUS FUNCTIONS
34. WO1996013776 A1  G06F    19960509  INTEL CORPORATION
     M & A FOR EXCHANGING DATA, STATUS, AND COMMANDS OVER A HIERARCHICAL SERIAL BUS ASSEMBLY USING COMMUNICATION PACKETS
35. DE19581234 B4  G06F    20080320  Intel Corp.
     Bussteuereinrichtung und Verfahren fuer eine hierarchische serielle Busanordnung unter Verwendung von Kommunikationspaketen
36. DE69535108 T2  G06F    20070215  Intel Corp.
     VERFAHREN UND APPARAT ZUM HERSTELLEN EINER SERIELLEN SCHNITTSTELLE FUER ISOCHRONE UND ASYNCHRONE PERIPHERIEGERAETE
37. DE69532383 T2  G06F    20041223  Intel Corporation
     VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR DYNAMISCHEN ERZEUGUNG UND ERHALTUNG VON RAHMENBASIERTEN ABFRAGEPROGRAMMEN FUER DAS ABFRAGEN VON ISOCHRONEN UND ASYNCHRONEN FUNKTIONEN, DIE WARTEZEITEN UND BANDBREITEN FUER DIE ISOCHRONEN FUNKTIONEN GARANTIEREN
38. DE69522595 T2  G06F    20020711  Intel Corporation
     Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Stromverbrauchssteuerung in einem Rechnersystem
39. DE112006001643 T5  G06F    20080508  Intel Corporation
     Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Aushandeln von Punkt-zu-Punkt-Verbindungen
40. DE19581234 T1  G06F    19971002  Intel Corp.
     Verfahren und Einrichtung zum Austauschen von Daten, Statussignalen und Kommandos ueber eine hierarchische serielle Busanordnung unter Verwendung von Kommunikationspaketen
41. DE19581234 T0  G06F    19971002  INTEL CORP
     Verfahren und Einrichtung zum Austauschen von Daten, Statussignalen und Kommandos ueber eine hierarchische serielle Busanordnung unter Verwendung von Kommunikationspaketen
42. GB2439891 A  G06F    20080109  Intel Corporation
     Point to point link negotitation method and apparatus
43. GB2308533 A  G06F    19970625  Intel Corporation (US-DELAWARE)
     M & A for exchanging data, status, and commands over a hierarchical

Old Fiat Jokes--Do Not Read If You Are Offended by Fiat Jokes

May 16, 2009

How can you obtain spare parts for your Fiat? 

Follow one.

What are the last six pages of a Fiat owners' manual?

Bus and train schedules.

What do you call needing a gas cap for your Fiat?

A fair trade.

What do you call a Fiat on a mountain top?

A miracle.

What do you call two Fiats on a mountain top?

Science fiction.

What do you call three Fiats on a mountain top?

A Fiat manufacturing facility.

 

Top Ten Signs Your Client Is Unhappy

May 11, 2009

Top 10 Signs Your Client is Unhappy©

By Mary Hirsch

 

10.       When you return their call they ask “Did you run out of other things to do”?

9.         You aren’t invited to their birthday party.

8.         They wrote a country western song called “My Lawyer Done Me Wrong.”

7.         Your holiday card is returned in 473 torn pieces.

6.         They put your picture on a milk carton saying “Have You Seen Me?”

5.         Your bill was returned with the words “BITE ME” scrawled on it.

4.         When you run into them at a function they say “Oh, I didn’t know you were still alive.”

3.         They sent you the bill for their valium prescription.

2.         That temporary restraining order issued against you.

1.         You are invited to appear with them on Dr. Phil.