The original Patent Reform Act of 2005 introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) featured a provision that would restrict patent holders' ability to obtain court orders to halt the sale of products that potentially infringe on their patents. This was one of many reforms desired by the high-tech industry, which wants to deter "patent trolls" who generate profits without producing anything by acquiring patents and then suing others for infringement. (ap)

however, biotech companies and pharmaceutical ones are against it. 'drug industry's ability to innovate', would be at danger ...

... ‘system converging on a goal’ where the goal is stability of experience, also known as ‘learning’ ...

conversation as synchronization of a priori asynchronous processes, gordon pask.

don't fear recursion:

‘In recursion, something new arises. Only in recursion can we have a intelligence’ (maturana)

quotes out of paul pangaro's paper the past-future of cybernetics

the split was a joint conclusion and I did the initial draft. Others were involved including Danny Cohen, David Reed as well as Jon. It was simply an adaptation after testing voice with and without TCP retransmission and sequencing. (vint verf)

i am hearing more often that voice over ip is not new, but an early application they thought of as well as making business over the net. in the 90s early adapters stressed the notion that the net was not build to be commercial; keep those stupids out, they don't get it, was one repeated line. actually things weren't that nobel. or were they?

recalling the story, told by a woman of ripe, telling how the first meeting between the internet guys with long hair and sandals on one side of the room and the marketing guys on the other side went along: the eyes of the suitguys when postel was entering the room ... standing ovation on one side and on the other probably considering if they would have given this guy a dime. well, ok,that's speculation.

also the system of a babbling room at the ietf meetings to show approval doesn't give one the feeling to sit in a business meeting. - not even today.

.... quick answer: not commercial, but military interest for video and voice.