Word: thingness
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There was a period, especially last year, when all the fan sites were saying Kristen Stewart was a snob. What was that about, and how did you deal with it? I was so caught off guard and intimidated by that whole thing. I was very conscious of it and very concerned that people were concerned about what I had to say about something I really loved. I was just so guarded about sounding insincere that I would literally refrain from saying things like, I put my heart and soul into this movie and f______ love it. Because I thought they...
...definitely in a position now [where] I've relinquished the control. As soon as I stopped trying to control every interview and make sure I said the right thing, I stopped worrying about saying the wrong thing and then I stopped saying the wrong thing...
...never be able to hide in a role now. You'll always be Kristen Stewart or Bella. Are you concerned this will stunt your acting career or negatively affect it? That's another thing I cannot control. I know for a fact there are so many people who are really diehard fans of the book who will always see me as Bella. Not even Kristen Stewart. So I even appreciate the people who can look past that. You know? I do the work for the experience. As long as I'm able to do that, I'm really lucky...
...majority opinion issued in October 2008, the judges wrote that in addition to being something novel and nonobvious, such a patent should be something that "is tied to a particular machine or apparatus" or "transforms a particular article into a different state or thing." This has since been known as the "machine-or-transformation test" and has sent shockwaves through the information-technology industry. (See the Tech Buyer's Guide...
There is now a school of thought that making it harder to get a patent is a good thing, though there is hardly any agreement on how to go about limiting patents. Doing so by introducing a new classification, the machines-or-transformations test, is a bad thing, says John F. Duffy, a professor at the George Washington Law School and co-author of a brief on behalf of several technology companies. (See the best social-networking applications...