Because the perceived quality of patent awards has deteriorated critics complain that they were given almost indiscriminately to dot-coms for only the slightest changes in prior art even minor patent applications must be carefully (and expensively) vetted by patent lawyers as protection against lawsuits by aggrieved patent holders.
"China is gripped by hatred, which is almost like an out-of-control machine-gun firing indiscriminately at any moving target," he writes.
For λ ≪ 1, the benefits are almost all retained by producer, and production is favored whenever b/c > 1. Conversely, for λ ≪ 1, public goods are shared indiscriminately, and production is favored only if public goods are essential for survival, in which case b is effectively infinite.
Given that many daily-fantasy enthusiasts have accounts on both sites, and play them almost indiscriminately, there is a risk that one company's data could be used to exploit another's tournaments.
Because in the world of "The Simpsons," political pundits have enough power and influence that they can almost indiscriminately choose presidents... except for Chris Christie, who was too busy eating to be a viable candidate.
Much like Tea Party activists, who have caused exasperation among Republican leaders with demands to slash budgets almost indiscriminately, the abortion rebels feel there is little to lose by pushing for aggressive curbs and testing the courts.
Police officers with shields and batons were moving in from different directions, shoving protesters and reporters down the street almost indiscriminately and with no warning.
The issue seems to be that we've taken a tool, an approach, a mindset (to return to Levy's phrase), and started to apply it almost indiscriminately, with a near-religious fervor.
The Heat helped the Spurs to a degree by switching almost indiscriminately on defense.
They buy up emerging tech companies almost indiscriminately, knowing full well that many of them will never succeed.
