I'm reasonable sure that you can't patent 'stupid' (especially when it's more temper tantrum than patentable idea).
Posts by ShadowedOne
170 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Nov 2009
EU move to standardise phone chargers is bad news for Apple
Jury reckons Motorola wasn't 'fair and reasonable' to Microsoft
British spooks seize tech from Snowden journo's boyfriend at airport
Re: Voting power
In that case don't vote for anyone. I'd imagine a voter turn-out of 0% (or at least less than the minimum for a valid vote) would make it a tad difficult for any party to be in power. Ideally (yes, I know) at that point all the sociopaths, err, politicians would be willing to listen.
Engineer's $30m windfall from Nintendo 3DS patent spat SLASHED by beak
Wait, what?
So..every 3DS produced violates the mentioned patent, but since not every game makes use of the patent infringing component the judge reduced the damages awarded. I don't see the logic there, how does the number of games matter when it's the hardware and/or firmware that is in violation?
WikiLeaks: Manning guilty verdict sets 'dangerous precedent'
I tend to wonder..
Just how Watergate would be handled today (if it were recent rather than a past event). At a guess I'd say, the investigative journalists who brought the story to light would be vilified as traitors/un-American/etc and locked up (or worse), and Deep Throat would hunted down and either executed or conveniently die in some plausibly deniable way. The general public, of course, would be getting the standard diet of PR and spin and would be cheering on the persecution, err prosecution.
Burger-rage horse dumps on McDonald's: Rider saddled with fat fine
Man sues Apple for allowing him to become addicted to porn
Unmasked: Euro ISPs raided in downloads strangle probe
Texas teen jailed for four months over sarcastic Facebook comment
Kinky? You're mentally healthier than 'vanilla' bonkers
The iWatch is coming! The iWatch is coming!
Review: Intel Next Unit of Computing barebones desktop PC
eBay chief Donahoe sees his package nearly double in size
Re: The Lefties won't like it
"I'm I suppose an anti-authoritarian (can't be a lefty with that view)..."
While I agree with your main point, I just wanted to point out that you can be a 'lefty' and be anti-authoritarian. While the political spectrum in the U.S. tends to be portrayed as a single axis (left-right), in actuality there are two axes (left-right, authoritarian-libertarian, respectively). Personally I suspect that this is because virtually every U.S. politician is a 'do what I tell you to do' authoritarian jack-off.
I'll just leave this here: www.politicalcompass.org/
CCTV hack takes casino for $33 MILLION in poker losses
New nuke could POWER WORLD UNTIL 2083
SimCity 4
Mozilla to Apple: we don't care about iOS
Apple ordered to surrender coveted docs in iOS privacy lawsuit
Google Glass to recognize you by your FASHION SENSE
Yes there does need to be a sign, it's up to the owner of any given premises to determine what is allowable, not some over-aggressive jackass looking for people to smash in the face. Seriously, people need to grow the hell up with all the threats of violence.
On a side note, I wonder how long it'll take for police forces to adopt these glasses?
Seattle drinking den bans Google Glass geeks
BAN SMUT, rage MEPs: Purpose of internet must be EXTERMINATED
Next Windows 8 version can ditch bits of Metro
Amazon yanks SimCity download from store
Samsung's next smartphone to scroll by watching your eyes
Hey, PCIe flash makers. Look behind you - it's Samsung
Samsung Wallet slavishly copies inspired by Apple Passbook
Apple patents situational awareness for oblivious fanbois
It begins: Six-strikes copyright smackdown starts in US
Linus Torvalds in NSFW Red Hat rant
RIAA: Google failing on anti-piracy push
Perfect sex minx calculated from 'deep' probe of X-rated flicks
Brit robot programmers banged up for £500,000 tax evasion
Sony promises PC-based PlayStation 4 for Christmas
Irony alert: Pirate Bay accuses anti-piracy group of illegal copying
Apple CEO Cook: 'Bizarre' shareholder lawsuit a 'silly sideshow'
Ebook price-fixing: Macmillan settles with DoJ, Apple fights on
Customer service rep fired for writing game that mocks callers
Swartz suicide won't change computer crime policy, says prosecutor
Chinese boffins crack cloaking tech for camouflage
Megaupload outed file-sharers to Feds months before Dotcom raid
'Doomsday' asteroid Apophis more massive than first thought
Wireless charger posse smacks down rival in EXPLICIT video
Bite us, Apple: Samsung hauled in $8.3bn in Q4
Sinofsky's new blogski: Windows 8 king reborn as management guru
Re: "Sinofsky preaching success, it akin to Bin Laden preaching pacifism." @dogged
"Microsoft promote their profit margin, just as Google and Apple do (albeit a bit less ferociously and with less litigation). Is that terrorism, ShadowedOne? If so, is Larry Page a terrorist too?"
What in hell have you been smoking, more to the point, do you plan on sharing it with the rest of us?
In case you are posing an actual question. Has Microsoft (or, for that matter, Google or Apple) engaged in a campaign to terrorize a civilian population, no.
Eric Schmidt's Norks outing poorly timed, tuts US govt
Yes, hundreds upon hundreds of websites CAN all be wrong
Senate votes to continue FISA domestic spying through 2017
Re: It figures...
"But for a country so into god you would think that US leader would assume that god is snooping on them all and so they will behave or be judged."
Well, much like how the smartest dealers never sample/get hooked on their merchandise, I'd say most of the bible-thumping politicians don't believe the religious/pseudo-religious crap they spew. It's mainly to con the hard-of-thinking and easily led into voting for said politicians.