Recent content by Tokamak

Unless it's AGW of course. :D

As if the way it was before when they would simply litigate you out of money, while costing the PTO tons of taxpayer time and money, was better? Also, now you do have to exemplify what's in the patent within a year of filing. Hopefully no more perpetual motion machine patents.

The biggest change this makes is it changes the system from a "first to invent" to a "first to file" system. It will speed things up and make it cheaper simply because the patent office won't have to spend a ton of time dealing with arguments over who invented something first. It will now...

I do find it funny how some people think it's okay for companies to charge "as much as the market will bear" but as soon as laborers get together to charge "as much as the market will bear" those same people will come out and blast them for being greedy and lazy.

Buy a Leaf and some of these.

Well, the crime rates have been declining pretty steadily since computers became popular in the '90s. Of course, correlation does not equal causation. Heck, that article talks about lead levels. I think it's the popularity of gaming keeping people off the streets.

Or "get rid of all those govt programs except mine!!"

And spy on you. And say who you can and can't marry. And tell you what you can do with your body. Oh wait...

This was on Extreme Engineering a few years back. Can get it on Netflix instant watch if you're interested. I hope they do a follow-up episode to talk about all the other problems I'm sure they encountered since then.

You're absolutely right. It's the FTC's job to uncover the price fixing and collusion that occurs with text messaging. All major carriers doubled the price of a service that is essentially free for them to provide all at the same time? Somehow I doubt that's a healthy market.

If it's works, it'll catch on. People have gotten really good at typing with 9 keys. Going down to 4 is not a huge stretch.

No kidding. When you see a headline stating "ACLU DEFENDS child porn peddler!" Be sure to read between the line.

Who'd have thought making communication easier would get someone in such hot water. Funny how Craigslist gets in so much trouble for what people completely unaffiliated with the company do.

I will also be happy when I can google where you left your car keys.

Only $2 million? A much more modest 3-4 br house in Westchester NY will run you about $1 million.