Techdirt: Can Prior Art Actually Infringe On A Patent Filed After The Prior Art Existed?
Lotta things to look at here but sounds like KAM has made a BIG mistake. Lotta prior art on controlling model railroads with computers.
Guess it’s about time to patent using a hammer to affix strands of metal to a upright wooden posts using U shaped metal devices sharpened on the ends.
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InformationWeek | Operating Systems | Group Adds Linux To Boot Camp | April 18, 2006
So now you can go from bad (OS X) to worse (Windo$e XP) to get to better (Linux) on the Mac platform.
Twisted…
Robot Chair That Reassembles Itself – Gizmodo
I’m not real sure what to say here. Nope. Nothing.
Tristan Perich – Portable Telephone
Cool! Retro! Impractical, but looks like fun!
Collecting Antique Mole Traps
Thought I had posted this earlier (much earlier, like last year). Just noticed it was in unpublished drafts.
Bibliochaise – Gizmodo
Certainly doesn’t look practical to me. I think they need to get someone who actually reads books on the design team… 🙁
Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Mandatory Health Insurance Bill
So how are they gonna MAKE everyone in the state earn enough to have insurance. If you are too broke or ill, they gonna make you move? Mandatory anything is REAL good for those selling it.
ABC News: Barbecue meats linked with prostate cancer
Interesting. Now to find something to block it so we can still eat ribs!
Naked man arrested for DUI
Wonder what the rest of this story is/will be?
iTWire – IT News Australia, Telecommunication News, IT JOBS – Microsoft moves to Maddog’s phase 3
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they lose. This was the four phase scenario outlined in an interview with Linux evangelist Jon Maddog Hall last month when discussing the likely response of Microsoft to the rise of Linux.
Microsoft do something counter productive? Never happen…
EFF: Breaking News
EFF Motion in AT&T Surveillance Case Draws Government’s Eye
DOJ Demands First Look at Documents It Claims Might Be Classified
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This government secrecy thing is getting even more scary. Read the article. Be afraid. Be very afraid… 🙁