Tom Betz’s Comments

• May 24th, 2012 @ 8:25am

  Re: Hmmm....

  on How Copyright Would Make The 'Singularity' Infringement If It Ever Arrived

  Of course, the idea was far from original in 2011.
  
  I was reading stories about this sort of thing in Analog back in the 70's.

• Feb 29th, 2012 @ 8:29am

  This is the same lawsuit.

  on Organic Farmers' Preemptive Lawsuit Against Monsanto Patents Tossed Out For Being A Bit Too Preemptive

  Judge Buchanan made her ruling a month early.
  
  http://bit.ly/xdaqfD

• May 10th, 2011 @ 8:38am

  Has anyone thought about patents?

  on How Many Times Will Skype Be Acquired For Too Much Money By Big Tech Companies With Little Strategic Synergies?

  What patents does Skype own that Microsoft could use to troll all the other VOIP providers into submission, just as Microsoft is now trying to troll Android phone builders into submission?
  
  I suspect that patents are the real reason Microsoft bought Skype.
  
  I see a purchase like this one, I immediately think "Intellectual Ventures".

• Nov 6th, 2009 @ 6:02pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Glenn Beck Not Allowed To Rape And Murder An Internet Meme

  For what it's worth, the latest version still resides in the Google Cache, so if you want to take one last trip down memory lane, do it now!
  
  http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com/