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• On the post: University Of California Won't Give Up: Sues Facebook Over Already Rejected Patents

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2012 @ 09:50am

  Re: Penalty for EOLAs?

  From my understanding, they are filing the lawsuit now, but have also put it on hold until the appeals of the patent invalidation is heard. Something about them needing to get the filing date now (Maybe a statue of limitations or something?) This way if the patents are made valid again they can continue this suit. If the patents remain invalid they can modify this suit to drop the invalid patents but continue with the valid patents.
  
  I think this is more to just get some publicity so that they can try to shake down other smaller fish. They could then tell them that they are serious because they are suing the big guys!

• On the post: YouTube Restricts Access To Anti-Islam Movie Trailer In Egypt And Libya

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2012 @ 09:35am

  Damned if you do, damned if you don't
  
  Now this is likely because I'm not a very religious person, but I can't understand how people could think that even though someone on the other side of the world made a video that they thought was insulting, that the right course of action is to storm the embassy of that producer's country and kill their ambassador.

• On the post: Don't Downplay The Importance Of Tweakers In Innovation; Excerpt From 'The Knockoff Economy'

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2012 @ 09:21am

  Re: Re: Re:

  A lot of the great scientists were called insane. When people propose ideas that don't conform to the standard way of thinking, others think something is not right with them.
  
  Earth is round and revolves around the Sun? You sir, are mad! =P

• On the post: Don't Downplay The Importance Of Tweakers In Innovation; Excerpt From 'The Knockoff Economy'

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 03:52pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Don't pollute the history: Edison was a tweaker

  I'll give him a little credit. He actually did do some work on the patents, unlike most patent trolls today...

• On the post: Don't Downplay The Importance Of Tweakers In Innovation; Excerpt From 'The Knockoff Economy'

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 02:17pm

  Re: Re:

  Though the extended working hours may be a benefit, I'd hate to be the one that had to cover their dental coverage premiums....
  
  All kidding aside, I knew people that got hooked on that crap, that is a very bad drug and I hope that no one ever needs to deal with a friend hooked on that crap.

• On the post: Don't Downplay The Importance Of Tweakers In Innovation; Excerpt From 'The Knockoff Economy'

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 02:03pm

  Re: Re: Don't pollute the history: Edison was a tweaker

  In fact doing a little Google-fu, I found this...
  
  "Since 1902, Edison had also been notifying distributors and exhibitors that if they did not use Edison machines and films exclusively, they would be subject to litigation for supporting filmmaking that infringed Edison's patents. Exhausted by the lawsuits, Edison's competitors ? Essanay, Kalem, Path? Fr?res, Selig, and Vitagraph ? approached him in 1907 to negotiate a licensing agreement, which Lubin was also invited to join" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Patents_Company
  
  Hmmmm, where does that sound familar...

• On the post: Don't Downplay The Importance Of Tweakers In Innovation; Excerpt From 'The Knockoff Economy'

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 01:59pm

  Re: Don't pollute the history: Edison was a tweaker

  But Edison was also the person that would run off to a patent office to try to block anyone else. If I recall correctly, that is why Hollywood and the movie industry sprung up in California. They were trying to get as far away from Edison as possible to try to avoid all the royalties charged by his patent portfolio.
  
  Which when you look at it now, is a little funny since the MPAA/RIAA is trying to do a similar thing now.

• On the post: Don't Downplay The Importance Of Tweakers In Innovation; Excerpt From 'The Knockoff Economy'

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 01:48pm

  Re:

  The Oatmeal covers Edison well in their story about Tesla.
  
  theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
  
  Edison was a CEO =P

• On the post: Don't Downplay The Importance Of Tweakers In Innovation; Excerpt From 'The Knockoff Economy'

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 01:46pm

  I head that a methamphetamine user's brain run on overdrive, but I don't really see them being that important to innovation... except maybe coming up with new ways to count the number of individual hairs on a head. =P

• On the post: Two Copywrongs Don't Make A Right, But We Still Need A Way To Combat False Takedown Notices

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 11 Sep, 2012 @ 09:35am

  Two wrongs may not make a right, but three lefts will... =P

• On the post: Want To Shake Down Cloud Music & Video Providers? Patent For Sale!

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2012 @ 01:50pm

  Uggg, how many people are going to infringe on my "System and Method for Attempting to Extort Money from Software Companies" patent? I really should go after them, but I guess I'll wait another decade before shaking them down.
  
  I also have a completely different patent that may also work, "System and Method for Attempting to Extort Money from Software Companies on the Internet" =P

• On the post: Judge Says Sniffing Unencrypted WiFi Networks Is Not Wiretapping

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2012 @ 09:54am

  Re: Re:

  Just noticed I was signed out. The above comment was me. =P

• On the post: Far Beyond Filtering: Is The GOP Looking To Shut Down Porn Producers?

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2012 @ 09:06am

  I think the politicians are just trying to form a monopoly for themselves.
  
  If there is going to be anyone shoving something up people's asses, it'll be us!

• On the post: $exytime: Thanks To An Easily Exploitable System, Three Lawyers Have 'Patented Sex'*

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 04:40pm

  Re:

  Every time someone faps, a patent troll gets his horns. =P

• On the post: $exytime: Thanks To An Easily Exploitable System, Three Lawyers Have 'Patented Sex'*

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 02:44pm

  Re: Re:

  I'd tell you where you could stick that patent.... though that act may also violate it. =P

• On the post: $exytime: Thanks To An Easily Exploitable System, Three Lawyers Have 'Patented Sex'*

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 02:42pm

  Mwa ha ha ha.... I've patented the act of human mating for both recreational and procreational reasons. I figure, if I can't have any, no one else can either! =P

• On the post: Design Patents Meet The Fashion World: Lululemon Suing Calvin Klein

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 08:44am

  Uggg... I am feeling a little ashamed for my city now, since Lululemon was founded here... It's sad to see a Canadian company resort to these tactics.

• On the post: This Guy Holds Patents On Popcorn Chicken, Steak-Umms And Dozens Of Other Cuts Of Meat

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2012 @ 02:39pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Also, that comment rocks? =P

• On the post: This Guy Holds Patents On Popcorn Chicken, Steak-Umms And Dozens Of Other Cuts Of Meat

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2012 @ 02:36pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  My sediments exactly!!

• On the post: FBI Denies That Hacked Apple Info Came From FBI

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2012 @ 10:22am

  Re: Re:

  I can understand having an external hard drive connected to a laptop, but if this was a hack over the Internet what kind of bandwidth did the connection to this laptop have? It'd take almost 6 days to download 3 Terabytes at 50 Mbps. That's 15 years over a 56k modem. Even if you managed to get a sustained 1 Gbps of bandwidth, you are still looking at about 6 hours.
  
  You would think someone would have noticed the huge spike of network activity for such a long time, but I guess this is the FBI we're talking about...

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