yeah, it's a shitty subject really

so is this gonna be a case of United States vs Mark Zuckerberg, Since everybody and their neighbor's dog is on facebook?

Your comment, Sir, is Underrated by 64 points.

There is no bad publicity. Especially for this author's IP. I didn't know this book, and now I'm curious about it after reading that the book inspired "Blade Runner". The estate holder, from the looks of it, seems cautious and courteous enough not to provoke too much.

^ now THIS is good, subtle marketing.

If this goes to court, Google would better win, or else we'll be treated to a headline "Google pays Dick wads".

i think it's less of a lock in and more of a synergy.

Lock-ins lock you to one device and for enhancement/upgrade you have to buy only from the same manufacturer. With one-account-fits-all approach, you can get similar experience and/or share information (movies/pics/data/pr0n) across different devices.

The Europa lander did go up there, landed and took some video for a few second until some kind of mecha broke it. And that's the last we heard from it.

Care to buy my ancestor's glasses?

in related news,
a blind person was killed Tuesday night with two bullet wounds on his head. Watts Witham, 32, was found dead near a suspected pirated CD factory. His guide dog, Serpico, apparently was guiding him for an evening stroll when it sniffed the pirated CD chemicals emanating out of the factory. Unbeknownst to Mr. Witham, Serpico followed the scent and as the pirates found out of Mr. Witham's presence, they murdered him and dumped his body nearby.

This was the second incident after an Anonymous Coward suggested on an internet forum that "we can do both" train dogs as sniffing agents and guide dogs.

my company is in print media business and we have been using soy-based toner on several of our printer(machine)s for several years now. Quality is on par with laserjets..

more info, risograph on wiki. google risograph for the printer devices.. I'm not endorsing this brand, it's just what we use here at work.

..and 28 days later..

is it The One, then?

of all the old social networking sites, I miss eCircles.com the most. It had most of the trappings of today's social sites: personal info, fileshare, pictures, comment system, and more..

anybody else used eCircles back then?

The great long lineage of automobile tradition is fully-embodied in the British Wiggum Motorcars.

you have acquired a full win, Sir. Interwebs +5