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Comment Start using the term Intellectual Monopoly (Score 4, Insightful) 145

Because that is what it really is. Intellectual Monopoly is not compatible with property rights. You either own your property and are free to transform it and sell it or you don't own it. Someone saying I can't configure my property is only possible with a government granted monopoly and has no basis in property rights.

Comment Re:The Selfish Gene (Score 1) 249

The problem is that at least in recent history (last couple thousand years) people care more about if their IDEAS are passed on. This is why there is so much propaganda from all sides. Who cares about genetics when you can get control of kids for 12 years of their lives. It's pretty easy to override any genetics.

Comment Re:Ten times stronger? (Score 1) 106

Yielding is a statistical process. If the layers are actually isolated then I guess you could have failure in one layer that doesn't propagate to the next. Similar to first ply failure with composites. Theoretically perfect metals are much stronger than what we can make because of these failures. So maybe that is what they are claiming? By producing metal this way you will have less flaws and those that exist will only fail locally and not cause failure across the specimen?

Comment Re:FDA due for reform (Score 1) 80

I think it should serve two purposes. One like you mention is purely. Make sure what the manufacturer says is in there is correct.

The second is continue doing trials but only as an advisory function. If companies want to pay for the FDA seal of approval so be it. If not you can sell your drug with a warning it hasn't been tested.

I try to to take drugs that have been out for 20-30 years. If I was really sick I might get more desperate.

Comment Re:Have I lost my mind? (Score 2) 378

That's not quite accurate. Those bacteria are all around us and especially on the food you eat. It may take a while for those bacteria to increase enough in population so to speed things up you inoculate your system.

The same thing can happen with bread,beer or wine. You can go ahead and wait for the natural yeast to take over or you can take a vial of ready to go yeast and pitch it in to get things started right away.

I know this personally because when I met my wife her family ate beans quite often. I was very gassy for a couple of months until the bacteria that digested the beans got to the point they could digest it all.

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