If the patent doesn't cross the line of scrimmage then I believe this would be a lateral to assassination. In this case it was a failed play action fake that resulted in a 4th down turn over to the bankruptcy courts. Had the patent seen a 3rd down conversion to a first down we'd still be in play, so long as the assassin didn't shoot the ball.

Why is this? I know this probably sounds hopelessly naive, but where do these "marketing" funds go to? I'm not talking about advertising a live show. More along the lines of how any of us ever heard of Miss Spears in the first place.

It may be the more interesting aspect of this story isn't the record industry losing customers, but the younger generations skipping the main marketing arm of the recording industry, FM radio. The overtly corporate and hopelessly generic radio stations across the country all playing the exact same line up paid for by the "recording industry". I'm old enough to have witnessed this transition from edgy to safe FM stations in my life. Due to this I have satellite radio in my car, and I listen to streaming Internet stations at home.

If FM survives the fall of the RIAA giants it will likely mean that stations will go back to when they chose for themselves what they would play. I think we'd all be better off if that kind of marketing money were to vanish.

This made clicking through worthwhile...

With unrivaled power, it can perform an infinite loop in under 4-seconds and requires two HALT instructions to stop it.

(a license called the GNU Public License = GPL, you did notice the word GNU in it?)

I noticed you put that in there. In reality, it is the General Public License. Using the GPL does not in any way mean you are using GNU derived work. You would be using a license created by the GNU project however. There is a not so subtle difference between the two.

Directions from 281 (North or South)

1. Take the Exit for Hildebrand, go towards Incarnate Word (Broadway/Zoo)
2. Go down hildebrand until you come to the gates of the San Antonio Country Club (This is New Braunfels)
3. Turn left
4. Keep going straight until you see a CVS on your right hand side. Double Daves is right next to CVS

Things to keep in mind..

- If you see a mobil gas station on N. New Braunfels, you just missed CVS and Double Daves
- you will cross Austin Highway when on N. New Braunfels, so you'll go past the McNay museum.