They are jointly owned by Nokia and Sony. So the developers of the technology in question own the company. It is not simply a 3rd party that buys up patents to sue other companies. Because they are owned by the people who developed the technology, I wouldn't call them a patent troll.

Even if such "facts" where "facts" you're ignoring the fact that in TFA they're taking about what is very, very clearly a theory and calling it "scientific fact".

Observations are not facts, they are observations. Relying upon observations as fact is tautological. That is to say they rely upon other scientific "facts" in a lattice work of unconformable observations. In the end it always relies upon circular logic. Our best scientific theories are the best we can come up with with the simple instruments at our disposal. They are a postiori observations. Only in math do we deal with a priori facts. People have made incorrect observations all throughout the history of science due to miss-calibrated equipment, poor resolution microscopes etc. and declared "facts" as you say. Even your very eyes are easily fooled. There are certain schools of thought that believe as you believe: that there can be scientific facts, but I don't subscribe to them. I am a student of Thomas Kuhn.
And now we can begin Kuhn flame war.

I have no problem with teaching the theory of evolution, or any other strong scientific theories. But I do have a problem with the abuse of science by declaring "scientific fact". There are no "scientific facts" only very strong theories that have stood up against falsification many times. The phrase itself is a lie. By declaring it a "fact" you're saying there are no problems or conflict with the theory and that no evolution can occur within the theory itself. And for something that is as little understood as evolution this is disservice to people that should simply be taught the scientific method and presented with the most recent theories put for by science in the specific field they are studying at the time. For example, evolution shouldn't be taught in a general education class or a class on government. When you're studying biology or life science evolution should be one of the core principals put forth. But to teach anything as 'scientific fact" is bastardization of science. I can imagine in the 18th century the same idea of teaching "scientific fact" being put forth by the proponents of Phlogiston theory. Science is fluid, and we learn new things all the time that make old paradigms obsolete.

You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Owners, employees and executive officers are jailed all the time for criminal offences that are made by the business that they signed off on or perpetrated on behalf of the business. What did you think, you could kill someone and say "oh, I was working for a business" and get off? Don't be stupid. The people who own or are employed by the business are compelled to pay into social security and the business has to match their contribution, jackass, so it actually pays a shit load more than any one employed there, maybe remember that next time you read your paycheck stub, if you're even employed. The business has to pay a shit ton more tax than the individuals employed by the business and 100% of the people in the business can be drafted into service. And I'm sure if the government could work some way to get the building or filing cabinet owned by the business to be drafted into service they'd do that too. Bottom line, a business doesn't exist without the people who make up the business. It would be like if I said "the salvation army isn't people". So I think I hit all your ignorant points. Get a clue before you comment.

I am not a business. Businesses need accountants and legal help as part of their ordinary existence, and they're artificial entities to begin with.

Businesses are people! Who the fuck do you think runs them? Automatons? Are there AI constructs that write pay checks to the workers? What makes you think that an electrician, who is usually the sole proprietor of his business, can afford to hire accountants and lawyers "as part of their ordinary existence" as you put it? Even corporations are people. People make or lose money when the group is profitable or not. There is never a non-person involved in the process. Share holders are people too. A lot of people's retirements are bound to a particular corporations stock, and when they lose money people lose money not some "artificial entity" as you so eloquently put it but real live people. And while larger businesses usually do hire accountants and lawyers, it is only to combat piss ant people like you who think that money and resources grow on trees.

When the company has to pay additional workers that perform no useful function other than to fill out fucking useless forms, it means their products and services cost more and their employees get paid less and everyone but the lawyer and/or accountant loses. Even the government loses because the business making less money will mean less tax revenue. So great fucking plan, let's make people do a bunch of useless shit because you've deemed them "artificial entities". How about this? I deem you an "artificial entity"!

Yeah, well, that's uh, like your opinion man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine
Do a little reading and maybe you can show me when and where the "Palestinians" have a claim to this land. Hamas has no interest in a lasting peace, their charter calls for the total destruction of Israel. Since the entire world recognizes the U.N. establishment of Israel maybe you can grow up a little and stop living in a fantasy land. Or you can continue to promote this endless war, death and destruction. But what the fuck do you care, you're not being harmed, right? And you get to make your snarky little antisemitic remarks so long as these poor people keep getting killed. Win for you!

Furthermore, the only time such a place as Palestine existed in after the Roman's decided to try and kill off all the Jews in the area and change the name of the area to Palestine (which must be Italian for "No Jews Here"). If anyone has a claim to the area it would be the Ottoman empire, Jordan or Egypt, and since they're not making a claim to it STFU.

Hear, hear!

Perhaps you can enlighten everyone as to what a better solution would be? Because right now you just sound like a "war is not the answer" asshole. Yeah, nobody likes walls, nobody like death, war etc.. Hamas, and by extension the Palestinian people, they were democratically elected after all, will not be satisfied until all the Israelis are dead, gone, or subjugated. A choice has to be made:

1) Allow suicide bombers to kill at will.
2) Become subjects of the benevolent Palestinian people.
3) Utterly destroy the Palestinian people.
4) Create a wall.
5) ?


So what's your plan? Because they seem to have already chosen the plan most acceptable to everyone involved. (besides you of course).

You used the word "you're" I think you're looking for the word "I'm"

So if I write a book you can copy it? If I create a game you can copy it? If I make a movie you can copy it? I don't think so. IP does exist. People can copy/steal IP. In this case, Apple has what they claim is their own original IP. But said IP has been in the public domain for too long to be their IP, so their claims are invalid. But IP certainly exists.

Republicans have been up to funny business in state legislatures across the country deliberately making it harder for people to vote... ...despite the fact that the only people caught recently were Republicans...

Citation needed.

Given you cite a number of articles on aggressively "conservative" web sites, I suspect that you refuse to look outside your tiny world.

The Google news aggregator is my tiny world?

Can you be specific on what seems illegitimate about the stories? They seem pretty well documented. Just because you don't like that sort of thing being reported about the party you obviously support, doesn't mean it didn't happen. So please, enlighten me.

So I'm guessing that you're objecting to the fact that apparently only Democrats are up to shenanigans today. If you can find some links that show Republicans up to shenanigans by all means post them. This is what I found. I did not ignore any links of Republicans up to funny business, I simply didn't see any. You calling me biased because you don't like me reporting what Democrats are actually doing speaks volumes of your own bias.

Planning on going to the polls after work today. The boss is letting us leave early to vote after I suggested he do so, so yay for me. Then Minecraft time!
Here's just a few of the stories about shenanigans today.
Philly GOP: Poll inspectors being ousted for Dems
Election Judge Wears Obama Cap While Checking in Voters in Obama's Chicago Ward
GOP - Poll watcher in Detroit threatened with gun, 911 call rejected
Former DNC Chair Howard Dean: The Only Way We Lose Is Through Fraud
Obama Poster Hanging in Florida Polling Station
GOP officials booted, Black Panthers return -- and Obama at polling site?

You're doing it wrong:
Hurricane Hazel

The death toll of 81 people has not since been equaled by a natural disaster in Canada. In addition to the casualties, over 4,000 families were left homeless.[9] The Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada estimates the total cost of Hurricane Hazel for Canada, taking into account long-term effects such as economic disruption, the cost of lost property, and recovery costs, to be C$137,552,400 (2009: $1,126,947,163)