"Williams notes that from the Government Accountability Office found that only 20 percent of patent litigation was brought by so-called trolls."

That frankly surprises me, I would've thought it was higher.

Out of 10+ drops last night (120+ players, or 110+ if I don't include myself in the ten drops) I saw 3 people using 3PV. Anecdotal evidence only, and I'd be in a higher player bracket but still....

Hundreds of players,out of a player base of at least tens of thousands. If you look at the original amount of money raised and assume that most people bought one of the top 2 tiers then there were at least 50,000 players at launch and probably a lot more now.

There's a definite negative agenda behind the original summary and article. The bulk of the community ARE happy with the changes and have continued to play. It's only a vocal minority that have screamed at the top of their lungs for attention, I sat in (online) on a couple of #saveMWO meetings and apart from a few well considered opinions the bulk of the talk was whining/specualtion about things that hadn't happened yet or were basically untrue.

"Grossly exaggerating" the power of "media barons", think about that for a second. Think about what you just wrote.

Murdoch vs Microsoft, IMHO Murdoch is worse. At least Microsoft isn't actively trying to subvert political processes through media control.

I wonder if the people of the US are ever going to rise up, or if it just gets much worse before it gets better.

Most of the arguments I've seen so far haven't been "Is what they are doing legal?", instead the arguments have been "Is what they are doing right?"

As a geek, you only watch Star Trek:Enterprise to complain about:

1. How Scott Bakula killed the franchise (untrue, so people really think Trek will stay dead?).

2. How under-rated it was (wrong, it was rated exactly where it should be, just your opinion is different).

3. How tired Star Trek is now (possibly true)

You mean like a warehouse? I'd bet that the NSA would have at least 12 of them prior to this facility.

Or just some Area to keep the stuff in, they'd have to have at least 50 of them by now.

Hey China, there's this place called Westboro Baptist Church, I heard that they said nasty things about your government. (crosses fingers and waits).

ZX-81 with 1k of RAM and a 16k expansion (after a while learning to program and when 1k seemed a little too limiting).

40 years ago? You think it was stopped then?

I'll make sure to get him some flowers and a get well soon card then.