... who they got to connect the call?

Do you want to label foods with foreign DNA added from other plants, insects and animals (or even entirely created).

That would make sense. Instead the survey is for food containing any DNA, so Tomatos would always have to be labelled, even if there were no peanut genes........ that is, unless the Tomato were non-biological synthetic and sterile, to avoid having any DNA-containing surface bacteria.

First to file. Not first to invent.

OK, so then who supervises the term of the public domain copyright? Who stops the content theives from downloading your stuff, claiming the rights to it, submitting bogus take-down notices and claiming 'public' IP as their own?

Prommisory estoppel (if I understand it correctly) only obtains an agreement from the creator not to pursue claims. It does nothing to prevent some third party from doing so, unless the creator or an assignee actively defends the public status of the rights.

Wasn't that a scene in this movie where the self destruct timer continued to count down to :01? In spite of the correct code being entered. Because all self destruct timers seen in movies are disabled with only moments to spare for dramatic effect.

I object, your honor. Opposing counsel is clearly trying to prejudice the jury with facts.

... its a matter of pro-actively placing the copyright into the hands of a government entity chartered to hold it for the benefit of the public. Such an entity would have to be carefully created, with clear definitions of 'public benefit' and by-laws written to prevent takeover by special interests. The down side would be the creation of another bureaucracy that would need a funding source to operate. And would eventually leverage itself into a rent-seeking entity to serve its directors and other minions.

Much less power will be needed to spin large blades. The thin Martian atmosphere will produce much less parasitic drag.

Won't someone please answer that fucking phone?!

This.

No mod points left, but I agree. We ae trying everything to get people out of private cars and onto public transportation with little effect. Just pull the licences from the worst drivers and hand them a transit pass. Reduce traffic volume and save money by postponing expansion projects. And do so by getting the crappiest drivers off the road.

Insurance companies don't show up at accident scenes. Cops do and they fill out the reports that insurance companies compile into statistics.

An improved map will be entering beta test soon.

Who collects the data points for the statistics?

What about the employees breaking the law? Are they permitted to release them? Alter their policy of violating the law?

The new owners will of course appoint a new management, who will have authority to make the changes desired; the old management as a whole retained for a time in advisory capacity only, of course some managers not supervising the sales/marketing/telemarkting departments might be kept for the new management.

Those managers related to the abuse, stripped of all authority and credentials, transferred to a partner company (The McDonalds across the street) and forced to remain on and work full time in the lowest-level job available for 15 years, in order to avoid criminal prosecution.