Such an eloquent a reminder. Thank you.

At least the patents on DVDs are expiring if not already expired. The first DVD player was sold in 1996, and patents can be good for up to 20 years from the filing date, so it would seem that by late next year, all necessary patents should have expired.

This is HORRIBLE legal advice. Patent laws were different before 1996, that's why MP3 patents are still around (and will be until 2017) despite the fact that specifications were published back in 1991!

In the United States, "patents filed prior to 8 June 1995 expire 17 years after the publication date of the patent, but application extensions make it possible for a patent to issue" quite a few years after initial filing.

MP3 patents have mostly expired, though one US patent expires later this year.

I wish that was true, but it's certainly not:

http://www.tunequest.org/a-big...

Yeah. Like I'd ever be caught DEAD or ALIVE in Arizona. Life is too short for that.

It cuts both (multiple) ways.

If $person1 is aware of sexual attraction on the part of $person2, it would not be too difficult for $person1 to manipulate $person2.

This is why it's important to behave respectfully, thoughtfully, and openly when dealing with other people. Men, women, what-have-you.

I know you mean well, but you're completely missing the point.

G'day has always been the rendering - since at least Regency times, when t'was spoken aloud as such. ;-)

Rickrolling? You seem to be confusing "geeks" for "/b/tards"...

I run an SGI Indigo R4400 with "Elan" graphics, and a 2nd rev Blue & White Apple G3. ;-)

Now, stop crossing areas of domain knowledge in ways that create false correspondence.

Heh..

Is the wealthy "Libertarian" way of dictating social standards.

The real tragedy will happen once they've finished paying their debts to society and they get full access to the Internet with no one having told them not to read the comments.

Looks like he's pinching a loaf. Xerox that look.

So, how long did it take you to write those Xinerama compatibility functions for Enlightenment?