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If something can be taken away from you, then you truly do not own it. Thus, we own nothing it is just in our possession.

we need a Canada centric slashdot, we could get the domain name slashdot.eh

They think it is the world wide web of america.

Yes, I still know of people that think microwave ovens will turn you into a mutant.

just sit back now and watch the sale of geiger counters and radiation suits skyrocket.

100 females with model like figures ( purely for fitness purposes), and possibly naive,
to escape to a radiation free zone on mars to repopulate the human race.
- Applicants without pictures and physical measurements will be rejected.
- Nude photos in various enticing positions will be a plus.

I'll take your word for it.
I'm not able to read that sort of mix due to my eyes going crossed halfway through the first sentence.

By patenting these kinds of ridiculous things you are making the world laugh at you.
In time a real company with something really worth patenting, will not be able to protect their invention because nobody else in the world will
take American patents seriously. I cringe when I read about stuff like this and when you combine it with the criminal element in the American
corporate environment, it does not give people a favorable impression/outlook on American's in general.
Here in Canada American is rapidly becoming a dirty word.

I know a guy that hacked into a bank and stole real money from someone's account and transferred it into HIS OWN PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT.

"Stupid is as stupid does" - Forest Gump

By getting a business license, then he could steal like paypal and get away with it.

Gang raped by furries ?

Throw him in the worst virtual jail there is !! :\

Great !!
As soon as the DIY crowd gets wind of the microwave oven hack, it wont be safe to walk down the street without getting cooked.

whats T.V. ?
Is that something on the internet ?
url please.

http://boingboing.net/2009/10/06/funktionide-hints-at.html

"Designer Stefan Ulrich has come up with what could be an early prototype of a real body pillow girlfriend. He calls it Funktionide, an "emotional robot" that changes form depending on how you hold it. Combined with advanced robotics, this could yield something that is soft, cuddly, humanoid, and capable of intelligent conversation. Yes, and it breathes"