Thank you for teaching me this magic.

Even more confusing, the firmware used by the Wii is referred as IOS as well.

Could this end up being the first instance if a Slashdotting affecting a physical location? What would happen if all of us went to Subway today?

According to the patent office, it sure seems to be.

OK, glad to hear it. Thanks for putting that side out there though - I'm guessing the average Slashdot user (myself included) gets annoyed any time politicians try to do something that seems 'obvious' to us in one way or another. Its always good to remember both sides. I probably should work on that.

Though at the same time, how many more schools are there now than there used to be? Whenever you look at just the raw numbers without looking at their percentage in the population, you risk claiming something is more prevalent even if really there are just more opportunities for it to happen.

I'm not saying I necessarily disagree with you, as there are signs indicating that they are indeed increasing, but I just want to warn you to look at the whole picture when looking at statistics.

I think the point most people disagree with is this line right here:

Now, if this kind of label were required on games like Call of Duty, I personally wouldn't mind. But sticking this on all games, including games like Madden, SSX, Mario Kart, and all those other non-violent games out there is kind of ridiculous.

Answered your own question, eh?

Wait - Slashdot actually managed to post something before it happens? The world really must be ending in 2012!

It has a phone app now? Man, it really can do everything!

Yes they are, especially when you consider that what he's saying is that Earth has too many people on it. What he wants is to lower life expectancy, so that the world's population will drop back to safe levels.

No, because to properly honor his memory, all articles must reflect on his legacy here. Spelling errors and duplicates must remain for that reason.

It's not until he's long gone that those things can safely go away.

Seeing as GIF (and the LZW compression which was the patented part of it) could be claimed as prior art, I would certainly hope so. Unfortunately, what I've seen of the current patent system still makes me somewhat skeptic about how that would work out.