Sounds like Sandra Lee wasn't happy with the results...




(Google their names before you mod off-topic)

A first post that isn't a troll, flamebait, gnaa related, anti-semitic or jammed full over over-used, over-rated memes! Excellent, now /. let us see if we can keep this up. Please. For the love of all that is shiny, please!

Back on topic - I'm just not seeing why this would have been patent worthy in the first place and I am looking forward to the outcome.

Pretending that your car is a Slackware computer?

Yeah, but we all know that the moon is a harsh mistress...

The FSM has arrived!

...Industrial Espionage?

Many users may not trust Last.fm after this, regardless of its validity. And we know that many more people have no trust for the RIAA. All things considered, this may have driven much traffic to other similar sites (even with the Streisand Effect) thus providing other sites a chance to increase revenue.

While this may not be the most likely cause, it is something to consider and contemplate, while making sure one doesn't go too far down the tinfoil hat road.

For further reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_espionage .

Remove the screen, install an ABS plastic cover for the keyboard (Using the hinges from the previously removed screen), and hook up a pair of MyVu glasses to it. Voila! Extra privacy as well.



I'm not sure I spelled "Voila" right...Grammar Nazis?

If we decide to offer "Slashlight Highspeed Internet for Towns" we have to raise money for the business venture. We will be faced with a much higher bar if we want to try and raise venture capital -- questions about profit, business plans, value, etc. If we go to a bank to borrow the money...yeah right. Banks might lend you some money against equipment (that is, the things they could take back) but not against operational expenses like payroll and power bills.

Actually, I think both the suppliers of the venture capital and the banks would be much more interested in how you were going to convince people to buy 'S.H.I.T' (Slashlight Highspeed Internet for Towns). Even if there were no questions asked about that, I can see marketing having a field-day with this.

"Buy S.H.I.T!"
"Got S.H.I.T?"
"You too can have S.H.I.T for your house!"
"I use S.H.I.T, and so should you!"
"I'm proud to say my ISP is S.H.I.T."

Queue George Carlin jokes...

You get on a train in the suburbs (I'm guessing your wife drops you off, or you drive to train depot and park. Once you get to the 'city', how do you get to/from your work site? I'm quite sure the train doesn't drop you off anywhere near the front door of your office for most people, so, how do you get to and from work? If you try to walk..what happens when weather is bad?

Since I don't see any one else responding I'll answer.
I catch the train about 45 miles out from Boston (The local station is about 15 minutes away) and ride it into Boston. When the weather is bad the train is safer/faster than driving. Once I'm in the city I have several options:

1. Walk - Get off the train and walk across town. Time? ~45 minutes.
2. Subway/walk - Get off the train, walk inside the station, take the stairs down and use the subway to get almost completely across town, and then walk the remaining 4 or 5 blocks. Time? ~30 minutes.
3. Subway - Get off the train, walk inside the station, take the stairs down and use the subway to get completely across town, and then walk the remaining 200 feet. Time? ~20 minutes.
4. Taxi - Get off train, walk outside, tell the driver where I want to go and relax. Sure, it's a couple bucks ($5-$8USD), but the time is worth it, especially if the weather is bad. Time? ~5-15 minutes depending on weather and traffic.

In the winter time when the weather gets rather bad people dress for the weather. In the summer time when the highs for the day are in the 80-90's people dress for the weather, and sometimes bring along an extra set of clothes to change into for work which isn't anything unusual.

....and the travel time would be hours instead of the 10 min or so it takes me to get there on motorcycle or car (I drive quite fast), and on the route, a bicycle wouldn't cut it. What if you need to go to the gym or shop after work on the way home?? How do you live like that without a car...

For many people going in and out of a major city the traffic congestion prevents fast commute time when driving. Not to mention that mass transit fares are cheaper than buying gas, and you can get a tax credit in some states as well as a discount on your car insurance with some agencies. The employer may even offer to pay part of the monthly mass transit ticket fee if you're lucky. As for stopping to shop on the way home? Nothing prevents you from shopping in the city and taking it home with you on the bus/taxi/subway/train.

Hope I actually answered that for you, but feel free to ask if you still have other questions. Hopefully people from other cities chime in. I also home I didn't butcher the formating and make myself look like an idiot.

You would think that for an agency, that according to its name, deals with investigations that they would be a bit better at, well, investigating? Makes me wonder how they keep track of things internally as well. All that aside, maybe they should change their priorities. Perhaps putting number 10 a little high up to, you know, successfully perform the FBI's mission. 1. Protect the United States from terrorist attack 2. Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage 3. Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes 4. Combat public corruption at all levels 5. Protect civil rights 6. Combat transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises 7. Combat major white-collar crime 8. Combat significant violent crime 9. Support federal, state, local and international partners 10. Upgrade technology to successfully perform the FBI's mission Taken from http://www.fbi.gov/quickfacts.htm/

Nobody said it had to be funny. But it is! A maze of trash?! That's funny! Although he should have simply followed the right-hand wall(Or is it the left-hand wall?).

Was there any doubt on this when the article mentioned that he had most likely been piling all that trash up for 10 years?