By that theory Apple can patent water, air, fire, the English language, the wheel, and everything else that has never been patented. Check the facts before you spew out nonsense.

This could be somewhat worrisome to us urban geocachers. It's gonna be harder to use the multi-billion dollar military satellite network to find that little tupperware container.

I guess he's never heard of a decompiler?

'as long as it is deemed credible'
"Are you sure?"
"Yep."
"Okay, then. We'll put " . $name . " on the list."

In the Inquisition, one can be arrested and brought to trial on a single accusation. History is now repeating itself.

What happens when the note has been exchanged continuously from person to person for several years? The note will start to wear. How will those circuits hold up? I don't want to be arrested for suspected counterfeiting because the circuits in the note happened to fail while it was in my wallet.

Good! The sooner these patent trolls starts swarming the courtrooms, the sooner the absurdity of software patents become obvious. Let's all hope this is the beginning of the end of software patents as well as patents that are so vague and broad as to be meaningless.

So how long before spoons are banned?

You can't take any of the choices with you when you die. So why dwell on any of it while you live? In your next life, you'll have no recollection of the loved ones, possessions, or data of your previous life. It's all transient--let go of it. None of it will lead to true happiness. You'll re-meet your loved ones in a future life.

You don't need to pry out the black box. You can just buy a portable jammer

That' irrelevant. Those who cause the accidents due to speed, they're speeding because they enjoy driving. Those who blow red lights and crash are blowing the lights because they enjoy driving (and don't wanna stop). Those who get behind the wheel while drunk are doing so because they enjoy driving. Those who *don't* enjoy driving are less likely to drive if their destination is possible via walking, cycling, or riding a taxi or public transit.

Only as long as the cell phone can be used while the car is stopped. I'm all for scrambling while the car is moving, but I don't feel it safe or necessary to have to exit the car to call 911, saying some guy is trying to carjack me, or my wife is having an allergic reaction...

Humans should have been banned way back in 2001... we're about 70% water. So, for a 180lb man, that's 126lbs of water... way the heck over the 3.4oz limit, by almost 593 times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion

'Nuff said.

What if you're walking? How could the phone distinguish that? There's a safety feature appearing in some cars that has a camera monitoring the driver's eyes. If it senses they're not watching the road, they can sound a buzzer, and after a time, perhaps stop the car. Car companies can push this technology so that idiots who are looking at their phones will be notified by the car's safety system by a loud annoying beep.

So what you're saying is it's better to let the problem happen (and *then* punish the driver) than to prevent it? Great, thanks a lot. When I get hit and killed by a car because some idiot is texting and not watching the road, I'll be sure to haunt you.