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Comment Re:That's really funny (Score 1) 386

by Xlucid on Saturday June 16, 2007 @07:19AM (#19530909) Attached to: Linspire Signs Patent Pact With MS

In the USA, the glyph shapes of physical (cast metal) fonts is not protected IP.

However, the same shape in a digital font *is* protected IP.

I've always wondered what the legal situation would be if you cloned the appearance of a given font available digitally in metal, then digitised your metal font.

Submission + - First ever scramjet reaches Mach 10

Submitted by stjobe on Friday June 15, 2007 @07:01PM

stjobe writes: Sydney Morning Herald reports:

Australian and US scientists successfully launched a supersonic scramjet engine at an Outback test range Friday, as they work on a device that could revolutionise air travel.
The researchers said a rocket carrying the scramjet reached speeds of mach 10 — ten times the speed of sound — after blasting off at the Woomera range in South Australia Friday.
They said it reached an altitude of 530 kilometres (330 miles) before the scramjet was successfully deployed following re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere.
Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) said it was believed to be the first time a scramjet had been ignited within the Earth's atmosphere.

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