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Walmart Stores Get CCTV-Enabled, Breathalyzin' Wine Vending Machines 135

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 09, 2010 @03:56PM from the work-around dept.

Select Pennsylvania Walmarts have found a way to work around the law prohibiting alcohol sales in grocery stores. It turns out the shortsighted legislature forgot to make it illegal to sell wine from a vending machine: "as long as the user is asked to take a breathalyzer test, swipe their state issued ID or Driver License, and then show their mug to a state official sitting somewhere in Harrisburg, who is keeping an eye on the proceedings via CCTV." I'm surprised nobody thought of this sooner.

Comment iPhone App "Nearest Tube" (Score 1) 111

by jokewallpaper on Thursday August 27, 2009 @01:22PM (#29219239) Attached to: Augmenting Reality With Your Mobile Phone

If "Nearest Tube" told me where the closest TV set was I would buy it in a second.

Comment Re:How is this a Patent Troll? (Score 1) 335

by jokewallpaper on Thursday August 27, 2009 @01:19PM (#29219183) Attached to: TiVo Relaunching As a Patent Troll?

I agree. Tivo is not a patent troll. They invented something new and unique. The others copied it. If the other posters have ever created something unique and had someone take it they would know how the people at Tivo feel.

Comment How do you define "Classified" (Score 1) 193

by jokewallpaper on Tuesday April 07, 2009 @10:52AM (#27489439) Attached to: 97 of Top 100 Classified Sites Are Craigslist

When I first skimmed this item I saw "classified" and thought "top secret". The government is using Craiglist? A "classified" version of Craigslist? Then the duh moment...um classified ads.

Comment It's lawyers adding up hours / protecting the TM (Score 5, Insightful) 249

by jokewallpaper on Tuesday April 01, 2008 @06:17PM (#22935516) Attached to: T-Mobile Claims Trademark In the Color Magenta

The letter is a combination of the TMobile trademark lawyers doing what lawyers do...billing hours. Plus, they are protecting the TMoblie trademark. With Trademark law you must prove that you have diligently protect your TM by notifying parties of infringement. In every suspected case. With Endgadget there is no confusion or dilution of the TM. But, if someday TMobile has to defend their TM in court against another mobile provider who might use the color..they can haul out the big box of all the letters they sent to everyone who used Magenta and prove they diligently protected their TM

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