Comment Finally! (Score 2) 140
It's a good thing the taxpayers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to solve this incredible problem we all face every day...
Oops, there goes another (cancer/malaria/etc.) victim.
Comment With all these cars killing people... (Score 1) 322
...we need to pass new laws that prohibit people from buying cars. This is outrageous!
Comment Windows 8? (Score 2) 470
Is there anyone actually considering using Windows 8?
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Comment Percent usage shouldn't be the sole factor... (Score 1) 335
Unfortunately, the percent of people that use IE6 shouldn't be the main factor is determining the time to celebrate. I work with hospitals, and many of the pieces of software hospitals use depends on IE6 which means that while less than 1% of the US is using IE6, the less than 1% that do, are handling very sensitive information.
What if in that less than 1% of users were included missile control systems...suddenly less than 1% is 1% way too many.
Man Tries to Patent His "Godly Powers" 192
KWInt1601 writes "A man who believes he is Christ files a patent application — and the formal dance of responding to office actions from the USPTO begins. Invoking the 1998 State Street decision, the applicant argues, 'like software, godly powers is a method, and affects a machine. Like business methods, godly powers produces a useful, concrete, and tangible result, and that should be all that's needed for statutory material.'"
Comment Completely useless! (Score 1) 81
This is ridiculous...where do most of the people with small electronic devices that MIGHT consider something like this live? In big cities...with tall buildings that block almost all direct sunlight that would be available to convert to electricity. Not to mention that standing next to a bunch of people also lessens the amount of sunlight hitting the solar panels on these pants.
These are purely a fashion/political statement and serve no practical function...NEXT!
