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Comment Re:... and Microsoft will pay for its own success (Score 2) 106

by raistlinwolf (#35865752) Attached to: Justices Question Microsoft's Vision of Patent Law

Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents.

And yet it has never done anything about that. It hasn't sued all the distros to stop the operating system. They did use the claim for a bit of FUDdery, but that is not being a patent troll.

They claimed Linux violates their property which may have the effect of scaring off potential users, how is that nothing?
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Badgers Digging Up Ancient Human Remains 172

Posted by samzenpus from the someone-get-a-snake dept.
One of England's oldest graveyards is under siege by badgers. Rev Simon Shouler now regularly patrols the grounds of St. Remigius Church looking for bones that the badgers have dug up. The badger is a protected species in England so they can not be killed, and attempts to have them relocated have been blocked by English Nature. From the article: "At least four graves have been disturbed so far; in one instance a child found a leg bone and took it home to his parents. ... Rev. Simon Shouler has been forced to carry out regular patrols to pick up stray bones, store them and re-inter them all in a new grave."
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Geek Squad Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter To God Squad 357

Posted by samzenpus from the who-would-jesus-sue dept.
An anonymous reader writes "A Wisconsin priest has God on his car but Best Buy's lawyers on his back. Father Luke Strand at the Holy Family Parish in Fond Du Lac says he has received a cease-and-desist letter from the electronics retailer. From the article: 'At issue is Strand's black Volkswagen Beetle with door stickers bearing the name "God Squad" in a logo similar to that of Best Buy's Geek Squad, a group of electronics troubleshooters. Strand told the Fond du Lac Reporter that the car is a creative way to spur discussion and bring his faith to others. Best Buy Co. tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it appreciates what Strand is trying to do, but it's bad precedent to let groups violate its trademarks.'"

Comment Re:Batteries (Score 1) 253

by raistlinwolf (#32799330) Attached to: New Material Can Store Vast Amounts of Energy
I was thinking of this because of a silicon based explosive that I was under the impression (wrong impression), was compressed and a powerful explosive. It is not compressed, just extremely cold and when exposed to liquid oxygen, releases a lot of energy. Still pretty interesting:

An accidental explosion in a German physics lab has led to the identification of a superpowerful explosive. The substance - an exotic form of silicon - releases seven times as much energy as TNT, and explodes a million times faster.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1103-superpowerful-explosive-arrives-with-a-bang.html

cool stuff.

Comment Re:There's more than efficiency to consider. (Score 1) 155

by raistlinwolf (#30544808) Attached to: Next-Gen Glitter-Sized Photovoltaic Cells Unveiled
I've seen those small solar yard lights using some kind of polycarbonate like stuff 'protecting' the silicon - it becomes milky white & powdery with exposure to the sun in just a few years.. And... I picked up this 70W/20V panel on ebay once that worked for a while until the sticky plastic backing wrinkled up (which wreaked havoc on the delicate layer of silicon it was supposed to protect). So yeah, they can and will make crappy solar panels. Although that really doesn't change the fact that solar panels could potentially last for hundreds of years with a little effort, they are still very delicate.

Comment Re:US Electrical system is better (Score 1) 1174

by raistlinwolf (#29993518) Attached to: Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best?
I know people like to say 'its the current that kills', but how does this apply here? If I touch a live wire, nothing is going to happen to me unless/until I ground - from that point the shock I receive will be a circuit and will have a certain amount of resistance.. If the voltage is double, then won't twice the current flow through that part of the body?

Comment Re:Sure it will. (Score 1) 469

I'm not saying he is right but Einstein would not have got very far with General Relativity if his argument had been "I'm Einstein and you all know from my 1905 papers that I'm really smart so this must be right too.".

I'd like to think he would have managed somehow without his MIT degree or whatever, like for instance, by presenting his theory instead of asking people to believe it.

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