Why the hell does this exist?

[Oceandevi]

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[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Patents.

They bring creativity and innovation to a halt. "no, you can't do that, that's patented!" It's also the reason we're still running on fossil fuels controlled by a giant monopoly.

So wrong, it hurts.

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: geno
I guess this

Scrapple is delicious.

 

[adairusmc]

This

and most certainly this.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: dawp
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can't believe it's still around.

Funny I find this just as offensive.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

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[rip]

This completely pisses me off.

 

[BoomerD]

THIS has pissed me off for more than 30 years...

It's very existance is like a burr under my saddle...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Patents.

They bring creativity and innovation to a halt. "no, you can't do that, that's patented!" It's also the reason we're still running on fossil fuels controlled by a giant monopoly.

uh....quite the opposite, actually.

And how so? One company decides to patent some silly software feature. Now nobody else is allowed to use it. Microsoft does this all the time.

Or whenever someone comes up with an alternative energy source, guess what, the oil industry patents it to bury it, nobody is allowed to use the idea or improve on it. Creativity gets shot out the window, new innovation gets shot out the window.

real life examples:
http://www.microsoft.com/Press...9/03-30MSTomTomPR.mspx

http://www.latestpatents.com/m...nted-on-24-march-2009/
Some of these are ridiculous, and most are being violated anyway. Multi-layered firewall architecture? WTF? Bye bye Cisco... Reading these makes me sick. Microsoft can now go and fight that if they want and put tons of products off the market. I was not aware it was this bad until I decided to do the research.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Oh, and this: http://www.riaa.org

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: rip
This completely pisses me off.

lmao, that's sad. I could see if it was a free app, but the fact that they charge for it... wow. Do people actually buy that? lol.

If that site is reported to google they'll probably take it off. They are violating the ToS by having all that crap at the bottom to try and rank higher.

 

[Rubycon]

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[imported_Champ]

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: SSSnail
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Fuck you.

hahahahaha

:thumbsup:

lol...awesome

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
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Rubycon, what's your beef with it?

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: SSSnail
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Fuck you.

hahahahaha

:thumbsup:

Bad ass. Thinking smart i rolled my cursor over the link before i would have cursed myself.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Patents.

They bring creativity and innovation to a halt. "no, you can't do that, that's patented!" It's also the reason we're still running on fossil fuels controlled by a giant monopoly.

uh....quite the opposite, actually.

And how so? One company decides to patent some silly software feature. Now nobody else is allowed to use it. Microsoft does this all the time.

Or whenever someone comes up with an alternative energy source, guess what, the oil industry patents it to bury it, nobody is allowed to use the idea or improve on it. Creativity gets shot out the window, new innovation gets shot out the window.

real life examples:
http://www.microsoft.com/Press...9/03-30MSTomTomPR.mspx

http://www.latestpatents.com/m...nted-on-24-march-2009/
Some of these are ridiculous, and most are being violated anyway. Multi-layered firewall architecture? WTF? Bye bye Cisco... Reading these makes me sick. Microsoft can now go and fight that if they want and put tons of products off the market. I was not aware it was this bad until I decided to do the research.

Wow, holy shit. So Microsoft has patented icons, user interfaces, and color images as of June 2007? Man, it's amazing no one patented those things before... :roll:

I have to say I'm with you. Software patents should die. Either that or the patent bureau should be much, MUCH more selective when handing out patents.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: SSSnail
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Fuck you.

hahahahaha

:thumbsup:

the best part is that this is a bannable offense.

True.

Son of a bitch... made me have to retype 2 words. I want my 3 seconds back.

 

[IronWing]

This pisses me off.

People need to try new things.

 

[CKent]

http://www.apple.com

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415306/

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

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: CKent
http://www.apple.com

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415306/

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

Steve Jobs, NASCAR, and the Pope? You're a pretty hardcore atheist, ain't cha?

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Rubycon
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Rubycon, what's your beef with it?

There were a lot of accidents with military personnel when the tilt-rotor design was in earlier development. Lots of people still think it's unsafe (I haven't done a whole lot of research on the current state of the tech).

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
THIS has pissed me off for more than 30 years...

It's very existance is like a burr under my saddle...

Republicans didn't draft you to fight, if I recall.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Patents.

They bring creativity and innovation to a halt. "no, you can't do that, that's patented!" It's also the reason we're still running on fossil fuels controlled by a giant monopoly.

uh....quite the opposite, actually.

And how so? One company decides to patent some silly software feature. Now nobody else is allowed to use it. Microsoft does this all the time.

Or whenever someone comes up with an alternative energy source, guess what, the oil industry patents it to bury it, nobody is allowed to use the idea or improve on it. Creativity gets shot out the window, new innovation gets shot out the window.

real life examples:
http://www.microsoft.com/Press...9/03-30MSTomTomPR.mspx

http://www.latestpatents.com/m...nted-on-24-march-2009/
Some of these are ridiculous, and most are being violated anyway. Multi-layered firewall architecture? WTF? Bye bye Cisco... Reading these makes me sick. Microsoft can now go and fight that if they want and put tons of products off the market. I was not aware it was this bad until I decided to do the research.

Wow, holy shit. So Microsoft has patented icons, user interfaces, and color images as of June 2007? Man, it's amazing no one patented those things before... :roll:

I have to say I'm with you. Software patents should die. Either that or the patent bureau should be much, MUCH more selective when handing out patents.

Yeah it's sad. TBH I did not realize it was THAT bad until I did a quick research. I guess they're just letting it slide now, since other OSes have those things, but they could launch a huge lawsuit any time they wish, and pretty much kill Mac, Linux, heck, most handheld devices. It's scary.

 

[episodic]

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

Cell phones

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: CKent
http://www.apple.com

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415306/

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

Steve Jobs, NASCAR, and the Pope? You're a pretty hardcore atheist, ain't cha?

NASCAR can live, it's that godawful movie that's gotta go :|