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Elements 116 and 118 are Bogus?
prostoalex writes "In this era of corporate misbehavior and overstatement of results who can you trust? Scientific sources, of course. Well, turns out people at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory lied about their discovery of elements 116 and 118. Associated Press has the story, quoting the lab officials charging the researchers with "scientific misconduct"."
Soon there will be Intellectual Property pending on these too :-(
"Microsoft has claimed the patent and IP on the element Carbon."
:-)
Well, prior art wouldn't be that hard to find. Get a peice of coal or a diamond, or even someone that was living before the patent
A smaller note: now they can sue apple for using the name "carbon" for their OS products.
It is a trademark. They don't own the element carbon. Also, their trademark (afaik, ianal) only extends into the computer business. You would still be able to use the word carbon dealing with non-computer things. However, you wouldn't be able to create a "Carbon OS" or something like that.
Buying a Dell computer is equivalent to dropping the soap in a prison shower.
Who cares about elements and boring stuff like that. The slashdot FAQ is bogus. Want proof?
you can't just rack up big karma scores, and then post nonsense.
Um... yes I can!
Blither blather wiffle waffle kawey kawhey, I'm off to hartlepool to buy some exploding trousers. Wibble.
See?
I've got a little Karma to burn, so here goes...
This has been bugging me since the whole Enron thing broke out. People were ticked off that someone would go screwing around with their money. They were shocked. Appalled. But why should they have been surprised?
For those of you who were old enough to follow politics back in 1992, think back to the presidential campaign. George Bush (the original) ran against Bill Clinton. Bush ran on a platform that character and integrity mattered, and Clinton ran on, "It's The Economy, Stupid!" (his words, not mine.) For eight years we had a president who repeatedly told us that character didn't matter. All that mattered was how things came out for you. Hence, we had innumerable scandals, out of which he bumbled, bludered, obfuscated, and lied. And the people just ate it up, because he was such a nice man, and looked so sweet on television. They wanted to hear a message of hedonism and narcissism.
Well, now everybody's reaping the consequences. This is what happens when people don't have character. Financial reports are untrustworthy, and now scientific reports are untrustworthy. Welcome to the Clinton legacy.
Bring on the moderators...