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Suddenly a JPEG Patent and Licensing Fee
Michael Long writes "Forgent Networks (www.forgentnetworks.com) has announced that it owns the software patent on JPEG compression technology, and has stated that it is "in contact" with computer, software, camera, and other digital imaging product manufacturers regarding licensing terms. This ambush of the digitial imaging industry will probably stand as the worst public relations nightmare a company can inflict upon itself."
> The woman who had it spilled onto her groin had third degree burns over the majority of her groin.
And because of her stupidity (Remind me - did McDonalds put a gun to her head and tell her to pour it over herself? I thought not.), everyone who gets coffee from McDonalds gets cold coffee (or at least, coffee which becomes undrinkably cold much faster).
Not everything that can be measured matters; Not everything that matters can be measured.
> What the hell is wrong with the US patent office?
You REALLY want an answer to that?
Personally, I'll remain outside the US and find myself able to legitimatly able to continue to use the format.
Not everything that can be measured matters; Not everything that matters can be measured.
This is so far off topic but anyway..
you say
Sure, it's far worse to spill hot coffee on yourself than it is to be enslaved. You've got your priorities straight
You should have said
Sure, it's far worse to spill hot coffee on yourself than it is for your great great great grandfather to be enslaved.
Nothing happened to you. You were never a slave. I'm sure you wouldnt expect any money if your grandfather spilled coffee on himself.
Don't Tread on Me
She was the victim of another of our society's problems -- corporations who believe it will be cheaper to pay off (or toss aside) victims of their recklessness rather than do the right thing in the first place.
The only thing Stella Liebeck was a victim of was her own stupidity. You can scream about the 180 degree temp. all you want. But that still doesn't excuse Liebeck's actions of placing a hot beverage between her legs and spilling it. I don't know what planet you're from, but around these parts, coffee is always served hot unless the customer asks otherwise. Liebeck didn't ask for iced coffee or anything like that. She should've expected the coffee to be hot. But that didn't stop her from getting $2.7 million for her own stupidity.
The moral of this story is: spill hot coffee on your crotch and it's gonna burn. You don't have to be Stephen Hawking to understand that.
Do people even still accept responsibility for their own actions anymore?
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The real Raunchola isn't cool enough to have any imposters
Wow, it's a good thing you didn't read the comments below, because your incorrect statement is just SO important. You would have seen that it was, indeed, made already by many people, and, what's more, is WRONG. Trademarks require active protection by the holder, not patents.
So let's see:
1. Didn't read previous comments.
2. Ignorant of the law.
3. Just had to demonstrate ignorance of the law.
4. [Assumption] Didn't read the article, just the summary.
Thank you for supporting the Slashbot stereotype!
i was scalded by hot apple cider at a local coffee house in the East Village.
Don't you know how to take a careful sip to find out how hot a drink is?
Sorry, it was your own damned fault. Please get the hell out of the gene pool.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."