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Reform Could Kill EFF "Patent Busting Project"
netbuzz alerts us to a letter the EFF sent today to Senators Leahy and Specter pointing out a deleterious clause in the current draft of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 — which EFF generally supports. As written, the proposal would kill the EFF's Patent Busting Project. Fine print in the bill would limit the time in which a patent could be challenged, by anyone other than those suffering direct financial harm, to one year after the patent's grant. Since the EFF is non-profit it would have a hard time showing financial harm.
That way scumbags like Strom that have been there cince the civil war will be controlled.
If he's still in office, he's one dedicated zombie considering the fact that he died in 2003.
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Well, controlling zombies is always a good idea. But we should really be sure about how many zombies we're talking about. I propose that Holy Water be added to the sprinkler system, and that the Senators must sit through a ten minute test run. Those who dissolve, mutate into a hideous form, or have their heads spin a full 360 degrees, should be required to declare themselves undead.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
I think this idea is more insightful than funny, even if the mods appear to be 50/50 on either side at the moment. Anyway...
I like this idea. It's pretty much the equivalent of applying CVS to the legislative process. Then people can run 'diff' on all the idiotic parts of bills, and find out who's responsible.
I suppose revolutionary types could then claim "we're not rebelling, we're just a fork!"...
Similar to the upcoming US election results
WikiBill?
That is our legislative branch right there. Its a wikipedia powered by the Ebay engine. Edits require paypal donations and the final version is locked and sealed with the highest bidder.