Jury Orders Oculus To Pay $500 Million In ZeniMax Lawsuit (polygon.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Polygon: A Dallas, Texas jury today awarded half a billion dollars to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, and by extension Oculus, failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement he signed. In awarding ZeniMax $500 million, the jury also said that Oculus did not misappropriate trade secrets as contended by ZeniMax. Of the $500 million, Oculus is paying out $200 million for breaking the NDA and $50 million for copyright infringement. Oculus and Luckey each have to pay $50 million for false designation. And Iribe has to pay $150 million for the same, final count. The decision came back Wednesday afternoon following two and a half days of deliberation in the case being tried in a United States District court in the North District of Texas. Both id Software co-founder John Carmack and Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey were in the courtroom when the verdict was read. During closing arguments, ZeniMax attorney Anthony Sammi called the incident a heist and argued that ZeniMax should be awarded $2 billion in compensation and another $2 billion in punitive damages. Oculus attorney Beth Wilkinson argued that the multibillion-dollar lawsuit was driven by ZeniMax's embarrassment, jealousy and anger, not facts. It remains unclear what sort of impact this will have on the daily retail sale of the Oculus Rift headsets.

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Trump Administration Survival List

[Anonymous Coward]

His presidency will only end in disaster. Now is the time to prepare. This is what you should consider a MINIMUM of supplies --

1) 1 year of canned and non-perishable food per person.
2) 2 gallons of water per person, enough for 3 months (stabilize with bleach).
3) Gravity-fed water filter.
4) Ham 2M and HF radios.
5) UHF business band radios (one per person).
6) .308 or 30-06 hunting rifle with scope, 12ga shotgun, AR-15, .22 rifle, .45 ACP pistol and several thousand rounds of ammunition and dozens of magazines.
7) Wireless driveway alarms (used a perimeter alarms).
8) Extensive medical/surgical kit.
9) Wood (preferable) or kerosene stove and chimney cleaning equipment.
10) Chainsaw and 2-cycle oil.
11) Wood cutting/splitting equipment.
12) Eneloop or other LSD AA batteries.
13) Battery-operated lighting (lanterns, flashlights, headlamps, etc).
14) Solar panels and battery charging trays.
15) Fire extinguisher.
16) Several large plastic tarps, duct tape, and paracord.
17) Fuel siphon.
18) Camouflage netting.

Plus all of the basics that would go into any type of "survival" kit such as fire starters, knives, etc. (per person)

If the budget allows --

19) Gen 3+ night vision equipment.
20) .50 caliber rifle and scope.
21) Wideband communication receiver with PC-based digital mode decoding software.
22) All-terrain vehicle.
23) Extensive set of mechanics tools.
* For your electronic devices, standardize on AA's and direct 12V inputs. Use Anderson Powerpoles throughout.

Please add to this list as you see fit.