I work in the Nuclear Industry in Canada; I'm a 40-something engineer, and I'm one of the young'uns. In the NDE division that I haunt, there are around 20 engineers, and about 40 or so techs. Of these, there are two techs and one engineer under the age of 30 that have signed on in the past half-decade. The evaporation of skills and knowledge is beginning now, and in 10 years more than half of the staff will have taken their pensions.
that the company alleging infringement must do so under penalty of perjory
According to the DOJ lawyers who recently responded in a Slashdot Interview, the "penalty of perjury" clause applies to their representation as being an agent of someone, and not to the validity of the claim or allegation.
the article says 471 Million bucks. Which is nuts, but reasonable.
The base post by michael says 471 BILLION bucks ! That's nuts too, but unreasonable.
The standard 1 kg block should be replaced by the 1 kg Christmas Fruit Cake. As everyone knows, it is indestructible, and only one exists in the entire world (people just keep mailing it around to each other every year).
Heavy water poisoning of animals is caused by the D2O (heavy water) inhibiting cell division (mitosis).
Bacteria growth rates are reduced, leading to problems in the GI tract, and bone marrow activity is reduced. So GI infections and enemia are symptoms. You would need to approach about from about a quarter to about a third of your body weight in D2O to achieve toxic levels. It would cost in the vicinity of $10,000 dollars and you would weight several pounds more when you died.
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Like Apathetic1, I too have contacted Lego to replace parts my sons have lost, and they've always done it, for free. Three times now.
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It's not as funny when you have to explain it...
I work in the Nuclear Industry in Canada; I'm a 40-something engineer, and I'm one of the young'uns. In the NDE division that I haunt, there are around 20 engineers, and about 40 or so techs. Of these, there are two techs and one engineer under the age of 30 that have signed on in the past half-decade. The evaporation of skills and knowledge is beginning now, and in 10 years more than half of the staff will have taken their pensions.
Yeah, and it was upstream both ways, too!
that the company alleging infringement must do so under penalty of perjory
According to the DOJ lawyers who recently responded in a Slashdot Interview, the "penalty of perjury" clause applies to their representation as being an agent of someone, and not to the validity of the claim or allegation.
Open Investment equals Free Money, right ?
the article says 471 Million bucks. Which is nuts, but reasonable. The base post by michael says 471 BILLION bucks ! That's nuts too, but unreasonable.
"These damn kids today, with their gigabytes and their FireWire and their "rock 'n' roll" music and the hair and the clothes..."
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this was just too funny to let slide into oblivion
The standard 1 kg block should be replaced by the 1 kg Christmas Fruit Cake. As everyone knows, it is indestructible, and only one exists in the entire world (people just keep mailing it around to each other every year).
Heavy water poisoning of animals is caused by the D2O (heavy water) inhibiting cell division (mitosis). Bacteria growth rates are reduced, leading to problems in the GI tract, and bone marrow activity is reduced. So GI infections and enemia are symptoms. You would need to approach about from about a quarter to about a third of your body weight in D2O to achieve toxic levels. It would cost in the vicinity of $10,000 dollars and you would weight several pounds more when you died.