He appears to be coming from a "different" oblique vantagepoint. I commend him for his focus on this phenomena. In fact, in true scientific investigatory spirit, I will be contacting him to see if he will share details with me. I want to replicate his successes.
He should also consider collaborating with Joseph Newman. I believe that the two of them can produce something that will be truly radical -- a machine that produces free energy over unity.
Even Galileo said, "a telescope is useless if your eyes are closed".
So for you blind hecklers, I would suggest that you go to youtube.com and search on the term "Joseph Newman Energy Machine". Thanks to the internet, this kind of innovation can no longer be easily dismissed and supressed by the 21st century inquisition flunkies.
You get an army of "Liberal Robots" who are politically correct. That makes a lot of sense (not). All our enemies need to do is make sure that THEIR ROBOTS are designed to be AGGRESSIVE combatants that will win conflicts - whatever the cost. In that scenario, what do the "Liberal Robots" do? Turn tail and run??
The author doesn't realize that the purpose of war is to break things and hurt people. Anything less may as well be a chess game.
Besides, we already have "Liberal Robots" in our midst. They're called people and they aren't capable of thinking for themselves. The disease they have is called cranial-rectal inversion.
I plan to sue any/all private companies who infringe on my property with their RF spectrum without paying me for that privilege.
How dare they assume that they can abuse me and FREELY use my private property to transmit their signals with impunity.
The more I read about the health problems created by RF signals, the deeper my concern becomes. Nowhere have I seen ANYTHING that addresses these private companies power output plans. For all I know, it can be unrestricted. I am thinking that a million watts of RF power coursing through the bodies of your children 24 hours a day is not a good thing. Especially if it originates from private companies who are only interested in pursuing profit - to heii with the health of people.
Several years ago, I encouraged Microsoft to put a "stealth" feature into outlook so that all government organizations (.gov) will covertly "CC" all their messages to Microsoft corporate HQ. I think it would be healthy to have non-governmental documented oversight of what's going on in Washington, don't you agree?
Further, the next time the wackos in the U.S. Congress start leaning on Microsoft, Bill's company should just reply by reminding them that Canada (with more favorable tax breaks) is just a few miles away. And if Microsoft has to relocate because of political hostilities and lawful-harrassment abuse, then it will give priority shipping to ALL its products to the Chinese market - and just stop shipping to the U.S. markets.
And as far as the EEU armtwisting goes:
Regarding the recent events with Europe's Regulators (i.e., political shakedown artists) beating up Microsoft for bringing tremendous value to people and companies around the world at the lowest possible prices cannot be tolerated.
However, I believe there is a better solution. I suggest that Microsoft use the following strategy:
Microsoft should issue a statement that they are starting a "Data Cartel" and will no longer sell its technology or products to countries or governments that insist on trying to run Microsoft (how would these governments react if Microsoft insisted on running *their* country?).
Microsoft will serve them with notice that they have been placed on "Data Probation" for one year - after which their status will be reviewed and may or may not result in a reinstatement of their purchasing "privileges".
Microsoft can immediately put the entire European continent at a technology competitive disadvantage for a year by withholding its products from the European market. Further, they can use the media to state that Eurobusiness is being disadvantaged because some neo-cheating politicians wanted to glorify their egos by resorting to extortion and arm twisting. How long do you think it will be before there is a HUGE cry to oust these evil politicians?
All Microsoft needs to do is block phone calls from *Euro-peeing* customers who are trying to activate their products. It will take no time at all before the problem gets fixed.
The Eurobusinesses will immediately see that unless they back off from "assaulting" Microsoft, they will quickly become a collection of second-class countries (not that they already are) because they are being denied current technology to use - and to develop for.
Even the smallest cat has fangs and claws that can be used effectively. I believe that Microsoft should take off the gloves and draw blood from those who are trying to victimize them. It's called Self-Defense.
Although articles abound (expecially those originating from the offending industry) claiming huge losses because of the so-called "piracy" in the music industry, it also was absent the reasons why downloading is so popular.
First of all, the "music" (a loosely used term) that the music industry foists upon us - the genre called "(C)rap" - is not very popular outside of the audience that has an intellect that is easily overwhelmed by common cockroaches. So who in their right mind would want to download this ooze?
A small CD replication firm has given me a per-unit CD price quote of 24 cents in a 25,000 quantity. Based on the numbers the recording companies sell (in the millions) I suspect their actual product cost is about 10 cents each. At an average retail price of $19.95 for a music CD - of which about 25 cents is for artist royalties - that leaves about $10 profit for the recording companies after the wholesale costs are subtracted. When you sell something at 100 times your cost, I can't help wondering who the "real" pirates are in this industry.
If the energy companies sold power to California at 100 times their cost, this would be a much different conversation. I guess laws regarding greed don't apply to the liberal-dominated entertainment industry.
No wonder many new artists (including myself) are opting for publishing direct via the internet. Even if we sell less copies, we make much more than the 10-cent per unit pittance the record labels "give" us.
In spite of an economy that has been declining for almost two years - with a corresponding decrease in consumer purchasing power, the music industry's greed has basically put themselves out of business. Lowering prices a few percent won't bring people back in the stores.
Henry Ford senior had it right: "the only thing that makes something not sell is too high a price."
These enviro-nazis aren't interested in making a contribution - just being noisy mufflers. I wish that we could 'register' these people such that the power companies will disconnect their electrical / natural gas services. Don't want them to be hypocritical by consuming energy that is produced by polluting companies. When they try to gas up their stupid Prius (the one with the replacement battery that will cost over $5,000), the arabs in the gas station should refuse to sell them any unleaded - and tell them they should get a bicycle and set an example.
Thirty years ago these people (or their hippie parents) were talking about GLOBAL COOLING. They also said that METHANE was the real problem. Since they were wrong (they always seem to be wrong about everything), they started to talk about GLOBAL WARMING. And because there's a huge amount of scientists that refute and dismiss this claim, now they're talking about CLIMATE CHANGE (I guess they're trying to hedge their stupidity by covering both ends simultaneously.)
And Yes, there is climate change - it happens constantly. In fact, it's the sun that is the culprit for this. If these enviro-nazi ostridges pulled their head out of (you know where - - rhymes with cranial-rectal inversion), they'd see that even the whimpy ice caps on Mars are receding - and at a rate to be expected for it's distance from the sun. But they'd have to admit they were wrong - something that they are genetically incapable of doing. I don't recall seeing any powerplants, SUVs or other CO2 generators being on Mars, so you can draw your own conclusion.
The earth has already experienced several major ice ages and numerous minor ice ages. According to the scientists, at least the ones that have hard data and communicate rationally, we are actually entering another ice age cycle. So if anything, we need MORE CO2 to offset the temperature decreases that we'll see.
These robot-mind idiots don't understand that WE NEED CO2. How do you think plants grow? They 'breathe' CO2 and 'exhale' O2. We, however, breathe O2 and exhale CO2. It's a perfect symbiosis. If the frazzled, frantic, irrational tree-huggers want to reduce CO2, then they should either plant more trees (actually grass is way more efficient) or they should STOP BREATHING.
But to get these misguided and irrational control-freak hypocrates to stop using electricity, natural gas (or equivalent), unleaded gas would be like trying to get a Hyena to become a vegetarian. NOT!
By the way, I'm also giving away FREE Carbon Offset Certificates to everybody who wants to be 'politically correct'. If you want to get your FREE Carbon Offset Certificate, go to:
And yes, yes, I'm sure that the slashdot censor nazis will give me a zero rating (something that I wear with pride). Political correctness is just the liberal way of covertly CENSORING Your Free Speech.
Besides having google list paid advertising messages with the data, I think your suggestion (with a twist) has Excellent merit.
Here's what we should all do. Post phony-balony (fictional) data so it can be harvested and merged with the existing data that compromises the identity theft databases.
After several months, the database will be all but USELESS because they won't know what data is valid and what data is false.
No one will want to buy identity data if it contains so much false information, that it becomes useless. It actually becomes DANGEROUS to the purchaser because there's significantly reduced payoff - while it increases the perpetrator's exposure to risk of detection and prosecution.
Every place you visit on the web should be an opportunity to "salt" it with fiction. I recommend that you forward this idea to everyone you know to rapidly make this happen.
I am starting this initiative here and now by posting my (false) data:
Robert DeScully
6733 Orion Ct. Apt-B
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Occupation: IRS Auditor
Annual Income: $187,200
Soc. Sec. No.: 853-98-1294
To paraphrase mayor Daly, "Post soon and post often" (he actually said, "Vote soon and vote often.")
You inadvertently misspelled CONcast. (and after three years, the name *still* evokes memories of piss-poor, lying-cheating-stealing service.)
I still have a hard-wired phone at home. And for good reason. When the power goes out, at least I can call for emergency service (police, fire, etc.). Ma Bell/ATT has banks of batteries that are on constant charge in each of their switching buildings. It means that you can still make calls during power outages.
Try doing that when your cell/cable phone is non-functioning and a loved one is lying on the floor with an apparent heart attack.
Perhaps the cell/cable phone services should be sued for not disclosing that 'crucial' bit of disturbing news when selling you their service.
And yes, the slashdot thought police are sure to rack up one more 'politically incorrect' demerit for me - it's just another form of censorship that they engage in (what else can you expect from DEMONcRATS?)
I play guitar too. I found a website that describes how to squeeze 29 pickup tones out of a 3-pickup guitar (let's me get 580% more tones out of my strat) and sound like virtually any electric guitar ever manufactured - from bluesy to tin-canny to surf to muddy and everything else. If you're interested, the information is located at:
Apparently so. I just noticed (after one posting) that the 'slashdot thought police' have branded me with a karma of "bad". I guess being politically incorrect, bringing truth to a discussion, and causing some people to uncomfortably squirm is a hallmark of being Politically Incorrect (i.e., someone who should be censored).
I have my own take on this problem of chineeze goods - if you care to listen to someone with "bad" karma...
First, I'm suprised Lenovo didn't just "copy" the computer and sell it as their own. These days, that's a huge problem that affects us all (just ask the president of Calloway Golf Club company who loses millions because of these low quality chin-eeze knock-offs, the Video and Music industries, and pretty much any industry you can think of.).
And it's going to get worse when all the auto manufacturers, who are breaking a leg trying to "do business" with these bastards, find out that once these agents of evil reverse-engineer everything, they'll kick out ford, christ-ler, gm, etc. and 'nationalize' all the resources these companies paid to get up and running. What was their thinking anyway - - that they could sell oodles of $50,000 cars to people who the bulk of make about $4,000 a year?? Idiots, they are.
And to have a totalitarian regime (i.e., chin-a) cop a whine "we can't eliminate all the copying" just doesn't fly. This is the same government that suppresses freedom of speech, freedom of the press, internet freedom and freedom of religion - but can't supress counterfeiting? Ha-roo?
If I were the President of Callaway, here's what I would do: I'd hire the absolute best counterfeit plate maker to make several common denominations of current chin-eeze currency. Then I'd print about 20 TRILLION DOLLARS worth and hire people to scatter it across their totalitarian-infested country.
It would be interesting to see how the chin-eeze government likes being on the receiving end of counterfeiting - especially if it has the potential to topple their government financially. Interestingly, there appears to be no law that specifically bans producing counterfeit currency of totalitarian regimes. Of course our government would probably issue a canned response that would "sternly object to this type of behavior from its citizens."
Gee, for about twenty thousand dollars, someone could financially topple an evil empire (greenpeace, are you listening??)
Perhaps the chin-eeze government should consider making knock-off condums. Come to think of it, they may already have done so - that's why they're so overpopulated.
These people (RIAA) and the recording labels have audio CDs made in Chin-a by slave labor for 10-cents per unit, sell the CDs at retail level for over $20 and pay the artist about 5-cents per unit. I'm beginning to see who the real "pirates" are!
Regarding the USB/Thumb drive: I see a lucrative market need that no one is currently addressing. Why isn't someone creating a small dedicated "cube" that you can plug two thumb drives into. The "cube" would be used to transfer files from one thumb drive to another. It would be much easier to share files with someone without needing a computer to do so.
How it would work:
Each thumb drive has a required folder named "Transfer" (or whatever). You plug in two thumb drives into the "cube", one thumb drive into the "A" slot, the other goes into the "B" slot. The cube has two push button switches: one transfers all files from the "Transfer" folder of the thumb drive in the "A" slot to the "Transfer" folder of the thumb drive in the "B" slot. The other push button switch does it in reverse (i.e., from "B" to "A").
If you design and sell them, at least give me credit for making you a fortune.
Brilliant politicians: save 25-cents on the energy bulbs will not be burning in the evening -- only to waste incredibly more energy driving around doing more shopping.
Makes about as much sense as the Alternative Minimum Tax. Perhaps we should create "Alternative Maximum Deductions" to negate this additional theft.
I completely agree. Maybe Ford should patent their vehicle "user interface":
e.g., steering wheel on the left side, accelerator pedal for right foot, brake for left foot, radio in the middle of the dash.
They could even stop building cars - just live on royalties from other car manufacturers who build cars that use Ford's "patented" User Interface.
I'll bet that the patent examiner who permitted this is probably making over $60,000 a year. (another reason to roll back big government).
I think that I'm going to file a patent for all 26 letters of the alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase). This way, when ever anybody talks or writes, I get patent royalties.
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www.misolarpower.comHe should also consider collaborating with Joseph Newman. I believe that the two of them can produce something that will be truly radical -- a machine that produces free energy over unity.
Even Galileo said, "a telescope is useless if your eyes are closed".
So for you blind hecklers, I would suggest that you go to youtube.com and search on the term "Joseph Newman Energy Machine". Thanks to the internet, this kind of innovation can no longer be easily dismissed and supressed by the 21st century inquisition flunkies.
You get an army of "Liberal Robots" who are politically correct. That makes a lot of sense (not). All our enemies need to do is make sure that THEIR ROBOTS are designed to be AGGRESSIVE combatants that will win conflicts - whatever the cost. In that scenario, what do the "Liberal Robots" do? Turn tail and run?? The author doesn't realize that the purpose of war is to break things and hurt people. Anything less may as well be a chess game. Besides, we already have "Liberal Robots" in our midst. They're called people and they aren't capable of thinking for themselves. The disease they have is called cranial-rectal inversion.
How dare they assume that they can abuse me and FREELY use my private property to transmit their signals with impunity.
The more I read about the health problems created by RF signals, the deeper my concern becomes. Nowhere have I seen ANYTHING that addresses these private companies power output plans. For all I know, it can be unrestricted. I am thinking that a million watts of RF power coursing through the bodies of your children 24 hours a day is not a good thing. Especially if it originates from private companies who are only interested in pursuing profit - to heii with the health of people.
Further, the next time the wackos in the U.S. Congress start leaning on Microsoft, Bill's company should just reply by reminding them that Canada (with more favorable tax breaks) is just a few miles away. And if Microsoft has to relocate because of political hostilities and lawful-harrassment abuse, then it will give priority shipping to ALL its products to the Chinese market - and just stop shipping to the U.S. markets.
And as far as the EEU armtwisting goes:
Regarding the recent events with Europe's Regulators (i.e., political shakedown artists) beating up Microsoft for bringing tremendous value to people and companies around the world at the lowest possible prices cannot be tolerated.
However, I believe there is a better solution. I suggest that Microsoft use the following strategy:
Microsoft should issue a statement that they are starting a "Data Cartel" and will no longer sell its technology or products to countries or governments that insist on trying to run Microsoft (how would these governments react if Microsoft insisted on running *their* country?).
Microsoft will serve them with notice that they have been placed on "Data Probation" for one year - after which their status will be reviewed and may or may not result in a reinstatement of their purchasing "privileges".
Microsoft can immediately put the entire European continent at a technology competitive disadvantage for a year by withholding its products from the European market. Further, they can use the media to state that Eurobusiness is being disadvantaged because some neo-cheating politicians wanted to glorify their egos by resorting to extortion and arm twisting. How long do you think it will be before there is a HUGE cry to oust these evil politicians?
All Microsoft needs to do is block phone calls from *Euro-peeing* customers who are trying to activate their products. It will take no time at all before the problem gets fixed.
The Eurobusinesses will immediately see that unless they back off from "assaulting" Microsoft, they will quickly become a collection of second-class countries (not that they already are) because they are being denied current technology to use - and to develop for.
Even the smallest cat has fangs and claws that can be used effectively. I believe that Microsoft should take off the gloves and draw blood from those who are trying to victimize them. It's called Self-Defense.
Although articles abound (expecially those originating from the offending industry) claiming huge losses because of the so-called "piracy" in the music industry, it also was absent the reasons why downloading is so popular.
First of all, the "music" (a loosely used term) that the music industry foists upon us - the genre called "(C)rap" - is not very popular outside of the audience that has an intellect that is easily overwhelmed by common cockroaches. So who in their right mind would want to download this ooze?
A small CD replication firm has given me a per-unit CD price quote of 24 cents in a 25,000 quantity. Based on the numbers the recording companies sell (in the millions) I suspect their actual product cost is about 10 cents each. At an average retail price of $19.95 for a music CD - of which about 25 cents is for artist royalties - that leaves about $10 profit for the recording companies after the wholesale costs are subtracted. When you sell something at 100 times your cost, I can't help wondering who the "real" pirates are in this industry.
If the energy companies sold power to California at 100 times their cost, this would be a much different conversation. I guess laws regarding greed don't apply to the liberal-dominated entertainment industry.
No wonder many new artists (including myself) are opting for publishing direct via the internet. Even if we sell less copies, we make much more than the 10-cent per unit pittance the record labels "give" us.
In spite of an economy that has been declining for almost two years - with a corresponding decrease in consumer purchasing power, the music industry's greed has basically put themselves out of business. Lowering prices a few percent won't bring people back in the stores.
Henry Ford senior had it right: "the only thing that makes something not sell is too high a price."
These enviro-nazis aren't interested in making a contribution - just being noisy mufflers. I wish that we could 'register' these people such that the power companies will disconnect their electrical / natural gas services. Don't want them to be hypocritical by consuming energy that is produced by polluting companies. When they try to gas up their stupid Prius (the one with the replacement battery that will cost over $5,000), the arabs in the gas station should refuse to sell them any unleaded - and tell them they should get a bicycle and set an example.
Thirty years ago these people (or their hippie parents) were talking about GLOBAL COOLING. They also said that METHANE was the real problem. Since they were wrong (they always seem to be wrong about everything), they started to talk about GLOBAL WARMING. And because there's a huge amount of scientists that refute and dismiss this claim, now they're talking about CLIMATE CHANGE (I guess they're trying to hedge their stupidity by covering both ends simultaneously.)
And Yes, there is climate change - it happens constantly. In fact, it's the sun that is the culprit for this. If these enviro-nazi ostridges pulled their head out of (you know where - - rhymes with cranial-rectal inversion), they'd see that even the whimpy ice caps on Mars are receding - and at a rate to be expected for it's distance from the sun. But they'd have to admit they were wrong - something that they are genetically incapable of doing. I don't recall seeing any powerplants, SUVs or other CO2 generators being on Mars, so you can draw your own conclusion.
The earth has already experienced several major ice ages and numerous minor ice ages. According to the scientists, at least the ones that have hard data and communicate rationally, we are actually entering another ice age cycle. So if anything, we need MORE CO2 to offset the temperature decreases that we'll see.
These robot-mind idiots don't understand that WE NEED CO2. How do you think plants grow? They 'breathe' CO2 and 'exhale' O2. We, however, breathe O2 and exhale CO2. It's a perfect symbiosis. If the frazzled, frantic, irrational tree-huggers want to reduce CO2, then they should either plant more trees (actually grass is way more efficient) or they should STOP BREATHING.
But to get these misguided and irrational control-freak hypocrates to stop using electricity, natural gas (or equivalent), unleaded gas would be like trying to get a Hyena to become a vegetarian. NOT!
By the way, I'm also giving away FREE Carbon Offset Certificates to everybody who wants to be 'politically correct'. If you want to get your FREE Carbon Offset Certificate, go to:
http://www.tw-profitzone.com/free/
And yes, yes, I'm sure that the slashdot censor nazis will give me a zero rating (something that I wear with pride). Political correctness is just the liberal way of covertly CENSORING Your Free Speech.
Here's what we should all do. Post phony-balony (fictional) data so it can be harvested and merged with the existing data that compromises the identity theft databases.
After several months, the database will be all but USELESS because they won't know what data is valid and what data is false.
No one will want to buy identity data if it contains so much false information, that it becomes useless. It actually becomes DANGEROUS to the purchaser because there's significantly reduced payoff - while it increases the perpetrator's exposure to risk of detection and prosecution.
Every place you visit on the web should be an opportunity to "salt" it with fiction. I recommend that you forward this idea to everyone you know to rapidly make this happen.
I am starting this initiative here and now by posting my (false) data:
Robert DeScully
6733 Orion Ct. Apt-B
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Occupation: IRS Auditor
Annual Income: $187,200
Soc. Sec. No.: 853-98-1294
To paraphrase mayor Daly, "Post soon and post often" (he actually said, "Vote soon and vote often.")
You can get a free carbon offset certificate here: http://www.learn-futures.com/free/
You inadvertently misspelled CONcast. (and after three years, the name *still* evokes memories of piss-poor, lying-cheating-stealing service.) I still have a hard-wired phone at home. And for good reason. When the power goes out, at least I can call for emergency service (police, fire, etc.). Ma Bell/ATT has banks of batteries that are on constant charge in each of their switching buildings. It means that you can still make calls during power outages. Try doing that when your cell/cable phone is non-functioning and a loved one is lying on the floor with an apparent heart attack. Perhaps the cell/cable phone services should be sued for not disclosing that 'crucial' bit of disturbing news when selling you their service. And yes, the slashdot thought police are sure to rack up one more 'politically incorrect' demerit for me - it's just another form of censorship that they engage in (what else can you expect from DEMONcRATS?)
I play guitar too. I found a website that describes how to squeeze 29 pickup tones out of a 3-pickup guitar (let's me get 580% more tones out of my strat) and sound like virtually any electric guitar ever manufactured - from bluesy to tin-canny to surf to muddy and everything else. If you're interested, the information is located at:
http://www.learn-futures.com/product/guitarpg.htm
Apparently so. I just noticed (after one posting) that the 'slashdot thought police' have branded me with a karma of "bad". I guess being politically incorrect, bringing truth to a discussion, and causing some people to uncomfortably squirm is a hallmark of being Politically Incorrect (i.e., someone who should be censored).
I have my own take on this problem of chineeze goods - if you care to listen to someone with "bad" karma...
First, I'm suprised Lenovo didn't just "copy" the computer and sell it as their own. These days, that's a huge problem that affects us all (just ask the president of Calloway Golf Club company who loses millions because of these low quality chin-eeze knock-offs, the Video and Music industries, and pretty much any industry you can think of.).
And it's going to get worse when all the auto manufacturers, who are breaking a leg trying to "do business" with these bastards, find out that once these agents of evil reverse-engineer everything, they'll kick out ford, christ-ler, gm, etc. and 'nationalize' all the resources these companies paid to get up and running. What was their thinking anyway - - that they could sell oodles of $50,000 cars to people who the bulk of make about $4,000 a year?? Idiots, they are.
And to have a totalitarian regime (i.e., chin-a) cop a whine "we can't eliminate all the copying" just doesn't fly. This is the same government that suppresses freedom of speech, freedom of the press, internet freedom and freedom of religion - but can't supress counterfeiting? Ha-roo?
If I were the President of Callaway, here's what I would do: I'd hire the absolute best counterfeit plate maker to make several common denominations of current chin-eeze currency. Then I'd print about 20 TRILLION DOLLARS worth and hire people to scatter it across their totalitarian-infested country.
It would be interesting to see how the chin-eeze government likes being on the receiving end of counterfeiting - especially if it has the potential to topple their government financially. Interestingly, there appears to be no law that specifically bans producing counterfeit currency of totalitarian regimes. Of course our government would probably issue a canned response that would "sternly object to this type of behavior from its citizens."
Gee, for about twenty thousand dollars, someone could financially topple an evil empire (greenpeace, are you listening??)
Perhaps the chin-eeze government should consider making knock-off condums. Come to think of it, they may already have done so - that's why they're so overpopulated.
These people (RIAA) and the recording labels have audio CDs made in Chin-a by slave labor for 10-cents per unit, sell the CDs at retail level for over $20 and pay the artist about 5-cents per unit. I'm beginning to see who the real "pirates" are!
Regarding the USB/Thumb drive: I see a lucrative market need that no one is currently addressing. Why isn't someone creating a small dedicated "cube" that you can plug two thumb drives into. The "cube" would be used to transfer files from one thumb drive to another. It would be much easier to share files with someone without needing a computer to do so. How it would work: Each thumb drive has a required folder named "Transfer" (or whatever). You plug in two thumb drives into the "cube", one thumb drive into the "A" slot, the other goes into the "B" slot. The cube has two push button switches: one transfers all files from the "Transfer" folder of the thumb drive in the "A" slot to the "Transfer" folder of the thumb drive in the "B" slot. The other push button switch does it in reverse (i.e., from "B" to "A"). If you design and sell them, at least give me credit for making you a fortune.
Brilliant politicians: save 25-cents on the energy bulbs will not be burning in the evening -- only to waste incredibly more energy driving around doing more shopping. Makes about as much sense as the Alternative Minimum Tax. Perhaps we should create "Alternative Maximum Deductions" to negate this additional theft.
I completely agree. Maybe Ford should patent their vehicle "user interface": e.g., steering wheel on the left side, accelerator pedal for right foot, brake for left foot, radio in the middle of the dash. They could even stop building cars - just live on royalties from other car manufacturers who build cars that use Ford's "patented" User Interface. I'll bet that the patent examiner who permitted this is probably making over $60,000 a year. (another reason to roll back big government). I think that I'm going to file a patent for all 26 letters of the alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase). This way, when ever anybody talks or writes, I get patent royalties.