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this patent situation has been stupid for a very, very long time. The computer/tech industry is just now starting to realize what other industries have known for years. Look at pharmaceuticals and biotech, for example. Its an unholy minefield of shitty patents that would take forever to litigate. Companies end up signing cross-lisencing agreements and other such nonsense to get around each other's crap patents. And they just accept it.

Thing is, its not just the USPTO - crappy patents have been allowed all over the world. Do a patent search on microencapsulation some time - its almost funny how much crap has been accepted for process patents that are painfully, painfully commonsense practices. The whole thing has become a farce.

I'd mod that cunt up to heaven.

count me out, girly-man... not my scene, if'n ya no wut eye meen.

Have you tried asking CmderTaco? I here he's available...

have you considered the merits of douching your ass with a boiling vat of sulfuric acid? does the body good!

and stop eating your own shit... that's disgusting!

b0ng!

spank me eternal, baby!

but I do like the ladies!

gimme a fuckin' sandwich!

jubilation

maybe Lucas can get Britney to replace Natalie

I would guess that the answer is "NO".

I bought a nice Christmasy towel set at Kohl's for 50% off!

just shell out the cash for an OC3 line, pansy.

but not Arwen... she freaks me out

what if Enron were bought by Gandalf? 'Cause then they'd be 0wn3d by a kick-ass 3117 wizard with one of them elven ring things... and a bitchin' horse.

Not that I have anything for his horse, not my scene.

d00d...

should I have not mentioned that site so long ago???

not that I disagree, it does suck.

I'd like to see her streak across a campus...

do me, you 7000 year old bitch!

she's pretty hot for a fuckin' ancient whore.

if Sarah gets naked

what about Lucy? I heard she has the crabs...

naw... I just fuck sheep.

not a spork, I'll tell ya!

hot damn! I'm on fire!

no, really! I'm fucking on fire!

Put me out, now!

I thought you offed yourself long ago

I just wet myself, I was laughing so hard...

oh, no, sorry, that was just my bladder control problem.

I need a new diaper.

I fucked a gnome last night! It was fun! And it had lots of bandwidth, let me tell you...

the open source community can whore its self out for cash, and that's good, but profitable companies cannot be cash whores.

That is what we all need.

Convert the picture into ASCII, will you?

I spend $9.95 a month on cheap crack-whores.