I think you mean the damage is "astounding", not "outstanding."

Here.... I ... go... :::whimper:::

I LOVE the fact that the thing came BACK for a second pass on their ruined corpses.

So... mars is clearly a chick?

For what it's worth (selfish plug) I agree, and posted as much about 2 weeks ago: [law-ls.blogspot.com]

Touche, sir. Touche.

Keep fighting the good fight, G. But I don't think much will stick around here... :-(

When you ask it a question for which the answer is a perspective or opinion that's what you get. Asking questions about justifications for bad things, and religion are all perspective-based issues, so you get an opinion in return.

Thanks!

Out of curiosity, how many responded?

Nonissue: the environment is always changing.

Non issue. Patents exist not to cause the evolution of the patent holder, but of the competitors to teh patent holder. In other words, HTC sees a patent by Apple (whether by research or infringement) and has to design new technologies to compete that are different, new and do no infringe. As a result, you now have two…

Also, Apple is not a patent troll. Patent trolls are actually called NPEs (NonPracticing Entities) for a reason: They are companies with patents that don't actually MAKE anything with those patents, and likely don't license them.

WADR, Brent, that's not how innovation moves forward. If you want to take Darwinism as an analogy (my degree is in evolutionary biology, so let's ROLL!!! ;-) ), species only change when pressured. If there are no survival pressures being applied, there's no pressure to adapt and change.

My theory is that, IF we 'shot' it down, there was some intelligence to teh effect that this was more than a Mars rover/drone/satellite.

I still don't get it. How would radar cause an engine fail to ignite?

Anyone who has ever built a computer knows how bad of an idea this is. I know I always forget to plug something in/forget a cable/etc, and have to take it all apart because I closed the case w/o testing.

For me, specifically, Cables, mouse pads, USB storage, computer cases and cd/dvd drives. I never go off brand for mice, computer PSUs, or ram.

Here's the golden rule:

Here's a good solution: Don't talk on the phone while you drive.