It looks like they allowed user-submitted POIs on that photo.

Has it been around since before 1999? 1989? Honest question. If so they have a chance at proving prior art on the patent and invalidating it.

The lawsuit was about whether they were on even footing in that competition, and as the jury saw it, they were not.

Step 1: Offend a (preferably large) group of readers.

"Generally don't need" is a bit different from "no one should be allowed to have" don't you think?

That's what I would think. As far as I knew, the only thing that can't be discharged would be a student loan, but I'm by no means an expert on the subject.

Bankruptcy at least only screws you for like a decade. If he has to pay this off it's like he just bought a McMansion and he isn't allowed to live in it.

*Kazaa

Seriously though, can he declare bankruptcy and get rid of this or will it stay with him forever? I have a hard time believing that the RIAA will actually ever collect this ridiculous sum of money from the kid.

Kazaa*

It's wrong, wash bucket. Oh, it would be sweet for a while, but in the back of our minds we'd know that I'm a man and you're janitorial equipment.

Nostalgia! I never had Prodigy but I did use Compuserve for a time. And AOL back when it was a walled garden with the only links to the outside world being Gopher search or FTP.

What you did there, I see it.

Yeah but if they did that it would cost more due to the custom staggered busbars required on the inside.

He said, moving. So, you'd have to factor in how many taxis you'd need to hire to take all your stuff with you vs getting one of those pod things or a trailer..

Nice analogy.

This is a good idea. Add in an allowance system or some kind of accounting system where you can give rentals to your kids (without having to give unfettered access to your credit card) and I'm in.

It kinda has to, unless they crowdsourced the work, which would be a no-no.

Either my old HP laptop or the Apple IIGS we bought just when the Apple II ecosystem was basically dying.

For that kind of money you could even just buy a box of pre-stripped, color-coded jumper wires.