Like most modern wars, WW1 was mostly to do with oil and power. The thing with Archduke Ferdinand was a pretext.UBERfionn said:That's because WW1, more so then most wars, was a stupid war fought for no real reason while still killing so many people.Serving UpSmiles said:We care about WW1 though, look up trench foot, nasty stuff.UBERfionn said:British people I know don't care about WW2 anymore.
It was the first of the modern wars. Still just as civilized as ever though.
He lost my basketball team, and now he lost my respect.GrahamS said:It is 100% true.Quiet Stranger said:Is this thing about Paul Allen true at all?
What the hell, right?
He's the 37th richest man on earth and he co-founded Microsoft. He is Bill Gates's number 2.oktalist said:On patent trolls...
O noes, some guy I've never heard of is suing Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix and Yahoo for patent infringement. You do know that those very same companies are constantly suing private individuals for infringing their own frivolous patent mountains, right? The whole patent system is a joke, and has been for some time.
Why do you say that?oktalist said:On patent trolls...
O noes, some guy I've never heard of is suing Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix and Yahoo for patent infringement. You do know that those very same companies are constantly suing private individuals for infringing their own frivolous patent mountains, right? The whole patent system is a joke, and has been for some time.
Patents can be applied to something which did not exist in the 18th century: software. All you have to do is confuse the technologically illiterate patent officers with complicated wording and you can get a patent for anything, regardless of how obvious it is. And when, twenty years after it's filed, the patent lapses, society gains nothing, unlike patents for proper inventions where the designs fall into the public domain, that being the trade-off made when one chooses to file for a patent; the designs associated with software patents are not substantial enough to be worth anything to an engineer wanting to implement a system similar to the one described.Tharwen said:Why do you say that?oktalist said:On patent trolls...
O noes, some guy I've never heard of is suing Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix and Yahoo for patent infringement. You do know that those very same companies are constantly suing private individuals for infringing their own frivolous patent mountains, right? The whole patent system is a joke, and has been for some time.
Patent trolls just gamble with a risky loophole in an otherwise sound system (which has stayed fundamentally the same since the 18th century).