2011-11-21, 13:02 | Link #17781 |
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‘Pizza’ Party Codeword May Have Doomed CIA Spies
"Hezbollah may have just rolled up the CIA’s network of spies devoted to
cracking the secrets of the Lebanese Shiite extremist group. If so, it’s because of one of the stupidest, least secure code words in history." See: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/pizza-cia/ |
2011-11-21, 15:19 | Link #17782 |
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A chocolate in any other color wouldn’t taste as sweet, the British confectioner says.
The chocolatier, which started swathing its chocolate bars in royal purple wrappers over 100 years ago to honor Queen Victoria, has fought off a challenge from rival Nestlé, which claimed Cadbury should never have been able to trademark the color back in 2008. The registrar at the UK Intellectual Property Office disagreed, saying the particular shade of purple – pantone 2865c – had a sufficiently “distinctive character” to warrant the trademark. http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/11/21/...-color-purple/ Tech companies aren't the only Patent Trolls out there now. Anyone know how i can go about patenting the color green?
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2011-11-21, 15:52 | Link #17783 | |
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I'd trade marking red, white, and red and white right now. Fork over the cash, Santa!
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2011-11-21, 16:12 | Link #17784 | |
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Dilbert on Patents/Trademarks: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-12-30/ http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2007-04-15/ http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-09-09/ http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-10-18/ |
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2011-11-21, 16:36 | Link #17785 |
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Cadbury's purple is a pretty distinct thing though. In Britain and Ireland that colour has become synonymous with that chocolate brand. I think it's legit. I don't think the trademark on the colour should extend outside chocolate and other confectionaries though.
For instance I'd say you could legally market a detergent with such a colour. |
2011-11-21, 16:48 | Link #17786 | |
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2011-11-21, 17:40 | Link #17787 | |
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2011-11-21, 17:48 | Link #17788 |
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More likely just a copyright of a packaging style. That it happen to be an unusual shade of a color is why it works in this case. Most companies us more normal colors, depending on how they wish to attact consumers to their product in the store.
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2011-11-21, 21:08 | Link #17789 |
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The Seattle Mariners just lost a player.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...tml?tid=pm_pop I've heard about how the Japanese follow the Mariners since a lot of their players ended up there. I guess this might also be big news in Japan then. |
2011-11-21, 21:54 | Link #17790 |
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Congressional Budget "Super Committee" fails to reach an agreement on time; pre-defined cuts take effect
Not overly surprising, but really - do these guys not understand negotiation and diplomacy? Sure wish I could have a job where I just trumpeted my beliefs all day and refused to give in to what anyone else wanted...
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2011-11-22, 00:34 | Link #17791 |
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It's just that the parties are far too extreme based.
I think it's worse for republicans frankly. There are moderate democrats. You can't be a moderate republican and be in congress these days. Still either way, I honestly don't care cause even if I did, what good will it do. The entire system needs to be restructured. |
2011-11-22, 06:51 | Link #17792 |
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Obama pushes payroll tax cut after debt panel fails
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7AJ0KE20111122
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2011-11-22, 12:08 | Link #17793 | ||
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The now infamous Lt. John Pike is getting a taste of what he deserves.
Pepper spray cop is now immortal with a total new viral meme.
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So there's no such thing as bad publicity? You might ask that police lieutenant. UC Davis police lieutenant John Pike, that is. Say hello to him the next time you see him at the unemployment office. Quote:
They have a slide show at that second link too. Boy, is he getting what he deserves.
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2011-11-22, 14:34 | Link #17794 |
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Two women who claim they were molested by a fugitive paedophile fear their alleged abuser will escape justice thanks to human rights laws.
Cousins Jessica Schaefer and Sheena Perry say that Shawn Sullivan, 42, sexually assaulted them when they were just 11 - and have waived their right to anonymity to demand that he be deported to the U.S. Sullivan has been wanted in his American homeland since fleeing in 1994 when he was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl as well as the two cousins. When he came to the UK he was arrested after his name appeared on a most wanted list. It was while in a British jail that he married a civil servant from the Ministry of Justice - and he could now claim that his right to a family life should stop him being extradited, according to the Sun. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...n-Britain.html Someone form the other side of the Atlantic want to explain how the Human Rights Act works?
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2011-11-22, 16:39 | Link #17797 |
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Now, this is a very loyal dog:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15825892 Just thinking about this story is... kinda teary. Thankfully, neighbors support the dog.
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2011-11-22, 16:56 | Link #17798 | |
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I fail to ee the link betweem civil right and his ''reason'' .
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2011-11-22, 18:11 | Link #17799 |
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R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey.
Anne McCaffrey, 1926 – 2011 Some of my very first books that I bought with my own money were written by her.
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2011-11-22, 18:12 | Link #17800 | |
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some of my very first scifi books were her pern books.
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