Posts by dm1

LOHAN seeks rocketeer for explosive relationship

J Class...

If I am googleing right that is a motor charge weighing around 200-240 MilliJubs...

Want to see that!!

Hero Playmonaut lost at sea as SPEARS ditches in Channel

Cause identified

It is scientifically know yellow color brings bad luck. The lot of the playmonaut was doomed since the moment the new outfit was selected.

This major test flight result should be duly noted and forbade future use of yellow spacesuits any mission.

iPad app that lets mute kids speak menaced by patent lawsuit

Poblem: Mixing 3 issues into one: patents, prices and who finances medical care

There is a problem in the arguments of several posts: we are mixing discussions on patents/price with a discussion on who should finance care for the frail.

If we want medical care/medicines/devices to be accesible to those with relatively rare diseases, where available treatment can be expensive, then the solution is a government subsidy.

Once we sorted that out, managing issues about patents and costs are easier: cost of developing medical products is very high (even if the application seems minor, validating it can be very expensive), you need inventing new treatments to be profitable (or no one will do it), and there are provisions for compulsory licenses if a population is in need.

If the government is the one being ripped off with the weapon of a threatened patent litigation based in vaporware -likes it seems the case here-, Gov can throw its resources against the patent holder and force price competition.

Atlantis spacewalkers snapped through shuttle windows

Weird Calculators

Actually they look quite like a gazillion $ kitchen timer...