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[04:00] <OneSr> Hello guys :)  help-me -> http://OneSr.zeekler.com thx
[04:29] <chloric> good evening florida
[14:02] <maxolasersquad> B&N is asking the justice department to look into Microsoft's patent trolling behavior.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-08/barnes-noble-urges-u-s-regulators-to-probe-microsoft-on-mobile-patents.html
[14:45] <zoopster> funny thing is someone wrote an article about MS's behavior of late...if they cannot copy successfully they will attempt to litigate a win
[15:00] <maxolasersquad> With the success of the Zune and Windows Mobile it's just about the only thing they have left.
[15:00] <maxolasersquad> Like the thugs in Mexico resorting to kidnappings and extortions.
[15:33] <zoopster> success of windows mobile? um...it's not successful
[15:33] <zoopster> oh
[15:33] <zoopster> nevermind
[15:34] <zoopster> misread it
[15:34] <zoopster> yes...agree maxolasersquad
[15:37] <mianosm> Apple is the same way, can't 'innovate' anymore - better litigate!
[15:37] <mianosm> Funny that food/clothes can be copied for functionality/preference, but other things can not. :(
[15:45] <zoopster> mianosm: heh...even food copying is being litigated these days
[15:47] <mianosm> zoopster: really? I heard about the honeycrisp apples deal, but there is other stuff going on too now?
[15:49] <zoopster> mianosm: like this one...http://www.organicconsumers.org/Monsanto/farmerssued.cfm around genetic engineering
[15:50] <zoopster> haven't seen much recently, but there was a movie made about it a few years back
[16:31] <maxolasersquad> zoopster: Food Inc http://www.foodincmovie.com/
[16:40] <DammitJim> +1 maxolasersquad 
[16:40] <DammitJim> the problem I have after watching that documentary is that it's very hard to make ends meet because of the price differences
[19:16] <maxolasersquad> DammitJim: The massive subsidies that go into "mainstreem" food do make it hard to buy other stuff.
[19:16] <maxolasersquad> We do it where we can.
[19:17] <DammitJim> that's right...