Comments on: EFF creates the "Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents" http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: MaximumOvertroll http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1615216 MaximumOvertroll Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1615216 Should've been named the Notch Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents Should’ve been named the Notch Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents

]]> By: ewertz http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1614916 ewertz Mon, 24 Dec 2012 04:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1614916 $250K?  Between the cost of the comfy chair and the lawyer to sit in it, Cuban's set us up nicely for maybe three months. Can we do this on a contingent fee instead...? 1/2 :-) $250K?  Between the cost of the comfy chair and the lawyer to sit in it, Cuban’s set us up nicely for maybe three months.

Can we do this on a contingent fee instead…? 1/2 :-)

]]> By: phlavor http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613481 phlavor Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613481 Yeah I was well into it before i realized it was actually patents. As much as I would love to, eliminating stupid parents is wrought with legal and moral complications. Yeah I was well into it before i realized it was actually patents. As much as I would love to, eliminating stupid parents is wrought with legal and moral complications.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613250 oasisob1 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613250 Philiosophically I am randy, too. Philiosophically I am randy, too.

]]> By: arzvi http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613226 arzvi Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613226 sensing some sarcasm here. If you want to believe in humanity check out how oatmeal and realjohngreen raise moolah for charities, 300l$ in matter of hours. sensing some sarcasm here. If you want to believe in humanity check out how oatmeal and realjohngreen raise moolah for charities, 300l$ in matter of hours.

]]> By: arzvi http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613227 arzvi Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613227 awesome!! awesome!!

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613192 howaboutthisdangit Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613192 I'm donating my money to buy a new Congress.  They seem to be pretty cheap, if you bypass all of that election stuff. I’m donating my money to buy a new Congress.  They seem to be pretty cheap, if you bypass all of that election stuff.

]]> By: Rindan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613152 Rindan Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613152 Mark Cuban is a solid lefty libertarian.  He is a social libertarian nut (and I mean that in a good way), doesn't worship at the feet of corporations, is skeptical of large government institutions, but without the usual libertarian demands to abolish all government and end social welfare and taxes.  He is the ideal of what the Republican party could and should be if they just drove the bat shit crazy out. Mark Cuban is a solid lefty libertarian.  He is a social libertarian nut (and I mean that in a good way), doesn’t worship at the feet of corporations, is skeptical of large government institutions, but without the usual libertarian demands to abolish all government and end social welfare and taxes.  He is the ideal of what the Republican party could and should be if they just drove the bat shit crazy out.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613133 Robert Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613133 Here's how to reform the patent process. 1. Get an army. 2. Storm the USPTO buildings using the army men. 3. Find any and all rubber stamps, and take them away. 4. Landfill the rubber stamps. 5. Post army men in the mailrooms, making sure that they do not resupply with more rubber stamps. 6. ??? 7. Profit! Here’s how to reform the patent process.

1. Get an army.

2. Storm the USPTO buildings using the army men.

3. Find any and all rubber stamps, and take them away.

4. Landfill the rubber stamps.

5. Post army men in the mailrooms, making sure that they do not resupply with more rubber stamps.

6. ???

7. Profit!

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613130 Jake0748 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613130  Yeah... that'll work. Everybody being so nice and charitable and all.  Yeah… that’ll work. Everybody being so nice and charitable and all.

]]> By: Vincenzo Ravina http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613102 Vincenzo Ravina Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613102 Cuban's always very anti-patent trolling on Shark Tank. Kevin O'Leary is always going on about patenting things and suing the violators. Well, not always. Occasionally. And then Cuban yells at him. I'm pretty sure Kevin is intimidated by Cuban, because he's by far the richest on the Shark Tank panel. It's interesting to see Kevin is such a position, because he's always very confident on Dragons' Den. I've written about this at length in the past because I'm a crazy person: http://polargrizz.tumblr.com/post/33336309458/the-case-against-bruce-croxon-dragons-den Cuban’s always very anti-patent trolling on Shark Tank. Kevin O’Leary is always going on about patenting things and suing the violators. Well, not always. Occasionally. And then Cuban yells at him.

I’m pretty sure Kevin is intimidated by Cuban, because he’s by far the richest on the Shark Tank panel. It’s interesting to see Kevin is such a position, because he’s always very confident on Dragons’ Den. I’ve written about this at length in the past because I’m a crazy person: http://polargrizz.tumblr.com/post/33336309458/the-case-against-bruce-croxon-dragons-den

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613068 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613068 He's odd. He identifies himself as philosophically Randian, but his behavior does not necessarily support that declaration. He’s odd. He identifies himself as philosophically Randian, but his behavior does not necessarily support that declaration.

]]> By: jsd http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613063 jsd Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613063 The Pitch Back was a huge part of my childhood. Your grandfather is a great man.  The Pitch Back was a huge part of my childhood. Your grandfather is a great man. 

]]> By: Xof http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613064 Xof Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613064 <blockquote>Maybe if this works out well we can start a charity to give health care and retirement benefits to seniors!</blockquote>Workin' on it.

Maybe if this works out well we can start a charity to give health care and retirement benefits to seniors!

Workin’ on it.

]]> By: the_wakeful http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613046 the_wakeful Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613046 Wow. As a Suns' fan I've spent many years assuming that guy was a raging asshole. Time to reevaluate. Wow. As a Suns’ fan I’ve spent many years assuming that guy was a raging asshole. Time to reevaluate.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613040 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613040 You're guessing incorrectly. You’re guessing incorrectly.

]]> By: the_wakeful http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613037 the_wakeful Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613037 Is this the same Mark Cuban that owns the Dallas Mavericks? Somehow I'm guessing no. Is this the same Mark Cuban that owns the Dallas Mavericks? Somehow I’m guessing no.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613035 Boundegar Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613035 Wait...  you mean we're taking up a collection to hire somebody to do what the government is supposed to do?  Game, set, match to the Republican Party. Maybe if this works out well we can start a charity to give health care and retirement benefits to seniors! Wait…  you mean we’re taking up a collection to hire somebody to do what the government is supposed to do?  Game, set, match to the Republican Party.

Maybe if this works out well we can start a charity to give health care and retirement benefits to seniors!

]]> By: Larry Dixon http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1613021 Larry Dixon Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1613021 This.  Is.  Awesome. My grandfather was an inventor... creator of, among other things, the Pitch Back, that orange net-and-angled-frame used for decades in baseball training. He created that because as a career military pilot, he was not around to play baseball much with my father. He created the Pitch Back as a way he could play catch with my dad when he was not actually there in person. One after another the Dixon family saw knockoffs and outright forgeries of my grandfather's designs, even after he sold rights to big corps. Anyway, I celebrated this news about the perfectly-named Chair by going and buying a Humble Bundle. Go EFF! and thanks for all your hard work. This.  Is.  Awesome.

My grandfather was an inventor… creator of, among other things, the Pitch Back, that orange net-and-angled-frame used for decades in baseball training.

He created that because as a career military pilot, he was not around to play baseball much with my father. He created the Pitch Back as a way he could play catch with my dad when he was not actually there in person.

One after another the Dixon family saw knockoffs and outright forgeries of my grandfather’s designs, even after he sold rights to big corps.

Anyway, I celebrated this news about the perfectly-named Chair by going and buying a Humble Bundle.

Go EFF! and thanks for all your hard work.

]]> By: Milton Pope http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1612990 Milton Pope Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1612990 They're too late. I already patented that chair! They’re too late. I already patented that chair!

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1612978 Jake0748 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1612978 Mark Cuban and Markus Persson rock.  My nominees for dudes of the week. Mark Cuban and Markus Persson rock.  My nominees for dudes of the week.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1612975 nixiebunny Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1612975 It's gonna take a couple billion dollars to get rid of all the stupid patents.  It’s gonna take a couple billion dollars to get rid of all the stupid patents. 

]]> By: crummett http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1612967 crummett Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1612967 I thought this said "...Eliminate Stupid PARENTS!" A noble effort, but perhaps misguided. I thought this said “…Eliminate Stupid PARENTS!” A noble effort, but perhaps misguided.

]]> By: Xof http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/eff-creates-the-mark-cuban-c.html#comment-1612957 Xof Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201672#comment-1612957 I have had daydreams of doing this with my wealth, when I have any. This is great. I have had daydreams of doing this with my wealth, when I have any. This is great.

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