Pwned!
Verizon, in its attempt to litigate VoIP competitor Vonage silly, seems to have laid inadvertent claim to a patent on the entire Internet. Claims upheld in Verizon’s victory include:
6. A method as in claim 1, wherein the public packet data communication network is a packet switched network.
7. A method as in claim 6, wherein [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: “Bag’s Groove”
Kinda Like Chicken
It’s astonishing that 68 million-year-old fossilized bones can contain preserved soft tissue, sure, but what’s really cool is that protein molecules found therein can be used to demonstrate an evolutionary link to modern birds.
“I mean can you imagine pulling a bone out the ground after 68 million years and then getting intact protein sequences?” said [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh
And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe,
But will suspect ’twas he that made the slaughter?”
—Henry VI, Part 2, 3.2.188
