Re: OT: inconsiderate shoppers

Nov 13, 2018 Last reply: 7 years ago 7 Replies

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Vir Campestris 7 years ago

> The whole concept of a thing which doesn't physically exist costing
> money is crazy. Same goes for patents. Let's say you have an idea, how
> to make a widget function better. So you make 50,000 of them. I buy
> one and manage to make an identical one, but cheaper. Nobody buys yours
> anymore. That's tough on you. Your idea cannot be worth anything, it
> does not actually physically exist.

Let say I spend ten years of my life living in poverty, and develop a better mousetrap.

Should you be allowed to copy my design?

The good side of patents is that they encourage innovation.

The bad side of course is patent trolls.

Andy

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Max Demian 7 years ago

I would have thought they would die of hunger before that unless there's a lot of peanut butter. They need to eat every few hours to maintain their body temperature.

Well Warfarin causes them to bleed to death, usually internally. (Curious that they use the same name for the variant used to treat thrombosis.)

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The Natural Philosopher 7 years ago

I've watched a cat die of strychnine. Horrible.

Should only be used on politicians.

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soup 7 years ago

Nothing Humane about them. Better a quick snapped neck/back than a slow death from starvation/cold. If you release them in your garden they are back in the house before you are. If you release them miles away either they don't find somewhere to live or they don't know where the food sources are or the locals gang up on them (no beneficial immigration policies in the rodent world).

Thins their blood so they bleed (internally) to death.

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