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  1. Comment - Apple Fights Use of 'Pod' by Others

    (Aug 18, 2006 - 11:08 AM)

    I think this comes down to the question: What is a POD? Sure there are pea pods for legumes. There are casings or housings like fuel pods on jet fighters. And 2001's pods. A really great definition on YourDictionary is "something resembling a pod." The general idea is that a pod is some sort of container holding something.

    How do you get an enforcable trademark on a word? Ford, Vasoline, Nokia, and Compaq make sense to trademark. Even iPod. But to include car, lubricant, cell phone, personal computer, and pod does not make sense.

    After seeing the picture of a Profit Pod there is no hope of confusing it for an iPod. First, you would have to find a way to hardwire the nice color wires into your computer. Then all its going to do is count quarters. Even if they called it a profitPod, I don't think there would be any confusion about it playing music.

    After the revolution, the lawyers will be the first against the wall.

  2. Comment - House Passes Bill to Block Web Sites

    (Aug 1, 2006 - 10:26 AM)

    The only way to protect children from predators is to lock them in a box and shove food through a little door in the side. Or teach them to protect themselves. Generally there are 2 sets of computers in a school. Classroom computers should not have access to social networking. Library computers may be the only opportunity for some kids to access the internet. Those should not restrict social networking, although net nanny might be useful to block some sites. Children know more about the "ways of the world" than parents give them credit. The concept of sex, drugs, and rock and roll is present in the children of the 21st century the same as it was in the 20th. The children need protection everywhere, in the malls, on the streets, in the church, and even in the home - mostly in the home from people they know and trust. Children need education about risks but not total paranoia. All these problems with MySpace are generated at home where adults send the kid off to the computer in their bedroom, completly unsupervised.