So Much Potential

from the let-the-potential-punsihment-fit-the-potential-crime dept

Mon, Apr 11th 2011 2:35pm — Nina Paley

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Matthew Krum, 11 Apr 2011 @ 2:49pm

Awesome..
That's awesome! Reminds me of South Park's YouTube episode where everyone was making theoretical dollars! =-)
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ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 11 Apr 2011 @ 2:50pm

Heh.
Invest it wisely...
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lux (profile), 11 Apr 2011 @ 3:09pm

Progaganda.
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ChurchHatesTucker (profile), 11 Apr 2011 @ 3:12pm

Re:
I don't think she gets paid for these, so it'd be amateur gag anda.
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Anonymous Coward, 11 Apr 2011 @ 3:28pm

Re:
You're allowed to smile sometimes.

Unless someone got the patent on that...
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Anonymous Coward, 11 Apr 2011 @ 3:35pm

and the lawyers are stealing past income... but feel free to blame socialism. err, taxes. uh, wait, pirates. too many forums for me.
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Anonymous Coward, 11 Apr 2011 @ 4:03pm

Re:
"All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescapably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda." - Upton Sinclair

But what does that guy know?
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xenomancer (profile), 11 Apr 2011 @ 5:14pm

Re: Re:
It's pending...
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Anonymous Coward, 11 Apr 2011 @ 5:16pm

Re:
Why are you pro Lady Gaga?
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Nicedoggy, 11 Apr 2011 @ 6:59pm

Re: Re: Re:
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/guidance/ePetition-FAQs.jsp

Woot!
Didn't you try the new automated filling system that grants patents automatically and instantaneously?
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charliebrown (profile), 11 Apr 2011 @ 10:09pm

There's my laugh for the day =D
Thank you!
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Danny, 12 Apr 2011 @ 7:09am

It is amazing...
how companies think that "potential income" is actually owed to them. I work tech support for a bank and make less than the national average for my line of work. Does that mean I can sue for the difference under the claim that its "potential income"?
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Shon Gale (profile), 12 Apr 2011 @ 7:11am

Me: Hey God! I hear that a second to you is like a thousand years to me!
God: That's correct.
Me: So God, how about giving me a million dollars? I've been good and faithful.
God: OK! Wait a second!
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Anonymous Coward, 12 Apr 2011 @ 8:22am

Re: It is amazing...
Oh me too! Add me to the list of underpaid IT pros...
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Jose_X, 21 Apr 2011 @ 9:11pm

Cartoon has potential
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