Archive for category: Stupidity

Digital Libraries Considered Bad

December 16, 2004 | Intellectual Property, Public Domain Resources, Rants and Raves, Stupidity | By: Mark VandeWettering

Sometimes, you just have to shake your head at the stupidity of people. Today’s installment comes from the editorial pages of the New York Times, where we find the following (registration required): To the Editor: Re “Google Is Adding Major Libraries to Its Database” (front page, Dec. 14): While having online access to some great […]

Don’t Try This at Home

October 16, 2004 | Link of the Day, Stupidity | By: Mark VandeWettering

A Cunning Stunt

Talking Boards Patents and Trademarks

August 19, 2004 | Link of the Day, Public Domain Resources, Quack of the Day, Stupidity | By: Mark VandeWettering

For some reason, I found a reference to an early patent on Ouija boards, and with a bit of digging, came up with this page of Talking Boards Patents and Trademarks. Most of these early patents declare it a game, rather than a legitimate way to contact the dead. Using pat2pdf, I extracted a few […]

blog.noetech.com: Overhaulin’

May 21, 2004 | Rants and Raves, Stupidity | By: Mark VandeWettering

Sweet Manatee of Santa Fe. Apparently if you post an article about a TV show on your blog, you become their official voice on the Web. Read the comments below the main posting. If you really do want to get on the show, a simple Google search will turn find you how, admittedly below the […]