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Old 09-04-2014, 07:52 AM   #38 (permalink)
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As far as withholding patent applications, I'm sure you know the history of Bell's telephone patent which preceeded his competitors patent by 2 hours. T
Lol, patents, because 2 hours means you should have a codified monopoly on something, and you should always need government protection from competition for every thought in your head. /s

In the Corral, they are simply an excuse for hiding information, or an appeal to "authority".

ICE's are gonna get smaller as plug-in takes over, and with that power abstraction we are gonna finally see more turbines that don't waste energy on reversing pistons and dozens of other friction points. But not until we have milked the @#$@# out of the piston.
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