On Tuesday 19 June 2007 06:58, tedd wrote: > Yes, but the fact still remains, for the exception of drug companies > passing DNA sequences off as patents, In the bad old U S of A you can patent your own grandmother (or at least someone somewhere thinks you ought be able to). > the *majority* of patents for > inventions are due to the efforts of a lone risk taker putting his > money, time, and effort on the line trying to invent something. I've no idea what the figures are but I find that hard to believe, do you have any sources to backup that claim? > And, one *never* could "conduct high energy particle physics > experiments in my own basement and launch interplanetary space probes > from my own backyard". Lighten up, it's satire. -- Crayon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
