Patents vs. Secrecy 219
giampy writes "New Scientist is reporting that the NSA appears to be having its patent applications increasingly blocked by the Pentagon. From the article: 'the fact that the Pentagon is classifying things that the NSA believes should be public is an indication of how much secrecy has crept into government over the past few years.'"
If you can't patent it... (Score:5, Funny)
win/win (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Inventions for Bond Jr. (Score:2, Funny)
"US04375625 Method and apparatus for penetrating tin-foil hats"
I suppose (Score:2, Funny)
Re:If you can't patent it... (Score:2, Funny)
I can tell by your UID that you're not new here. I can only believe that perhaps you've been on sabbatical for the last 7 years. Perhaps you are recently recovering from amnesia? Did you buy your Slashdot account on Ebay?
In any case it is my unfortunate duty to inform you that everything is the Bush administration's fault. In fact, I have it on good authority that the Bush administration caused cancer, created the 2004 Tsunami, and were the real authors behind the "Hot Coffee" mod. These acts and many others been uncovered by trusted sites such as MichaelMoore.com, The Onion, and Slashdot.
The truth is that they are responsible for just about everything since their takeover of the Lewinsky administration. Sorry to break it to you like this but they are pure dag-nasty evil, it's just a fact.
Re:There is not enough data... (Score:5, Funny)
Never mess with the guys that can answer (Score:3, Funny)
US Military: "We don't want you to release that information."
You: "Oh yeah who is going to make me? You and what army?"
US Military: "Well......."
Re:There is not enough data... (Score:2, Funny)
Judging from the whinging during the lead-up to the last election, the Bill of Rights was supposed to have been history not later than sometime last month; yet it's still with us. But, then, that's the government for you; they never could deliver anything on schedule or within budget.
-rpl