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ursangnome ([personal profile] ursangnome) wrote2006-02-20 05:14 pm

Unrelated, but interesting...

Well, first off, either Google thinks I'm in China, or they've caved in to Rumsfled's goons. Because when I follow this link, I get "This video is not playable in your country."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4258374615945369026&q=night%20explosion


And now, more interestingly, there's signs of intelligence from the US Patent Office:

from: Patently-O: Patent Law Blog

PTO Requests Model of Warp Drive Invention

The Worsley-Twist warp drive does not depend upon traditional emissions of matter to create thrust. Rather, the drive creates a change in the curvature of the space-time continuum — thus allowing travel by warping space-time. Worsley & Twist patent application recently suffered another setback. The Examiner has now requested a working model:

Applicant is required to furnish a model of the instant invention. 35

[identity profile] filkerdave.livejournal.com 2006-02-21 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
ISTR reading else-LJ that that's actually controlled by the person uploading the video, not Google.