en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/527501 Comments by netroworx http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-drumbeats-against-software-patents-are-getting-louder.html#IDComment32724145 Brad, software patents could offer startups a competitive advantage when raising funds. What other ways could a small software startup use to defend against large software firms who could with the stroke of a pen patent their latest coolest idea? Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:51:44 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-drumbeats-against-software-patents-are-getting-louder.html#IDComment32724145 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/ancient-ms-dos-tricks.html#IDComment32096974 Nerdy but coudl be worse Brad. Your post reminds of my worst nightmare. Actually typing rm -r *.out on a unix machine while working on an assigment. Unfortunately I didn't let go of the shift key in time and so got: rm -r *>out which wiped out all my source files Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:01:23 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/ancient-ms-dos-tricks.html#IDComment32096974 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/05/my-airplane-super-power.html#IDComment20696317 My super power is that I can read, write, and think software in any language, I barely even notice the specific syntax of a piece of source code any more. Tue, 5 May 2009 00:55:20 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/05/my-airplane-super-power.html#IDComment20696317