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Google Linux servers hit with $5m patent infringement verdict (The Register)

Posted Apr 21, 2011 22:45 UTC (Thu) by SEJeff (guest, #51588)
In reply to: Google Linux servers hit with $5m patent infringement verdict (The Register) by richo123
Parent article: Google Linux servers hit with $5m patent infringement verdict (The Register)

The us has 1 weapon more powerful than any military weapon in the world to prevent this from ever happening. They are called import / export tarrifs. Lets see texas secede and prevent itsself from falling apart if the US Fed put a 20% premium of anything coming in or out of it.

If they didn't call it quits, it would fall into a 3rd world country or be absorbed by the Mexican drug cartels.

Google Linux servers hit with $5m patent infringement verdict (The Register)

Posted Apr 22, 2011 1:20 UTC (Fri) by nicooo (guest, #69134) [Link] (1 responses)

I think the US would fall apart in that case. Half the world will be lining up to buy Texas' oil.

Google Linux servers hit with $5m patent infringement verdict (The Register)

Posted Apr 26, 2011 7:27 UTC (Tue) by ssmith32 (subscriber, #72404) [Link]

I think not.
I'm not an expert, but I think Texas oil is pretty much dead.

There's some big oil companies there, but they're drilling elsewhere. I believe the biggest find by far in the US (in recent years), is the Bakken formation in Montana. Last assessment was about 22 billion barrels of oil (2008 USGS survey) - but only about 3-5 billion are recoverable. And yes, this is mostly from the last New Yorker.

But Wikipedia seems to agree:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_S...

So,yah, bye bye Texas :)

Even better - with no say in our government, we could finally actually tax the oil companies, via tariffs, all the drilling they do elsewhere, etc.