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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: There he goes again
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:49:21 +0100
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On 14/07/2024 05:28, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:39:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> On 13 Jul 2024 18:36:51 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> A USB flash drive, aka memory stick, aka thumb drive?
>>
>> Sony has, or had, a trademark on the term “Memory Stick”. Which kind of
>> discouraged its use for USB sticks in general.
> 
> Yeah, well, Xerox, Kleenex, and Band-Aid are trademarked too afaik.
> Johnson & Johnson can defend the trademark all they want but are you going
> to Walgreens for a box of adhesive bandages?
No, for a box of sticking-plasters
-- 
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all 
private property.

Karl Marx