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Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: There he goes again Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:49:21 +0100 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 21 Message-ID: <v6vvu1$25gp$1@dont-email.me> References: <v69its$3dons$1@dont-email.me> <sG6s8v.B6nB@yahoo.com> <v6ar7b$3ngh6$2@dont-email.me> <v6ci5t$oq$1@dont-email.me> <v6cr5s$1kfb$1@dont-email.me> <leug5rFgsj3U2@mid.individual.net> <v6d3qp$6ida$1@dont-email.me> <lf0rmsFmm0pU7@mid.individual.net> <v6ht4l$12f54$8@dont-email.me> <slrnv8p1p9.4ef.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <lf3p0dFd7obU1@mid.individual.net> <slrnv8t383.2rf6.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <lf83t6F2jubU4@mid.individual.net> <lf8dm1F3j7qU1@mid.individual.net> <slrnv958hb.3tc.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <lffvq3F8h1fU3@mid.individual.net> <v6va8b$3r1am$6@dont-email.me> <lfh2evFdhd3U3@mid.individual.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:49:22 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f1174725c76634e0e6e033a184efe028"; logging-data="71193"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/XbeHEVSPEzVY82SQk0Q2BNuWdUosCfjo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:F5HhX5c9l90gvr5dMMBnxD5wjsU= In-Reply-To: <lfh2evFdhd3U3@mid.individual.net> Content-Language: en-GB 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