[ ] Winners [ ] Losers [ ] All of the above

[unixronin]

Win:  Beat iRobot out of a $286 million US Army defense contract for three thousand ground robots.

Lose:  Steal your robot technology from your former employer iRobot, build almost identical robots, get caught, get sued, try to erase as much of the evidence as you can in violation of a court order to preserve everything, get served with an injunction, lose the contract, "you die, she dies, everybody dies..."¹

just goes to show, you don't have to be a genius to commit blatant intellectual property theft.  In fact, it looks like being dumb as a rock sort of helps.

[1]  Reference!  Be specific, please.  No fair Googling.  :)

Comments

[anda.livejournal.com]

It's from the movie Heavy Metal.

[fruitylips.livejournal.com]

Is there anyone who doesn't know this? It seems almost like asking where the like 'We'll always have Paris." or "KHAAAAAAAAAAN!" comes from.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

There'll probably always be someone willing to have Paris .... ;)

[gdmusumeci.livejournal.com]

I'll take it if it's up for grabs -- a really lovely city.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Oh, wait, we're talking about the city? ;)

[anda.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, yeah.

[novel-tharkun.livejournal.com]

There's a movie that was titled "Heavy Metal"?

Well, to answer your question, yes. You seem already to have answered mine.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

There's a movie that was titled "Heavy Metal"?

Indeed. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082509/) Animated, à la Metal Hurlant, which it was based on. It's a lot of fun, and has some great lines. We have a copy.

[radarrider.livejournal.com]

Specifically the segment titled "Den." The title character/narration was voiced by the late John Candy.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Ah, now there's specifics. :)
(I asked for specifics because I figured "Heavy Metal" was so easy...)

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was a fine bit of work. (sigh)