I have only one question . . .

[unixronin]

WTF are these people THINKING?

Oh.

Right.

"Network executive."

That's sort of like "Pirate."  Only much, much more stupid.

Uh ... does that even mean anything?  It's worse than "Think Different".

“We spent a lot of time in the ’90s trying to distance the network from science fiction, which is largely why it’s called Sci Fi,” Mr. Brooks said.

Trying to "distance the network from science fiction"?  You DROOLING FUCKTARD.  That's like trying to distance ESPN from sports.  The channel was FOUNDED to be an all-science-fiction channel.

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[ithildae.livejournal.com]

The incentives are wrong for patent examiners. They get rewarded on applications processed. Rejecting a patent means that they get to reprocess it on appeal, but it already counts as one of their applications, so it is just a time sink later. Raises and promotions only come by getting through the requisite number of applications. That means that the bias is to grant patents. Searching for implications (or even prior art, where they were not allowed to use the internet) is beyond the time scope of even the best examiner.