Comments on: Patents Nutty or Novel? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/09/patents-nutty-or-novel/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/09/patents-nutty-or-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1052583 nlpnt Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:12:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/09/patents-nutty-or-novel/#comment-1052583 "Consumer Reports" uses outriggers like that to prevent rollover in emergency handling tests. Apparently part of Suzuki's defamation lawsuit against them in the '80s was that the outriggers couldn't possibly *not* skew the results. “Consumer Reports” uses outriggers like that to prevent rollover in emergency handling tests. Apparently part of Suzuki’s defamation lawsuit against them in the ’80s was that the outriggers couldn’t possibly *not* skew the results.

]]> By: cATFLAP http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/09/patents-nutty-or-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-1052580 cATFLAP Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:06:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/09/patents-nutty-or-novel/#comment-1052580 `...so that the engineer can direct a burst of superheated steam at whatever portion of a trespassing animal’s anatomy is handiest. If the goat or cow or what have you doesn’t take the hint and step to one side, it is impaled on a sharp projection...` So its rapidly steam cooked and skewered before being left on the side of the track. Trackside Kebab shop anyone? :D `…so that the engineer can direct a burst of superheated steam at whatever portion of a trespassing animal’s anatomy is handiest. If the goat or cow or what have you doesn’t take the hint and step to one side, it is impaled on a sharp projection…`

So its rapidly steam cooked and skewered before being left on the side of the track. Trackside Kebab shop anyone? :D

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