Tactical, classic and fun

I never thought military fashion or police gear store would be so worldly popular till I saw the videos at LAPolicegear.com, a classic, traditional site free from the flashy Flash of web 2.0 widgetry. People who shop there do get around - I saw them flash the name of the site in the pictures from Antarctica, Iraq, Afghanistan and greener countries. The videos are a unique collection of rare clips that might not have had the chance of being worn out on Youtube. The site is a virtual extension of a Los Angeles store which also carries a wide variety of tactical gear for real police departments. I checked out the clothing and supplies, and it all looks like an impressive combination of high fashion and rugged functionality required by urban law enforcement. They have an impressive array of hi-tech flashlights, knives, sunglasses and even children's wear.

A (silly) comic book law from California

California Business and Professions Code Section 16603 (illegal to require purchase of horror comic book as condition to other purchases): 16603. Every person who, as a condition to a sale or consignment of any magazine, book, or other publication requires that the purchaser or consignee purchase or receive for sale any horror comic book, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both. This section is not intended to prohibit an agreement requiring a person to purchase or accept on consignment a minimum number of copies of a single edition or issue of a magazine or of a particular book or other particular publication. As used in this section "horror comic book" means any book or booklet in which an account of the commission or attempted commission of the crime of arson, assault with caustic chemicals, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, kid.napping, mayhem, mur.der, r.ape, robbery, theft, or voluntary man.slaughter is set forth by means of a series of five or more drawings or photographs in sequence, which are accompanied by either narrative writing or words represented as spoken by a pictured character, whether such narrative words appear in balloons, captions or on or immediately adjacent to the photograph or drawing. (good definition of comics - must have been written by a decent patent attorney) Why isn't "filing a frivolous patent infringement lawsuit" in this list of possible crime horrors?

Another silly patent

US Patent 6,513,042 Internet test-making method What is claimed is: 1. A method of making a test and posting the test on-line for potential test-takers, said method comprising the steps of: providing a host system and a plurality of remote terminals operatively coupled to the Internet; inputting questions at one of the remote terminals; compiling the questions at the host system to make a compiled test; posting the test on-line for potential test-takers; wherein a test-taker is required to pay to take the compiled test; and wherein the test-maker and the proprietor of the host system share the revenues generated by the test-taker taking the test. Granted, this is another arrogant business method, but required? Their patent writer (or drafter, or a paralegal) should have maintained the claiming style and written: wherein a presenting a test taker with... to take the test - the phrase fits the technical description and an example therefrom. It should say, albeit in legalese doublespeak, but as a stronger claim wherein a presenting a test taker with ...for participating in the test... and share - hasn't it been discussed by hundreds of patent examiners as ambiguous? Because share in method claims is better represented by dividing that's all. It's very simple.