<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9627759.post111033739723438806..comments</id><updated>2007-04-17T14:43:47.255-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Irrational Histories: AD 1696 (Old Style) (AD 1697)</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irrationalhistories.blogspot.com/feeds/111033739723438806/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9627759/111033739723438806/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irrationalhistories.blogspot.com/2005/03/ad-1696-old-style-ad-1697.html'/><author><name>David Moles</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07334889574898460118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9627759.post-111118429808147708</id><published>2005-03-18T14:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-18T14:18:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Excellent.I especially adore that closing image.He...</title><content type='html'>Excellent.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I especially adore that closing image.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hey, this made me wonder about something.  You said "under license" and I thought, huh, why can't the Americas just pirate the technology?  And then I thought: has a real-world nation ever gone to war over a violation of intellectual property?  It seems vaguely plausible: some essential technology that's building a nation's wealth through licensing to other nations, and then some rogue state comes along and starts making illicit copies and refuses to stop....  But I can't think of any real-world situation where this has happened.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--jed</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9627759/111033739723438806/comments/default/111118429808147708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9627759/111033739723438806/comments/default/111118429808147708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irrationalhistories.blogspot.com/2005/03/ad-1696-old-style-ad-1697.html?showComment=1111184280000#c111118429808147708' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://irrationalhistories.blogspot.com/2005/03/ad-1696-old-style-ad-1697.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9627759.post-111033739723438806' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9627759/posts/default/111033739723438806' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>