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Originally posted by reitze
He has my respect - and I'm a victim of what he feared.
I've invented a "Passive Desalination Pump" but was told by legal council that I'd dare not tell anyone how - or the little I got left would become a slavery-scale law-suit debt.
What pisses me off about it is the BILLIONS of people who could use the technology to survive.
Maybe I should have just blogged it but I had already signed an agreement that my ideas belonged to them ... and now I got nothing for it.
Originally posted by reitze
He has my respect - and I'm a victim of what he feared.
I've invented a "Passive Desalination Pump" but was told by legal council that I'd dare not tell anyone how - or the little I got left would become a slavery-scale law-suit debt.
What pisses me off about it is the BILLIONS of people who could use the technology to survive.
Maybe I should have just blogged it but I had already signed an agreement that my ideas belonged to them ... and now I got nothing for it.
Originally posted by Rosha
reply to post by PhoenixOD
I like how everyone is blaming this guy for 'witholding' the formula etc..but no one questions the arrogance or manipulation of Boeing et al - groups we know are viscious corps who dont have our best interests at heart and who could have simply given this man 51% share and allowed him to retain control over HIS intellectual property.
But no..they wanted everything ..all control..all power to f*ck humanity over with this new invention or to hide it and withhold it themselves..from everyone. They didnt want to play ball..didnt like some regular joe person using their own tactics against them and THAT is why we dont have this..not because of the inventor who DID offer it...and just wasnt willing to get screwed over for it......and maybe that is for the best..the military is dangerous enough as it is..cammo drones that cant be killed is too terminator for me and is so not a possibility I like Boeing to explore.
I say good luck to him and his family..keep the discovery for a more enlightened time.
Ro
edit on 22-4-2012 by Rosha because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Ironclad
Originally posted by Rosha
reply to post by PhoenixOD
I like how everyone is blaming this guy for 'witholding' the formula etc..but no one questions the arrogance or manipulation of Boeing et al - groups we know are viscious corps who dont have our best interests at heart and who could have simply given this man 51% share and allowed him to retain control over HIS intellectual property.
But no..they wanted everything ..all control..all power to f*ck humanity over with this new invention or to hide it and withhold it themselves..from everyone. They didnt want to play ball..didnt like some regular joe person using their own tactics against them and THAT is why we dont have this..not because of the inventor who DID offer it...and just wasnt willing to get screwed over for it......and maybe that is for the best..the military is dangerous enough as it is..cammo drones that cant be killed is too terminator for me and is so not a possibility I like Boeing to explore.
I say good luck to him and his family..keep the discovery for a more enlightened time.
Ro
edit on 22-4-2012 by Rosha because: (no reason given)
Here's the deal.
If they had given him a 51% share he would have had incredible power over their property that incorperates the material.
That is why they all refused, not because they wanted to screw him over.
Greed and nothing more is the reason and it wasn't the greed of multi-national corps or gubberments this time.
Think Microsoft and how that company controls the internet and ultimately, every computer on the planet that incorperates Microsoft software.
He was just a selfish sod who wouldn't let anyone benefit from his discovery unless he was in total control of everything that incorperated his invention.
Originally posted by fer405
Are you guys just plain stupid or retarded, in the post it clearly states the reason he didnt sell his idea is because he wanted 51% of the owner ship which they didnt want to agree to. He knew clearly that he was gonna get ripped off or get his idea taken over, thats why he wanted 51 percent so he can have a say in how they use it and not abuse it. if someone told me i couldnt have 51% of my own idea i would say # off then i dont trust the government or corporations anyways!
reply to post by Druscilla
This whole post really upsets me. How can anyone be so selfish?