Interesting Links for 08-01-2013

• Patent trolls want $1,000—for using scanners | Ars Technica
  "So you're claiming anyone on a network with a scanner owes you a license? He said, 'Yes, that's correct.' And at that point, I just lost it."
  (tags: amusing weird Apologies; I have forgotten who I got this link from patents intellectual property dodgy technology fail money posttofacebook )
• EDL leader jailed for using friend's passport to travel to New York | UK news | guardian.co.uk
  'Stephen Lennon sentenced to 10 months in prison after being found guilty of us'ing false identity to escape US entry ban'
  (tags: interesting politics crime UK )
• IP over Avian Carriers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  In computer networking, IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) is a proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by birds such as homing pigeons
  (tags: amusing weird parody technology internet communication posttofacebook )
• Toy train company apply to run the West Coast Main Line … and get a response!
  (tags: amusing posttofacebook via Aquarion silly transport UK )

Text is a teaser for an Exalted book, about a decade ago.