>>(Shrug) The house will either burn down, or it will fall apart due to shoddy construction.
It has helped to build the most powerful and most popular nation on the planet in the history of the planet.
It has helped to build the most powerful and most popular nation on the planet in the history of the planet.
(guffaw)
Even The Economist is now saying that the US patent system is hurting, not helping, progress: http://www.economist.com/node/18389167