Band of f------ idiots sues B&H

http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/FactsofCase.html

These morons are mad because they sell very EXPENSIVE RC design
telescopes. But they have no more right to claim any kind of ownership
(and hence the ability to sue) than someone has for suiing over
ownership over the law of gravity. The RC telescope was invented in
1910, about 80 years before this company even existed.

Also, the telescope industry is not regulated the way the camera
industry is. If people sued for every minor breach of accuracy, every
company would get sued, along with every retailer.
What a waste of money and time.

Sounds like these companies selling these telescopes as one thing when they
are really something else. False advertising. As for when the RC Telescope
was invented that has nothing to do with who bought the rights too it.

R


"RichA" wrote in message
ps.com...
http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/FactsofCase.html

These morons are mad because they sell very EXPENSIVE RC design
telescopes. But they have no more right to claim any kind of ownership
(and hence the ability to sue) than someone has for suiing over
ownership over the law of gravity. The RC telescope was invented in
1910, about 80 years before this company even existed.

Also, the telescope industry is not regulated the way the camera
industry is. If people sued for every minor breach of accuracy, every
company would get sued, along with every retailer.
What a waste of money and time.

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:50:29 -0800, RichA wrote:

http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/FactsofCase.html

These morons are mad because they sell very EXPENSIVE RC design
telescopes. But they have no more right to claim any kind of ownership
(and hence the ability to sue) than someone has for suiing over
ownership over the law of gravity. The RC telescope was invented in
1910, about 80 years before this company even existed.

Also, the telescope industry is not regulated the way the camera
industry is. If people sued for every minor breach of accuracy, every
company would get sued, along with every retailer.
What a waste of money and time.

I believe that their claim is that the Meade design is not in fact a
Ritchey-Chretien design but something else. "Ownership" would apply if
the suit was over rights to the name. What they are doing is akin to
Caterpillar suing some outfit making gasoline engines for claiming
that they ran on a Diesel cycle.

--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

You must understand the rules of the legal system: shake the tree and sees
what falls out. There is no morality, only legal process.
Lawsuits of this nature are inherent to western legal systems, although the
American system has morphed into something even more bizarre than Dickens
satirized over 100 years ago in Bleak House, Jarndyce vs Jarndyce, in the
19th century English courts.
In the United States the most common profession of politicians at every
level is, surprise, lawyer.
All judges are lawyers.
The common denomination of all lawyers is torts.
Hence all politicians, and particularly every judge, has an indisputable
financial self-interest in expanding the scope of legal liability and
recoverable damages. After all what does a judge do if he/she is not a judge
any longer? Retire or practice law. Lawyers make their living in: torts.
A conflict of interest? Not if you are a judge, lawyer or lawyer turned
politician. They make the rules and they make it up as they go along.
At all levels of the American judiciary it is helpful to remember that the
esteemed judge is nothing more than an ambulance chaser in a black robe. If
you are so naive as to think otherwise consider this famous quote:
"The law is what the judges say it is."
Research who wrote it and when.
Surprise, surprise.
Guantanamo or bust.

In article om,
says...
http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/FactsofCase.html

These morons are mad because they sell very EXPENSIVE RC design
telescopes. But they have no more right to claim any kind of ownership
(and hence the ability to sue) than someone has for suiing over
ownership over the law of gravity. The RC telescope was invented in
1910, about 80 years before this company even existed.

Also, the telescope industry is not regulated the way the camera
industry is. If people sued for every minor breach of accuracy, every
company would get sued, along with every retailer.
What a waste of money and time.

It sounds like a fairly simple question, in two parts: 1. Do the
manufacturers claim their telescopes are RC telescopes? 2. In fact,
are the telescopes in question RC designs or not?

If they aren't RC but the manufacturers are selling them as RC, that's
false advertising.

The RC formula is published, it should not be difficult to determine
whether the telescopes are built to that formula or not.

--
is Joshua Putnam
http://www.phred.org/~josh/
Updated Infrared Photography Books List:
http://www.phred.org/~josh/photo/irbooks.html

"RichA" wrote in message

If people sued for every minor breach of accuracy, every
company would get sued, along with every retailer.
What a waste of money and time.


Law schools graduate tons of new attorneys each year, and the legal
profession has morphed into a money-making machine that redistributes wealth
often by taking it by force.

Just look at all the lawyers that advertise on daytime TV, advertising that
they will "fight for your rights" if you had a slip-and-fall incident or
were involved in a minor fender-bender.

I read somewhere that the legal profession is THE Most Hated Profession in
America. It has its share of whores.

In article biQah.8099$7a2.1694@trndny06, jeremy
wrote:

"RichA" wrote in message

If people sued for every minor breach of accuracy, every
company would get sued, along with every retailer.
What a waste of money and time.


Law schools graduate tons of new attorneys each year, and the legal
profession has morphed into a money-making machine that redistributes wealth
often by taking it by force.

Just look at all the lawyers that advertise on daytime TV, advertising that
they will "fight for your rights" if you had a slip-and-fall incident or
were involved in a minor fender-bender.

I read somewhere that the legal profession is THE Most Hated Profession in
America. It has its share of whores.



It's just that 99% of the lawyers ruin it for the ethical ones.

"jeremy" wrote in message
news:biQah.8099$7a2.1694@trndny06...
"RichA" wrote in message

If people sued for every minor breach of accuracy, every
company would get sued, along with every retailer.
What a waste of money and time.


Law schools graduate tons of new attorneys each year, and the legal
profession has morphed into a money-making machine that redistributes
wealth often by taking it by force.

Just look at all the lawyers that advertise on daytime TV, advertising
that they will "fight for your rights" if you had a slip-and-fall incident
or were involved in a minor fender-bender.

I read somewhere that the legal profession is THE Most Hated Profession in
America. It has its share of whores.

Hi V700 Jeremy! ;-) Tell me, why are you insulting whores?

:-\

Eddie

"bmoag" wrote:

You must understand the rules of the legal system: shake the tree and sees
what falls out. There is no morality, only legal process.
Lawsuits of this nature are inherent to western legal systems, although the
American system has morphed into something even more bizarre than Dickens
satirized over 100 years ago in Bleak House, Jarndyce vs Jarndyce, in the
19th century English courts.
In the United States the most common profession of politicians at every
level is, surprise, lawyer.


What you describe as a "politician" is more correctly termed a
"lawmaker". Given that their primary task is debating and passing
legislation, it would seem sensible that at least a significant
proportion of their number should have come from a legal background.

jeremy wrote:
"RichA" wrote in message


Just look at all the lawyers that advertise on daytime TV, advertising that
they will "fight for your rights" if you had a slip-and-fall incident or
were involved in a minor fender-bender.

I read somewhere that the legal profession is THE Most Hated Profession in
America. It has its share of whores.
...

The last I heard, it is the clients who sue, not the lawyers. Lawyers
do not sue because they enjoy it. They sue because some idiot hired
them to sue someone else. If americans were not so litigious the number
of lawyers would shrink dramatically.