11:21 AM
So an MIT prof lifts a drawing from a comic book to sell the Pentagon on his plans for developing next gen combat armor. When the comic company finds out, they sue the MIT prof.

Not that I neccesarily disagree with the suit, but their press release on the suit has some real gems in it. My favorite paragraph:

“People who buy Radix buy a fantasy,” said Lai. “Now MIT says all future U.S. soldiers will look like Radix. They’re saying Radix is not fantasy, it’s reality. By doing that, MIT stole our ability to market Radix as escapist entertainment.”

Does anyone else remember a time when writers and artists of science fiction were actually attempting to predict the future? How much press time has Arthur C. Clarke gotten for predicting communications satellites? William Gibson and Bruce Sterling are proud to hold themselves up as futurists. Even Max Headroom is only "15 minutes in the future."

If they win the suit with that as part of its basis, I plan to embark on a new writing binge cranking out novels in a setting I will call "The Certain Future" and the sue the bejezus out of anyone who infringes upon my setting with their pesky reality.