http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~plb/faculty-meeting-dedicated-to-novel-funding-opportunity-found-in-department-heads-inbox/ The totally unofficial (and in no way serious) satire blog of the Department of Psychology at CMU. Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~plb/faculty-meeting-dedicated-to-novel-funding-opportunity-found-in-department-heads-inbox/#comment-5 PLB Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:19:03 +0000 http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~plb/?p=34#comment-5 A misplaced comment from Brian: <br> "Actually, the proper translation of the Fulani phrase should not be “dire circumstances” but “sexual enhancement”. Of course I understand the interest in enlarging the departmental budget, but in view of the fact that we also recently won a major settlement for the copyright infringement of the Just-Mitchell patent on the human brain, I am not sure that we will be able to process both of these cash streams. Perhaps we could divert the Nigerian monies to the funding of the new CMU Summer Palace of Mindful Cognition Research in Beijing. <br> –Brian MacW" A misplaced comment from Brian:

“Actually, the proper translation of the Fulani phrase should not be “dire circumstances” but “sexual enhancement”. Of course I understand the interest in enlarging the departmental budget, but in view of the fact that we also recently won a major settlement for the copyright infringement of the Just-Mitchell patent on the human brain, I am not sure that we will be able to process both of these cash streams. Perhaps we could divert the Nigerian monies to the funding of the new CMU Summer Palace of Mindful Cognition Research in Beijing.

–Brian MacW”

]]> http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~plb/faculty-meeting-dedicated-to-novel-funding-opportunity-found-in-department-heads-inbox/#comment-4 PLB Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:11:25 +0000 http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~plb/?p=34#comment-4 That's such a hot market right now. We could get a patent for the psychological processes behind patent trolling and then sue the patent trolls for trolling! Pretty sure that'd be an endless cycle of cash. That’s such a hot market right now. We could get a patent for the psychological processes behind patent trolling and then sue the patent trolls for trolling! Pretty sure that’d be an endless cycle of cash.

]]> http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~plb/faculty-meeting-dedicated-to-novel-funding-opportunity-found-in-department-heads-inbox/#comment-3 Michael Tarr Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:08:09 +0000 http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~plb/?p=34#comment-3 I still think the best way to earn a quick buck is to sue some company, claiming patent infringement. I bet we can find $1 billion or so pretty easily! I still think the best way to earn a quick buck is to sue some company, claiming patent infringement. I bet we can find $1 billion or so pretty easily!

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