Doritos roulette is coming to America, though it has only been overseas so far. So what is Doritos roulette, you may ask? Five out of six chips in the bag are regular Doritos, but one out of six is SUPER SPICY TO THE MAX, and there is no way to tell by look or smell. You just got to sit around and eat them with friends and then laugh at the few people who get the “devil chip.”
Man, I just found my new favorite party food. Cruel and delicious at once.
Editor’s note: They’ve been available in Canada for a few months now!
Every other Monday, some of Hollywood’s top prop makers build one-of-a-kind items for super-fans of comic books, video games, movies, and pop culture. This week, we give a superfan family the most powerful high chair ever built – the HulkBuster from The Avengers: Age of Ultron!
So the new Arkham Knight footage and trailer show that we will not only be playing at Batman, but some of Gotham City’s finest OTHER heroes as well. This only makes the impending Gotham Knight character’s real identity even more compelling, because some of the characters you can also play as seem like they were worthy suspects (and still might be).
Man, this game just looks better and better every time we see it. Sometimes, delays are a good thing.
Google is offering to buy patents in a “simple, easy to use and fast” process while letting the seller continue using the relevant technology. It’s billing it as a way to combat patent trolls, but it’s by no means an act of philanthropy.
According to Google, the purpose of the program is to deal with situations where people who come up with patented technologies either want or need to quickly sell the patent, for example to solve cashflow problems. It argues that at the moment such sellers will usually find the only viable option is selling to a patent troll (also known as a non-practicing entity): a company that holds patents solely to use as a legal weapon rather than to manufacture or develop technology.
Google’s answer, the Patent Purchase Promotion, will run as an experiment from May 8 through May 22, during which any patent holder can offer a patent to Google and name their own non-negotiable price. Google will then make a decision in principle by June 26 about which patents to buy. It then has a target of completing all purchases and handing over the cash by the end of August.
While it’s designed as a streamlined and simplified process, Google points out that “selling patents is serious business” and recommends that all potential sellers consult an attorney. One of the key conditions is that the purchase process on offer is very one-sided: simply by submitting a patent and price, the seller is committing to selling at that price, but Google retains the right to pull out of the deal at any stage before completion.
Google isn’t making any firm commitments about what it will do with the patents, other than to say they’ll be added to its general portfolio. This means Google could develop technology itself or license the patent to other firms (including rivals of the original seller.) Google has previously pledged to only ever use patents defensively in court, meaning it won’t sue an alleged violator unless it sues Google first, but that pledge is likely not legally binding.
10. Evanna Lynch beat anorexia, but wasn’t guaranteed the role of Luna Lovegood because of it
9. Alan Rickman didn’t really know all about Snape’s secret from the beginning
8. Dame Maggie Smith underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer during the last movies
7. Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double was left paralyzed after a flying scene went horribly wrong in “Deathly Hallows”
6. Harry Potter and Voldemort turned out to be blood relatives
5. There’s a hotel in London with Hogwarts-Themed Wizard Chambers
4. J.K Rowling hid a LOT of plot details that were later revealed
3. The First Wizarding War was at the same time as Word War II and Voldemort was influenced by Hitler
2. Seventeen actors who worked on the Harry Potter movies have died
1. J.K Rowling regrets Hermione ending up with Ron instead of Harry and nearly killed Ron off
