battle stations 戰鬥狀態

http://www.patenthawk.com/blog/2007/10/battle_stations.html

Battle Stations

Reports flow in of siege at the USPTO fortress over examination limits. Casualties have already occurred: the twin angels of human relationships, Equity & Comity, appear seriously wounded. The large caliber catapult known as IBM has rolled into position, lobbing projectiles at the fortress. Now we hear that a defector is whispering dissent, that the cause may not be just, aghast at the thought of innocent lives, infant inventions strangled as they lie in their cradles.

針對審查限制，有關包圍攻擊USPTO要塞的報告已湧出。傷亡已經造成：具人類血緣關係的雙子天使，Equity & Comity，嚴重受傷。IBM，人稱大口徑石弩，已被滾動到要塞前預備發射炮彈的位置。現在，我們可以聽到叛離者在背後發出異議的私語，「理由不正當！想到無辜的、嬰兒期般的發明，躺在搖籃裡窒息而死，就十分驚訝」。

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