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		tobylane on Dec 31, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple design chief Jonathan Ive awarded knighthood It's prestige without power, pointing out the lack of power lowers the prestige.

moonlighter on Dec 31, 2011 [–]

Pointing to something which doesn't exist anymore is usually bad thing. NPE's come to mind.

tobylane on Jan 3, 2012 | [–]

Patent trolls can scare off competitors, Sirs just mean they led a publicly useful, honorable British-started life.

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