It's official! Binary is now owned by Bill Gates. He has patented 0 & 1, and therefore can claim direct ownership of any product made in binary, and claim a percentage from it! This is no joke...

http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html

We can all kiss goodbye to the right to use that unless we pay for it! You've got to hand it to him though, it's a bloody fine idea!