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by ColinDabritz 3538 days ago
For the other side of that laugh, see Richard Feynman's "I want my dollar!" story: http://www.e-reading.mobi/chapter.php/71262/33/Feynman_-_Sur...

(Find "I want my dollar!" toward the bottom of the page)

It turns out there was technical paperwork signing over patent rights to the government at a dollar each...

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I remember asking the same thing when I was a young researcher at my university too. I never got my dollar.