{"id":36669,"date":"2011-07-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/a-look-at-the-zany-math-based-bids-google-made-while-failing-to-buy-up-nortels-patents-tomfoolery\/"},"modified":"2011-07-03T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T14:00:00","slug":"a-look-at-the-zany-math-based-bids-google-made-while-failing-to-buy-up-nortels-patents-tomfoolery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/a-look-at-the-zany-math-based-bids-google-made-while-failing-to-buy-up-nortels-patents-tomfoolery.php","title":{"rendered":"A Look at the Zany Math-Based Bids Google Made While Failing to Buy Up Nortel&#8217;s Patents [Tomfoolery]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  div style=\"background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;\"&gt;<a title=\"Click here to read A Look at the Zany Math-Based Bids Google Made While Failing to Buy Up Nortel's Patents\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tomfoolery\/\"><span>#<\/span><span>tomfoolery<\/span><\/a>&lt;\/div --><div><a title=\"Click here to read A Look at the Zany Math-Based Bids Google Made While Failing to Buy Up Nortel's Patents\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5817757\/a-look-at-the-zany-math+based-bids-google-made-while-failing-to-buy-up-nortels-patents\"><br>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; 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