"Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria."

~Richard Stallman

Today is Random Tidbit Tuesday at StoryChuck, where I post something I find strange but interesting.

The word Malaria comes from the Italian word Mala meaning "Bad" and Aria meaning "Air." This comes from the days when diseases where thought to come from bad, dirty air.

Almost 250 million people get malaria each year and a million people d...