There's always a new moron on parade. Take John Kiel Patterson, for instance - he's suing Apple, claiming that the iPod can cause hearing damage. I have a tip for this idiot - so can anything that makes sound and has volume control. Headphones can be plugged into nearly every A/V device on the market - so why is Apple uniquely at fault?

The right answer here would be to fine this guy for whatever time of the court he's wasted thus far. How do we know this guy is just looking for a payoff? Well, this graf is telling:

Patterson does not know if the device has damaged his hearing, said his attorney, Steve W. Berman, of Seattle. But that's beside the point of the lawsuit, which takes issue with the potential the iPod has to cause irreparable hearing loss, Berman said.

Now, if I could just find my cluestick...