The comments are about the contradictions between the patent and the blog post and the technical discussion are great. I would point out another angle. I had a

The comments are about the contradictions between the patent and the blog post and the technical discussion are great. I would point out another angle. I had a loud and irritating neighbour who patronized me (everyone) and I had hard time coping until I gave the guy a stupid nickname. When I was able to laugh the whole ordeal went away and no longer stressed me. This blog post is the same: it helps SparkFun shifting the seriousness of the threat into something laughable so it can be handled in a calm manner as it should be and to not loose another night of sleep over it. How exact or rational are the snarky remarks about the pattern doesn't really matter.