This patent is illegal; not only has that been done before, but it is obvious to everyone skilled in the art. Note only claims 1 and 8 (as written) must be legal, and they are *not*.
Great breakthrough from TI...
Jan 24, 2007
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Yeah. Their latest iteration does suck big time.
--and just when they had the old one debuged[1]. Yesterday I started to investigate Greasemonkey scripts. Looks like I'm going to have to pick up some Javascript.
So mine got there before yours.
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The 1st one is a Web form. The 2nd is useful if you have an attachment.
Heh.
Same as always, I suspect. As long as they're making money off of Usenet, screw you. When they start writing some scripts to auto-filter the spammers, then we know they want to be more than just Usenet parasites.
I think we are going to see a lot of folks shifting (back) to newsreaders. . . [1] Actually, they have been adding new bugs into the codebase. Last October I noticed several ...and they haven't fixed any of them yet
--despite my continued bitching.
Richard Henry wrote:
The patent process has veered into a ditch in the years since Einstein was a patent clerk.
Maybe the problem is that the newer examiners can do simple math (and so *think* they are more intelligent)?
OK. I will patent the shoop shoop hula hoop.
JosephKK
Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
--Schiller
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They expect you to fix he code for tham and then they patent it and sue you.
JosephKK
Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
--Schiller
It's gets better... the "Frisbee" pie plate has evolved and even has similarities to your like minds. Add an LED and fiber optics: FlashFlight light up flying disc
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