[extropy-chat] Silly internet patents...

[Mike Lorrey]

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/15/2349201&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=155&tid=95&tid=99

The above article details how one new startup company has patented the
commonly accepted means of structuring domain names and email
addresses. They received this junk patent in 2003, if you can believe
it. While browsing the patent office site, it struck me that there was
no means by which an individual can lodge a protest against a patent,
submit commentary challenging the validity of claims made, etc. via the
website, a la a crit-type hypertext commentary....

I hereby propose to patent such a system, then lobby the gummint to
make the PTO license my patent..... tee hee...

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Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
                                       - Gen. John Stark
"Fascists are objectively pro-pacifist..."
                                       - Mike Lorrey
Do not label me, I am an ism of one...
Sado-Mikeyism: http://mikeysoft.zblogger.com

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