Just patent a method for winning the lottery by choosing random numbers, and then sue the pants of anyone who wins the lottery!
-- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, December 2, 2002, 4:23:46 PM, you wrote: RE> I was actually just debating on how well I could work the lottery system. If RE> I got every number that had ever been drawn would I have a better chance of RE> winning if I statistically figured out what numbers were called the most? RE> Then I read that it's a 1 in 22,000,000 chance of winning, and I sigh in RE> defeat. RE> Robert Everland III RE> Web Developer Extraordinaire RE> Dixon Ticonderoga Company RE> http://www.dixonusa.com RE> -----Original Message----- RE> From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] RE> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 4:22 PM RE> To: CF-Community RE> Subject: Strange Patents... RE> I was sitting here thinking about the patent process. If Amazon.com can RE> get that stupid 1-click patent, can someone get a patent for.. RE> 1. A process that allows web site content to be updated using a Web RE> Browser RE> 2. A web site that only allows access to authorized users RE> 3. A plot in which good defeats evil by turning evil good. RE> I'm in trying to avoid doing work. :-) Please feel free to add your own RE> item to the list. RE> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
