On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 02:30:09PM +0000 I heard the voice of Bryan Maynard, and lo! it spake thus: > > softwere is not, in itself, an invention. Software uses language > constructs (if. . .then, foreach, for, do. . .while) to produce > funstionality.
Elevators are not, in themselves, an invention; they just use physical constructs (counterweighting, pulleys, etc) to produce functionality. ASICs are not, in themselves, inventions; they just use logical constructs (gates, electrical flows) to produce functionality. Clothes washers are not, in themselves, an invention; they just use constructs (water, heat, detergant, agitation) to produce functionality. To argue otherwise would be patently absurd ;) Your arguments would be perfectly consistent if you were arguing against patents altogether, but they don't get you anywhere in attempting to demonstrate that a means to an end is somehow "different" if it involves typing instead of machining. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream. _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
