On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:50:52 -0500 Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 29 February 2004 06:24 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:37:07 +0000 > > > > LtCdData disseminated the following: > > > how win users get by on one is beyond me ;-)) > > > > Not only has this feature been available on Windows for some > > time now, MS is seeking a patent on it. > > > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/25/1346201 > > > > Pretty funny, huh? > > > Joe: > > If I lived in Canada, I'd find it funny, too. But living 500+ > miles to the south of you, the most charitable word that I can use > to describe the present US patent system is "absurd". My personal > favorite is the patent granted to a 7 year old (and the son of a > patent attorney) who was granted a patent for swinging > side-to-side as opposed to the more conventional method of > swinging to-and-fro. When I read about this on SlashDot, I filed a > patent application in the name of my grandson Will (2-1/2 at the > time). It covers both swinging in either a cattywampus, elliptical > or circular manner while the swinger is (1) seated, (2) standing, > (3) kneeling or (4) laying on his/her/its stomach with arms and > legs splayed outward. Will has also trademarked the word > "WillBird" (and variants thereof) to describe the method. Just > keep this in mind: If you see an old bald headed guy with a beard > hanging around the local schoolyard, it might just be me enforcing > Will's IP rights. > > -- cmg > > > Much more worrisome is how can someone get by with 4 desktops? Lee
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