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On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:52:40 -0600, Ron Wells
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Automatic deletion of temporary files
*Abstract*
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products
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I am going to pat. a gas tank ...
From: John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com
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Date: 02/20/2013 07:26 AM
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:52:40 -0600, Ron Wells wrote:
I am going to pat. a gas tank ...
Method and apparatus for storing and transporting highly flammable liquids and
delivering said liquids to an external apparatus with a mechanism to allow for
the
introduction of additional liquids to the
Prior work: OS/360 1964 (and successors) Expiration Date field.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Steve Conway
steve_con...@ao.uscourts.gov wrote:
What an innovation - creating a file with an expiration date. ::smh::
I can't even pretend to be surprised...
Steven F. Conway, CISSP
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Mike
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:26:41 -0600, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com
wrote:
So, just put an expiration time as part of a file name and you can patent
it? These people have their head where the sun don't shine. OK, maybe
nobody else has done this _exact_ thing. But, really? Of course, in
And there are situations in which such a network-oriented scheme is an
excellent idea. I do have a quibble. I suspect that an
implementation
by figuring out the most recent modification date/time among all the
chunks of the file, across all the relevant servers, and comparing
that with the
Steve,
I think that I will instead treat IBM-MAIN as a species of disclosure
journal. That way anyone who wants to circumvent a patent on the
original notion will be able to use my public-domain one to do so.
My idea is not of course a really new one. In the old days---I have
no notion how