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Stories · 3

  1. Thank Goodness For the NSA — A Fable

    Yro · Canada · · posted by timothy · from the it's-canadian-opposite-day dept. · 60 comments
    davecb writes "Slaw was kind enough to post my fable on how to not have a problem with the NSA, Thank Goodness for the NSA, and a link to the more technical MAC paper. My challenge to the Slashdot community: what's the first big step to making this all come true?"

  2. Thank Goodness For the NSA — A Fable

    Yro · Canada · · posted by timothy · from the it's-canadian-opposite-day dept. · 60 comments
    davecb writes "Slaw was kind enough to post my fable on how to not have a problem with the NSA, Thank Goodness for the NSA, and a link to the more technical MAC paper. My challenge to the Slashdot community: what's the first big step to making this all come true?"

  3. Canada Courts, Patent Office Warns Against Trying To Patent Mathematics

    Science · Math · · posted by samzenpus · from the free-numbers dept. · 215 comments
    davecb writes "The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has recently published two notices for patent examiners relating to patent interpretation, and in particular computer-related/business method type patents saying: 'for example, what appears on its face to be a claim for an "art" or a "process" may, on a proper construction, be a claim for a mathematical formula and therefore not patentable subject matter.'"