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Peek Into European Patent Examining Cancelled

Posted by Roblimo on from the you-can't-always-get-what-you-want dept.

We were going to run European Patent Examiner John Savage's answers to 10 Slashdot questions today, but he emailed us this morning and asked us to pull them back because he was was in trouble over the interview. What he had to say was informative, non-controversial, and would not have hurt his employer's reputation at all, but we don't want John to lose his job or face disciplinary action on our account. Anyway, get ready for a slightly unusual Slashdot interview guest next week: Celeb chef and self-described "culinary cartographer" Alton Brown.

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  1. could an Anonymous coward by oliverthered · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well could an anonymous coward take the interview instead? since an anonymous coward is not a representitive of a company.

    I'm sure a few answers scattered arround the place wouldn't get noiticed.

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  2. Alternate story idea by El_Smack · · Score: 4, Funny


    Instead of a "Peek Into European Patent Examining " story, how about a "Peek Into European Panty Examining" story? I would love to find out who "Inspector 12" is.

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  3. An alternate person to interview this week by PD · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm volunteering to do the interview this week in lieu of the European patent examiner who unfortunately could not do the interview.

    Go ahead, ask me anything.

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  4. Re:That sucks. by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > You have to wonder what PR brainiac came up with the idea of censoring an interview like this. Anything this guy had to say couldn't possibly look as bad as this does, unless it's on the lines of "we kill puppies and cute little kittens to make mittens".

    Maybe they just approved a "Method for decreasing thermal losses in human extremities through repurposing of epidermal infant canine and feline tissues"? ;-)

  5. Re:Super by dillon_rinker · · Score: 4, Funny

    No story here, move along.
    Your jedi mind tricks will only work on the weak...ooh, a shiny new distro!