Posted by
michael
on from the patent-office-fails-the-turing-test dept.
gondaba writes "The US Patent and Trademark Office has
granted an all-encompassing patent to ActiveBuddy that covers every step of
IM botmaking technology. According to internetnews, ActiveBuddy now plans to
enforce
the patent, even though the existence of prior art is well-known and documented."
I know, this is just a bit off-topic. . . but I feel the need to engage soapbox mode here.
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Twenty years from now, this stuff's still going to get modded "funny." And it'll be just as pathetic then as it is now.
It isn't. Okay, the base.swf that had Dubya on the billboard with "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" was funny. . . the first few times I saw it. But my geekophile fiance didn't think it was funny the first time. That might tell you something about just how "funny" this gag is now that it's been beaten, skinned, and chopped into Purina Dog Chow.
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Great..That's just great.
last I checked, greed was one of the seven deadly sins.
Hrm...I never thought of that... a beowulf cluster of IM bots.... Thats a good idea!
brb.... gonna go patent it.. i bet that patent only covers one of them
I know, this is just a bit off-topic. . . but I feel the need to engage soapbox mode here.
<soapbox style="rant">
Twenty years from now, this stuff's still going to get modded "funny." And it'll be just as pathetic then as it is now.
It isn't. Okay, the base.swf that had Dubya on the billboard with "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" was funny. . . the first few times I saw it. But my geekophile fiance didn't think it was funny the first time. That might tell you something about just how "funny" this gag is now that it's been beaten, skinned, and chopped into Purina Dog Chow.
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!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.