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."
Re:Can you blame them?
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garcia
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last I checked, greed was one of the seven deadly sins.
why
by
Anonymous Coward
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why do stupid posts like this get modded up for being funny? That's not funny at all.
HURRR HURRRR I CAN TYPE COMMENTS ON SLASHDOT...
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Anonymous Coward
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You probably think the "OMG LET'S MAKE A BEOWULF CLUSTER OF THESE" jokes are still funny. You stupid twat.
Re:HURRR HURRRR I CAN TYPE COMMENTS ON SLASHDOT...
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wo1verin3
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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
Re:Can you blame them?
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broody
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Who gives a fuck about the xtian faith? So some stuffy fellow wrote a whole book, he called the Purgatorio, that called Averice (and greed by extension) a sin. Are you going to live you whole life according to a damn book?
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.
</soapbox>
-- !#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
Re:I'm patenting ass slapping!
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Anonymous Coward
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Geekny rhyming slang - `prior art` = fart.
I Dr. Evil will patent....
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Anonymous Coward
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Femme Bots.
Muuuhaa ha ha..muuuu haa haa haaa
Two words
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Anonymous Coward
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Turing Test
Re:As long as they're rewarded...
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Anonymous Coward
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Hey! Haven't you watched any cowboy bebop? Rancid food not is both intelligent and MALEVOLENT!
Maybe the patent office is populated by leftover rock crabs who wish to wreak havoc by accepting every patent presented to them!
Slashdot Mirror
CSLib rules!
Fuck you USPTO
Great..That's just great.
last I checked, greed was one of the seven deadly sins.
why do stupid posts like this get modded up for being funny? That's not funny at all.
You probably think the "OMG LET'S MAKE A BEOWULF CLUSTER OF THESE" jokes are still funny. You stupid twat.
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
Who gives a fuck about the xtian faith? So some stuffy fellow wrote a whole book, he called the Purgatorio, that called Averice (and greed by extension) a sin. Are you going to live you whole life according to a damn book?
Oh yeah, your a xtian. Nevermind.
~~ What's stopping you?
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.
</soapbox>
!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
Geekny rhyming slang - `prior art` = fart.
Femme Bots.
Muuuhaa ha ha..muuuu haa haa haaa
Turing Test
Hey! Haven't you watched any cowboy bebop?
Rancid food not is both intelligent and
MALEVOLENT!
Maybe the patent office is populated by leftover
rock crabs who wish to wreak havoc by accepting
every patent presented to them!