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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."
This whole idea
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is almost as rediculous as the theory of evolution (which did not happen.) If you are hot for evolution theory, that is not even close to how hot you're going to end up later, if you know what I mean.
Sad news, Stephen King dead at 54
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I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. Even if you don't apprheciate his horror/fiction, there's no denying his contribution to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Re:I'm patenting ass slapping!
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"I want to patent ass slapping while having sex. I know people have been doing it for a long time, but I am the first to patent, so I am going to enforce my patent!"
I really hope you're not expecting the Slashdot community to be a goldmine then. You're gonna be seriously let down!
-- "Derp de derp."
EAT MY FUCK! EAT MY FUCK! EAT MY FUCK!
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Kevin Michael Allen lives again!
Patent Pending
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Oh dear the faucet is leaking rusty water. Please bring a ladder and propose to seed the lawn. An icicle is now melting due to the heat and humidity. 27 men went down the tunnel, 28 came up.
Indeed!
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That's why I fuck your wife. It ain't right, but she's willing and there ain't no law against it!
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND MOURN
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Before I eat your ass.
Behold WhitespaceBot!
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Couple of comments re: IMBot Patent
a) There was no prior art for what we patented - we looked. And it wasn't obvious either.
b) We considered free intellectual property concerns prior to applying but as officers of a corporation we were obliged to do whatever we could to protect our shareholder's rather significant investment in the company - and protecting the firm's IP was tops on the list.
c) There are companies out there (and you and they both know who they are) that would have tried to overtly rip off AB if it had no such protection.
d) I'm willing to bet that my co-founder - Tim Kay - has contributed as much code to the open source movement as most of you (AB certainly utilizes plenty of open source stuff in its development and operations)
e) we allow people to download BuddyScript for nothing - and nothing in the license agreement prevents anyone of you from cloning an interpreter for the language (remember PostScript Clones?)
I strongly advise that the members of the Open Source community grow up, smell the coffee and use their rather significant intellectual engergy to create change from within the system rather than whining like little girly-men every time somebody patents a new idea.
On a related note - an article in the Financial Times this morning pointed out that one of the casualties of the burst tech bubble is casual clothing - apparently the bankers and entrepreneurs are climbing back into their suits for the next round of financings... my guess is engineers may have to do the same thing. Maybe I should patent ties with Penguins on them and sell them through/.
Robert Hoffer
Founder
Chairman
ActiveBuddy
Slashdot Mirror
are better put to use for First Post.
is almost as rediculous as the theory of evolution (which did not happen.) If you are hot for evolution theory, that is not even close to how hot you're going to end up later, if you know what I mean.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. Even if you don't apprheciate his horror/fiction, there's no denying his contribution to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
"I want to patent ass slapping while having sex. I know people have been doing it for a long time, but I am the first to patent, so I am going to enforce my patent!"
I really hope you're not expecting the Slashdot community to be a goldmine then. You're gonna be seriously let down!
"Derp de derp."
Kevin Michael Allen lives again!
Oh dear the faucet is leaking rusty water. Please bring a ladder and propose to seed the lawn. An icicle is now melting due to the heat and humidity. 27 men went down the tunnel, 28 came up.
That's why I fuck your wife. It ain't right, but she's willing and there ain't no law against it!
Before I eat your ass.
Couple of comments re: IMBot Patent a) There was no prior art for what we patented - we looked. And it wasn't obvious either. b) We considered free intellectual property concerns prior to applying but as officers of a corporation we were obliged to do whatever we could to protect our shareholder's rather significant investment in the company - and protecting the firm's IP was tops on the list. c) There are companies out there (and you and they both know who they are) that would have tried to overtly rip off AB if it had no such protection. d) I'm willing to bet that my co-founder - Tim Kay - has contributed as much code to the open source movement as most of you (AB certainly utilizes plenty of open source stuff in its development and operations) e) we allow people to download BuddyScript for nothing - and nothing in the license agreement prevents anyone of you from cloning an interpreter for the language (remember PostScript Clones?) I strongly advise that the members of the Open Source community grow up, smell the coffee and use their rather significant intellectual engergy to create change from within the system rather than whining like little girly-men every time somebody patents a new idea. On a related note - an article in the Financial Times this morning pointed out that one of the casualties of the burst tech bubble is casual clothing - apparently the bankers and entrepreneurs are climbing back into their suits for the next round of financings ... my guess is engineers may have to do the same thing. Maybe I should patent ties with Penguins on them and sell them through /.
Robert Hoffer
Founder
Chairman
ActiveBuddy