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Fishing for Ideas

FyreWyr writes "Whether Microsoft is searching for new ideas, or supporting inventors outright is up for grabs, but they're stabbing at it with $300,000 for 12 spanking ideas (that's $25k each). But as with everything Microsoft, the devil's in the details, or rather, the fine print. At first, you'd swear it was "Brought to you by VISA" - the logo is ubiquitous - but the very last statement in the contest rules reads: "The sponsor...is Microsoft ... VISA...have not sponsored or offered this contest in any way". They also retain a spectrum of rights, and responsibily suggest that you go out and patent really good ideas first. Okay, how much does that cost again? (see end of this article)."

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  1. 1984 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is like, so Orwellian, it's not even funny. I wish M$ would smarten up.

  2. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know it's a prototype (V2), so my first post generator may have some minor timing issues. It may be because QBasic is an interpreted language and not compiled.

    Let me know what you think!

  3. What a surprise... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Michael posted this? No way!

  4. Re:Fishing for VANILLA ICE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fo shizzle ma nizzle

  5. yeah fools by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go, go, go, go
    Go, go, go shawty
    It's your birthday
    We gon' party like it's yo birthday
    We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
    And you know we don't give a fuck
    It's not your birthday!

    [Chorus] (2x)
    You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub
    Look mami I got the X if you into taking drugs
    I'm into having sex, I ain't into making love
    So come give me a hug if you into to getting rubbed

    [Verse]
    When I pull out up front, you see the Benz on dubs
    When I roll 20 deep, it's 20 knives in the club
    Niggas heard I fuck with Dre, now they wanna show me love
    When you sell like Eminem, and the hoes they wanna fuck
    But homie ain't nothing change hold down, G's up
    I see Xzibit in the Cutt that nigga roll that weed up
    If you watch how I move you'll mistake me for a playa or pimp
    Been hit wit a few shells but I dont walk wit a limp
    In the hood then the ladies saying "50 you hot"
    They like me, I want them to love me like they love 'Pac
    But holla in New York them niggas'll tell ya im loco
    And the plan is to put the rap game in a choke hold
    I'm feelin' focused man, my money on my mind
    I got a mill out the deal and I'm still on the grind

  6. Wow fuck by Com2Kid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Umm. . . . I thought patenting shit was cheap?

    That is bullshit. Patent MAINTENCE fee? What the fuck? The average person cannot afford that, I thought it used to be a flat rate of $75??

  7. feh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go, go, go, go
    Go, go, go shawty
    It's your birthday
    We gon' party like it's yo birthday
    We gon' sip Bacardi like it's your birthday
    And you know we don't give a fuck
    It's not your birthday!

    [Chorus] (2x)
    You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub
    Look mami I got the X if you into taking drugs
    I'm into having sex, I ain't into making love
    So come give me a hug if you into to getting rubbed

    [Verse]
    When I pull out up front, you see the Benz on dubs
    When I roll 20 deep, it's 20 knives in the club
    Niggas heard I fuck with Dre, now they wanna show me love
    When you sell like Eminem, and the hoes they wanna fuck
    But homie ain't nothing change hold down, G's up
    I see Xzibit in the Cutt that nigga roll that weed up
    If you watch how I move you'll mistake me for a playa or pimp
    Been hit wit a few shells but I dont walk wit a limp
    In the hood then the ladies saying "50 you hot"
    They like me, I want them to love me like they love 'Pac
    But holla in New York them niggas'll tell ya im loco
    And the plan is to put the rap game in a choke hold
    I'm feelin' focused man, my money on my mind
    I got a mill out the deal and I'm still on the grind
    Now shawty said she feeling my style, she feeling my flow
    Her girlfriend wanna get bi and they ready to go

    [Chorus] (2x)

    [Bridge]
    My flow, my show brought me the doe
    That bought me all my fancy things
    My crib, my cars, my pools, my jewels
    Look nigga I got K-Mart and I ain't change

    [Verse]
    And you should love it, way more then you hate it
    Nigga you mad? I thought that you'd be happy I made it
    I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life
    You that faggot ass nigga trying to pull me back right?
    When my junk get to pumpin in the club it's on
    I wink my eye at ya bitch, if she smiles she gone
    If the roof on fire, let the motherfucker burn
    If you talking bout money homie, I ain't concerned
    I'm a tell you what Banks told me cause go 'head switch the style up
    If the niggas hate then let 'em hate
    Watch the money pile up
    Or we go upside there wit a bottle of bub
    You know where we fucking be

    [Chorus] (2x)

    [Talking]
    Don't try to act like you ain't know where we been either nigga
    In the club all the time nigga, its about to pop off nigga
    G-Unit