The New Yorker on Business Process Patents

caledon writes "The New Yorker has a clear, concise, nontechnical essay by its finance columnist James Surowiecki criticizing business process patents: Patent Bending. 'Although we have always had a vibrant patent system, we've managed to strike a balance between the need to encourage innovation and the need to foster competition. As Benjamin Day, Henry Ford, and Sam Walton might attest, American corporations have thrived on innovative ideas and new business methods, without owning them, for two centuries. In the past decade, the balance has been upset.' Makes the argument persuasively."

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*swish* right over the head (+5 Interesting)

[mao che minh]

Sorry, that article just "sounds" too smart for the Slashdot crowd. Worse, it seems like it may actually contain facts. We don't require an expertly written dissertation to have our opinion swayed. Just mention the RIAA, SCO, and Amazon and we're sold.

First post you greedy Microsoft loving capatilist GNU/hippies. SCO RIAA MPAA SCO RIAA MPAA SCO RIAA MPAA SCO RIAA MPAA SCO RIAA MPAA SCO RIAA MPAA

Re:*swish* right over the head (+5 Interesting)

[Mod Me God Too]

Does Mao wind you up like his bitch?

FP!

[Anonymous Coward]

What would GOATSE say? Oh, first post!

Re:FP!

[Anonymous Coward]

YUO FAIL IT SUCKA!!! Mao owns u FAGOOT ANONMYASS COWTURD

Re:FP!

[Anonymous Coward]

Heyyyyy, goatse didn't say ANYTHING. He just stood there with his anus hanging open. It was a pretty big anus, though. All big and gaping.
Kind of like this:

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e_\_______|_/_______/__\\\___--___\\_______:____e_ _
x__\______\/____--~~__________~--__|_\_____|____x_ _
*___\______\_-~____________________~-_\____|____*_ _
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o______\_____\______//_________(_(__>__\___|____o_ _
a_______\___.__C____)_________(_(____>__|__/____a_ _
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Yup, that's one GAPING anus, it is. It's all big and red and gaping, like a big red gaping anus. And the guy's just holding it open with his hands. Wow, it's pretty amazing that someone could do that sort of thing with their own ass. I mean, come on. Wouldn't YOU like to be able to gape your anus that much? Then you could make a website about it, and tell all of your friends to go there, and they'd be like, "LOL! Wow! That's one big red gaping anus! Wow, what a big anus!" (oh nos, lameness filter!) Yup, that's one GAPING anus, it is. It's all big and red and gaping, like a big red gaping anus. And the guy's just holding it open with his hands. Wow, it's pretty amazing that someone could do that sort of thing with their own ass. I mean, come on. Wouldn't YOU like to be able to gape your anus that much? Then you could make a website about it, and tell all of your friends to go there, and they'd be like, "LOL! Wow! That's one big red gaping anus! Wow, what a big anus!" (oh nos, lameness filter!) Yup, that's one GAPING anus, it is. It's all big and red and gaping, like a big red gaping anus. And the guy's just holding it open with his hands. Wow, it's pretty amazing that someone could do that sort of thing with their own ass. I mean, come on. Wouldn't YOU like to be able to gape your anus that much? Then you could make a website about it, and tell all of your friends to go there, and they'd be like, "LOL! Wow! That's one big red gaping anus! Wow, what a big anus!" (oh nos, lameness filter!) Yup, that's one GAPING anus, it is. It's all big and red and gaping, like a big red gaping anus. And the guy's just holding it open with his hands. Wow, it's pretty amazing that someone could do that sort of thing with their own ass. I mean, come on. Wouldn't YOU like to be able to gape your anus that much? Then you could make a website about it, and tell all of your friends to go there, and they'd be like, "LOL! Wow! That's one big red gaping anus! Wow, what a big anus!" (oh nos, lameness filter!)

Re:Hey, everyone! Let's sing the GOATSE song!

[Anonymous Coward]

lol

Re:GOATSE GOATSE!

[Anonymous Coward]

lol goatse

See above for the goatse song

[Anonymous Coward]

sing it to yourself a few times

THE SUBSCRIBING LOSER KARMA WHORE GOT IT

[Anonymous Coward]

Then again I suspect "mao che minh" IS the goatse guy given that only an anus-spreading fag would actually pay Slashdot money and spend all that karma whoring and tacoknobsucking.

Hab

[CausticWindow]

Thank god it's a non technical article, since you're posting it to Slashdot.

OK

[Anonymous Coward]

ok