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Microsoft Receives Patent For Double-Click
kaluta writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Microsoft was granted a patent for double-clicking on April 27. The patent in question is 6,727,830 and says, amongst other stuff: 'A default function for an application is launched if the button is pressed for a short, i.e., normal, period of time. An alternative function of the application is launched if the button is pressed for a long, (e.g., at least one second), period of time. Still another function can be launched if the application button is pressed multiple times within a short period of time, e.g., double click'. So this is what we have to look foward to in the E.U. now?"
Now when I want my kid to do a chore like wash the dishes, verbally telling him to do it wont work, just like yelling at your monitor wont get the application to run.
So first I'll smack him. He'll still say no, so I'll smack him again, and this time he'll do it. Thus a "double click" will get the job going.
Seeing as he was born in 1986, I think I might have a case.
Go ahead. We're all waiting...
Otherwise we're just posting jokes or complaining about the patent office.
Yeah, I moved into your basement and interacted with yo momma all night long. She liked it, too.
Why don't you show me your statement is little more than blind ignorance and explain to me ONE company that is using or has used this technology in the past other than MS?
The subject line of the article was sensationalized just to stir up people exactly like you and you responded exactly like the puppet you apparently are.
See, a moderator has noticed you are blossoming into a slashbot quite well and rewarded you with a Karma point. Well done, you are almost to the point were Slashdot does all your thinking for you.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
i'm sorry - your sig doesn't sit well with me ...
"to understand recurssion, you must first understand recurssion"
(something like that)
unfortunately, the recurssion you've described is never ending - an infinite loop. for recurssion to be of any use, it must have a terminating condition so that eventually it will cease to call on itself and perhaps instead bubble up a useful result.
i'm sure you know this, and after all, this is the humour of your sig - the recurssion is never ending, and if someone were to truly try and work out how recurssion works using it they would either end up falling asleep out of exhaustion or get bored.
however, the real reason it bugs me is because it isn't true. for one to have to understand recurssion, they would first need to be aware of the concepts of structured programming (sequence, selection, iteration) and then the idea of function calls and then the theory behind run time stacks.
this is incredibly off topic - no offence intended, i'm just sleepy and prattling on. i'm sure you actually knew this and really i'm just being dumb.
let's see me get modded off-topic for my sins anyways.
ciao!