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Microsoft Patents The Task List

Posted by timothy on from the insanity-is-actually-rather-pleasant dept.

theodp writes "'Better not get too fancy with your grocery list, now that Microsoft has patented a glorified form of the to-do list.' Issued Tuesday, the patent covers the use of a 'task list' generated from 'TODO' comments in source code."

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  1. Re:Prior Art: Eclipse Project by Zugot · · Score: 1, Troll

    It doesn't matter. This is /. Microsoft=BAD and everything competing with Microsoft=GOOD.

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    -- Bryan
  2. Re:Perfect Setup by Minna+Kirai · · Score: 1, Troll

    Ever asked why no one in Germany resisted Hitler? They always thought "it's not gonna be THAT worse, calm down!". They didn't believe the thing about Auschwitz even if they saw it afterwards.

    Incorrect. They didn't resist Hitler because they supported him. They did believe about Auschwitz, and enjoyed it, because they hated Jews. (Judenhas was actually a policy that helped Hitler maintain popularity amoung the non-Nazi voters!)

    The myth of Hitler coercing the German public is designed to shield the people from their own guilt. They got the leader they wanted, and deserved.