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Apple Patents 'Chameleon' Computer Case
Dave B writes "The Register
has been fishing at the patent office again and found that Apple has a new patent for "a computing device [which] includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light device disposed inside the housing. The light device is configured to illuminate the illuminable portion".
While this gives us the exciting prospect of an iMac that is all five fruit flavors at once surely the original iMac with its glowing power button, or indeed a-thousand-and-one other electronic gizmos represent prior art?" Update a couple of users noticed this Slashdot Story from 2002 which looks familiar.
There's a reason why it's brilliant. It was stolen directly from Orwell's 1984. I know this because I re-read the book recently. See the beginning part of this page for confirmation. (I claim no responsibility for the rest of that page's content, because I didn't even read it!)
In any case, if Star Trek didn't give Orwell credit, that's pretty sad, since the premises of the two stories are so blatantly similar!
(This thread is sort of off-topic, so karma bonus has been turned off)
Justin
"Why would God give us a waist if we wasn't supposed to rest our pants on it?" - Rev. Roy McDaniels
You know, I would, but despite have 'excellent' karma for as long as I can remember, I have never, EVER had mod points. Any idea why this would be?
Read Pynchon.