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Microsoft Patents sudo

Posted by michael on from the you're-just-mad-you-didn't-think-of-it-first dept.

Jimmy O Regan writes "Justin Mason (of SpamAssassin fame) has this blog entry: US Patent 6,775,781, filed by Microsoft, is a patent on the concept of 'a process configured to run under an administrative privilege level' which, based on authorization information 'in a data store', may perform actions at administrative privilege on behalf of a 'user process'."

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  1. Oh, yeah by brilinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    So SU me!

    Probably redundant by now.

  2. Re:Prior Art? by cbr2702 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How? Everyone knows those Open Sores hippies stole everything anyways.

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  3. Quick! Send in your prior art! by nonregistered · · Score: 5, Funny

    man sudo >/dev/uspto

    1. Re:Quick! Send in your prior art! by Lehk228 · · Score: 5, Funny

      rm -rf /dev/uspto

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    2. Re:Quick! Send in your prior art! by FooAtWFU · · Score: 5, Funny

      If only. It's more like:
      cat /dev/urandom > /dev/uspto

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    3. Re:Quick! Send in your prior art! by hawkeyeMI · · Score: 5, Funny
      user@host$ diff /dev/urandom /dev/uspto
      user@host$
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      Error 404 - Sig Not Found
  4. What Next? by Kandel · · Score: 5, Funny

    US Patent 6,775,786 : Filed by Microsoft : The concept of clicking a mouse button to perform a task.
    Closely followed by...
    US Patent 6,775,787 : Filed by Microsoft : The concept of intercourse to procreate.

    Seriously, what is the world coming to. Corporates such as Microsoft should not be allowed to patent bogus things like this.
    This is truly Capitalism at it's worst...what power have the US given these people!?

  5. not really Prior Art, but by hndrcks · · Score: 5, Funny

    " the concept of 'a process configured to run under an administrative privilege level' which, based on authorization information 'in a data store', may perform actions at administrative privilege on behalf of a 'user process'."

    Hell, that sounds like Klez!

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  6. Not really a patent by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a pseudo-patent.

    thanks, I'll be here all week....

  7. Re:perhaps my evil genius hat isn't working by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get the feeling more and more that Microsoft is doing something like this:

    Manager 1: Wow! They accepted that patent! The USPTO is crazy! Even with a year or so of prior art!

    Manager 2: Yeah, no kidding!

    Manager 1: Let's try this one next. It's got 3 years prior art.

    Manager 2: Wow! They accepted that one too! What morons!

    Manager 1: Man...let's see just how crazy we can get here...let's go with 20 years prior art, and see if the dopes accept it!

    Manager 2: LOL HAHA ROFLMAO! They took it! What planet do these guys live on?!?!

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  8. Re:perhaps my evil genius hat isn't working by hawaiian717 · · Score: 5, Funny
    A patent on $ or # as a prompt?

    It would probably read more like:

    An indication by which a computer system indicates that it is ready for arbitrary input from the user.

    But specifically, they'd be patenting C:\> .

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  9. Re:perhaps my evil genius hat isn't working by hawkeyeMI · · Score: 5, Funny
    More like this:

    M1: Alright, pay up.

    M2: I can't believe this. (pays)

    M3: Hey guys, 3 to 1 odds I don't get the patent on the 'long rectangular button which inserts a space character when pressed'. Who's in?

    M1: $50 you don't get it.

    M2: $200 for.

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  10. Re:perhaps my evil genius hat isn't working by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft: hello I want to fill a patent request...

    Patent office employee: ok, granted!

    Microsoft: ...but don't you first want to...

    Patent office employee: NO NO NO I said granted!!

    Microsoft: ...well but there's this thing called prior...

    Patent office employee: I SAID GRANTED!!

    Microsoft: yeah but there was another pate...

    Patent oggice employee: KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY!!! GRANTED YOU BIG-POCKET COMPANY!!!

  11. Re:Prior Art? by mbowles · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't that be, "Those who do not copy Unix are destined to patent it?"