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Microsoft [to patent] Verb Conjugation
streepje writes "Here [to be] the latest egregious patent application. Microsoft [to be] [to apply] for a patent for [to conjugate] verbs. Future postings [to look] like this."
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Can I submit my seventh grade Spanish book as an example of prior art? It has an interface (a table in the back) that allows the user to select verbs based on tense and person.
can they do this without paying royalties to him?
Me fail English? That's unpossible.
It's not stupid. It's advanced.
Yup, that described by your clarification has certainly never been done before .
make world, not war
At least they didn't patent the letter E.
Cwm, fjord-bank glyphs vext quiz
Conjugate? I haven't even kissed a girl.
Will we still be allowed conjugal visits?
Cthulhu for President! Why settle for the lesser evil?
"Can we get an end to all these misleading "Microsoft patents smiley faces!" type of headlines?"
;)
You must be new around here.
Dear Microsoft,
With regard to your patent, would you like to
a) fuck off
b) go fuck yourself or
c) get fucked
Tubby or not tubby. Fat is the question
USPTO doesn't have one! ;)
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
indeed, doubleplus good
(adverbs are ok right?)
Warhammer forums
Anyone else notice (or care) that the USPTO seems to have spelled Address as "Adress". Spelling-nazis are ten-a-penny, so you would expect the USPTO, of all organisations, to have one or two in their ranks!
Meta will eat itself
CLIPPY: "Hello, it looks like you are fucking up a verb conjugation again..."