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Microsoft [to patent] Verb Conjugation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the [to-give]-me-a-break dept.

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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  1. prior art? by Xerxes1729 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:prior art? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Easy solution: Usage of a scanner!

      Second function of this post: Demonstration of possibility of avoidance of verbs anyway. Result: No need of conjugation of verbs. Implication: Avoidance of patent problems.
      Disadvantage: Overuse of colon.

      Sorry, nonability of resistance :-)

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    2. Re:prior art? by Single+GNU+Theory · · Score: 4, Funny

      Disadvantage: Overuse of colon.

      Whatever you do in the privacy of your bathroom should stay in the privacy of your bathroom.

      <shudder>

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  2. Microsoft help... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Clippie: It looks like you're typing a verb. Would you like:
    • some help choosing another verb?
    • some help conjugating your verb?
    • to use the split infinitive wizard?
    1. Re:Microsoft help... by dbc · · Score: 4, Funny

      if Clippy dangles his participle in front of me, I'm cutting it off!

    2. Re:Microsoft help... by Pogue+Mahone · · Score: 5, Funny
      Surely you mean
      • to boldly use the split infinitive wizard
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  3. Obligatory Simpsons Quote Thread by KU_Fletch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Me fail English? That's unpossible.

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  4. Re:Oh please by wass · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's a patent on automatically providing all of the different possible conjugation forms of any verb on the fly, which is something I, for one, haven't seen before and think could be pretty useful...

    Yup, that described by your clarification has certainly never been done before .

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  5. Not that bad really by CODiNE · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least they didn't patent the letter E.

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  6. Conjugate? by wickedsteve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Conjugate? I haven't even kissed a girl.

  7. If we're thrown in prison for conjugating verbs... by sourcery · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will we still be allowed conjugal visits?

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  8. Re:Already been invented. by DiamondGeezer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear Microsoft,

    With regard to your patent, would you like to

    a) fuck off
    b) go fuck yourself or
    c) get fucked

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  9. Re:Yep. by ThePhilips · · Score: 4, Funny

    USPTO doesn't have one! ;)

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  10. Re:This good. by legoburner · · Score: 4, Funny

    indeed, doubleplus good
    (adverbs are ok right?)

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