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Mark Zuckerberg, Inventor

Posted by kdawson on from the seventeen-year-monopoly dept.

theodp writes "Move over, Thomas Edison. Here comes Mark Zuckerberg, inventor extraordinaire. Zuck's still waiting for that elusive first patent to be issued, but take a gander at the Facebook founder's patent application for Dynamically Generating a Privacy Summary to get an idea of what's in the works. After you check boxes on a form to indicate that 'Everyone from San Francisco, CA, Social Network Provider, and Harvard' can see your profile, Zuckerberg's 'invention' will miraculously display: 'People from San Francisco, CA, Social Network Provider, and Harvard can see your profile.' How dare Rolling Stone question his inventiveness!"

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  1. What a genius... by edwebdev · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Mark should also patent using a database to store information.

  2. ConnectU by thebonafortuna · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this guy is the Thomas Edison of the 21st century, its no wonder we don't have flying cars.

  3. Re:It isn't about the technology by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    Facebook seems to hire based on Facebook. The women coming out of the building are good looking and the guys are hunks. I think you're confused. The people you're seeing coming out of the building are coming from the yoga studio and the beauty salon. The Facebook employees come and go through the back door under the cover of darkness, like all geeks.
  4. Re:Slashdot stories have gotten very sarcastic lat by mujadaddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, this site has thingies above the comments? Never noticed.

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  5. Re:Grapes Taste Bitter To You? by fictionpuss · · Score: 4, Funny

    but I did want to make sure that people have their facts straight. You must be new here.