IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent

theodp writes "The USPTO has granted IBM a patent for utilizing naming conventions to assign gender-based avatars for instant messaging. A user named Teri, IBM explains, would be given a girl avatar, while a user named Terry would be provided with a boy avatar. The three IBM 'inventors' were stymied by users named Pat, who as a result will be assigned a 'generic, genderless human figure image as his or her avatar.' Way to honor that significant-technical-content patent pledge, Big Blue!"

Comments

Re:English names only?

[geekoid]

"The USA was founded on avoiding taxes. "

False.
Try again, dip wad.

Re:English names only?

[camperdave]

Ahem!

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
...
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

The Declaration of Independence disagrees with you.

now that your nigger is president

[Anonymous Coward]

can we finally get rid of the racist shit spread by the federal government? the united states has government sponsored racism in the form of grants to the naacp and equal opportunity legislation.