Wait a minute... you can get a patent on "clicking the left button of a mouse to order goods and services from a web site" when there's clearly a decade of prior art, but the iPod interface isn't good enough?
I can't believe that RPG.net scooped slashdot on this subject (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1 5238) and almost scooped them on the Quake Adventure too!
Unfortunately, not everyone *has* several hundred dollars just lying around waiting to be spent on a P2, motherboard, case, and all the accoutrements; however, a lot of people have $20 to blow at the local Goodwill to get a complete 486DX or low Pentium. I got a 486DX with 20MB RAM and 2 network cards that way for my firewall.
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Wait a minute... you can get a patent on "clicking the left button of a mouse to order goods and services from a web site" when there's clearly a decade of prior art, but the iPod interface isn't good enough?
I can't believe that RPG.net scooped slashdot on this subject (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1 5238) and almost scooped them on the Quake Adventure too!
Unfortunately, not everyone *has* several hundred dollars just lying around waiting to be spent on a P2, motherboard, case, and all the accoutrements; however, a lot of people have $20 to blow at the local Goodwill to get a complete 486DX or low Pentium. I got a 486DX with 20MB RAM and 2 network cards that way for my firewall.