Wow, I didn't know you could copyright, trademark, or otherwise reserve numbers! Does that apply to just the number 2012 (whoops... I used it!), or does it reach all it's factors and multiples? I can see the headlines now: "New Theorem Cannot Be Proven Without Infringing Upon Copyright Laws", and desperate pleas by mathematicians to raise the funds to use the numbers they need!
I'd better hurry up and reserve 1337 so no one else can use it! Ever!
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Wow, I didn't know you could copyright, trademark, or otherwise reserve numbers! Does that apply to just the number 2012 (whoops... I used it!), or does it reach all it's factors and multiples? I can see the headlines now: "New Theorem Cannot Be Proven Without Infringing Upon Copyright Laws", and desperate pleas by mathematicians to raise the funds to use the numbers they need! I'd better hurry up and reserve 1337 so no one else can use it! Ever!