http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1076267183.html

Yousuf Khan wrote:

> http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1076267183.html



This is absurd. The only upshot is these lawyers (SCO ect) will become so
absurd that -reverse charges- will be allowed to defend against these types
of things and that -will- kill off most of the tort law that plagues our
court rooms.
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Stacey

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:59:13 GMT, "Yousuf Khan"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1076267183.html

What the hell are they smoking at the USPTO?

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

>http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1076267183.html
>

Glad that Intel didn't think of this back in the mid-90s when AMD and
Cyrix and the like came out with 486 and Pentium-socket compatible
CPUs that exceeded 120MHz.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
fammacd=!SPAM^(E-Mail Removed) says...
> On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:59:13 GMT, "Yousuf Khan"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1076267183.html
>
> What the hell are they smoking at the USPTO?

It's not only the USPTO that's on something strong. Try:
US6329919.

I've used that one to bust more chops than you can believe. For
some reason no one wants to talk about it. ;-)

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Keith

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:54:18 -0600, lyon_wonder
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>>http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1076267183.html
>>
>
>Glad that Intel didn't think of this back in the mid-90s when AMD and
>Cyrix and the like came out with 486 and Pentium-socket compatible
>CPUs that exceeded 120MHz.

Intel has a bit too much pride to resort to scaming their way through
the patent system. It takes a special kind of scumbag to try and pull
this kind of crap, and more importantly, it requires scumbags with
absolutely ZERO technical innovation of their own and no viable
products.

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Tony Hill
hilla <underscore> 20 <at> yahoo <dot> ca

"Keith R. Williams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's not only the USPTO that's on something strong. Try:
> US6329919.
>
> I've used that one to bust more chops than you can believe. For
> some reason no one wants to talk about it. ;-)

http://tinyurl.com/38hvp

Restroom reservation system?

Yousuf Khan

In article <Mt5Wb.1646$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> "Keith R. Williams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > It's not only the USPTO that's on something strong. Try:
> > US6329919.
> >
> > I've used that one to bust more chops than you can believe. For
> > some reason no one wants to talk about it. ;-)
>
> http://tinyurl.com/38hvp
>
> Restroom reservation system?

Yep! Look at the date and assignee. Much fun has been had with it. ;-)

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Keith

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 23:58:11 -0500, Keith R. Williams <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
>fammacd=!SPAM^(E-Mail Removed) says...
>> On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:59:13 GMT, "Yousuf Khan"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1076267183.html
>>
>> What the hell are they smoking at the USPTO?
>
>It's not only the USPTO that's on something strong. Try:
>US6329919.

Geez and it wasn't submitted on April 1!!

>I've used that one to bust more chops than you can believe. For
>some reason no one wants to talk about it. ;-)

I like it - no ticky... no ummm, errr...

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

Tony Hill wrote:

> It takes a special kind of scumbag to try and pull
> this kind of crap, and more importantly, it requires scumbags with
> absolutely ZERO technical innovation of their own and no viable
> products.
>

Doesn't that describe most lawyers? :-)

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Stacey