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This Essay Breaks the Law
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| Published: March 19, 2006
| By MICHAEL CRICHTON
Posted on 03/20/2006 9:56:09 AM PST by Grig
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I just pattented the word 'bump'. I'm going to be soooo rich! :-)
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posted on
03/20/2006 9:56:15 AM PST
by
Grig
To: Grig
I just pattented the word 'bump'. I'm going to be soooo rich! :-)I just patented the word "food"!
I'll be richer!
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:01:36 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Grig
Taking just a sliver of license from Full Metal Jacket:
"If I'm gonna patent me a word....my word is 'poontang'."
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:03:35 AM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: Grig
I just pattented the word 'bump'. I'm going to be soooo rich! :-) Unfortunately there is prior art.
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:04:38 AM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: Grig
A particular test procedure might be patented if it involves only specific equipment that is patentable.
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:05:37 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: Grig
I'm patenting the word "patent". So THERE....nyah.
To: Grig
If you want the benefits of private research, then you'll have to pay for the product or nobody will make the investment. If you want all research to be done by the government, don't complain when you get the results.
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:06:47 AM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(Barah, yetzirah, assiyah)
To: Grig
The Earth revolves around the Sun. No, Copernicus. The Earth "orbits" or "circles" the Sun, at least in a heliocentric coordinate system. The Earth revolves around its spin axis, the line between the North and South poles.
In purely geometric terms, it's no more correct to say the Earth orbits the Sun than to say the Sun circles around the Earth. In terms of Newtonian mechanics, neither statement is correct: both bodies orbit their common center of mass.
Copernican mechanics offered neither improved accuracy nor symplicity compared to Ptolemaic. Copernicus used epicycles, but he resolved motion into uniform circular motion, discarding Ptolemy's equant. There is no purely geometric argument to favor one over the other. Galileo apparently did not understand orbital mechanics - either Copernican nor Ptolemaic - well enough to realize this.
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:09:12 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
To: Grig
I just pattented the words "I just pattended..."
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:10:35 AM PST
by
paudio
To: beezdotcom
I'm copyrighting the notes "C" and "E". Copyrights last longer and I'm going to make big bucks from the record companies.
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:11:20 AM PST
by
babygene
(Viable after 87 trimesters)
To: Grig
I will n-v-r pay a dim- for th- right to us- th- l-tt-r -.
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:12:22 AM PST
by
tx_eggman
(Islamofascism ... bringing you the best of the 7th century for the past 1300 years.)
To: paudio
I just pattent-d the words "I just pattended..." So, you own the rights to a typo ... good work.
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:13:50 AM PST
by
tx_eggman
(Islamofascism ... bringing you the best of the 7th century for the past 1300 years.)
To: Grig
"Elevated homocysteine is linked to B-12 deficiency, so doctors should test homocysteine levels to see whether the patient needs vitamins."
As I understand it, ideas and facts specifically CANT be patented. Neither can recipes or mathematical formulas.
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:15:46 AM PST
by
babygene
(Viable after 87 trimesters)
To: Carry_Okie
If you want the benefits of private research, then you'll have to pay for the product or nobody will make the investment. If you want all research to be done by the government, don't complain when you get the results. So there is no debate on the proper role of "intellectual property" laws?
The original intent of such laws was to encourage innovation, but now that there are 10^12th patent attorneys churning the patent laws the same way trial lawyers are churning tort laws, innovation is coming to a standstill. One of three University research projects is being abandoned these days to to conflicts with somebody's intellectual property.
So what is the proper role of these laws? To enrich lawyers? Or to encourage innovation?
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:15:52 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
To: Publius6961
I am trying to decide between patenting stune or beeber...but I would probably get more $ by going with hate monger or racist. : )
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:16:21 AM PST
by
Politicalmom
(Must I use a sarcasm tag?)
To: tx_eggman
I just pattenended the "F" word and I'm gonna be richer than all of you!
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:17:04 AM PST
by
pankot
To: tx_eggman
So, you own the rights to a typo ... good work. LOL
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:17:37 AM PST
by
paudio
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Granted, I'm no expert, but as I recall, revolve is to orbit around a central point. The earth revolves around the sun and rotates on its axis.
To: babygene
And I've just copyrighted the letters 'S' and 'U'.
Anytime some lawyer wants to SUe someone, they'll have to pay me first!
Mark
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posted on
03/20/2006 10:20:14 AM PST
by
MarkL
(When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
To: Grig
The speed of light is a constant.Incorrect. The speed of light varies depending on what medium it's moving through. That's why we get fun things like refraction and Cerenkov radiation. I wouldn't expect a New York Times writer to know that, of course, it's fairly advanced middle school and high school science.
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