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Article #73962Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
From: Phil Howard KA9WGN
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1991 01:23
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1991 01:23
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mathew@mantis.co.uk (Industrial Poet) writes: >"See, some people write their numbers with the millions on the left and the >ones on the right. Other people write their numbers with the millions on the >right and the ones on the left. We've got this great idea... if these people >talk to each other, they should decide on just one way of writing numbers so >that they can understand each other. Can we have a patent?" Along the same lines, the same level of idiocy: "See, some people speak in one language and others speak in a different language. We've got this great idea... if these people get together and decide on one language to use to communicate, then they can always know what the other is saying. Can we have a patent?" -- /***************************************************************************\ / Phil Howard -- KA9WGN -- phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu | Guns don't aim guns at \ \ Lietuva laisva -- Brivu Latviju -- Eesti vabaks | people; CRIMINALS do!! / \***************************************************************************/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9a4c815047ed049b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-16 00:05:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!math.fu-berlin.de!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!phil From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication Message-ID: <1991Jul16.012343.21372@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 16 Jul 91 01:23:43 GMT References: <9107131607.AA14833@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <oND551w164w@mantis.co.uk> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 19