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Article #74665Concerning look and feel patents.... (fwd)
From: David J. Camp
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 02:25
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 02:25
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In Reply to this Note From: <Anthony Mutiso> >I have been following the look and feel patent debate. Yesterday an >interesting thought occurred to me! I remember a time when it was >vogue to have commercial ads of famous actor look-alikes. It is also The other day I accidently imitated Elvis while combing my hair, but the miriads of screaming fans caused me to stop right away. I have heard that Apple is considering a project to raise Isaac Newton from the dead, but they are consulting with spiritual channels to determine feasibility. The channels are asking for an hourly rate, with no warrantee. They were disappointed to learn that they could not charge for Ghostscript for the use by the resurrected individuals. Apparently they are pursuing this as a potential market for vaporware products. I do not know whether to take this effort seriously, nor even whether to take this message seriously. Clearly anyone who does needs a long rest. -David- # david@wubios.wustl.edu ^ Mr. David J. Camp # # david%wubios@wugate.wustl.edu < * > +1 314 382 0584 # # ...!uunet!wugate!wubios!david v "God loves material things." # # abs (investment#1 - investment#2) << abs (anyinvestment - anydebt) #
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,c9c3554ca93974d3,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-03-11 23:42:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unreplyable!garbage From: david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Concerning look and feel patents.... (fwd) Message-ID: <9103120225.AA17148@wubios.wustl.edu> Date: 12 Mar 91 02:25:23 GMT Sender: karl@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Lines: 22