From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 29 19:29: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from zeus.host4u.net (zeus.host4u.net [216.71.64.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99F7437B718 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:29:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert.shea@onlinecables.com) Received: from lola (adsl-63-206-199-169.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.206.199.169]) by zeus.host4u.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA27010 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:26:47 -0600 Message-ID: <001001c0b8ca$49fdac80$a9c7ce3f@lola> From: "Robert Shea" To: References: <20010330003425.429EA274B@sitemail.everyone.net> Subject: Re: patenting the digit 1 and 0 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:34:12 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yeah... it is from the onion (http://onion.com) a while ago... http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "lists" To: Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 6:00 PM Subject: RE: patenting the digit 1 and 0 > C'mon, it isn't even april 1 yet. > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >This smells of urban legend. The URL is a dead giveaway.. :/ > > > >Christian > > > >"...we have only twice as many genes as a fruit fly, or roughly the > >same number as an ear of corn, about 30,000." > >Ergo, we are all corn. > > > > > >- -----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kyle > >Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 7:34 PM > >To: questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: patenting the digit 1 and 0 > > > > > >I can't believe it !! > > > >Bill Gates is patenting the digits 1 and 0. He's gonna charge 10 > >cents every digit. He's the richest guy on earth and he is about to > >become even richer. > > > >http://3520040376/new_010325/alert/breakingnews.html > > > >Now, I wished I had thought of something like that before he did. I > >hope no one is gonna patent freebsd and start selling it. :/ > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use > > > >iQA/AwUBOsPURikK9qTvGvteEQKWjQCg1CtdT7PT01gSBNzycDB5lPnnIDEAoISg > >gZHp0RXZZNNrVfCccPfpehn8 > >=6/LI > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message