Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:34:12 -0800 From: "Robert Shea" <robert.shea@onlinecables.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: patenting the digit 1 and 0 Message-ID: <001001c0b8ca$49fdac80$a9c7ce3f@lola> References: <20010330003425.429EA274B@sitemail.everyone.net> <v04003a05b6e9992282fd@[192.168.1.100]>
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Yeah... it is from the onion (http://onion.com) a while ago... http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "lists" <lists@vivdev.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> 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 <http://www.pgp.com>; > > > >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
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