[Ffmpeg-devel] [OT] patent madness
François Revol
revol
Tue Nov 8 20:40:00 CET 2005
> In case anyone had missed it, check US patent application
> 20050244804.
> Abstract follows. I say it's scary.
>
> Process of relaying a story having a unique plot
>
> A process of relaying a story having a timeline and a unique plot
> involving characters comprises: indicating a character's desire
> at
> a first time in the timeline for at least one of the following:
> a)
> to remain asleep or unconscious until a particular event occurs;
> and b) to forget or be substantially unable to recall
> substantially all events during the time period from the first
> time until a particular event occurs; indicating the character's
> substantial inability at a time after the occurrence of the
> particular event to recall substantially all events during the
> time period from the first time to the occurrence of the
> particular event; and indicating that during the time period the
> character was an active participant in a plurality of events.
they should first patent the process of understanding such a convoluted
description...
int fd = open("/dev/matrix", O_RDWR);
ioctl(fd, IOCMBIGBANG, NULL, 0);
/me takes the red pill
Fran?ois.
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