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Re: Microsoft Patents the Body Electric
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The Ghost In The Machine |
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Re: Microsoft Patents the Body Electric |
Date: |
Thu, 24 Jun 2004 07:59:50 GMT |
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, David Kastrup
<dak@gnu.org>
wrote
on 23 Jun 2004 22:04:21 +0200
<x5d63qrqgq.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>:
> The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@aurigae.athghost7038suus.net> writes:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Hamilcar Barca
>> <hamilcar@tld.always.invalid>
>> wrote
>> on Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:05:02 -0600
>> <20040622210449.598$Bl@news.newsreader.com>:
>> > In article <e7946e7b.0406221349.4c7432c4@posting.google.com> (Tue, 22 Jun
>> > 2004 15:04:22 -0700), theodp wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tuesday, the USPTO awarded Microsoft a patent for its 'Method
>> >> and apparatus for transmitting power and data using the human body'
>> >> [2], which covers the use of the human body as a conductive medium
>> >> (bus) over which power, data and control signals may be distributed.
>> >
>> > Sir Bilious and his minion, the Earl of Blammer, will be fabulously well
>> > to do. Just think
>> >
>> > Earth's population: 5,200,000,000
>> > Licensing fee (per body): $299
>> > ------------------
>> > $1,554,800,000,000
>> >
>> > Of course, there will be body piracy and Microslave may need to lower the
>> > EULA fees for developing countries, but still!
>> >
>> > Let's hope the Free Human Foundation and the Open Body Initiative design
>> > some new humans quickly!
>>
>> Couldn't we claim prior art on this one?
>
> Electrical chairs were not invented by Microsoft, even though they
> stole the idea for their blue screen of death and other user
> interface experiences.
>
Hm...there's a thought. Did the patent require that the
subject continue to live?
:-)
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