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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Craziness Domain - Microsoft wins patent for double click (NOT. more inside) |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 666/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| News article okay...the double click is only patented for the PocketPC, but still...to patent such a move?  |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 479/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| That's just dumb... I hate software patents. They really do infringe on freedom. Oh, and: Microsoft, which spends nearly $7 billion yearly on research, said that it regularly patents technologies around the use of software and computers. I would like to know where the reasearch goes. Because I haven't seen much improvement at all from Microsoft in the last seven years. |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 2091/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Win XP... that was a improvment IMO from Microsoft.  But really, this patent is just for US... until software patents comes to Europe... ...which was the first OS who used double clicking?  |
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45  Posts: 313/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Actually, Kitten Yiffer, software patents will come to Europe. They've already settled that in the European Union. | |||
MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67  Posts: 316/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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Originally posted by Kitten Yiffer I'd imagine it was probably the original Mac OS, or maybe one of the prototype GUIs Xeros had developed. I don't really understand the point of patenting something like this. Anyone care to explain the significance? Other than making Microsoft a target for lawsuits... |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 1189/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| They (edited by Millennium Neko on 06-05-04 11:02 AM) |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69  Posts: 391/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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This article is so full of shit it's not even funny. As I told Max yesterday, here's what they patented: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 27 granted a patent for a "time based hardware button for application launch" in which a click of a button can start different programs if it is clicked once, twice or held down for several seconds.That means they patented a system that incorporates ALL those things at once. They didn't patent single clicking, double clicking or time-sensitive clicking. They patented putting all that together in a specific way. In fact, if double clicking hadn't been invented, they would probably have described it in the brief as "clicking the same button twice in succession in a short amount of time". The fact that there is a phrase called "double clicking" means that there's a lot of what's called "prior art", ie that it's been done before, and thus you can't patent it. They won't approve it, at least. Yet another example of why there are lots of losers not sufficiently accustomed to reading comprehension. Please use your brains, folks, and stop going "Oh, that wacky Patent office / Microsoft corporation, what won't it do next?". Edit: [17:14:03] wootest: it's like if someone patented a wooden keyboard those asshats would say OMFG WOOD HAS BEEN PATENTED [17:14:18] salsaflies: XD! That's how stupid this is. (edited by Jesper on 06-05-04 11:15 AM) |
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Yoshi Dude XKEEPER STOLE MY CAR KEYS Level: 79  Posts: 728/3271 EXP: 4572680 For next: 6787 Since: 03-15-04 From: give me a number folks. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| i created a website so I patent the internet. please leave now or i'll have to take legal action. thanks. =) | |||
Acmlm Torosu heh Level: 51  Posts: 687/1173 EXP: 981994 For next: 31944 Since: 03-15-04 From: Somewhere that isn't outside of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Since last post: 39 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| The way I see it now if I read it again ... click once to open something, click twice to open something else, hold down the button and yet another thing will happen ... if that's used to load different programs, that actually seems new to me Just the single/double click and button holding was there long ago, probably even before Windows ... |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 2097/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| ... Oh damn I feel sooo stupid right now. XD Oh well, I learnt a lesson. I shouldn't be so quick reading articles. The write made it like they patented the double click.  |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 393/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by AcmlmYes, that's new, and that's why they patented it. And yes, it was around before Windows (Mac, the Xerox PARC OSes and even earlier). Originally posted by Kitten YifferIt did. They probably believe that themselves. |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 670/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by Kitten Yiffer so do I...but still, you have to blame the people who wrote the article and they way it is laid out for this misleading. Many people, just skim...there aren't a lot of people who just read the entire article unless they wanted all the details--which for me I didn't want to read all the details. So yeah, I'm partially at fault for reading it all but the same responsibility goes to Yahoo! front page (which I pulled the thread title from). |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 888/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| OK, tomorrow I'm heading down to the local patent office and patenting the action of pressing a key on a keyboard. Seriously. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 1805/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| So what are the odds that eventually gets ported over to Longhorn? (Yes, I know the patent's for the Pocket PC, but if it's successful then MS will milk it for all it's worth.) HH: People can protest certain patents being filed.  If MS had tried to patent double-clicking, it would likely be vetoed. |
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Dracoon Zelda The temp ban/forum ban bypasser! Level: 84  Posts: 654/3727 EXP: 5514391 For next: 147561 Since: 03-25-04 From: At home Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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How can you patent a movement or something that isn't physical it is kind of like patening breathing or something.  |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 726/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I just patented masturbation. If you do it, you owe me 5 bucks. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 1238/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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I just patented you, EvillerLegion.  If you get any money you |
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Jarukoth  IRRATIONAL EXUBERENCE!!1! Level: 79  Posts: 1208/3194 EXP: 4402011 For next: 177456 Since: 03-17-04 From: New Jersey, U.S.A. Shoes: Yes. Since last post: 8 days Last activity: 1 day |
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Originally posted by EvillerLegion Greastest. Scam. Ever. Crank it up to 10, and you can say hello to early retirement. |
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Jill In love with a dream.. Level: 36  Posts: 228/528 EXP: 296548 For next: 11562 Since: 03-15-04 From: Teh Sweden Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 14 hours |
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| www.ffii.org There's a lot of fun stuff patented.. like webshops involving a customer and a store (not a particular webshop, just the whole idea), JPEG, mp3, thumbnail images (the idea of a smaller image of a bigger one). All this will be accepted this summer if the new law is accepted in EU, I'm voting for a party that is against it. |
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