k, f and s

Hmmmm. . . . well I guess you likely won't get rich off my 8 year old. He
seems to take great pleasure in annoying the h*ll out of me at each meal and
laughs about it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Rumley" <trumley(at)softhome.net>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Morality and Pirated Software


> I am planning to soon take out a patent. It is a method of eating that,
> while I didn't develop, belongs to me. It involves three main "utensils".
> One that has a number of prongs that I am going to call a "fork", a second
> that is a small ladle which I call a "spoon, and the last, which has a
> sharp edge on one side that I call a "knife".
>
> I plan to avidly pursue anyone who uses this method of food consumption
> without  my granting them a licence. If you don't want to get in some
> really hot water, send me .05 cents any time that you use these
implements.
> (I am going to be so rich!!!)      >:D
>
> Thomas
>      mailto:trumley(at)softhome.net
>      http://aboveboardlinks.com
>
> At 07:21 PM 7/23/2002, you wrote:
> >http://news.com.com/2100-1001-945686.html?tag=fd_lede
> >
> >---
> >A small videoconferencing  company (Forgent) is laying a patent claim to
> >the ubiquitous JPEG format.
> >
> >Forgent has a wide swath of the Internet in its sights, as it will
> >consider any company that doesn't pay to use JPEG a pirate.
> >---
> >
> >So, it probaly looks like everyone who is creating JPEG's is probably a
> >pirate, and we did not even know it (at least according to this company)
> >
>

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