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Pissed_Macman

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« on: 11 January 2003, 05:45 »
Well this is the end, guys. Microsoft's won, we may as well quit posting here now. Too bad, we were making progress.

get a load of this article.
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« Reply #1 on: 11 January 2003, 06:11 »
Uh huh, whatever. This is more preposterous than the story of the Australian man who attempted to patent the wheel.
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Pissed_Macman

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« Reply #2 on: 11 January 2003, 06:13 »
No, its true. The Onion is America's finest news source.
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TheGreatPoo

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« Reply #3 on: 14 January 2003, 01:09 »
I hope that is not true!  What's next, I have to pay the RIAA a royalty every time I sing one of THEIR songs in the shower???  Give me a break!  :mad:  

(not mad at you MacMan)
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« Reply #4 on: 14 January 2003, 01:50 »
Four year old prank, check the date:
26 MARCH 1998
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« Reply #5 on: 14 January 2003, 02:14 »
macman? are you going insane./*nothing wrong....*/ it may be funny to you, but try to post TRUE newarticles next time
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« Reply #6 on: 14 January 2003, 03:03 »
I'm just looking forward to HP's new steam powered printer.
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« Reply #7 on: 15 January 2003, 14:55 »
haw! good one!

maybe IBM will counter this patent claim by patenting all machines. after all they have been making machines since their inception at the end of the nineteenth century!
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« Reply #8 on: 27 January 2003, 02:13 »
lol.

[ January 26, 2003: Message edited by: raptor ]

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« Reply #9 on: 27 January 2003, 02:35 »
quote:
Originally posted by raptor:
they cant paten ones and zeroes.


the onion is a joke news place, nothing they post is serious. we know they can't patent it... that's the joke.

edit: nevermind, you edited it.

[ January 26, 2003: Message edited by: Stryker ]

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