From: Karl Low (gurugreat_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2001 - 11:20:13 PDT
Begin 167:8 ----------- The purpose of patents is to encourage future rules to build upon what is already known. "If I can see further than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of Giants" I believe it was said. Therefore, while grabbing the whole of a patent is certainly wrong, it should be encouraged to use part of a patent. To this end, it is required that all future rules splice in exactly half of any patented phrase that appeared in the rule previous. Since trying to splice in half a word is just nonsensical, valid patents will have an even number of words. To show my dedication to this idea. I'll do it in this rule as well. ------------ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- Rule Date: 2001-08-21 18:20:23 GMT
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