[CrackMonkey] [owen@ditherati.com: D I T H E R A T I for 26 April 2000]

[maslow's monkey]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Don Marti wrote:

> But then everyone else would say "hey, they're safe, all they had to do
> was FACE MARK STARR LIKE A MAN." They'd follow foo.com's example, either
> individually or as an industry consortium.
> 
> And as more companies resisted patents, the incentive to get them would
> plunge, leaving the freaks free to frolic.

A related idea is that there should be substantial penalties for filing
stupid.  Perhaps we should make Mark Starr copy out
<http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=1565921615> BY
HAND.

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mbp