Microsoft patents Ones, Zeros

[Rochir]

Linky

REDMOND, WA - In what CEO Bill Gates called "an unfortunate but necessary step to protect our intellectual property from theft and exploitation from competitors", the Microsoft Corporation patented the numbers One and Zero Monday.

It was only a question of time!

 

[scraparcs]

People are going to see that this is from The Onion.

At least we have our twos! Long live #2!

 

[Ran2004]

I believe that the only thing to say in a situation such as this is.....

01110000011001100111010000101100001000000111011101101000011000010111010001100101011101100110000100100001

and yes, that is real binary. And yes, I do know binary. And yes, I am a dork

(Seriously though, I love the Onion... I wouldn't put this out of Microsoft's realm of possibilities either)!

Jon-Michael

 

[NothingButTheBlood]

How can someone patent a number? Or is it the codes themselves?

 

[Norseman]

How can someone patent a number? Or is it the codes themselves?

It's The Onion. The story isn't real.

 

[NothingButTheBlood]

Why are people allowed to post these?

 

[rebelEnigma]

Because they are hillarious

 

[Jonathan David]

Man, it's going to be confusing to keep score in sports now.... when the first goal of the game makes the score 3-2.... it'll take a while to get used to.... oh well... all in the name of progress.

 

[applepowerpc]

In all seriousness, it's of course illegal to patent math of any kind. Besides numbers, you can't patent equations or algorithms. For software patents, we get around that by not patenting an algorithm, but a "method and apparatus". In other words we invent this system that has a computer in it, that runs this "method"--and patent that. But really it's an algorithm.

 

[Quantos]

I believe that the only thing to say in a situation such as this is.....

01110000011001100111010000101100001000000111011101101000011000010111010001100101011101100110000100100001

and yes, that is real binary. And yes, I do know binary. And yes, I am a dork

(Seriously though, I love the Onion... I wouldn't put this out of Microsoft's realm of possibilities either)!

Jon-Michael

01011001011001010111001100101100001000000101011101101000011000010111010001100101
0111011001100101011100100010000000100001001000000011101000101001

 

[xMinionX]

01110000011001100111010000101100001000000111011101101000011000010111010001100101011101100110000100100001

Pfft yourself.

 

[Ran2004]

01011001011001010111001100101100001000000101011101101000011000010111010001100101
0111011001100101011100100010000000100001001000000011101000101001

I am glad we are in agreement, friend!

Pffft to you too, Minion!

 

[pgp_protector]

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[Quantos]

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LOL Cute

 

[bryanhilton]

LOL Cute

%49%20%72%65%61%6c%6c%79%20%68%6f%70%65%20%74%68%61%74%20%74%68%65%20%62%6f%74%68%20%6f%66%20%79%6f%75%20%61%72%65%20%68%61%76%69%6e%67%20%66%75%6e%2c%20%62%75%74%20%74%72%75%65%20%6e%65%72%64%73%20%6b%6e%6f%77%20%74%68%61%74%20%79%6f%75%20%6e%65%65%64%20%74%6f%20%75%73%65%20%48%65%78%2c%20%6e%6f%74%20%42%69%6e%61%72%79%20%66%6f%72%20%74%68%65%72%65%20%63%6f%6e%76%65%72%73%61%74%69%6f%6e%73%2e? I don't get it?

 

[scraparcs]

Man, it's going to be confusing to keep score in sports now.... when the first goal of the game makes the score 3-2.... it'll take a while to get used to.... oh well... all in the name of progress.

Ahem, that's 11-10.

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

There are only 10 types of people in the world.

Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

 

[Quantos]

%49%20%72%65%61%6c%6c%79%20%68%6f%70%65%20%74%68%61%74%20%74%68%65%20%62%6f%74%68%20%6f%66%20%79%6f%75%20%61%72%65%20%68%61%76%69%6e%67%20%66%75%6e%2c%20%62%75%74%20%74%72%75%65%20%6e%65%72%64%73%20%6b%6e%6f%77%20%74%68%61%74%20%79%6f%75%20%6e%65%65%64%20%74%6f%20%75%73%65%20%48%65%78%2c%20%6e%6f%74%20%42%69%6e%61%72%79%20%66%6f%72%20%74%68%65%72%65%20%63%6f%6e%76%65%72%73%61%74%69%6f%6e%73%2e? I don't get it?

3 Letters

HEX

 

[Quantos]

There are only 10 types of people in the world.

Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I thought it was 11 Types of people

Those who understand
Those who dont
and Those that dont care

 

[Ran2004]

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Have a gooooood evening

Jon-Michael