America’s Supreme Court is about to issue a ruling which, by all accounts, will make it difficult, if not impossible, to get a patent for a business process. And because most business processes are, at bottom, computer algorithms, the Supreme Court’s judgment could also bar all sorts of software patents in the process. As a result, a lot of patents for online shopping, medical-diagnostic tests and procedures for executing trades on Wall Street could be invalidated.
After declining the writer's repeated invitations to eat pizza, a frustrated Santa burst out with, "You want me to eat what?!? It's fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else." Microsoft said it was not aware that the Santa code included the foul language but insisted the company did not suspect an employee prank. On Wednesday, Microsoft's Santa-bot appeared to be online in one reporter's Messenger contact list, but did not respond to her messages.
The Tao is like a glob pattern: used but never used up. It is like the extern void: filled with infinite possibilities.
