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Comment Preemptive Patenting? (Score 1) 323

Not to be a heretic, but, wouldn't you rather a company like Amazon hold the patent than some random patent troll? In the current climate, I could see them patenting some kind of similar (bullshit), charging a nominal fee to license the patent, and everyone's happy. (As compared to some patent troll getting their hands on the patent and suing God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost for infringing on their "triune divinity" patent.) As mentioned by a previous poster, btw, this method has been in use for years. Like, hundreds. Canary Trap. Wiki.

Comment Re:HP (Score 1) 417

  • HP gaming computers are dead.
  • Bob is dead.
  • Bob is an HP gaming computer.

Would be a nice summation of your logic.

You quoted _a_ logical fallacy, but not the correct logical fallacy.

You quoted the fallacy of non-sequitor (it does not follow).

You should have quoted the fallacy of _composition_.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_(logical_fallacy)

To recap:

  • HP gaming rigs are dead.
  • The group "gaming pcs" contains "HP gaming rigs".
  • Therefore, gaming pcs are dead.
  • "A fallacy of composition arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole (or even of every proper part)."

    http://xkcd.com/386/

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