Great! I can see the cartoons: 1) Bill Gates talking to God First caption: "Based on my calculations.... 400,000 bolts per year, 1000 people..... at $1 buck per... God! You owe me $400 Million for striking down people with Lightning Bolts! Next caption. POOF! Bill disappears. 2) Bill Gates kills "Love at first sight" People are banned from looking at each other! 3) Bill Gates seeks licensing fee from Condom Makers! Silly. Just plain ol silly! -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <TheoDP@aol.com> To: <public-web-plugins@w3.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 9:07 PM Subject: Microsoft Patents the Body Electric While others may 'Sing the Body Electric' [1], Microsoft has patented it. On Tuesday, the USPTO awarded Microsoft a patent for its 'Method and apparatus for transmitting power and data using the human body' [2], which covers the use of the human body as a conductive medium (bus) over which power, data and control signals may be distributed. [1] http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/I-Sing-the-Body-Electric!.html [2] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6,754,472Received on Wednesday, 23 June 2004 09:28:38 GMT
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