re: kitty

#1 08-06-2008, 04:05 PM

No longer will we be asked if we want paper or plastic?

"On Tuesday, IBM was granted US Patent No. 7,407,089 for storing a
preference for paper or plastic grocery bags on customer cards and
displaying a picture of said preference after a card is scanned. The
invention, Big Blue explains, eliminates the 'unnecessary inconvenience
for both the customer and the cashier' that results when 'Paper or
Plastic?' must be asked. The patent claims also cover affixing a cute
sticker of a paper or plastic bag to a customer card to indicate
packaging preferences. So does this pass the 'significant technical
content' test, IBM'ers?"

#2 08-06-2008, 07:04 PM

On Aug 6, 4:05 pm, Ed Falat <some...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> No longer will we be asked if we want paper or plastic?
>
> "On Tuesday, IBM was granted US Patent No. 7,407,089 for storing a
> preference for paper or plastic grocery bags on customer cards and
> displaying a picture of said preference after a card is scanned. The
> invention, Big Blue explains, eliminates the 'unnecessary inconvenience
> for both the customer and the cashier' that results when 'Paper or
> Plastic?' must be asked. The patent claims also cover affixing a cute
> sticker of a paper or plastic bag to a customer card to indicate
> packaging preferences. So does this pass the 'significant technical
> content' test, IBM'ers?"

Oh my god, that qualifies for the Nobel!!

#3 08-07-2008, 03:01 AM

> Oh my god, that qualifies for the Nobel!!

IBM is totaly amazing!

#4 08-07-2008, 04:59 AM

Jason Damisch wrote:

>
>> Oh my god, that qualifies for the Nobel!!
>
> IBM is totaly amazing!

What's really totally amazing is that this sort of patents still get
granted, even after a supreme court ruled that innovation must be something
more than trivialities...

I'm inclined to propose an improvement for autists like the inventor of this
bogus patent: Keep an RFID card with a complete FAQ for all your
preferences and dislikes, and your peer autists, who also are embarassed
when they must talk to you can instead use their RFID scanner to find out
what you want.

--
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/

#5 08-07-2008, 06:17 AM

On Aug 6, 4:05 pm, Ed Falat <some...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> No longer will we be asked if we want paper or plastic?
>
> "On Tuesday, IBM was granted US Patent No. 7,407,089 for storing a
> preference for paper or plastic grocery bags on customer cards and
> displaying a picture of said preference after a card is scanned. The
> invention, Big Blue explains, eliminates the 'unnecessary inconvenience
> for both the customer and the cashier' that results when 'Paper or
> Plastic?' must be asked. The patent claims also cover affixing a cute
> sticker of a paper or plastic bag to a customer card to indicate
> packaging preferences. So does this pass the 'significant technical
> content' test, IBM'ers?"

How about a card so I don't have to answer the "Do you want fries with
that?" question?

Damn, I've given away a perfectly good idea!

#6 08-07-2008, 03:43 PM

> How about a card so I don't have to answer the "Do you want fries with
> that?" question?
>
> Damn, I've given away a perfectly good idea!

here is another good one, how about underpants that tell you when they
need to be changed?

#7 08-07-2008, 08:54 PM

On Aug 7, 3:43 pm, Jason Damisch <jasondami...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How about a card so I don't have to answer the "Do you want fries with
> > that?" question?
>
> > Damn, I've given away a perfectly good idea!
>
> here is another good one, how about underpants that tell you when they
> need to be changed?

Obviously you must be in dire need of those underpants.

How about, a card that says "NO" on one side, and "I DON'T CARE" on
the other?

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