USEFUL patents are fine, my friend. But when someone can patent a method of exercising a cat with a low-power laser, there’s something amiss. It’s rather like frivolous lawsuits: just because you can do it, that doesn’t mean you should.
There is a famous but apocryphal story that Tisias tried to cheat his teacher, Corax. .Tisias got his teacher Corax to agree that he would not pay him his teacher’s fee until he won his first lawsuit. He then avoided going to court. .Corax got him into court by suing him himself, for the money. He argued that if he, Corax, won the case, he would get his pay, and if he lost, he would still get it because Tisias would have won his first lawsuit, thereby fulfilling the terms of their agreement.
.Tisias, some versions say, retorted that if he, Tisias, lost the case, he would escape under the terms of the agreement, having lost, not won, his first lawsuit, and if he won it he should also be free, since he would be awarded the money at issue. The judge is said to have thrown both of them out of court, remarking, " kakou korakos kakon oon," a bad egg from a bad crow..Were it me, I’d say that Tisias wins the case, since he has (to now) yet to win a case. However, I would also note that, having won this case, Tisias now must pay the fee.
rockngolfer over 12 years ago
Some guy just patented how to make a snowman.So be careful if you live up north.
Digital Frog over 12 years ago
patently absurd.
gosfreikempe over 12 years ago
USEFUL patents are fine, my friend. But when someone can patent a method of exercising a cat with a low-power laser, there’s something amiss. It’s rather like frivolous lawsuits: just because you can do it, that doesn’t mean you should.
bmonk over 12 years ago
There is a famous but apocryphal story that Tisias tried to cheat his teacher, Corax. .Tisias got his teacher Corax to agree that he would not pay him his teacher’s fee until he won his first lawsuit. He then avoided going to court. .Corax got him into court by suing him himself, for the money. He argued that if he, Corax, won the case, he would get his pay, and if he lost, he would still get it because Tisias would have won his first lawsuit, thereby fulfilling the terms of their agreement.
.Tisias, some versions say, retorted that if he, Tisias, lost the case, he would escape under the terms of the agreement, having lost, not won, his first lawsuit, and if he won it he should also be free, since he would be awarded the money at issue. The judge is said to have thrown both of them out of court, remarking, " kakou korakos kakon oon," a bad egg from a bad crow..Were it me, I’d say that Tisias wins the case, since he has (to now) yet to win a case. However, I would also note that, having won this case, Tisias now must pay the fee.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 12 years ago
WOW! My little buddy was HARD TO FIND today!