smudgedj
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Damocles said:
You could patent the WWW and hypertext links.
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You could patent the WWW and hypertext links.
Slicker than Sommeil
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Damocles said:How do you patent the internet?
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smudgedj said:Damocles said:How do you patent the internet?
You could patent the WWW and hypertext links.
The problem being, if you patented WWW then you'd make it entirely useless and it would never have taken off.
smudgedj
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Damocles said:smudgedj said:Damocles said:How do you patent the internet?
You could patent the WWW and hypertext links.
The problem being, if you patented WWW then you'd make it entirely useless and it would never have taken off.
Not really, say £1 per 1000 pages or whatever, depends how you consider yourself 'well off' if that's what we are aiming for.
Why Always Ste
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Would you need money if you could time travel?
I mean surely there would of been some island full of Blonde bimbo stunning beauts from 200yrs ago that with your 21st century insight into the female - you'd be having a massive orgy until the heart attack.
I'd make sure the Marijuana plant was given it's true freedom and not the bad press by lobbyists from pharmaceutical/alcohol companies... no patent, just open source ways to release your mind.
I can guarantee society would not be as aggressive/screwed up as it has been over the years.
Would Hitler really be bothered about Jews if he was a dope smoker?
I mean surely there would of been some island full of Blonde bimbo stunning beauts from 200yrs ago that with your 21st century insight into the female - you'd be having a massive orgy until the heart attack.
I'd make sure the Marijuana plant was given it's true freedom and not the bad press by lobbyists from pharmaceutical/alcohol companies... no patent, just open source ways to release your mind.
I can guarantee society would not be as aggressive/screwed up as it has been over the years.
Would Hitler really be bothered about Jews if he was a dope smoker?
Cheadle Blue
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go to the bank get 5K out, go back in time to the early 80's and give steve jobs and the other fella, the £5k they needed to really start apple off. sit back and watch the money roll in
smudgedj said:Damocles said:smudgedj said:You could patent the WWW and hypertext links.
The problem being, if you patented WWW then you'd make it entirely useless and it would never have taken off.
Not really, say £1 per 1000 pages or whatever, depends how you consider yourself 'well off' if that's what we are aiming for.
The world wide web was only adopted as a standard by everybody because it was free and unrestricted. Before this, communities were much more gated, like AOL used to be, and used whatever protocol they wanted.
That's the kicker about technology in computing. If you invent a new protocol and patent it, nobody will use it and you'll make no money. If you don't patent it, you make no money.
Computing is a pretty level playing field which is why there are so many rags to riches stories. Programmers cannot stand licensing restrictions and they'll reinvent the wheel to get around them.
JoeMercer'sWay
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dunno...i'd want to end up really rich and own city from it though.
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Cheadle Blue said:go to the bank get 5K out, go back in time to the early 80's and give steve jobs and the other fella, the £5k they needed to really start apple off. sit back and watch the money roll in
it doesn't even need to be this involved; if I had next month's or next year's newspaper that would be enough to make money irrelevant.