Quick Patent Comment
The P-word has been getting thrown around a lot where I work lately. While poking around the different discussions available on the web I ran into this example of how insanely easy it is to violate many obscure patents in the routine development of an application (particularly a web application). A couple of the crazier examples of the patents pointed out are 1) ordering by cell phone, 2) payment using a credit card on the internet, 3) tabbed palettes, and 4) the use of TV as metaphor for selecting different video fragments. Holy shit those are ridiculous.
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