Inventions

Archive for December, 2006

Plumbers’ invention helps those without hands to play poker: that’s what friendship is!

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Two plumbers from Nebraska have invented a device which will allow those who can’t use hands to view their cards without assistance.
Dave Hofferber and Chris Ferrell, two poker players who play at their local Lexington bar league, were inspired by the difficulty their friend Matt Johnson had, to view his cards without help from anyone. [...]

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Microsoft’s attempt to patent RSS: the claims

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Update: Just had a detailed look at the patents. See the following claim: “A system comprising: one or more computer-readable media; computer-readable instructions on the one or more computer-readable media which, when executed, implement: an RSS platform that is configured to receive and process RSS data in one or more formats; and code means configured [...]

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