On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that > have been patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the > world would be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented his theorem? > If these forces that want to convert the thought world into a bazaar > succeed, we may be facing a world darker than the worst nightmare.
I highly recommend reading "Melancholy Elephants": http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200011/0671319744___1.htm -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
