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True, but the patent involved was not for a particular way of using extension methods, it was for the idea itself. And Gregory's article was a useful, but not particularly novel, sharing of what he had learned about how to use it.
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Rene Pilon wrote: If you can prove that you published the "invention" or IP before someone filed a
patent for it - you have what is known as "prior art".
However all that does is invalidate the patent.
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Yes, it just invalidates the patent. It still doesn't give you any rights.... you'll have to go through the same process ... however... there is "copyright" vs "patent"..
The thing is - do you have the money to go head to head with a giant over an extended period of time 
One guy in South America stuck it through and he was eventally paid off if I recall correctly.
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Gregory.Gadow wrote: Presumably, Microsoft would not have filed this patent if they did not expect to
see some kind of commercial return on it.
That isn't a given. Some companies, include MS, patent things to insure that someone else doesn't patent it and then tries to sue for infringement.
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Do you have any punscriptions?
Any and all puns are welcome. Let the punflaming begin!
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A pun is spontaneous. It is utterly inappropriate to ask for a pun war. You shall be punished.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Is it because he's a badger that you went for a put-down?
speramus in juniperus
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I will not tolerate being badgered into the ground like a wild animal, for your infurmation i will not be specied out like this. Sweet honey butters no bee
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And all this while I thought badgers were thick-skinned.
/ravi
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I am loose skinned, not everything is black and white you know! That really stings that you would use honey words and twist like claws. I dig'ed you before i saw your hairy side. This dirt is too much!
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CBadger wrote: not everything is black and white you know!
That is what CZebra keeps saying as well.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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But VBBadger may disagree.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Unless he sees sharp.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I fired a couple of puns at five people I know to try to get them to laugh.
Unfortunately they weren't very funny.
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So you're saying no pun in ten did?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I will start to give pun ten did puntastical words to pun around with from tommorrow
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Feh, that was only two-thirds of a pun: p.u.
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Some mathematicians are reluctant to cosine a correct answer to that. Just don't make too many infractions upon deciding on a point. It will always add up. Or do you want me to sum it up for you? Just do not let this divide us for derivative reasons. Odd that even though we agree there is so much work to do, even though i am not irrational. Just wash your hands when you raise them in dispute as they are fifthly! On second thought lets just drop the whole problem.
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Two brothers decided to go into beef production, and went in 50-50 to buy a ranch. They could not find a name they both liked, so they asked their father for his thoughts.
"Why not name it Focus Ranch?" was Dad's suggestion.
"Umm... Focus? Why Focus?"
"Because it's where the sons raise meat."
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I will not meat you half way in that pun. It was raw and uncooked, left a bad taste in my mouth, but well done on a effort worth butchering for. I slaughter not tell you of this because it will attract heat and i am not ready to be skinned alive for only trying to burn rubber. So shall we bleed it out or just drive around the ranch a bit?
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Nice! I hadn't herd that before.
/ravi
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A pommel horse walks into a parallel bar.
The barman says "is this a joke about gymnastics?"
The horse beams.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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I think we're trying too hard in this thread, we should just have vacation at Punta Cana.
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Let snot.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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