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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I linked to the patent. Short version: Quote: We patent something that looks sort of like this: | 4:00 PM | |-----------------| | /-\ /-\ /-\ /-\ | | \-/ \-/ \-/ \-/ | | /-\ /-\ /-\ /-\ | | \-/ \-/ \-/ \-/ | | /-\ /-\ /-\ /-\ | | \-/ \-/ \-/ \-/ | | | | | |-----------------| | /-\ /-\ /-\ /-\ | | \-/ \-/ \-/ \-/ |
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Neil Walker
Member #210
April 2000
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I might patent a qwerty keyboard design with keys in a grid pattern. Useless of course, but it will look very pretty and touch typists will soon get used to it. [edit]or maybe writing this in this thread constitutes ownership of said design, or is that only for copyright? Neil. wii:0356-1384-6687-2022, kart:3308-4806-6002. XBOX:chucklepie |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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CodeStepper, did you ever figure out the problem on Windows 8? I'm really curious.. is it the same computer?
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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So the original problem was that multisampling was allowed on win 7 but not win 8? That sounds like a driver problem. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Maybe Windows 8 is artificially making it look faster by disabling multisampling. --- |
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CodeStepper
Member #14,495
August 2012
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@Trent @Arthur @NiteHackr @Johan Halmén |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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CodeStepper said: @Arthur And maybe those win8 compatible drivers don't have multisampling yet. New beta crap. [EDIT] Just found this on reddit. {"name":"Nd4JI.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/7\/8\/781d76cde3ee18ee3ff35a662c62fc19.jpg","w":400,"h":1662,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/7\/8\/781d76cde3ee18ee3ff35a662c62fc19"} They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Wow, that's incredible. Did Apple just decide to steal all of Braun's designs or did they maybe buy the rights to Braun? That's too much to be coincidental. I think someone could have a case against Apple patents easily with this. Come to think of it, I think calculators with rounded corners have been fairly common for about as long as I can recall. --- |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Huh, is that ios 1 or something? It's still similar, but I've never seen it like that. It looks like this now: {"name":"606559","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/d\/0\/d08541adff64ff597283fb27932c73fa.png","w":640,"h":960,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/d\/0\/d08541adff64ff597283fb27932c73fa"}
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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Neil Walker said: ownership of said design Matthew has the patent of using the word "said" that way. He charges terrible sums for each use. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002
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The aforementioned usage of said deserves a severe penalty. Preferably death.
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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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NiteHackr said: Wow, that's incredible. Did Apple just decide to steal all of Braun's designs or did they maybe buy the rights to Braun? That's too much to be coincidental. I think someone could have a case against Apple patents easily with this. Don't be daft. The portable radio and the ipod do look similar, but many portable radios had round knob for selecting the channel. The ipod circle isn't even a knob. The radio and the Power Mac? Really? The speaker-grill is on the left (you can see in the second picture) and the Power Mac has a grill-covered front. Woohoo. Apart from that they both look like silver boxes from the side. A flat speaker photographed from the side looks somewhat like a flat computer screen (I know, the entire computer is in there) seen from the side. Awesome similarity there. As for the calculator, many hand-held calculators have a similar layout, and computer calculator programs have a deliberately similar design. In this particular case they're not even that close. It's a funny picture for sure, good for a laugh, but don't overstate the similarity. |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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I think NiteHackr had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he said that. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Evert said: The ipod circle isn't even a knob. Doesn't matter. Its a circular control. That's all that matters. Quote: It's a funny picture for sure, good for a laugh, but don't overstate the similarity. Tell that to apple, and the jury who awarded them a billion dollars for the shape of the iphone, ipad and the layout of the iOS icons. -- |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Yes, I agree, it is silly to overstate how something looks the same... isn't it? You better tell that to Apple though. The point is, it's a common design that has been in existence since before Apple was a company and therefore to claim the design, or LOOK and feel is exclusively your own is ridiculous. --- |
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