6/26 Bike patented today.
\_ urlp || explanationp
\_ Like, dude. If you want to be using lisp notation, at least
have the decency to do it right. What you meant to say was,
of course,
(or urlp explanationp)
\_ Today??? How could it not be patented after all these years?
\_ That's a velocipede, not a bike. And it's from 1866.
\_ well, it's an intermediate step; it has pedals on the
front wheel, which the early velocipedes didn't. As
people realized the mechanical advantage of larger wheels,
this kind of model gave way to the "high-wheeler" (icon
of "The Prisoner"). Those had a high center of gravity
and tended to pitch people over the front wheel, so they
were eventually eliminated in favor of the chain-drive
"safety bicycle", which really was very similar to the
one we know today.
I still don't see why it's relevant to the MOTD. -tom
\_ The motd is irrelevant. You will be assualted.
\_ so tom. what IS relevant to the motd? I'm
somewhat curious how you're going to unify
questions about heat/light reflectivity, dating
asians, unholy unions with cars, skydiving,
and investment decisions in such a way as to
make the above IRrelevant.
\_ It's based solely on what personally interests
tom. Anything else isn't important.
\_ My question is, why should anyone care that a
particular implementation of something was patented
on a particular day. Big fucking deal. -tom
\_ While I agree that patent-birthdays aren't
very interesting. But claiming that it's not
relevant to the motd is -- oh fuck it. whatever.
\_ It's just tom. Don't let it bother you.
\_ heard it somewhere. However, the date seems to be wrong. It
seems to be on November, and not June 26:
http://www.student.tdb.uu.se/~y94ebo/bkpat.html
\_ DRIVE SUV!
\_ No, I get tested regularly.
\_ DIVE SUB!
\_ RIDE VELOCIPEDE!
\_RIDE VELOCIPEDE!!!! USE DIFFERENCE ENGINE!!!! |