Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Steven Champeon <schampeo AT hesketh.com>]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Joe Komenda wrote:
> Thanks to http://www.rc3.org for this tip:
> 
> Amazon runneth amok: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1558650.html
> 
> Which, of course, reminds me of:
> http://www.theonion.com/onion3311/microsoftpatents.html

My favorite responses to this issue, both from /.:

1) 
USPTO Employment Application

 1. Name ______________ 2. Date _______________ 
 3. DOB _______________ 4. SSN ________________ 

 5. I.Q. (check one) 
 ( ) Moron 
 ( ) Idiot 
 ( ) Dim-wit 
 ( ) Liberal Arts Flunkee 

 (Y or N) Have you ever been affiliated with a terrorist organization or 
 received a grade D or or better on an engineering examination? 

 (Y or N) Can you be trained to operate a rubber stamp within a period 
 of 16 weeks? 

 (Y or N) Are you able to employ a method and process for inducing 
 condensation upon a reflecting surface? 

 (Y or N) Do you agree that you deserve a patent for the above? 

 (Y or N) Were you alive when Al Gore invented the Internet? 

 (Y or N) Do you agree he deserves a patent for that?

... which, of course, is just another way of saying the USPTO will hire
anyone who can fog a mirror. :)

2) news headline: "Amazon granted patent on Internet boycotts"