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If Java was a car

Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 30 2012 @ 02:40 PM EDT

Perhaps in its day, the tin horse could have been utilized the way a computer is today, patent-wise.

Yes, you've seen a wheel to control things before, but this is a wheel used to control a motorized vehicle.

Sure, we've seen drivers sit in front of passengers in wagons before, but this is a seating arrangement in a motorized vehicle.

Sure, gears have been used in machines before, but these are gears arranged to optimize transferring power to a motorized vehicle.

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Water in a pink plastic cup is patentable today

Authored by: kawabago on Wednesday, May 30 2012 @ 02:41 PM EDT

We should be calling them Whims not Patents.

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If Java was a car

Authored by: Wol on Wednesday, May 30 2012 @ 05:01 PM EDT

A common mechanism for steering cars in the early days was a tiller (like
steering a dinghy).

I think others used differential brakes.

Cheers,
Wol

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If Java was a car - Authored by: Patrick Corrigan on Wednesday, May 30 2012 @ 07:33 PM EDT

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