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Sharp to the point
Authored by: ftcsm on Friday, July 20 2012 @ 11:49 AM EDT
Exactly what the computer is mad for: run programs.

It's not a new thing to run a different program. The
computer was designed to run programs, not designed to run
ONE program.

How is that different from a car? It's used to transport
things, no one gets a new patent just because it's now used
to transport a dog. The purpose is the same: transport
things. Period.

Get a calculator and write 0.7734 and rotate the calculator
180 degrees while still seeing the numbers. Wow! Magic! A
new calculator that shows something like letters (looks like
"hEllO"). Will I get a new patent on that? (No)

Computers run programs. Period. What programs it runs is
up to the user, not the computer. Period. What is so hard to
understand about this?

Flavio

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  • Sharp to the point - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 20 2012 @ 12:05 PM EDT
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