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5 Sep 2024 03:19:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Yet another reason why they shouldn't grant software patents  
From: Patrick Elliott
Date: 23 Nov 2009 14:21:49
Message: <4b0ae0cd$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> Yeah, you are doing *more* calculations. Its still, "Take data, feed 
>> it into formulas, get a correct result.", and you are still just 
>> taking data from X, feeding it into Y, then into Z, to get the end 
>> result. 
> 
> No, you're not. The end result isn't useful unless it *actually* reduces 
> the wear in your tires. You can calculate all the discrete logarithms 
> you want, but unless you establish a process of communication, you're 
> not doing public key encryption.
> 
The end result isn't useful in algorithms unless its "correct". In this 
case, "correct" means you got the answer you wanted, not something else. 
But, thought we where dropping this. lol

-- 
void main () {
   If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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