Thursday, January 26, 2006

Jesus, Grant Me Strength

Cingular (from Hell's heart I strike at thee...) has applied for a patent that covers emoticons. Yes, that's right, emoticons. Smilies. This thing: :-O

WTF is the matter with these people? Hello, Prior Art, Hello! If they get a patent on emoticons, this is surely a sign of the end times. [article]

2 Comments:

Blogger Jon Reid said...

I have just one thing to say:
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-)
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sef/Orig-Smiley.htm

12:09 AM  
Blogger Chris said...

Oh at last, a voice of sanity in the wilderness.

12:38 AM  

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