Re: [Patents] "Betrayal of physics"

[Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>]

On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:39 -0400, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> Christian,
>       It is obvious from your question that you hold physics and law
> in contempt and have little interest in taking these issues seriously.
> That said, let me try answering your question.
>       The physical has many aspects to it, including dimension, like
> your silly suggestion to raise inventive step for software patents by
> "5 inches or 10", or in your case, 3 inches.
>       There is, however, a much more important physical aspect of
> information, energy expenditure, defintely a physical quantity.  Each
> transformation of a bit of information requires energy.  So much energy
> is being used in the fastest microprocessors that they are in danger
> of overheating to the point of not working.

Greg, it is obvious from your answer that absolutely everything is
patentable if it envolves energy expenditure.

So if I discover a way of breathing that is more efficient, can I demand
royalties from alpinists?

Thanks in advance, Rui

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