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   From: 80_knightREMOVEME@rogers.com   
      
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   > On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:27:22 -0500, "80 Knight"   
   > <80_knightREMOVEME@rogers.com> wrote:   
   >   
   >>"Kweeg"  wrote in message   
   >>news:_Kclf.50670$ki.13211@pd7tw2no...   
   >>> "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVEME@rogers.com> wrote in message   
   >>> news:O-adndqE8PAnyQjenZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d@rogers.com...   
   >>>> "Kweeg"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:P%blf.50609$ki.17958@pd7tw2no...   
   >>>> > "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVEME@rogers.com> wrote in message   
   >>>> > news:_fOdnegbmbefswjeRVn-uQ@rogers.com...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> >> >> > > They are legally prevented from doing so, AFAIK they could   
   >>>> >> >> > > get   
   >>>> >> >> > > sued   
   >>>> >> >> > > if   
   >>>> >> >> > > they do that.   
   >>>> >> >> > > Which is why none of the authors ever frequent these NGs.   
   >>>> >> >> >   
   >>>> >> >> > But that is absurd!  You can't patent/copyright a "concept"!   
   >>>> >> >>   
   >>>> >> >> That depends on how detailed you make it.   
   >>>> >> >>   
   >>>> >> >> You obvious can't patent "device to breath underwater", but you   
   >>>> >> >> can   
   >>>> >> >> patent / copyright "device to breath underwater utilising sponges   
   >>> and   
   >>>> >> >> grape jelly". Anyone who then makes a product using sponges and   
   >>> grape   
   >>>> >> >> jelly for breathing underwater could be in trouble.   
   >>>> >> >>   
   >>>> >> >> Apple Computer (among others) patents concepts galore, many of   
   >>>> >> >> which   
   >>>> >> >> it   
   >>>> >> >> never uses or has any intention of using.   
   >>>> >> >>   
   >>>> >> >> If you were to described a detailed storyline that then later   
   >>>> >> >> turned   
   >>>> >> >> on   
   >>>> >> >> on TV identically or "close enough", then the person claiming it   
   >>>> >> >> as   
   >>>> >> >> there own would be in serious trouble (assuming you can prove you   
   >>> came   
   >>>> >> >> up with it first).   
   >>>> >> >   
   >>>> >> > There you have it, the definitive answer form "Anybody" (he's so   
   >>>> > s-m-r-t)   
   >>>> >>   
   >>>> >> You know, I never had a problem with him until he started calling me   
   >>> and   
   >>>> >> others (on a different group) trolls, just because we did not agree   
   >>> with   
   >>>> >> him. Now, I look at what he writes and feel bad for him. He   
   >>>> >> obviously   
   >>> has   
   >>>> >> nothing to do other then bitch and moan about anything and   
   >>>> >> everything.   
   >>>> >   
   >>>> > Indeed... and apparently he knows how to produce and write (and   
   >>>> > probably   
   >>>> > cast and act in) TV shows too. Just ask him.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Of course he does. Yet, I have not seen him offer one good idea on how   
   >>>> to   
   >>>> improve Trek, or anything else he bitches about. Not that I read all of   
   >>> his   
   >>>> rants, just the ones I stumble across.   
   >>>   
   >>> Heh heh, indeed.   
   >>> And according to "Anybody" the only way to improve Trek is the deaths of   
   >>> Berman and Braga 'cause they're to blame for *everything.* Oh and stop   
   >>> "Hollyweird" recycling ideas (and making them better) like the   
   >>> re-imaging   
   >>> of   
   >>> Battlestar Galactica. (IMO the best and most enjoyable Sci-fi series   
   >>> since   
   >>> B5, oh ya and season 4 of Ent)   
   >>   
   >>Tell me about it. I and a couple others have already had it out with   
   >>'Anybody' about BSG in, oddly enough, a 'Knight Rider' (yup, the show with   
   >>the talking car :-P ) newsgroup, as that franchise is also thinking about   
   >>making a big-screen movie, and 'Anybody' had to chirp in and tell us how   
   >>much it would suck. As for the BSG argument, I and another person asked   
   >>several questions as plain as day, yet Anybody refused to answer them   
   >>based   
   >>on the fact that I was a 'troll' and the other guy was just stupid. But,   
   >>can't win 'em all eh? I actually feel sorry for Anybody. He seems to be   
   >>stuck in his own little world where everyone is against him and   
   >>'Hollyweird'   
   >>is out to get him. But, I, you, and many others have tried to reason with   
   >>him, only to come to the conclusion that 'Anybody' is truly 'Nobody'.   
   >>Should   
   >>he decide to engage in further mature conversation, I myself would be   
   >>happy   
   >>to do so as well, but I think he is stuck on 'playback' and will not   
   >>change.   
   >>   
   >   
   > What a pompous self-important ass you are.  In the real world, you'd   
   > be missing teeth for sure.   
      
   In the real world, you would be too chicken shit to do it, so bite me.   
      
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