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Xairbusdriver
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Leaked Patents show Apple may be Cloning "Frog-People!"
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August 28, 2008, 05:06:36 PM »
There have been almost non-stop rumors of a coming Mac Tablet. Many even include "patent drawings." Here's another report but it's the comments that really make it worth reading!
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"Well I can't be too excited about this, since the first picture suggests that it won't exist until superintelligent frog people have taken over the earth." And: "whats w/ the freaky fingers in all these patent filings?"
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Paddy
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Leaked Patents show Apple may be Cloning "Frog-People!"
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August 28, 2008, 10:41:47 PM »
Apparently some patent lawyer's second grade art teacher told him he was
really good
at drawing...and he has continued to believe her to this day!
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August 29, 2008, 12:42:55 AM »
Hey! I resemble that remark...
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Leaked Patents show Apple may be Cloning "Frog-People!"
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August 29, 2008, 07:42:12 AM »
I'm not sure my old fingers are up to being stretched as in those pictures! I'm also sure my brain isn't up
to remembering all the "gestures!"
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August 29, 2008, 12:15:53 PM »
Gee ... if I'd had *those* fingers, I might have been able to play the piano.
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Xairbusdriver
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Leaked Patents show Apple may be Cloning "Frog-People!"
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August 30, 2008, 06:24:13 AM »
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if I'd had *those* fingers, I might have been able to play the piano
Or climb up the side of the house to clean the gutters without using a ladder!
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