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Leaked Patents show Apple may be Cloning "Frog-People!"
« on: 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! rofl.gif
<"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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« Reply #1 on: 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! wink.gif
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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2008, 12:42:55 AM »
Hey!   I resemble that remark... wink.gif


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« Reply #3 on: 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!"  rolleyes.gif
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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2008, 12:15:53 PM »
Gee ... if I'd had *those* fingers, I might have been able to play the piano. wink.gif

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Leaked Patents show Apple may be Cloning "Frog-People!"
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2008, 06:24:13 AM »
QUOTE
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! eek2.gif laugh.gif
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Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
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