September 06, 2006

Verbs Intellectual Property Microsoft owns doing words. Do you have your licence to speak? (Via Slashdot.)

(This post cost me an arm and a leg.) (URL in article because of Metphilter's posting restrictions.)

posted by Skrik 18 years ago
  • Prior art. I've been using that for over two years. Some examples: enter 'doen', 'sei', 'tulla'. (Shines the LanguageHat symbol on the clouds)
  • Method and system for selecting and conjugating a verb Abstract A verb conjugating system allows a user to input a form of a verb and display the verb forms. The verb conjugating system allows the user to input the infinitive form or non-infinitive forms of a verb. When a user inputs a non-infinitive form of a verb, the verb conjugating system identifies a corresponding base form of the verb. . . Wot?
  • Input is a verb, Pete.
  • So in other words, there's not going to be a Google Verbs?
  • You've turned words into math!! You bastards!! *cries*
  • This bad news, then? Microsoft and verbs, Microsoft and intellectual property - I without verbs unless with royalty fees? Not convenient, because I unintelligible when verbs not in my sentences.
  • (Stolen from here.
  • I am now a Verb Pirate. Behold my Flag of Predicates.
  • When verbs are outlawed, only outlaws will have verbs.
  • Meanwhile, Chinese laughing all way to bank!
  • hoisting jollifying rogering!
  • I'll verb up my verbs when you verb my verbs from between my cold, hard teeth.
  • ****, **** bell, pussy '* in the well. Who ****** her in? Little Tommy Green. Oh, what a naughty boy *** that ** *** ** ***** poor pussycat! Little Jack Horner, *** in the corner, ****** his Christmas pie; He ****** in his thumb, and ******* out a plum, And ****, What a good boy ** I! Little Bopeep *** **** her sheep And *****'* **** where ** **** them. ***** them alone, and they '** **** home ******* their tails behind them.
  • *snigger*