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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:46:10 -0700
Subject: Re: [OT] Free software versus software idea patents
From: geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:21 PM, harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> wrote:

<snip>

This looks to me like an application of the troll motto "if you can't
dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull". It certainly does
nothing to prove your claim, despite clearly attempting to word-salad
your way through an argument.

Geremy Condra