Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: My way of defining what's invention ... Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:17:31 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <2o4hc5vhmw0e$.f8rip54ih628$.dlg@40tude.net> <54eb0e81$0$2838$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:17:31 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="17827"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18v3BS1EYWVcJ4s0DdPIUo+vyesbEGRsHo=" User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KnbGJnO27qySf79XD7ZSB9mmUkE= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:31195 On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:26:56 +0100, Silvio wrote: > On 02/23/2015 12:12 PM, Joerg Meier wrote: >> I've just invented QuickSort, and yesterday I invented MapReduce before >> inventing Strings. >> >> I define 'inventing' as writing the algorithms down with a yellow pen, >> and you are all too stupid to understand how right I am. >> >> Liebe Gruesse, >> Joerg >> >> > Can we still keep using these things please? Or do we have to pay > royalties from now on? You're OK unless your editor displays yellow text or your printing card punch uses a yellow ribbon. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |