[sdiy] OT: US Patent #4,022,227

[harrybissell]

what are you saying bitch ???   :^P

Is this intended for ME ???

Well fvck you, I'll just shave the remaining hair
bald as a baby's bottom.

Or maybe I'll just wear that "Gilligan" hat again like last years
AHMW...

<lol - bfg>

Michael Bacich wrote:
> 
> Many of us have, at one time or another, gleefully browsed around the
> great US Patent archive on the web.  It's certainly a fine place to
> explore various electronic inventions, particularly those that relate
> to synthesizers and music.  There's a world of cool stuff to explore
> there.  Sometimes, however, one comes across a patent that makes ones
> jaw drop to the ground in disbelief.  This is one of them:
> 
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4,022,227.WKU.&OS=PN/4,022,227&RS=PN/4,022,227
> 
> note:  this particular patent has nothing to do with electronics or
> music, although it's possible that certain musicians, such as David
> Crosby or Morton Subotnick, might have been able to make use of the
> invention.  We're thankful, though, that they didn't.