Re: A new take on the foot-gun meme

In further OT Gregory Stark wrote:

> > "Shane Ambler" <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz> writes:
> >
> >
> >> Robert Treat wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>> So is that a "golf club gun"?
> >>>>
> >>> Careful what you wish for....
> >>> http://www.totallyabsurd.com/12gaugegolfclub.htm
> >>>
> >> I reckon they watched Caddyshack (I think that was the one) and thought they
> >> could get the patent before someone actually tried selling them.
> >>
> >
> > Surely a movie counts as "published"!?
> >
> >
>
> No the term is "prior art" leaving the lawyers to bill $400/hour while
> they argue over whether or not Caddyshack is "art". Though the movie
> might have inspired this:
> http://www.rodenator.com/
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2386436112453851581
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw
>
> Looks fun as long as you don't do this:
> http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2432304520080326

In something of the same vein: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4593682.stm> ... IMHO the pendejo got what was coming to him, though.

Back to work, but I really appreciate some of the meanderings here.

Greg Williamson
Senior DBA
DigitalGlobe

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