__/ [ Jamie Hart ] on Tuesday 07 March 2006 15:47 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:duk8ti$nqa$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> __/ [ chrisv ] on Tuesday 07 March 2006 15:15 \__
>>
>>> There'a bunch of evil bastards out there, to be sure...
>>
>> I have just filed a patent for bubblesort. Something tells me I'm
>> gonna be rich!
>>
>
> Get rich off a bubblesort? Not likely, it's about the slowest type of sort
> there is.
>
> It's so bad that Microsoft are probably the only ones still using it.
>
> Think big, patent a shellsort or quicksort.
...Too complex to be used as hilarious patent examples.
And you thought you had seen *everything*...
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6368227.html
Best wishes,
Roy
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