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Woolly-Bully Patent

I re-read the patent again, I'm not sure why since its about as clear as mud as to what EXACTLY they are describing as a "process".

It sounds like the worst possible combination of PostScript, CSS and DTD mark-up languages. As a specification for a project, the patent filing reads like the worst possible visual basic script.

A handicapped friend of mine, (his handicap is that he's an attorney) tells me that he calls those patents "Woolly-Bullies" since its hard to tell from all the fuzz around the meat whether you have beef or sheep.

It also sort of reminds me of a Duck Dodger in the 24th and a half century LooneyTunes cartoon with Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian. A big red woolly creature gets a hair cut by Porky while Daffy Duck pontificates in his role. Once Porky is done, there's only a pair of tennis shoes left. I suspect that there isn't even a pair of shoes in that patent once the fuzz is removed.

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