gomez
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Registered: Jun 2000
Location: UK
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First, a disclaimer: I reside in the UK and have no connection with any previous contributor to this forum (although for the benefit of any hitman/executioner, purveyor of torture or mental or physical discomfort, or anyone else who may have the capacity [deliberate or otherwise] and who may be in the employment or acting under the instructions, real or otherwise [howsoever communicated] of any previous or future contributor, I may be contacted at my alternative residence which is currently located on the dark side of the moon)  .
Furthermore, my mental capacity has never been evaluated and I may not be responsible (legally, morally or otherwise) for any comments I may make on this or any other forum, either now or in the future  . As evidence of this, and of a possibly disturbed/deranged mind, and to allow you to evaluate whether you should read my intended comments, I must point out: a) I don't own a Visor, Palm, or other similar PDA b) I don't use any form of screen protector
Having said that, I came across an article mentioning a boycott and linking to this site. I've read all the postings, and laughed out loud several times (causing colleagues to question my mental state ) I do think however, that it went off the boil after page 5 or so. The spoof page http://public.surfree.com/apikoros/screen/ was brilliant, and thanks to the posters of the Oscar Wilde quote and of the advice about arguing with an idiot - priceless.
However, seriously, you blokes should take care, Mr Bill/Bob seems dangerously close to flying off the handle, and knowing how litigious your society is, he may hold you responsible for any miscreant act he may perform whilst the balance of his mind is disturbed after reading your unfair, biased, uncomplementary, vindictive and thoroughly unkind comments. In addition, he may cry and lose the respect of his colleagues and the fish who may refuse to be caught by him, thus further eroding his reputation and self-esteem causing him to consider the taking of his own life ... err,... on second thoughts... NB: On legal advice at this point, I must point out that if BillyBob were to take his own life, or anything, or indeed, if he borrowed rather than took, then I am sure he would seek the correct authorisation in advance of doing so (as he did with the earlier posted comments of his satisfied customer  ).
I don't know about your political system, but in the UK, anyone affected or concerned by miscreant action (including that of those who may have posted to a forum) can report the matter to his/her Member of Parliament who can investigate and if necessary, start a debate in the House of Parliament. Such a debate may lead to changes in the law or of procedure or even criminal action. The debate in the House is protected by parliamentary privilege and is immune from slander/libel laws  . I know our governmental system is several hundred years older than yours, but perhaps you have a similar system (?) in which case I think the USA owes the UK boucho royalties (ever wonder where that term 'royalty' comes from? yep, from us - more boucho royalties please). Sorry BillyBob you can't patent something that's already in prior use (the royalty system), so I think the UK is safe.
BTW, I read the patent page http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?...8__&s_all=1 and examined the diagram. As previously disclaimed, I do not own a Visor (further disclaimer: all trademarks are those of their respective owners), but I thought it was a handheld device, meant to fit in the pocket - has BillyBob patented a large hand to enable the holding of the device illustrated in the patent document, and patented a large pocket for holding it? 
Question: does it matter what grade of olive oil is used?
IMHO, the patent won't stand up to a robust challenge, but I admit I don't know what a LCR screen is (please read my disclaimer above vis a vie my mental capacity). To develop further the arguments from those posters who bought products with clear plastic stickers on them, (later reported by BillyBob to be for protection during shipping, rather than during use) I bought a watch with such a sticker. Being a sad case, I kept the sticker on for some time after I started wearing it (mainly because I didn't realise it had a sticker on it  ). Hmmmmm...this would appear to conflict with somebody or other's patent (fancy taking on Casio 'somebody or other'? - as a fisherman how about some shark fishing rather than dipping for tiddlers? You don't have to do it for the money, do it for the sport  )
Anyway, from reading eARl.ier pOS-/tiNgs, BillyBob feels confident that one day, vengence will be his, but he should consider carefully what will happen when he eventually shuffles off his mortal coil and meets my friend Mr W Shakespeare who would be most upset at how BillyBob has desecrated his (and mine) language .
[This message has been edited by gomez (edited 06-19-2000).]
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