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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Tuesday 19 May 2009 10:59 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Amicus letter of Donald E. Knuth
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Prof. em Donald E. Knuth, the algorithm pope, sent an Amicus Curiae letter
>>| to the European Patent Office in the case G03/08 and expressed his desire
>>| to ?innovate in peace?...
>> `----
>>
>> http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/amicus-letter-of-donald-e-knuth/
>
> Innovate in peace? You can't even post in a public pro-Linux forum in
> peace!
Ah, well... 'Freedom' of speech was never truly free.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAluyt5_kic
- --
~~ Best of wishes
Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and
weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes
and weigh only 1 1/2 tons. -- Popular Mechanics, March 1949
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