<kristianpaul>
interesting, wikipedia allow me to export articles as zim format when making a book
<kristianpaul>
s/zim/open zim
<kristianpaul>
so now the "dirty" work for generating the zim file is up to wikipedia servers :)
<kristianpaul>
oh, qvido is not on the last images? is it broken or something?
<wolfspraul>
probably broken, yes
<wolfspraul>
but it's good to see that there is life in zim, we can get back to zim and friends...
<wpwrak>
ah, the patent wars seem to be very inspirational ... for the creative folks: http://bl.ocks.org/1153292
<wolfspraul>
the other day I overheard a conversation of a group of elderly women at starbucks
<wolfspraul>
they were talking about those fantastic yoga masters they found, very expensive ones of course, who were applying patented (!) yoga techniques!!!
<wolfspraul>
the world wants to be fooled
<wpwrak>
;-)))
<wpwrak>
that's pretty sick indeed
<wpwrak>
maybe that's how you could really make the M1 a hit. don't simply offer it in the shop. make it a limited edition and ask people to inquire. with an essay explaining why they deem themselves worthy to have an M1.
<wolfspraul>
I think it's neat. If that guy even has a real patent (is it needed?), then it's probably not too hard to get it accepted.
<wolfspraul>
when he gets it, triple your prices, and use in marketing
<wpwrak>
biz model #2: print nice-looking fake patents on things that can't be patented
<wolfspraul>
those women were adamant about a) how bad those other yoga guys are 'the regular ones' who don't have patents
<wolfspraul>
and b) how smart you are in patenting your stuff because that's how some of their husbands/uncles/whoever made money too
<wpwrak>
it's all about the pretense of exclusivity
<wolfspraul>
oh who knows, maybe a yoga technique actually can be patented, why not
<wolfspraul>
I like the idea
<wolfspraul>
it doesn't matter so much whether the patent is actually granted or defensible, I doubt he wants to sue other yoga places (that business model can come later)
<wolfspraul>
for now it's about being able to multiply your own prices :-)
<wpwrak>
what the patent system really needs are a few good scandals. preferably sex scandals. nothing erodes the credibility of an organization like this :)
<kristianpaul>
(yoga technique) ha, so people can think they can patent dances as well, if is not crazy enoguht :/
<wpwrak>
intellectual property was yesterday. today it's karmic property. (i almost wrote "metaphysical", but i think we're already more or less there)
<wolfspraul>
kristianpaul: why don't you try to patent some dance and get money from dance schools?
<kristianpaul>
huh?
<wolfspraul>
in the words of those women "those are stupid who don't do it"
<wolfspraul>
:-)
<wolfspraul>
kristianpaul: it might even work! You can donate all proceeds to whoever you want...
<wolfspraul>
it's scary to realize that that might actually work...
<wolfspraul>
kristianpaul: nice video!
<wolfspraul>
you think we should include it on the ben?
<qi-bot>
[commit] Ayla: Rewrite of the MenuSettingRGBA class so that it won't use the CLEAR/MENU buttons. (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/gmenu2x/d82e262
<qi-bot>
[commit] Ayla: The WallpaperDialog object now uses a ButtonBox to print the key mapping at the bottom of the screen. (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/gmenu2x/c9a51af
<qi-bot>
[commit] Ayla: The (gp2x) A button is now used instead of X to clear string inputs (like link names). (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/gmenu2x/1aac93f
<qi-bot>
[commit] Ayla: Modified the button icons displayed when modifying an integer parameter. (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/gmenu2x/87106cd
<qi-bot>
[commit] Ayla: Modified the key shortcuts of the text input dialog, so that the X and Y keys are not used. (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/gmenu2x/b5131c1
<qi-bot>
[commit] Ayla: Dingux port: The SD card root is now hardcoded to /boot for the getDiskFree() function only. (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/gmenu2x/cca3677
<qi-bot>
[commit] Ayla: Added debug message which is displayed when surfaces are deleted from memory. (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/gmenu2x/cf8bd84
<qi-bot>
[commit] Ayla: When deleting a link, check if the icon is used elsewhere before unloading it. (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/gmenu2x/3995133