It's ok. We are not condemning. You can tell me what his name is.
What? I don't have a boy-friend. I prefer girls.
That's nice to hear. Your granddad and I look forward to having great grand children. And we don't get any younger, you know. Please think of your old grand parents.
As if my performance anxiety wasn't great enough already.
Welcome to the Holy Cross Operation, professor. I will introduce you to your assignments
Thanks. What is going to be my field of research?
You will document your method of division and report back to me. Furthermore you will investigate books and scientific reports on division and report any use of your method there back to me.
Professor, I've read your report, but there's one thing that bothers me. You write that the method was invented many centuries ago and that it is unpatentable and public domain!?
Yes? That's correct.
We've stricken that part. I would prefer if you didn't write things like that.
But it's the truth!
The truth? The truth is that we pay you very well to write these reports.
Better write my concerns on the Yippee! business boards in the HCO section.
Hey you newbie! I put my money in HCO stock because I believe they will prevail in their law suits. Your claim that division is free is just as un-american as communism!
Hey commie, it's against the U.S. constitution to just give away ideas and concepts. Therefore division must be paid for. That's why I invest in HCO!
It's people like you that chokes the IT sector in America with your ideas that earning money is a crime!
What a dweep you are! I would date you if you hadn't those strange concepts of property!
OK. Maybe the stories on http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/ are not fictional after all...
Can I talk to your Chief Executive Officer, please?
I AM the Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Instruments. How may I help you?
I come from HCO, and we have an offer for you. If you pay us $10,000,000,000 in royalties for the division feature of your calculators we will not sue.
How can you do that? Are you a successor in interest to Ahmes? He was the first mathematician you know.
What matters is that WE have the copyright and patent registration.
Whatever you do. Don't ask if they have patented breathing.
Welcome to the preliminary proceedings in "HCO versus Alabama Instruments". I believe the defendant has two motions?
That's correct. We have filed a motion to dismiss, and if that does not succeed, we would like to remand this case to a federal court as it is clearly a copyright case.
What does HCO counsel have to say on this?
We deny both motions. This is clearly a contract case: We wanted to offer them a contract and they refused!
OK. I'm not going to get late for lunch, so I deny both motions and accept jury trial for this case.
Good decision. I believe the table is ready for you, your honor.