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To: Olu Emuleomo who wrote (98205)	3/31/2000 5:14:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

My thoughts that I stole from another on AMZN's patents<G> "Microsoft to Patent the Numbers Zero and One ****************************** All computer programs are processed on the binary level. Binary code consists of long strands of Zeros and Ones. All of Microsoft's software programs are written in this binary code and therefore the company has applied to the U.S. Patent office for protection of its valuable assets. When the patent is approved all companies and people will be prevented from making reference to or using the numbers "one" and "zero". Expected to be the hardest hit will be first grade school children who will no longer be permitted to say they are in first grade. "We're sorry for the inconvenience it will cause these children, but they will soon learn to live with the new name for first grade: "post kindergarten, pre-second grade."