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BobJanova wrote: made significantly better by having a Nigerian sounding username
I am actually Nigerian! And I know what you meant 
We don't all do that, mind you!
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Please send me your account information so I can take your give you my money.  
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I am a Nigerian, don't forget that! 
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This is just my second post, so be kind.
Tho, I would like to say hi to everybody, I really enjoy coming here to see how the worlds going ( mad ) in its own funny way.
Smiles are healthy.
Imagine for a moment that you have developed a totally new algorithim. Something noteworthy, like a compression algorithim that far outstrips anything on the market today.
Whats your next step?
As I understand it, algorithims are no longer copyright-able.
Whats the difference between an algorithim (in copyright terms) and a complete product?
How do we as programmers, go about converting code into cash?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Post data: I produced, copyrighted and sold my first software product some 20 odd years ago ( yes I've been at this for a while ). I'm just wondering how things have changed since then.
(Edited for spelling mistakes)
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Unless I missed something, you can still patent an algorithm.
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Maybe in the US, but it's a different story in the EU, for example. You cannot patent scientific theories or mathematical methods here, all you can do is try to patent the procedure, if it has a certain level of technological value and represents a patentable invention.
modified 2-Oct-14 5:41am.
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JamesStewarts wrote: How do we as programmers, go about converting code into cash?
I have an algorithm for that, that is if you are accepting code to cash conversion in VB
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You can patent an algorithm (but I will hate you for that ) and for sure you can write some software that uses that algorithm and sell it...
But the best thing you can do with it is writing an article about in CP!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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JamesStewarts wrote: so be kind.
DON'T TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO. 
JamesStewarts wrote: As I understand it, algorithims are no longer copyright-able
This news to me, I got one copyrighted not so long ago. The question is maybe : where ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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JamesStewarts wrote: my second post
Is it?
JamesStewarts wrote: algorithim
You also need a new spell checker.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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My name first appeared in the About-Box of a fairly well-known consumer software program (Cricket Draw 1.1, Macintosh) in 1987, so I am up there with you in terms of years-in-the-saddle-and-on-the-sauce.
How have things changed ?
I'd have to say we have gone from using square wheels to using octagonal wheels, and we do move eight times faster, but the ride is just as bumpy as it ever was, and human nature, "red in tooth and claw," has not changed a jot or a tittle.JamesStewarts wrote: How do we as programmers, go about converting code into cash?
A byte at a time.
cheers, Bill
« I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief » Immanuel Kant
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Welcome aboard. As you can see, you will get one or two, straight answers to your question, and the rest will be jokes, jibes, and quips.
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Slacker007 wrote: As you can see, you will get one or two, straight answers to your question, and
the rest will be jokes, jibes, and quips.
Is that some sort of algorithm?
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Talk to someone, especially someone who already has his/her own company that is making money. Someone who knows how to market, how to approach people and how to determine target market. You need a partner who knows this stuff.
I am fortunate. I have a good friend who is that person for me. and I trust him. Soo I am lucky.
Work hard, be smart and start small.
It will grow.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Quote: How do we as programmers, go about converting code into cash?
The answer, of course, is 42.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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I preferr liquid nitrogen 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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You can copyright the text of your algorithm*, but you can't copyright or patent an idea.
* Which means that people can't copy and paste it, but if someone has a similar idea and does the same thing without having ever looked at your work, he hasn't stolen anything from you.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Do you normally take coffee with your sugar?
Which movie?
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Google found this one a bit easy !
I'm off now. Got to fly 
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The diversity of Black and White
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And lo it came to pass that it layeth down and left this world.
Unmourned and yet, once loved, it has slipped it's moorings and sailed into the great hereafter of digital heaven...
Clickity[^]
I used to use it all the time, but that was 30 years ago, and now, it is no more.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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The word is Insoluble
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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insolvable?[^]
But now that you mentioned it, the word means "not being able to pay" in French, and not "cannot be solved".
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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