Re: Proof factoring solution is closed form

From: ošin (ošin_at_ragnarok.com)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:13:50 -0800

"Grumble" <devnull@kma.eu.org> wrote in message
news:cud91i$3fv$1@news-rocq.inria.fr...
> Randy Howard wrote:
>
>> If it is so ground-breaking, why don't YOU contact <insert favorite
>> freedom-reducing entity> about it? Why don't YOU patent it and see
>> how many people will try and obtain a license for it?
>
> You cannot patent algorithms.

Why would that matter?... There is no algorithm described by James... just a
bunch of goofy algebra equations that mean nothing, plus handwaving, plus
crappy recursive java code that is slow and fails. Well, non of that is
patentable, but perhaps he could go after copyrights.