William "Chops" Westfield mac.com> writes: > Furthermore, it appears to be a perpetual motion device, which I > understand is likely to cause immediate rejection. Assuming it would serve a large US company's interests to file a perpetuum mobile patent (of course well hidden in lawyerspeak), I wonder if they would get away with it ^^. I'd be willing to bet for a yes. Maybe someone with a sense of humor from IBM, Sandia, etc will make good on this some 1st of April. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist