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offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2006-03-28 11:15 [#01868473]
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How would you go about reporting it? Any Idea how I submit
something like cures for X or causes for Y ?


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2006-03-28 11:19 [#01868478]
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i applaud your efforts to help your fellow meng.

keep it a secret until you secure a patent, then organize a
press conference and license your cure to the highest
bidder.



 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-03-28 11:40 [#01868496]
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Just post up your findings here, the majority of the site's
visitors come from Glaxo-SmithKline as XLT is the one stop
shop for the very latest in Scientific News and Autechre
speculation in the pharmaceutical community.


 

offline swift_jams from big sky on 2006-03-28 11:55 [#01868498]
Points: 7577 Status: Lurker



Don't say what, but do you think you're on to something that
could change the world?


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-03-28 12:56 [#01868524]
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Fuck that. Wait until your company is on the stock exchange,
build it up for about four years, and then release your
discovery. You will never have to work another day in your
life.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-03-28 13:04 [#01868528]
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reporting it to who? if you want the scientific community to
pay you any attention, speak to some acknowledged professors
of some kind and have them back you when you send the theory
to some scientific publication thingie. if you want normal
people to know about it, call some newspaper.. they're also
less critical about what they print; as long as it sounds
sensational and has a broad appeal (often only down to how
you formulate it), they'll print it.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2006-03-28 13:22 [#01868540]
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one word:
patent

before telling anybody, patent! fuck scientific recognition
if you can make money with it!


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2006-03-28 13:24 [#01868542]
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patent, eh? where'd you come up with a crazy idea like
that?


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2006-03-28 13:30 [#01868546]
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ehm, in my swimmingpool.
i can honestly say i never read your posts so it's not like
i've stolen an idea or anything like that


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2006-03-28 13:30 [#01868547]
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i've heard rumors about patents before..... not sure where.

hmmmmmmm


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-03-28 13:32 [#01868548]
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in france?


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2006-03-28 13:33 [#01868549]
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yeah, well next time you rip off an idea, better make sure
you give credit where it's due.

now try and guess which xlt member in this thread is
actually a patent lawyer. i think you'll be pleasantly
surprised.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2006-03-28 13:33 [#01868550]
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in a swimmingpool in france

virgin + godel = :Q


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-03-28 13:36 [#01868553]
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I didn't think france had swimming pools..?


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2006-03-28 13:37 [#01868554]
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credits? perhaps you should talk to sean booth about that
one.

and btw, what makes you think i'd be pleasanty surprised to
find out if anybody was a patent lawyer? i don't think i
would be, but you can test me if you'd like. surprise me


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2006-03-28 13:40 [#01868556]
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sean booth? the guy who stole my magic music machine? one
day i'll make that bastard pay.

did i say patent lawyer? i meant to say "drifter with a
loose toof." sorry 'bout that...


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2006-03-28 13:40 [#01868557]
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in reality, no. but they recreated a couple in the
disneyland studios.


 

offline goDel from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2006-03-28 13:46 [#01868565]
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*pleasantly disappointed*


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2006-03-28 13:49 [#01868572]
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*quietly drifts away from goDel*

ah, another borderline satisfied customer.


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2006-03-28 14:07 [#01868588]
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indeed!

godel: let us film the womens!!


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2006-03-28 15:25 [#01868624]
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i've invented a pill that gives ringworm to
ex-girlfriends.


 

offline steve mcqueen from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2006-03-28 15:55 [#01868635]
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"

one word:
patent

before telling anybody, patent! fuck scientific recognition

if you can make money with it!

"
+
"credits? perhaps you should talk to sean booth about that
one. "

L
O
L



 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2006-03-28 16:35 [#01868644]
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id get some tight scientist broads


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2006-03-28 17:17 [#01868652]
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You write an article and submit it to peer reviewed
scientific journals. That's what we do here at my lab
anyway.


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-03-28 23:59 [#01868766]
Points: 3756 Status: Regular



Fuck copyright and intellectual property! That shit kills
milions of people!

If you have a cure for something, spread the news for free!
Love and good karme will serve you way better than money...


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2006-03-29 07:29 [#01868894]
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no, no! you've got to cut out the middle man! that's the
only way to make a buck!


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-03-29 08:27 [#01868923]
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As someone who has toured Glaxo-SmithKline's (then
Glaxo-Welcome) main office/plant as a VIP (this is true!), I
can confirm that they will probably already have the "cure"
or "cause" and the relevant patents, they've just not got
round to, or it's not cost effective, to make it yet.

As to patenting it. Good luck with that, it's hugely
expensive (not so much applying for it, more defending it
once you have it) and any large company can easily overturn
your rights to it in a court case, simply by throwing money
at a team of lawyers and waiting till you cannot afford the
court costs anymore and lose by default (a family member who
works at the patent office told me this).

If you are lucky enough to of made a genuine original
discovery, my advice would be to accept any company prepared
to buy the rights' first offer and be grateful for the
money.

If it's not money you're after and really are looking to
selflessly advance the state of the art and just get some
recognition (and something nice on your CV), peer reviewed
journals are the way to go, as Evolume says. Even if you
don't hold academic qualifications in the given field, don't
let that put you off. A friend had something published in
one of the big psychiatry journals before he had even
finished his degree.


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2006-03-29 13:08 [#01869173]
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Right on thanks for the advice!

Yeah patent stuff is harsh, I once had this idea for 3M,
they sent me a letter saying that I needed to get a lawer
and stuff. Since I was jobless I sort of just fucked off on
the idea.

Recently a met someone who has their law degree, I would
really like to follow up on these inventions and now health
information. Could be fun!

Thanks for the advice, I will truely keep it in mind!


 


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