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    JamesStewarts
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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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    • J JamesStewarts

      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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      Pete OHanlon
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      Unless I missed something, you can still patent an algorithm.

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      • J JamesStewarts

        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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        devenv exe
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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 ;P

        "Coming soon"

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        • J JamesStewarts

          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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          Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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          You can patent an algorithm (but I will hate you for that :-D) 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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          • J JamesStewarts

            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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            Rage
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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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            • J JamesStewarts

              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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              Lost User
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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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              • P Pete OHanlon

                Unless I missed something, you can still patent an algorithm.

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                FIorian Schneidereit
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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.

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                • J JamesStewarts

                  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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                  BillWoodruff
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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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                  • J JamesStewarts

                    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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                    Slacker007
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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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                      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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                      GenJerDan
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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?

                      We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.

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                      • J JamesStewarts

                        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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                        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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                        • J JamesStewarts

                          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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                          PhilLenoir
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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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                            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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                            Nelek
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                            I preferr liquid nitrogen ;P

                            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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                            • J JamesStewarts

                              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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                              Mark_Wallace
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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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