On 28 Feb 2003 at 10:33, R. William Gosper wrote: Not math, but it might be something you're interested in:
PS, ... I Smearoxed* the page...
* The corporate lawyers warned us: NEVER use "Xerox" as a verb.
This matter has come up recently in other contexts [in particular, Google[TM]'s attempt to do something about "to google" becoming more common than it already is] The prevailing opinion was that *VERBS* cannot be trademarked; that the trademark only refers to, well, what it refers to [e.g., a photocopier manufactured by the particular company]. This is actualy borne out by a quick trip to the online M-W dictionary where there are two entries for 'xerox': lowercase as a verb, uppercase and TM'ed as a noun: <http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=xerox> so, IMO, by all means xerox that sucker...:o) /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--