[Announcement] Butterfly Labs

[Rassah]

BFL is going to get sued for having "A box with rounded corners," which Apple no doubt has a patent on 

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[aura.flux]

lol

[Phinnaeus Gage]

BFL is going to get sued for having "A box with rounded corners," which Apple no doubt has a patent on  

I was on the road a while back and listened to a whole segment on NPR about that very same subject.


New BOC song: Steve Jobs Has Risen from the Grave

(humor based on what i've read on this forum, for i have no proof that that is really steve jobs)

~Bruno~

[greyhawk]

BFL is going to get sued for having "A box with rounded corners," which Apple no doubt has a patent on 

That is indeed highly possible.

[Cablez]

Looking at that pic BFL are so going to get sued! Apple doesn't care what the device does. No one is allowed to think like them.

[crazyates]

Looking at that pic BFL are so going to get sued! Apple doesn't care what the device does. No one is allowed to think like them.

And what are you basing that off of? Apple vs Samsung, I'm assuming? A phone manufacturer that makes phones to look like another phone manufacturer. Comparing a phone to a phone is totally different than a cryptographic hashing unit to a TV media streamer. They're allowed to look similar.

[AndrewBUD]

I hope the Judge thinks the same as you when apple brings this to court haha stupid apple.....

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Looking at that pic BFL are so going to get sued! Apple doesn't care what the device does. No one is allowed to think like them.

And what are you basing that off of? Apple vs Samsung, I'm assuming? A phone manufacturer that makes phones to look like another phone manufacturer. Comparing a phone to a phone is totally different than a cryptographic hashing unit to a TV media streamer. They're allowed to look similar.

Very good point!



I'm Nihiro Patel. Pictured are two QMB2013 (Quantum Mining Box(es)) to be released next year, but we are currently taking pre-orders now.

Regards kind,

Nihiro K
BF Labs_Nihiro

[greyhawk]

Looking at that pic BFL are so going to get sued! Apple doesn't care what the device does. No one is allowed to think like them.

And what are you basing that off of? Apple vs Samsung, I'm assuming? A phone manufacturer that makes phones to look like another phone manufacturer. Comparing a phone to a phone is totally different than a cryptographic hashing unit to a TV media streamer. They're allowed to look similar.

Apple has sued a polish grocery store for having an apple in their logo. Apple has sued the City of New York for calling itself Big Apple.

They are going to sue for a look-a-like tech gadget.

[hahahafr]

Looking at that pic BFL are so going to get sued! Apple doesn't care what the device does. No one is allowed to think like them.

And what are you basing that off of? Apple vs Samsung, I'm assuming? A phone manufacturer that makes phones to look like another phone manufacturer. Comparing a phone to a phone is totally different than a cryptographic hashing unit to a TV media streamer. They're allowed to look similar.

Very good point!



I'm Nihiro Patel. Pictured are two QMB2013 (Quantum Mining Box(es)) to be released next year, but we are currently taking pre-orders now.

Regards kind,

Nihiro K
BF Labs_Nihiro

WTF?

[beekeeper]

Probably a joke..

[PuertoLibre]

Probably a joke..

They aren't quantum boxes he is holding. They are a technology developed for a space project. Called a Bloom Box. It produces energy rather than mining.

Google and a few other companies have been using them to produce cheap electricity.

Ref: http://onlygizmos.com/the-bloom-box-green-energy-for-the-future-video/2010/02/

Theres a 60 minutes video on it at the link above.

This might be useful to miners (in terms of cheap electricity) in the future.

[HDSolar]

Probably a joke..

They aren't quantum boxes he is holding. They are a technology developed for a space project. Called a Bloom Box. It produces energy rather than mining.

Google and a few other companies have been using them to produce cheap electricity.

Ref: http://onlygizmos.com/the-bloom-box-green-energy-for-the-future-video/2010/02/

Theres a 60 minutes video on it at the link above.

This might be useful to miners (in terms of cheap electricity) in the future.

It is only useful if you can afford a box.  The company leases their equipment and the cost is huge but yes it is the bloom box cell he is holding in each hand. 

[HDSolar]

Looking at that pic BFL are so going to get sued! Apple doesn't care what the device does. No one is allowed to think like them.

BFL won't get sued just and here is why, look at all the vast number of other devices on the market that look like apple stuff and are not apple.  There are hundreds of examples of the same look and feel but don't operate at all like the device it is copying.  Now if this BFL device will mine coins, warm coffee and do entertainment through my TV then they might have an issue.

[qqqq]

Here is a nice picture of the  jalapeno:




Source Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=471626712869140&set=a.471626709535807.109652.470018806363264

Nice))

[psilan]

Looking at that pic BFL are so going to get sued! Apple doesn't care what the device does. No one is allowed to think like them.

BFL won't get sued just and here is why, look at all the vast number of other devices on the market that look like apple stuff and are not apple.  There are hundreds of examples of the same look and feel but don't operate at all like the device it is copying.  Now if this BFL device will mine coins, warm coffee and do entertainment through my TV then they might have an issue.

This post defines BitcoinTalk for me.

Joke posted, reposted, taken seriously, argued.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Looking at that pic BFL are so going to get sued! Apple doesn't care what the device does. No one is allowed to think like them.

BFL won't get sued just and here is why, look at all the vast number of other devices on the market that look like apple stuff and are not apple.  There are hundreds of examples of the same look and feel but don't operate at all like the device it is copying.  Now if this BFL device will mine coins, warm coffee and do entertainment through my TV then they might have an issue.

This post defines BitcoinTalk for me.

Joke posted, reposted, taken seriously, argued, investigation ensues, Facebook images of kids are posted, a dozen new threads are started on the subject, users get banned.

FTFU

http://codinginmysleep.com/interview-with-sonny-vleisides/

Finally! An interview. Caution: Very long. The author asked many questions and Sonny answered them all. Upon a first read through, it seems all is well and we can move beyond this BFL issue--NOT!

~Bruno~

[psilan]

http://codinginmysleep.com/interview-with-sonny-vleisides/

Finally! An interview. Caution: Very long. The author asked many questions and Sonny answered them all. Upon a first read through, it seems all is well and we can move beyond this BFL issue--NOT!

~Bruno~

That's better.

[bitarrow]

That was a pretty lame interview.

[greyhawk]

That was a nice ad.