Inventions..what to do next?

[fac3less]

Well - I got it..

I now basically hold a pen in my hands that is infinite.

Now what?

(yeah, infinite ink, never runs out)


.. now what :(

[metawu]

Shouldn't you get a patent on it or something?
Don't want anyone to steal your idea now...

It might cost a lot though, and the process could be long. That's what I heard anyway...

[fac3less]

yeah - thats what i've heard/read.

I mean its worth it.. I also have 2 more inventions.. ;) can't mention them though or it gives them away

[KLH]

How does the ink never run out?

[fac3less]

.. yeah. ;)

let me tell you that.

no thanks. :)

its a secret.

[Tammy]

Sheesh, the black helicopters from Bic will be tracking you down if you try to market something like that!

[vanselus]

We get calls/emails from inventors all the time that want us to make their shoes. For free. And most of the time their ideas won't work anyway, but then they get all mad because heck, they've convinced themselves it will work.

[fac3less]

this works.. ;) trust me

but ugh.. yeah i've thought about bic.. but they're so cheap.

so I went to 'cross' instead (+ it was the company I was building the prototype with)

[metawu]

+ it was the company I was building the prototype with

So you actually went to their labs/machine shops to build it?
Or did you give them the plans/tech drawings and got them to build it for you?

[vanselus]

You better protect yourself - Cross just might decide it was their idea in the first place. Very VERY easy for companies to steal ideas and claim they had the idea at the same time.

[fac3less]

Hell no!

built it myself at home - inside their pen :b

I can take it out of theirs just as easy.. nothing special about it. the thing fits in any pen that takes that type of ink cartridge.

[vanselus]

How long have you tested this "basically infinite ink"?

It's pretty hard to imagine how you'd do that, since the very nature of writing requires something physical to be left on the paper, unless you came up with a way to impart a chemical/physical change over the paper without leaving any substance behind...

I suppose heat would work - like woodburning :D

[metawu]

Oh so that's what you meant. I thought you and cross collaborated on the project to build the prototype lol.

[Viper007Bond]

Originally posted by vanselus
How long have you tested this "basically infinite ink"?

It's pretty hard to imagine how you'd do that, since the very nature of writing requires something physical to be left on the paper, unless you came up with a way to impart a chemical/physical change over the paper without leaving any substance behind...

I suppose heat would work - like woodburning :D
Duh - it's an infinetly large pen with an infinite amount of ink. It will last for infinetly long. ;)

[vanselus]

And let me guess.... it's shaped like an 8

[KLH]

I can see it now, in 50 years, I will be sitting down opening up christmas presents from my grandkids, and they get me this pen, that never runs out of ink.. And I sit them down and tell them a story that goes kinda like this

"I could have sworn that I once knew a guy who said he invented this. Maybe it was just a dream, who knows, oh well, thanks for the pen, I will never need a new one again..."

[fac3less]

nope its in a regular shaped pen, regular size everything. In fact its smaller than most. :)

We'll see how things go. Its really simple.

[vanselus]

i was JOKING about the 8. get it? infinity?

simple is good - can't wait to hear about it.

[fac3less]

Me neither.

my next one is the best though.. I gotta copyright that one before I mention it though.. as it.. well.. even mentioning it and which company its getting submitted to (*after copyright*) gives it away

[vanselus]

yeah you've said that twice now. quit making us wonder.

[fac3less]

just know it kicks major b00ty. :) lol

I'd tell ya van but its definately worth a few mil.. ;)

[Tammy]

Originally posted by fac3less
Well - I got it..

I now basically hold a pen in my hands that is infinite.

Now what?

(yeah, infinite ink, never runs out)


.. now what :(

Well, in answer to the "Now what?" question, the first step is to hire a patent attorney to do a patent search. You can't just waltz in and plunk down your new wonder thing at the patent office and say, "do me up right big boy." You need to show you have had a search performed for any similar patents. You might find that Joe Snozzleface in 1938 had exactly the same idea (but was bought out mysteriously and the thing never saw the light of day again), in which case trying to get a patent is pointless.

So, two words: patent attorney.

[Viper007Bond]

It must not be a convential style writing device...

[Vladdrac]

can the pen write upside down/or in space?

[Viper007Bond]

They already have pens that do that Vladdrac. ;)

[KLH]

Originally posted by Viper007Bond
They already have pens that do that Vladdrac. ;)

I think he was asking if this pen could do that ALSO.

Never runs out of ink + writes upside down/in outer space

Not just one or the other.

:)

[Viper007Bond]

Oh. :-/

[Vladdrac]

yeah if it did both it would have some real good selling points, not that a pen that never runs out of ink isnt enough. But hell, id love to buy one. I wonder how much they would go for on the market.

[fac3less]

Really not sure how much they would sell for..

but remind me if they ever make it to the market and i'll give you one for free.

;)


btw- anyone notice the hr site going MASSIVELY slow?

[Viper007Bond]

I want a free one too! :p

And yes, it's going a little slow, although not nearly as slow as last night/early this morning. It was REALLY bad then.

[Vladdrac]

yeah i was wondering that too, it started going slow while i was uploading

[Viper007Bond]

Uploading? To the forum? o.O

I was talking about the forum server, not the webhost servers...

[Vladdrac]

oops sorry, i am half brain dead. Actually it must be my isp cause it is happening again.

[Viper007Bond]

Yeah, the forum's running fine for me right now...

[KLH]

I can't really tell at home, since I am on dialup, but when I'm connected to the schools connection (even though it does suck) these boards always seem to go slower then most websites..

[fac3less]

lol..

well this morning at 1am->2am it was brutal.. like 8minute load times.. was crazy.. everything else was fine.

[KLH]

Originally posted by fac3less
lol..

well this morning at 1am->2am it was brutal.. like 8minute load times.. was crazy.. everything else was fine.

That helps cut down on posts.. Takes 8 minutes to load = 8 less posts..

Maybe they should do that more often? I am use to the pages being slow..

[Tammy]

Being able to tell when the server is running relatively slow is a BIG sign you guys are spending too much time on here!

[Viper007Bond]

Originally posted by fac3less
lol..

well this morning at 1am->2am it was brutal.. like 8minute load times.. was crazy.. everything else was fine.
Yeah, it was like that for a few hours.. Ugh.

[KLH]

Originally posted by Tammy
Being able to tell when the server is running relatively slow is a BIG sign you guys are spending too much time on here!

Hey, we all want to win, so just back off and let us do our thing! ;)

[Viper007Bond]

Plus, there's not much else to do at 4 AM... ;)

[vanselus]

yeah there is - try SLEEPING.

[metawu]

Sleep.... I forgot how to do that. :P

[Viper007Bond]

Pfft, sleeping is for people who sleep and you don't want to be one of those people, do you?

[Vladdrac]

quoting my gf, "I'll sleep when im dead"

speaking of which, isnt this thread?

[vanselus]

dead? yep. but that was 2 pages ago, so who's counting.

[Viper007Bond]

Your post count is.

(You just broke 900 by the way)

[vanselus]

Hey you're right!! Cool :D

You are certainly catching up fast however...

[Viper007Bond]

I have nothing else to do...

So what was your post count pre-contest by the way?

[vanselus]

not sure - 800? :D

[KLH]

Originally posted by vanselus
not sure - 800? :D

I sure hope so! But I think it was soemthing like 0.

[Viper007Bond]

It was probably higher that that (I hope).