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by akersten 1630 days ago
Where did I say that was an innovation?

And if it was an innovation at some point in time, I insist it was the year stereo was invented and the concept was just as invalid as a patent as it is today. Of course you expect the volume of your Left and Right channel to be controlled by the same volume knob.

This patent is like a car manufacturer patenting the idea of controlling all your direction with a single steering wheel, and all the other manufacturers are forced to implement individual steering wheels for each tire. It's just absurd.
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ra-mos 1629 days ago
Your next metaphor is worse. If a steering system wan an invention/innovation than it deserves ip rights.

What are you on? Should everything be equally competed in society, even after invention?

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bluGill 1629 days ago
It was an invention. I'm into historic tractors, there are a number of interesting steering controls that companies played with in the 1800s. I've seen a tractor that you controlled with reigns (like a horse). I've seen tractors where there was levers not a wheel. The wheel quickly won out (AFAIK the wheel predates the ones I listed).

Today steering seems obvious, but only because a lot of inventors tried a lot of things some of which were bad ideas.

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