Xerox needs to hold onto the mass copier position, since all of their attempts to branch out have not done well.
Hee. Must drive 'em nuts, finding it so hard to replicate their successes. Oh, the irony.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
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billytea - Dec 12, 2002 9:36:08 am PST #823 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
DXMachina - Dec 12, 2002 9:37:02 am PST #824 of 9843
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I suspect their lawyers hate it, but their management loves it. I mean, no one say "Ricoh me a copy"
Right, but the lawyers have to defend it as vigorously as possible, because if they don't, and it officially becomes generic, then Ricoh could start calling their copiers 'xerox machines', which Xerox would hate.
DXMachina - Dec 12, 2002 9:37:41 am PST #825 of 9843
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
replicate their success
Snerk!
Jesse - Dec 12, 2002 9:43:24 am PST #826 of 9843
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's like how people who work for Velco aren't allowed to call it velcro.
billytea - Dec 12, 2002 9:43:26 am PST #827 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Right, but the lawyers have to defend it as vigorously as possible, because if they don't, and it officially becomes generic, then Ricoh could start calling their copiers 'xerox machines', which Xerox would hate.
My dad once heard a case about a washing machine repairman who had his name changed by deed poll to append 'Approved Repairer', so he could put it in his Yellow Pages ad. (I know another guy who did the same thing with 'PhD'.)
billytea - Dec 12, 2002 9:49:42 am PST #828 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It's like how people who work for Velco aren't allowed to call it velcro.
I went looking for a bit of velcro trivia I'd come across, and found some other interesting stuff. Get this: a circular patch of velcro 5 inches in diameter would be strong enough to suspend a human from a crane without falling.
Anyway, the trivia I was originally verifying: there's a modification of velcro developed specifically for the military. Unlike the usual stuff, it's silent.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2002 9:58:27 am PST #829 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man. I need silent velcro.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 12, 2002 9:59:01 am PST #830 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I bet R*ley had some.
bon bon - Dec 12, 2002 10:00:57 am PST #831 of 9843
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I know they fight vigorously to maintain their trademark, but in practice, a helluva lot of people have used their name generically for a long time.
You're right, DX, I was being overly legalistic. I blame law school. I would also, at this point, like to blame it for all the evils of society, including my upcoming afternoon.
Man. I need silent velcro.
What. For?!
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2002 10:04:06 am PST #832 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What. For?!
Krav. Leave me alone.
It's important. I want ninja handwraps.