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(Some Guy)		Not news: man has patent application for Facebook rejected. News: in 1845. Fark: Abe Lincoln (natestpierre.me)		18
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GWSuperfan		2012-05-08 02:39:56 PM

4 votes:

Lincoln patented the 500 Internal Server Error?

dj_spanmaster		2012-05-08 02:36:29 PM

3 votes:

DNRTFA. Was it the reinforced vampire-killing ax?

Nightsweat		2012-05-08 02:34:40 PM

3 votes:

It would be news if anyone got a patent application rejected today.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom		2012-05-08 03:38:21 PM

2 votes:

He succeeded at Facehole, however.

ShoeKing		2012-05-08 03:19:18 PM

2 votes:

Crap, seemed like a cool story. +1 for making it sorta believable.
Of course I already sent it to my dad so hundreds of people over 60 believe this already.

Freakman		2012-05-08 03:00:13 PM

2 votes:

Draq		2012-05-08 02:52:12 PM

2 votes:

kmoser:

Actually, it's more analogous to the idea of one's Home Page on the Web, which predates Facebook by, oh, ten years or so.

Yes, well, "Abaham Lincoln invented Geocities" isn't nearly as good of a headline. I think we can all agree geocities was a mistake.

Uchiha_Cycliste		2012-05-08 02:43:24 PM

2 votes:

GWSuperfan: Lincoln patented the 500 Internal Server Error?

It would explain a lot about his assassination...

Silly Jesus		2012-05-08 07:31:21 PM

1 votes:

moefuggenbrew		2012-05-08 05:24:38 PM

1 votes:

My Uncle got a patent on a method of filing paperwork to protect intellectual property. Once they realized what was up, they sent him a letter saying it was retracted.
/He could probably still sue...everybody

Quasar		2012-05-08 05:05:13 PM

1 votes:

Yon Northe's Relationship status with Yon Southe: Tis Complicated

Elephantman		2012-05-08 04:24:38 PM

1 votes:

A picture of Lincolns real assassin..... Jeremiah Zuckerberg
www.oceansbridge.com

/He stole Lincolns idea
//secret passed down through the generations
///just waiting to unleash it's fury

Tax Boy		2012-05-08 03:33:10 PM

1 votes:

Even if the patent were granted, Lincoln was too busy hunting vampires to make the Gazette into a successful business model.

joshua4		2012-05-08 03:17:44 PM

1 votes:

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