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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, January 06 2013 @ 07:19 PM EST |
The new machine consists of the
parts
of the old
machine plus the charges introduced into memory
cells.
This is
analogous to patenting a charged battery separately
from a discharged battery.
I leave it as an exercise for the
reader to evaluate for themselves whether
this makes sense.
The analogy is a poor one as memory isn't a
battery.
And it produces absurd results. It would be the same as
claiming that
an engine to power an automobile is no
different
than having a steel ingot
under the hood.
Pointing out that charged particles participate in the
creation
of a new machine shows that there is a material change or
addition
to an existing machine to form a new one. But
obviously the configuration of
these charges is also
important
to the function of the machine, just as a
pattern of wires
between the parts in a circuit is important. Two electrical
devices may contain the same components, but the arrangement
of
their wires
can create two very different circuits.
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