From: Ian Bell on
Skybuck Flying wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Today I invented a parallel huffman encoding and decoding algorithm which is
> pretty much 100% parallel and very efficient.
>
> (For now this does not include parallel building of the tree, nor does it
> include parallel huffman code building... just parallel encoding and
> parallel decoding (which is 99.9% of the work-load probably)).
>
> I did a quick google and it's possibly not invented before.
>
> Interested parties can contact me via e-mail at: skybuck 2000 @ hotmail .
> com
>
> I have two propositions for interested "buyers" of the idea:
>
> 1. You pay me one million euro's and I tell you my little secret ;) But
> before I tell you my little secret you must have payed me the one million
> euro's and signed a contract that I am exempt from any lawsuits, patents
> fees or whatever.
>
> or
>
> 2. You pay me XX.000 euro's so that I can patent the invention. You shall
> receive a "license" to the patent for a certain license fee... which could
> be one big sum of money one time... or a steady small ammount of money for
> each month or year or so.
>
> This deal will be worked out in a contract so that we both get what we want:
>
> You get the idea/technology or license/etc, I get lot's of money.
>
> I am pretty sure the idea works... I will probably make a prototype just to
> prove to myself and any interested parties that it works.
>
> The whole deal will mostly be based on trust... you shall not have access to
> source code or the idea's until payment and contract.
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck.
>
>


LOL. You won't get any takers for a deal like that. They'll happily sign
a confidentiality agreement before looking at what you have got, but no
one is going to part with any cash without seeing anything.

Cheers

ianb
From: Ken Hagan on
I've invented the same idea, but I'm prepared to entertain offers of only
half a million euros. (Same terms as Skybuck. I haven't built a prototype,
I don't guarantee that it works, and I want your final payment up front
before I divulge anything.)
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on
Skybuck Flying wrote:
> "Ken Hagan" <K.Hagan(a)thermoteknix.com> wrote in message
> news:op.u0s7qapqss38k4(a)khagan.ttx...
>> I've invented the same idea, but I'm prepared to entertain offers of only
>> half a million euros. (Same terms as Skybuck. I haven't built a prototype,
>> I don't guarantee that it works, and I want your final payment up front
>> before I divulge anything.)
>
> I, Skybuck, am in no way associated with Ken Hagan, therefore Ken Hagan has
> no access to my idea's what so ever, so I highly doubt any of his claims.
>
> I, Skybuck, however am well known among newsgroups related to computer
> technology and especially programming.
>
> I, Skybuck, have posted many "test programs" for the Delphi programming
> language, which usually always worked.
>
> I, Skybuck, have also developed some software which can be tested/downloaded
> from my website... google for UDP File Transfer or UDP Speed Test to see
> some of my skills in action. That software is now rather old though... maybe
> some day I will work on it some more.
>
> I, Skybuck, have invented/re-invented and implemented many many many many
> many many many many algorithms so I am no stranger when it comes to
> inventing algorithm and implementation algorithms.
>
> I, Skybuck, have a very good feeling which tells me if something/an
> algorithm is going to work or not.
>
> The point I am trying to make is that I am very serious about my invention
> and that I am good for it.
>
> When I say it's probably gonna work, then it's probably gonna work with
> 99.99% probability. As good as 100%.
>
> However the proof is in the pudding as they say that's why I have 0.01%
> doubts.
>
> The doubt is not if it's gonna work, the doubt is about what will the
> performance be.
>
> Again my feeling says the performance will be high for large ammounts of
> huffman encoding/decoding.
>
> Interested buyers might be wondering why there is no prototype and why I
> would still like to sell something, it's quite simple really:
>
> 1. First of all I invented it today so I had no time to develop a prototype
> yet, developing a prototype is something that costs time, time I could spent
> on doing other things.
>
> 2. Second of all I might not be the best person in the world to implement
> the brilliantly simple idea/algorithm.
>
> So a potential buyer could be a cpu or gpu manufacturer or a video codec
> company or even a file compression company or even a game developer company
> or even academic people doing research into parallel algorithms or anybody
> else in the world that has experience, knowledge and skills when it comes to
> "parallel computing".
>
> If you are already very good at parallel computing/programming then buying
> this idea/algorithm from me could be very interesting for you (and your
> company if there is a company) !
>
> After all these years of programming myself I know when I hit gold... and
> this could be a big mine of gold just waiting for you to be mined/exploited.
>
> For big companies with lot's of money and businness and market share at
> stake I would urge them to seriously consider what I am proposing... for big
> companies what I am asking for is really not that much... and for them it
> gives them a piece of mind...
>
> "We don't have to worry about Skybuck's invention anymore".
>
> "We have it, we know it, we got it, we "own" it (license, maybe even
> exclusive !), we can do with it whatever we want".
>
> "We don't have to worry about competitors snatching it in front of our eyes
> and laughing in our faces !".
>
> "We can exclude the competitors from this technology by purchasing an
> exclusive license !".
>
> "We have this fresh piece of technology, it's gonna make as look funky !"
>
> "It's going to make our chips and/or software incredibly fast when it comes
> to huffman encoding/decoding <- a very nice property to have !".
>
> Is that the sound of money ringing ? I can almost feel the money raining on
> my hands ! =D
>
> You know what to do, contact me, skybuck, at:
>
> skybuck 2000 @ hotmail . com
>
> Better be safe than sorry ! ;)
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck =D
>
>

I prefer Hagan's offer.

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From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on
Rich the Cynic wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:58:30 +0100, Ian Bell wrote:
>> Skybuck Flying wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Today I invented a parallel huffman encoding and decoding algorithm which is
>>> pretty much 100% parallel and very efficient.
>> LOL. You won't get any takers for a deal like that. They'll happily sign
>> a confidentiality agreement before looking at what you have got, but no
>> one is going to part with any cash without seeing anything.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
> Today I invented a device for transportation. It's called the "wheel".
> Just send me five kazillion dollars, and you can be the first on the
> patent gravy train!

I have a device for allowing people to walk through walls...

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