Why the focus on Facebook? No one claims that Zuckerberg invented social networking sites.
Abraham Lincoln Patents Friendster in 1845 somehow doesn't sound quite as interesting or impressive.
Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
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Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#32The ironic part, is that if this does turn out to be false, it will continue to be reshared on facebook as fact for years to come
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#33Links back to a blog post wherein P.T.Barnum and his "there's a sucker born every minute" line is discussed, but no hint of the number or other identification/content for the alleged patent application[1] is. Intriguing, but dubious. [1] - ETA.
Its probably a hoax, its too close not to be, but when I saw the preview for the movie "Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter" I thought, now that is not a combination I would expect, and of course "Abraham Lincoln - Patent Troll" would be equally unexpected. However, if you were doing a work of fiction you would have the descendents of Abe, who had slowly, patiently, keep the application alive in the patent office for ov…
Despite Lincoln having four sons sadly he has no living descendants. His line ended 1985 with the death of his 81 year old great-grandson.
There is a disputed descendent, born 1968 and today living in Florida, but his DNA was never tested:
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#34It turns out that Abe does hold a patent:
http://www.google.com/patents/US6469
But it's patent #6469 for "A Device for Buoying Vessels Over Shoals" There are other Lincolns in the patent database, but none of them appear to have a patent for Facebook:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ininventor:%22ABRAHAM+LINCOL...
I guess it does say that this patent was rejected, but this does seem somewhat suspicious that there are no records of it to be found.
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#35Interestingly, the Civil War started because Jefferson Davis was dissatisfied with the implementation of the opt-out clause in the Terms of Service.
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#36I skimmed until He went on to propose that "each Man may decide if he shall make his page Available to the entire Town, or only to those with whom he has established Family or Friendship."
at which point I stopped to come here and tell you that if this quote - or, indeed any part of this story - is genuine I promise to upload a youtube video of me eating my top hat.
also, I just noticed, but ye "olde Caps" were for Nouns. nice Try though...
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#37Links back to a blog post wherein P.T.Barnum and his "there's a sucker born every minute" line is discussed, but no hint of the number or other identification/content for the alleged patent application[1] is. Intriguing, but dubious. [1] - ETA.
One could always contact the Lincoln Museum. Lincoln might have prepared the application but not filed it.
This is all a secret conspiracy to get people to visit the Lincoln Museum.
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#38That's ridiculous. If Abraham Lincoln was the inventor of Facebook, he would have invented Facebook.
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its probably a hoax, its too close not to be, but when I saw the preview for the movie "Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter" I thought, now that is not a combination I would expect, and of course "Abraham Lincoln - Patent Troll" would be equally unexpected. However, if you were doing a work of fiction you would have the descendents of Abe, who had slowly, patiently, keep the application alive in the patent office for ov…
Despite Lincoln having four sons sadly he has no living descendants. His line ended 1985 with the death of his 81 year old great-grandson. There is a disputed descendent, born 1968 and today living in Florida, but his DNA was never tested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Lincoln_Beckwith
It's curious that his lineage dying out is an example of a very counter-intuitive theory - that the one person who is the common ancestor of everyone alive today lived as recently as the time of Christ. Basically very few people keep their genetic lines open for more than a few generations, those that do are ancestors of enormous numbers of us.
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its probably a hoax, its too close not to be, but when I saw the preview for the movie "Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter" I thought, now that is not a combination I would expect, and of course "Abraham Lincoln - Patent Troll" would be equally unexpected. However, if you were doing a work of fiction you would have the descendents of Abe, who had slowly, patiently, keep the application alive in the patent office for ov…
Despite Lincoln having four sons sadly he has no living descendants. His line ended 1985 with the death of his 81 year old great-grandson. There is a disputed descendent, born 1968 and today living in Florida, but his DNA was never tested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Lincoln_Beckwith
It's curious that his lineage dying out is an example of a very counter-intuitive theory - that the one person who is the common ancestor of everyone alive today lived as recently as the time of Christ. Basically very few people keep their genetic lines open for more than a few generations, those that do are ancestors of enormous numbers of us.