Comments on: Patent on creating a unicorn, and an ancient unicorn lair http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: First Last http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597624 First Last Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597624 It quite plainly does have a cornis, which the suffix '-corn' indicates, and which the word "horn" comes from in the first place. It quite plainly does have a cornis, which the suffix ‘-corn’ indicates, and which the word “horn” comes from in the first place.

]]> By: First Last http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597609 First Last Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597609 Actually the patent makes it quite clear that it's not a mutation of any kind.  Actually the patent makes it quite clear that it’s not a mutation of any kind. 

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597383 Rich Keller Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597383 Now I'll have this stuck in my head all day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVQ0wW2NNDw Free the Unicorn! Now I’ll have this stuck in my head all day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVQ0wW2NNDw

Free the Unicorn!

]]> By: ikegently http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597366 ikegently Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597366 It's a unihorn. What does it have one of? A corn? Nope. A horn. Unihorn. It’s a unihorn. What does it have one of? A corn? Nope. A horn. Unihorn.

]]> By: Avram Grumer http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597308 Avram Grumer Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597308 According to my old <i>Monster Manual</i>, unicorns only have a 5% chance of being in their lair, so the odds were well against them finding it at home.  According to my old Monster Manual, unicorns only have a 5% chance of being in their lair, so the odds were well against them finding it at home. 

]]> By: yoshua http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597276 yoshua Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597276 I am so happy that this patent has now expired. Ima gonna make me a unicorn! I am so happy that this patent has now expired. Ima gonna make me a unicorn!

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597268 Daemonworks Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597268 For the record, it wouldn't be the western white horse unicorn, but the far more reptilian beast known throughout asia as a Qilin/Kirin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin For the record, it wouldn’t be the western white horse unicorn, but the far more reptilian beast known throughout asia as a Qilin/Kirin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597265 Navin_Johnson Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597265 <i>How did the scientists know that this was the famed unicorn's lair? "A rectangular rock carved with words "Unicorn Lair" stands in front of the lair." This according to the KCNA, which is the official state news agency, so you know it must be true.</i> I'm still trying to see what the prob with this is, unless the carvings are really frauds fabricated by North Korean archaeologists. There are coins and such with Minotaurs on them from Knossos/Crete. That is part of the mythology which also is part of the area's history. Now if you believe that monsters *actually* were running around despite no proof, then that's a problem, especially if you're an archaeologist, it's also a notion that's believed by nearly 7 billion of Earth's citizens. How did the scientists know that this was the famed unicorn’s lair? “A rectangular rock carved with words “Unicorn Lair” stands in front of the lair.” This according to the KCNA, which is the official state news agency, so you know it must be true.

I’m still trying to see what the prob with this is, unless the carvings are really frauds fabricated by North Korean archaeologists. There are coins and such with Minotaurs on them from Knossos/Crete. That is part of the mythology which also is part of the area’s history. Now if you believe that monsters *actually* were running around despite no proof, then that’s a problem, especially if you’re an archaeologist, it’s also a notion that’s believed by nearly 7 billion of Earth’s citizens.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597222 David Pescovitz Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597222 Yes, you do! And we appreciate it. Yes, you do! And we appreciate it.

]]> By: mack http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597211 mack Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597211 That's not a unicorn, that's a mutated goat! Must not tamper with nature! Gaia will punish us all!  (FALLS TO KNEES, QUAKING) That’s not a unicorn, that’s a mutated goat! Must not tamper with nature! Gaia will punish us all! 

(FALLS TO KNEES, QUAKING)

]]> By: doug rogers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597195 doug rogers Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597195 ... unicorn's layer in Pyongyang. Not surprisingly, the magical animal itself was nowhere to be found as this is the home of a unicorn said to have been ridden by King Tongmyong Hmmm... Does nobody proof-read these things? … unicorn’s layer in Pyongyang. Not surprisingly, the magical animal itself was nowhere to be found as this is the home of a unicorn said to have been ridden by King Tongmyong

Hmmm…

Does nobody proof-read these things?

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/patent-on-creating-a-unicorn.html#comment-1597183 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197905#comment-1597183 They are hoping to strike a leprechaun layer next. They are hoping to strike a leprechaun layer next.

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