Anti-Gravity Device Patented

October_30th writes "According to the United States Patent Office website, Boris Volfson has recently patented a "Space vehicle propelled by the pressure of inflationary vacuum state", which is essentially an anti-gravity propulsion device." The validity of this patent remains to be seen, but the general consensus of the physics community seems to be that it is complete malarky.

They patented a hoverboard?

[Joey Patterson]

Too bad Marty McFly is a fictional character.

Sorry

[Luigi30]

I've patented patenting bullshit. I'll take my royalties now!

The real question

[ThatGeek]

The real question is how can I, as an inventor, patent my time machine?

I mean, anyone can just go back in time with my intention and claim my patent!! WTF??

Nonsense...

[moviepig.com]

It's well-known that the only true anti-gravity device is a (Score:5, Funny)

I'll tell you...

[complete malarky]

...what I keep telling the scientists, this device has nothing to do with me!

Vaporware of the Millenium

[Anonymous Coward]

Just like the patents for my cold fusion device and perpetual motion machine, plus convenient hair dryer.

Re:Sorry

[Haydn Fenton]

Well.. I for one, welcome our new anti-gravity overlords.

Oh Yea?

[JrbM689]

Well, I'm going to fight back by patenting something already implemented and working. That's right, Slashdot, I'm gonna patent me some Gravity.

Race!

[Tablizer]

but the general consensus of the physics community seems to be that it is complete malarky.

Quick, patent malarky!
       

Re:In Context...

[Derling Whirvish]

/me rushes off to get patent for inertial dampening

//I'm already in line for Heisenberg Compensators ahead of you

//the guy in from of me is carrying papers describing tractor beams

What goes up...

[Tablizer]

Naw, its full of hot air..........hmmm

Re:What about...

[iLogiK]

i'm working on a improbability drive...that's the next big thing...
anybody interested in investing? very improbable :P

Re:Sorry

[Tablizer]

Well.. I for one, welcome our new anti-gravity overlords.

If their technology fails, can we call them "underlords"? (I've been waitin' for an undergarment story to use that joke, but grew impatient.)
       

Re:Yeah.

[Spy der Mann]

Lots of bullshit gets patented.

Wrong. Lots of bullshit are the ones who PATENT stuff.

Re:I'll tell you...

[DrSkwid]

an username eh ?

Re:What about...

[Haydn Fenton]

Two to the power of one hundred thousand to one against and falling.

*A million-gallon vat of custard upends itself over you without warning*

Re:rather than power a craft by ANTI-GRAVITY

[knipknap]

let's learn how to block gravity waves on one side, and let the mass of the universe pull on the other side.

Right after we know they exist.

Ok, Slashdot, enough with the jokes

[CrazyJim1]

With all the engineering breakthroughs we had in the last two weeks, the next headline better be: There's a company in Israel that is creating hover cars that run on water and their lift is from anti-gravity. These cars actually generate hydrogen as they travel, so if you're running low on money, you can pull into any gas station to be paid for your excess fuel since their primary fuel source is perpetual motion. These cars can also fly in case you need to make a transatlantic voyage. Combined with the fact they can drive themselves to the destination, they also can automatically park themselves in the air when you decide to get out. While space travel is not standard with this car, you can get it as an option for those people who want to take a vaction to their property on the moon.

I have an idea that actually works

[sznupi]

Fact 1: cats always fall on four feet
Fact 2: bread slice always falls with the butter side down

So...put a bread with butter on top of a cat, and throw it through the window.

Antigravity device ready.

Re:Hey, I can do that, too!

[Cobralisk]

Yeah, well I have a timetravel device that already works. Its called "Alcohol" and every time you use it properly, you skip forward through time, bypassing several hours, or with extreme skill, days. Alas the side effects of time travel include headaches, nausea, pregnancy, and strange bruises. YMMV.

Re:I have an idea that actually works

[saifatlast]

I just tried that, and it totally doesn't work. My cat's dead now thanks to you. DEAD!! I'm suing you for emotional anguish!

Re:What does this have to do with my "Rights Onlin

[slashname3]

Like a lot of the patents that have been granted, this will just keep antigravity out of the general publics hands for a very long time. Just like that 100 mile per gallon carburator.

And it just goes to show that if you have the money you can get ANYTHING patented.

Re:I have an idea that actually works

[sznupi]

Go ahead, you have to do this in EU curt :P

Re:I have an idea that actually works

[LiquidCoooled]

You should have let Schrodinger look after it for you.

Re:I have an idea that actually works

[Alien Being]

"...suing you for emotional anguish!"

Judge: Oh, I thought it was a dog. Case dismissed.

Project World Domination

[Anonymous Coward]

Google announced today that it will provide sexual gratification to all Mountain View, CA residents free of charge.

Local hookers plan to protest Google's subversion of traditional prick-and-mortar paradigm.

Re:I have an idea that actually works

[pugugly]

If you hadn't looked, that cat might still be alive!

Pug

Re:The real question

[Lifewish]

I mean, anyone can just go back in time with my intention and claim my patent!! WTF??

Or John Titor could claim prior art.

See what the GP means? They're at it already!!!

Re:I have an idea that actually works

[I Like Pudding]

The cat-bread entity would land feet-first and butter-side down simultaneously at infinity. You obviously didn't throw hard enough.

Malarky????

[rholtzjr]

Obviously the physics community has not been reading some of the Software Patents if they think this is malarky. :P

Ipso Facto

[roman_mir]

We all know that the only existing anti-gravity device is a (Score5, Informative)

Perpetual-motion machine

[heatdeath]

"The design effectively creates a perpetual-motion machine, which physicists consider an impossible device."

Um, I call BS. Perpetual-motion isn't considered impossible. We have superconductors, vacuums, and...um..space? Anything moving in space is essentially a perpetual-motion machine.

Re:I have an idea that actually works

[dogbreathcanada]

This shit got modded as funny?!? That joke's so old, it's beyond stale. It's growing bloody mold off it.

I suppose so, but...

[leonbrooks]

...you might have to wait a while. Things are a bit up-in-the-air at the moment.

Re:Well...

[Dasaan]

If they do come to discuss certain matters, possibly involving hostesses and undergarments, then just offer to demonstrate at the next party...If they get invited that is.