"Bounce buffer" copyright [was Re: flash (or ide) storage for unibus 11?]

I realize you...may have been less than entirely serious. But what you wrote could easily be taken seriously, especially by someone only partially inside our culture. So I'm going to be a minor killjoy here. Yes, anything written now is automatically copyrighted in most jursidctions. But (a) the term "bounce buffer" is small enough and obvious enough it probably cannot be copyrighted on its own (and is not infringing when copied in isolation), (b) was quite possibly published without copyright claim before automatic copyright and is thus in the public domain now, and (c) is of uncertain authorship anyway. So... ...you actually don't. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse at rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B