IsNot! Is Too ...!

ok, here's a new low for ms (no clue how much lower they can go, since last i heard, even the lords of the netherworld looked down on them). eWeek reports that the visual basic division of ms has filed for a patent of a certain IsNot operator (our own belowed "!=" operator) that is supposedly "... a single operator that allows a comparison of two variables to determine if the two variables point to the same location in memory."
DUH and double DUHDUH!
watch out folks, the next patent in the works is "a natural system for the absorption of oxygen and the release of carbon-dioxide in an effort to purify plasma laden fluid".
i wouldn't hold my breath for that one!