The problem is that software is such an odd field that one man's "life's work" can easily be another's "weekend project". Whenever I start feeling a bit full o

The problem is that software is such an odd field that one man's "life's work" can easily be another's "weekend project". Whenever I start feeling a bit full of myself after battling a week or so on some particularly difficult problem, I try to remember that there are people out there who could kick my ass in the time it takes to air an episode of The Simpsons. In the end, this is why the whole notion of "software" patents is probably doomed from the start.