US Patent Office won't accept an upside-down fax

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http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005104/uspto-wont-accept-upside-down-faxes-demands-resends/

Maybe someone should invent a device for them to turn back such a page :slight_smile:

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[Devil’s advocate]
Maybe their system is entirely automated, and has trouble processing certain images? If they can’t tell if an image is right side up or not, I can understand having a problem.

The response fax could have been automated too.
[/Devil’s advocate]

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The problem is when you turn the machine upside down to receive the fax, it unsettles the toner.

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Maybe someone should patent an idea to fix that! :stuck_out_tongue:

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If you read the follow up article that is the case.

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Yes it is.

It’s just really puzzling that they have an automated system which recognises that an image is upside-down, but instead of simply flipping it it sends an automated response saying that the said image is upside-down. In programming terms, recognising that an image is upside-down is a much harder task than flipping the image.

I just don’t understand it!

:astonished:

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Never underestimate the power of stupidity.

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. (Albert Einstein)

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Klaas-

If you’re having so much trouble, just send your FAX to somewhere in the southern hemisphere. Gee, I thought you were smarter than that.

I got my Klaas Bil inclinometer out today. I wanted to measure rough level of a water line.

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This is patently stupid :wink: