Just as software code is not patentable, because there are so many ways to write code that does the same thing, you should be patenting the application, the method for doing something, not a specific relationship between hardware and software.

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It took Schaeffer only five months to analyze the setup and write code that would let him, from his laptop, tell the Scada system to open and close enough breakers to bring down the mock utility--without letting the legitimate operator see what was going on.

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But when programmers write new code to insert into existing code, that can take hours.

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Programmers write small, focused programs to solve problems and generally recognize that lines of code are a cost, not an asset.

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So yes, right now we also have loopholes in the campaign finance laws that mean rich people can afford to make sure their politicians get in and write the tax code the way they want it.

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The growing ubiquity of e-mail means that everyone in business, from lords of finance to programmers who dream in code, needs to write intelligently.

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By knowing that the hybrid-style processor will power the phone ahead of time, they can write their software code to handle different levels of CPU activities, or swap between the two.

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