Re: Iconic...

> > >  Wow. So the default icon actually violates trademarks...
> > >
> > >  Can a lawsuit be far off? ;-)
> >
> >  maybe but there really is nothing new under the sun:
> >
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0316358460/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-6382565 
> > -5765657#reader-link
>
> yes, it's universal pattern:
> <http://www.universalpattern.nl/>



how true.

http://www.von-harmhove.de/stoffbaeren.jpg
http://www.staffordshire-hilfe.de/cards/kariert.jpg
http://www.von-harmhove.de/stoffelche.jpg

by the way:

http://www.bierologe.de/gaststube.jpg

"A simplified form of abacus was used in medieval England.  It 
consisted of a tablet ruled into spaces representing the positions of 
the counters; coins, buttons, stones, or other small objects were 
moved to make the calculations.  the checkered tablecloth, from which 
the name Exchequer (of England) is derived, was originally a 
calculating device like the ruled tablet."

(quoted from: http://a01jkt.bpkpenabur.or.id/ABC-linkup/medias/past/abacus.htm)


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