On 11/7/03 15:38, "Dwayne Reid" wrote: >> AT&T lawyers showed up with the police to execute a search warrant on >> his home, claiming that he must have committed industrial espionage in >> order for him to have written about their yet to be obtained patent. >> The columnist was so pissed off that he dedicated half his column to slamming >> their strong arm tactics. I think it was Don Lancaster, but I'm not certain. > > Actually, it was Forrest W Mimms III. Many will recognize the name from > his "Engineer's Notebook" series often seen at Radio Shack. Yeah, I have some of his booklets!!! Memories of when Radioshack actually sold some worthwhile products ;-) -marc -------------------------------------------------- Marc Nicholas Geekythings Inc. C/416.543.4896 UNIX, Database, Security and Networking Consulting -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads