At 01:36 AM 7/10/03 -0600, Robert Rolf wrote: >Oops, you just infringed an AT&T patent. > >Seems that a Popular (Radio?) Electronics columnist wrote in the late 70's >an article about doing exactly that, >to experiment with bidirectional communication over the 'new' >optical fibre technology. > >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. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 19 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2003) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu