From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a883dc07df0d6bb1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Geoff Bull Subject: Re: Decoding an octet stream Date: 1999/12/03 Message-ID: <38473585.340D8E11@acenet.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 556054302 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <877lj2q36g.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> <81u247$kc3$1@hobbes2.crc.com> <821rc5$bim$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <822o4d$ehh$1@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <8233fm$ngf$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net> <3845F5DB.4535A4BF@research.canon.com.au> <825g04$qri$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> <1999Dec2.081944.1@eisner> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 944190903 203.35.118.1 (Fri, 03 Dec 1999 14:15:03 EST) Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 14:15:03 EST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-12-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > > Since then, Al Gore has invented the Internet, so asking others for > evidence of prior art is cheaper than placing newspaper ads. > Not always! I have been told of cases where people found via internet want $$$$ before they will tell what they know. Still, a few hundred bucks is much better than triple damages.