Posts by Hannibal Lecter

Top patent troll sues US regulators for interfering with its business

If you would bother to get past your preconceived notions based merely on a four-letter name, you would find that Waco is actually a very nice city that's home to some very nice folks. As home to Baylor University the population tends towards a religious conservatism that would make some Reg readers cringe, but it's actually not as straight-laced as it's reputation.

I tend to think that the choice of venue is a poor one for the plaintiffs. I really don't think the folks in Waco will be receptive to this type of B.S.

Re: Free Speech?

Sorry, no dice. The courts have ruled that the manufacturers aren't even allowed to intervene even when they want to. It's the use of the (allegedly) infringing technology that makes you a target.

Ten classic electronic calculators from the 1970s and 1980s

Semi-Agnostic

I still have what may have been the very first TI-59 "in the wild", which was donated by TI to the Dallas public TV station for a fundraising auction and purchased by yours truly several weeks before they were publicly announced. I actually thought I was bidding on a 57, as there was no such as a 59. :-)

But it's my HP-41CV that's sitting on my desk and gets used every day. You just can't beat RPN.

Homemade airship prang closes highway in Oklahoma

@SimpleUser

The closest I-75 comes to Dallas is Atlanta, GA -- roughly 900 miles away.

Dallas/Fort Worth has plenty of Interstates (I-20/I-30/I-35(E&W)/I-45/I-345/I-635/I-820), but I-75 is not among them. I suspect you're confusing it with US-75, which is not an Interstate.