paul@torch.UUCP (Paul Andrews) (04/28/88)
In article <2672@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell) writes: > >I was just thinking of some nice things I'd like to patent if I wanted >to make a fortune in computers and electronics. >I think I like the ON switch best. Any other get-rich quick schemes? Funny you should say that, but someone DOES hold the patent for the exclusive-or'ed text cursor. Maybe not as fundamental as the ON switch, but VERY worthwhile for the owners non-the-less! - Paul.
mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante) (05/02/88)
>In article <2672@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell) writes: >> >>I was just thinking of some nice things I'd like to patent if I wanted >>to make a fortune in computers and electronics. >>I think I like the ON switch best. Any other get-rich quick schemes? > As I recall, in the main lobby of the headquarters at Texas Instruments there is a wall on which hangs the patent to the hand held calculator and on the opposite wall is the patent for the integrated circuit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | That government is best which governs least, because its people | | discipline themselves. | - Thomas Jefferson | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Mark Interrante CIS Department | | (904) 335-8047 University of Florida | | Internet: mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu Gainesville, FL 32611 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------