Phiber Optik writes:
[forwarded from elsewhere]
[From Data Communications, January 1993]
INVENTION CUTS CABLING TIES
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works with both shielded and unshielded twisted-pair copper cabling, is small enough to fit on laptop PC internal adapters, and is capable of handling all common LAN speeds, Watson says. The internationally patented invention works just as well with voice signals. Predictably, it already has been licensed for use in telephone surveillance equipment. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Mike Watson rediscovers inductance, and the inductive tap. Film at 11.
And patents it! Gee, I wonder if I patent the RF transmittion, and start charging licensing fees like Watson does with inductance. Hell, some guy has a patent on using XOR in making inverse cursors on CRTs. Thug