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Hi, I'm a random user who clicked on the link in the paragraph about technologies invented in the 70's. I noticed that there is LaTeX listed there. The LaTeX page says it was invented in 1984. Who is right?

LaTeX certainly came later than TeX (version 2) which came out in 1983/84.

--Erp 02:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

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Hi, NightMonkey -- I'm not sure how else to get in touch with you. Sorry you don't like my "vanity edits" -- I just tried to provide an accurate, up-to-date entry about SRI with lots of links. While you include many interesting things in your version of our company history, there are a few inaccuracies I'd like to address. Perhaps we can work together on this. Mainly, my issue is that your article doesn't include much detail as to what SRI's working on *today*, and I think this would be of interest to readers. For example, while the remote viewing work of the early 70s might make for an interesting footnote, it's not at all relevant to our current work (and hasn't been for decades). I don't think it's important enough to be the second paragraph. Also, as you may have previously noted, we do not have more than 10,000 patents to our name. The number may be in the thousands, but I'd have to check. And lastly, we are not a "think-tank" as they are defined elsewhere.

Thanks for your ongoing interest in SRI International. I hope to hear from you via this platform.

Best regards, Marty at SRI

Contents 1 Vanity edits 2 MICR? 3 Section rewrite? 4 Merge 5 MOS 6 Move 'outside the mainstream' elsewhere

[edit] Vanity edits

OK, while I wish the article was better written, Wikipedia has policies against vanity edits, and an edit from an "anonymous user" from the SRI International's NetRange just ain't gonna cut it. I'm reverting the edits from 128.18.82.107.

Here's the whois output:

$ whois 128.18.82.107

OrgName: SRI International OrgID: SRIINT Address: 333 Ravenswood Avenue City: Menlo Park StateProv: CA PostalCode: 94025 PostalCode: 94025 Country: US

NetRange: 128.18.0.0 - 128.18.255.255 CIDR: 128.18.0.0/16 NetName: SRINET NetHandle: NET-128-18-0-0-1 Parent: NET-128-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Assignment NameServer: NS.SRI.COM NameServer: NS1.SRI.COM NameServer: NSF.ALGX.NET Comment: RegDate: Updated: 2003-03-25

OrgTechHandle: LS732-ARIN OrgTechName: Serrano, Louis OrgTechPhone: +1-650-859-5687 OrgTechEmail: louis.Serrano@sri.com

1. ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2005-01-07 19:10
2. Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

--NightMonkey 12:03, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MICR?

I was always under the impression that the check-sorting machine was called ERMA, not MICR. My grandfather was part of this project, and he always talked about ERMA. Perhaps MICR refers to something else, in which case it may be important to clarify and/or expand the information on this project. Thanks! Romarin 02:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

MICR refers to magnetic ink character recognition, which was used by ERMA. -- Beland 20:10, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Section rewrite?

Any suggestions about how to rewrite the Research Projects section? As (correctly) tagged, it does indeed read rather like an ad, and somewhat echoes the history timeline on the official SRI website. Perhaps someone could consider rearranging the more noteworthy items into a breakout by discipline rather than the current historical mish-mash. Thoughts? JXM 01:30, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

This page has been subject to an official merge decision by an admin (see history). Content from that merge might not be to everybody's taste, but rather than deleting it outright it's probably best to take it up with the admin as they decreed that the contents of another page should be merged into this one and deleting the content will potentially put users in breach of the decision.

perfectblue (talk) 14:50, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MOS

As per manual of style, paragraphed text should not be rendered in bold.

perfectblue (talk) 21:03, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move 'outside the mainstream' elsewhere

SRI International's activities are described in 2281 words. Of these, 907 words are under the headline "Research outside of the mainstream". The only other headline on the same level is "Research History".

The 'research outside of the mainstream' section may be relevant for people with special interest in ESP and Clairvoyance. It is a VERY minor part of SRI, and is vastly overrepresented in the Wikipedia entry on SRI International.

I therefore suggest the following: 1. The section 'research outside of the mainstream' is merged into the Wikipedia entries for ESP and Clairvoyance 2. The section is replaced in the SRI Wikipedia entry by MAXIMUM ONE SENTENCE, which links to the entries which the section has been merged with.

This should go in effect within a few days. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dnordfors (talk • contribs) 23:01, 26 February 2008 (UTC)