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Re:The law depends on compute power by lisper on Monday August 01, 2016 @12:11AM (#12200154)
If you can find the patent number that would make it easier to formulate a cogent response.
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Re:The law depends on compute power by sliverstorm on Monday August 01, 2016 @12:15AM (#12200161)
Some googling suggests it was not a patent they claimed, but that it was an "illegal number". Very possible I confused the two.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number

I think at the time what I found ridiculous was that you were prohibited from "having" the number, but of course nobody could say what number it was you weren't allowed to have... seemed like something that belonged in Dr. Strangelove.

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