Talk:SRI International

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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)


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


[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)

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