"Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Slice-By-8 was first mentioned here:

Are you sure? 

US patent 7,047,479 filed in 2002 sounds like it may be relevant: 

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7047479.PN.

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  Gregory Stark
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