AOL patents Instant Messaging
MSNBC has an article on the whole thing. The patent, filed January 27, 1997. There are 202 claims, which makes this an unbelievably detailed patent, and nearly uninforcable, since most of these claims will not be fulfilled by any given product. I’d wager to sya that ICQ doesn’t even fulfill all of [...]
Link to the State of Affirs about T2
State of Affairs, November 20, 2002 “Transportation in Louisville”
T2 - the Light Rail project in Louisville
I had emailed some of the people in charge of the T2 Working Group in Louisville, asking various questions that I was unable to find answers for - I had recently heard some interview on State of Affiars about the “T-2″ project. Here is the response I received:
Thanks for your question. We’ve had quite a [...]
US plans to run Iraq for two years
John Robb writes:
The strategy behind this is to set up a major oil producer as a vassal state. My guess is that this state would 1) not participate in OPEC, 2) pump enough oil to ensure a price of $15 a barrel, 3) award major contracts to US oil companies, 4) pay the [...]
A Candidate
Monday I emailed Don Meade, one of the candidates for the District 17 Metro Council position… he unfortunately got back to me a bit too late for the vote, but I would just like to thank him for calling me. That’s right. Amazing as it may seem, he left me a voice mail, [...]