California Signing
Where Worlds Collide points us to this sign that is being posted in goverment offices throughout california.
Annie from the London Underground says that the sign originated in India.
Daily Archives: October 16, 2003
Leaks and ashcroft
I’m not sure exactly how many thumbs it takes to plug a dike the size of the White House but I am pretty sure that bush has only two:
Meanwhile, President Bush has ordered an end to all leaks from administration officials, Knight-Ridder is reporting. But even that order was leaked by a senior administration official to Knight-Ridder.
And, even though,
officials indicate Ashcroft has told his investigators to find the leaker. “He’s angry about this,” one official said.
These same
Officials who spoke with the Times say they worry Ashcroft could be damaged by the impression he is not impartial.
Come on, who would ever doubt ashcroft’s impartiality??
Via Talkleft who has more.
Monkeys v Caterpillars
Its not as if Caterpillar bulldozers have never been seen taking out a few acres of forest or jungle:
Bulldozer maker Caterpillar Inc. wants to bury Walt Disney Co.’s “George of the Jungle 2” movie, which it alleges in a lawsuit filed late Tuesday in Federal Court in Peoria, Illinois, infringes on its trademarks.
In the sequel George, played by Chris Showerman, fights “bulldozing bullies” who drive Caterpillar equipment. That could have a “negative impact on children that view the movie” for the bulldozer maker and its line of toys, the newspaper quoted Caterpillar as charging.
Perhaps replacing the animation with real world scenes will take the wind out of Caterpillar’s sails.
I do find it a bit ironic taking Disney’s side in this given their position on extending copyright protection.
Microsoft Patent
This may not be a glorious event for the internet and the world wide web.
On Tuesday, nearly 7 years after the original filing date, the US Patent Office awarded Patent 6,632,248 to Microsoft:
User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.
MS might just toss this in the back drawer and forget it or the courts might toss it out as Stephen S Hong, the primary patent examiner, should have done.
With their deep pockets, though, MS might just try to ram this down peoples throats.