Ah, the infamous staple of American justice: the plea bargain. As various lieutenants cop to minor pleas and agree to help to indict the guy Eliot Spitzer really wants — Bernie Ebbers. -Ian. —...
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/3343817.html Teledesic shuts down, dimming a dream Helen Jung Associated Press Published Oct 7, 2002 NET07 Envisioned by cellular pioneer Craig McCaw, backed by Bill Gates — and financed in part by their bottomless wealth...
One year past the deadline and it just isn’t working. -Ian. ———– http://www.wirelessweek.com/ index.asp?layout=story&articleIdÊ243964&stt1 E911 Moving Along, But Not Very Quickly By Mark Rockwell September 16, 2002 Wireless...
http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3395378,00.html Can your pet pooch’s barks and growls really be translated into humanspeak? By Becky Worley, Tech Live It’s 8 p.m. and the dog is staring at you as you doze on the couch. He starts to...
Jerry Falwell has a hard-on for World War III. On 60 Minutes, tonight, he will call Mohamed, the prophet of Islam, a Terrorist. So says Ed McAteer, the founder of the Moral Majority and father of the Religious Right in America, adding “I believe that we are...
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/magazine/06NYDC.html October 6, 2002 The De Facto Capital By FRANK RICH The New York Times They got it right the first time. New York was the capital of the nation at its birth. The first presidential inauguration, in 1789,...
I’m sure he bought the AR-15 rifle with the extended scope and .223 rounds for hunting elk, though. I almost FOIB’d, but decided not to FOIB, an article a couple of weeks ago about how the manufacturers of some of America’s most powerful sniper...
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/021004/1859000755_1.html Dow Jones Business News Music Companies Try to Force Verizon to Identify Suspected File Swapper Friday October 4, 6:59 pm ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Music companies tried to persuade a judge to let them...
In the Bush Government’s latest effort at international diplomacy, the US Postal Service attacked the United Nations today in a failed attempt to disrupt the ongoing proceedings regarding Bush’s urgent call to arms against Iraq. The crack postal worker /...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,804213,00.html ‘I’m looking for one million men’ When the results of the latest census were announced this week, it emerged that a million young British men had ‘disappeared’. The man in charge of...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
He is also a Hockeyist, Motorcyclist, and Aviation Enthusiast. Follow him on twitter as @ianb or find him on LinkedIN.
