Daily Archives: January 24, 2006

Keep that trial right here

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

The Skilling/Lay trial will stay right here in Houston. As expected, U.S. District Judge Sim Lake ordered late Monday that the request from ex-Enron chairman Ken Lay and ex-CEO Jeff Skilling to move the case be denied. The pair face … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Toll road selloff madness spreads to Austin

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Late last year, the Harris County Commissioners’ Court got the bright idea to consider selling off its toll road system to a private operator (see here and here for more). Apparently, the folks up in Travis County now think that’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 6 Comments

Another setback for BlackBerry

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I haven’t previously blogged about the patent-infringement lawsuit against Canada’s Research In Motion, Ltd, the makers of BlackBerry handhelds and servers, but since I administer a BlackBerry infrastructure in real life, seeing stories like this always makes me clench my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Network neutrality

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

Do you know what network neutrality is, and and how a change from that policy could affect the operation of the Internet? Read about it and keep an eye on it in the future. It looks unclear at this time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, science, and math | 1 Comment

Libertarians against Ron Paul

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

This disussion thread, in which a Ron Paul fan tries to convince members of the Libertarian Party of Texas to get their candidate in the 14th CD to drop out of the race on the grounds that it will improve … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Cohen’s campaign kickoff

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Charles Kuffner

I had the pleasure of attending the official campaign kickoff for Ellen Cohen last Thursday evening in Bellaire at her headquarters. The place was packed – people were lining up outside the door because there wasn’t enough room inside. Lots … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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