Friday May 2
The Reign In Spain
Ferrari answered any lingering doubts about their new car with a dominant display in Friday qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. [BBC Sport]. So far in 2003. Michael Schumacher has unexpectedly been eclipsed by Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren, but the tide seems to have turned with Ferrari's introduction of the F2003-GA.
Posted by glenn at Life Cannot Get Worse in Russia!
Maybe I was wrong about Pravda when I blasted them for pussyfooting around on political assasinations. Wild Wild East. Today, the venerable Russian daily carries an interview with Duma leader Yaroslav Shvyryayev, who says that "I am often asked when life will be better in this country. I think that our life won't get worse, that's for sure." [Pravda.ru]
Beam me down, Scotty, there's intelligent life in Russia!!
Listen To The Lawyers
Rambus Trial Opens With Incriminating Documents. The Federal Trade Commission continues it's long-running antitrust case against Rambus Technologies for "gaming" a standards-setting body into adopting its proprietary technology, without disclosing the underlying Rambus patents. In the trial's first day, FTC lawyers introduced documents showing that Rambus' outside counsel instructed the company to withdraw from the standards group and stop suing other chip manufacturers for infringement.
Hey, not all lawyers are like those clowns who covered up Enron's accounting fraud! Just sometimes we are worth listening to.