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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (96115)	3/12/2000 2:55:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

So do it and quit whining, Glenn. Sheesh.

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (96115)	3/12/2000 3:44:00 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

IMO Bezos is just trying to deflect attention away from the obvious right now: His increasing shipping costs are becoming more and more of a problem. "Oil Price Drops, But Worries Persist" .... "I think we are going to be scrambling all year to get caught up worldwide," Chevron Chairman Dave O'Reilly told CNBC Wednesday. "So I feel that oil prices are going to be firm this year, and it is going to take most of the year just to get back into a normal inventory range." O'Reilly also said he expects gasoline prices will continue to rise, but declined to predict how high they would go. With oil production falling about 2 million barrels a day below world demand, most analysts expect to see OPEC increase production to cover between half and three-fourths of that shortfall, bringing prices back to the $25 range by year-end. But that drop in futures prices is bad news for gasoline consumers, because there's less incentive for oil companies to build up inventories that will force prices lower, according to Frank Knuettel, an oil analyst at PaineWebber. "When there's such a big drop over a several-month period," he said, "refiners are reluctant to buy crude today because they might be in a market where the price is lower in a few months and they're locking in a loss." cnbc.com

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (96115)	3/12/2000 3:48:00 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

""I believe I am going to apply for a Patent. My web site has a location where people may guess (possibly research prior) the answers to six questions and if they answer all six questions correctly, they receive a $20 gift certificate. >> HEY! I THOUGHT OF THAT FIRST!! DON'T YOU REMEMBER MY POST LAST SUMMER??? <gg>

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (96115)	3/12/2000 4:38:00 PM
From: Eric Wells	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Glenn - just this past month, Softagon Corporation (my company) filed for the following patents: 1. Two-click ordering 2. Three-click ordering 3. Four-click ordering 4. Five-click ordering 5. Six-click ordering 6. Seven-click ordering 7. Eight-click ordering 8. Nine-click ordering Once I get all these patents, my goal is to sell them to Amazon - then Amazon can sue every e-commerce site that allows a customer to buy something on the web in less than ten mouse clicks - and in doing so, Amazon will drive all other e-commerce sites out of business (consumers will view the necessity of clicking the mouse ten times on other sites as a hassle and will be driven to Amazon for the simplicity of ordering). You have to wonder if Bezos knew the Gleick article was going to be published in today's NYT - Bezos posting of his "Open Letter regarding Patents" on Amazon's web site this week is, perhaps, too much of a coincidence. -Eric