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To: rrufff who wrote (7288)	2/12/2005 4:49:55 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12465

I remember being that optimistic. I think it was back around 1985. But I was on your side of it, debating a guy who remembered being that optimistic back in 1965. He was probably arguing optimism vs. reality with someone who remembered something similar back in 1945. The more things change, the more they ..........

To: rrufff who wrote (7288)	2/12/2005 5:25:38 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12465

I doubt Faro is working pro bono. First of all, you'd have to pay someone to humiliate themselves enough to prostitu... errr.... ah ... "represent" such a case as 'CNN had an 'affirmative obligation' to police the unauthorized use of the Wolf Blitzer name.' ... and, well, expect their industry peers take them seriously. And whores don't get idealistically romantic about insertional business agreements, either. Back at the AZNT ranch, Slyver went through an army of lawyers, hiring and firing them at whim, but giving shares to those who would take the most ridiculous cases, such as suing a car dealer for repo'ing a car that Mikey quit making payments on. Faro's not working pro bono, rrufff. But he's likely wearing a postage-stamp sized mini-skirt with thigh-high leather boots on a street corner during his off-the-clock non-court time. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. ....... Beholder of the ATM card/stock shares, that is. "Yet, pro bono nutcases like Zwebner can clog up the system."

To: rrufff who wrote (7288)	2/12/2005 8:35:12 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12465

pro bono nutcases like Zwebner can clog up the system. ----- "This whole Internet thing, let me tell you, it's been a major distraction. It's been extremely painful. It's been expensive. I can tell you that over five or six years it's probably cost me one way or another about a half-million dollars in legal fees and court fees and all this aggravation. It's definitely cost me business, that I know for a fact." Message 21037606 ----- Given the "one way or another" qualifier, it's doubtful the half-million dollar estimate represented his actual attorney cash outlay. My guess is that it has been substantially less than that, although certainly not without reasonable monetary cost, likely mostly footed by the shareholders which is the real issue. - Jeff