speaking of "user-abusive", google should remember that lesson. i sometimes wonder how much they remember that a) users are often customers (not just product) and b) customers pay the bills.

That would be cool.

He is still listed as faculty at Washington University in St. Louis http://german.wustl.edu/people/trojanow_ilja

FWIW, That institution is one of the top research university's internationally (Ivy-league). It's not to be confused with the University of Missouri, St. Louis (a state school), or Saint Louis University (a Jesuit school). All three are, however, very fine institutions.

I was LITERALLY just thinking the exact same thing.

"we're all individuals."