]
] So places that run a lot of Microsoft software tend to be
] set up so that Microsoft's Sender-ID works, and places
] that don't aren't. Coincidence? You make the call.

Interesting observation.

A Political Analysis of SPF and Sender-ID

] China's legislature has indicated that it is preparing to
] enact a law against secession, possibly mandating
] military action if Taiwan declares independence.

Taiwan isn't worth WWIII between the US and China. It probably
would be a more economic than military war anyway.

I have some hope that capitalist pressure will straighten out the Chinese government over the next 50 years or so. It remains to be seen.

China Preparing to Enact Law Against Taiwan Secession

] WHEN they start pushing the panic button over "moral
] values" at the bluest of TV channels, public
] broadcasting's WNET, in the bluest of cities, New York,
] you know this country has entered a new cultural twilight
] zone.

I'm glad to see someone finally saying it like it is: the fundies are opposed to people having sex, full-stop. It is utterly
despicable.

The Plot Against Sex in America

] The good news is that we may have figured out how to
] solve the moral problem that's been holding up stem-cell
] research. The bad news is that the solution will
] introduce a whole new kind of horror.

If you read down, it isn't really that horrible. But it is
a clever end-run around the definitional roadblocks put up
by the Catholic church and others.

RE: Monster Farming - The creepy solution to the stem-cell debate. By William Saletan

]
] The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has
] announced its proposed policy to provide all dot-ca
] domain name holders with increased privacy safeguards,
] bringing it in line with recently-enacted Canadian
] privacy laws.

CIRA Proposes New Standard for Domain Name Whois Privacy

] Poland has tipped the scales by voting against the
] proposed text agreed to by the EU Council in May. A
] majority now opposes the current proposal. Those
] supporting the proposal now lack the votes to pass the
] proposal as written.

Poland Rejects Proposed EU Software Patents - Majority Now Opposed

] Security isn't Microsoft's biggest problem, anyway. Their
] biggest problem is people hate them because of their
] business practices. It takes a while for such feelings to
] reach critical mass, but I believe it is now reaching
] that point. They may have dodged some bullets in the
] antitrust case here in the US, but it left their
] reputation in shreds. Geeks and those in the industry
] already knew Microsoft for what they were, but the
] average guy did not, and when they heard all the evidence
] and Microsoft was found guilty, a sleepy public woke up
] and said to themselves, "They've been doing *that*?"

Groklaw on Ballmer speech

] In a case that has spurred intense soul-searching in
] legal circles, a 25-year-old convicted drug dealer, who
] was arrested two years ago for selling small bags of
] marijuana to a police informant, was sentenced on Tuesday
] to 55 years in prison.

Judge Questions Long Sentence in Drug Case

]
] The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has submitted a
] friend-of-the-court brief [PDF] in a case that could have
] a profound effect on the privacy of Internet
] communications.
]
] The brief argues that the decision in US v. Councilman,
] soon to be reheard by the full First Circuit, should be
] overturned. A panel of First Circuit judges previously
] ruled that it does not violate criminal wiretap laws when
] an email service provider monitors the content of users'
] incoming messages without their knowledge or consent.

EFF Files Brief in Support of Email Privacy

] The country's first criminal trial about spam ended in
] Leesburg, Virginia earlier this month with a conviction
] of Jeremy Jaynes, better known under his nom de spam of
] Gavin Stubberfield. I was an expert witness for the
] prosecution, the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Putting a Spammer in Jail