] MP3 4U is a network of music lovers called "sources" who
] search the Internet for MP3s that are available as free
] and legal downloads. When a source finds a song they like,
] they post it on their MP3 4U Page. They also create a song
] card containing a brief reason for the posting and a link to
] download the MP3

Musical Memestreams

MP3 4U - About Us

] Federal agencies have been put on notice that National
] Institute of Standards and Technology officials plan to
] phase out a widely used cryptographic hash function known
] as SHA-1 in favor of larger and stronger hash functions
] such as SHA-256 and SHA-512.

If you had been paying attention you'd have caught the wispers a few days ago.

U In retrospect I think this is more a commentary on the strength of 2^80 rather then a warning shot. 2010 is not as distant as it once seemed. 2^80 is looking a bit weak. 2^69 even more so...

Hashing out encryption

] Three dramatic departures in recent days have highlighted
] the one-strike-and-you're-out nature of trial by
] Internet.

Assasination politics. If you're in the public sphere and you do anything controversial, you're dead, unless your job is to do things that are controversial. The result, we're going to have fewer and fewer CNNs and a lot more Bill O'Reillys. ONLY rabit partisanism is immune from reproach because it doesn't claim to be anything respectable.

In the Blogosphere, Lightning Strikes Thrice (washingtonpost.com)

] Howard Dean was elected Democratic National Committee
] chairman by acclamation yesterday after promising to end
] his party's decade-long decline by sharpening its
] message, broadening its base and strengthening its
] operations at the grass roots.

And Republicans everywhere laughed their assess off.

] "Today will be the beginning of the re-emergence
] of the Democratic Party. The first thing we have to do is
] stand up for what we believe in," the fiery former
] Vermont governor told hundreds of cheering DNC members
] who gathered at the Washington Hilton to choose their new
] party leaders.

They're still describing him as fiery.

] "We are definitely going to do religious
] outreach. We're definitely going to reach out to the
] evangelical community," he said.

What part of standing up for what we believe in puts reaching out to authoritarian christians at the top of the list? The actual priority for the party is "attempt to emulate the other guys because they are doing so well right now."

Dean elected DNC chairman - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - February 13, 2005

Once again, JLM and I beat the pack. We talked about "idealogical cola" nearly a decade ago. And I feel so fucking old for saying that. So, if you're thinking of contributing to Al'Q, drink up, its all here. And if you don't think an islamist totalitariansim is a good idea, well, you know, Pepsi is the choice of a new generation. Personally, I prefer Columbia Crest, as its quite smooth and rich but also not totalitarian or even expensive! But thats just me... We welcome all perspectives on MemeStreams. Even fucking Islamists. Because there ought to be dialog. I'm all about dialog. But be warned. I don't even like the Christian Conservatives, so you've got quite a hard sell. Got any swag??!!?

Boing Boing: Ideology-driven colas

] Andy Bowers over at Slate has hit upon something that has
] been bugging me for a long time: online check-in for
] airplane flights and the ability for anyone to print a
] boarding pass with whatever name they want on the front.

Boing Boing: Slate's Andy Bowers on Airport Security loopholes

] I was reminded of that wisdom this week after the
] National Institutes of Health, in a fit of ethical
] repurification, announced that it would no longer allow
] its researchers to hold significant financial interests
] in, receive consulting fees from, give paid speeches to
] or exchange bodily fluids with employees of any drug or
] biotech companies.

Science Needs A Profit Motive (washingtonpost.com)

] Researchers who receive grant money from the National
] Institutes of Health will be "asked" to submit their
] results to a public Web site within a year after they are
] published in a scientific journal, under a new and
] controversial NIH policy announced yesterday.

Haven't ya'll heard of a library?

NIH Grant Recipients Are 'Asked' to Post Data (washingtonpost.com)

adam wrote:
]
]
] ] Do you think that the British government does nothing about
] ] the IRA because they feel like they can't stop it?
]
] Numerous British Governments have tried very hard and used
] various more or less draconian measures to "win" the war. We
] saw the Anti-terrorism law, Diplock courts and internment.
] Nobody could say that Margaret Thatcher didn't vigorously
] pursue the war especially after the IRA murdered her close
] friend and confidant Airey Neave, a man who escaped from
] Colditz.
] However as to when a British Government last thought it could
] win militarily is a difficult question. We call it the Long
] War and it isn't over yet note the very latest troubles in the
] peace process after the IRA was alledged by senior Northern
] Irish policemen of being deeply involved in one the biggest
] bank robberies in British history.
] But and it is a major but the British Government wasn't in a
] position to cut off the "support network". The IRA was
] largely funded through an organisation called Noraid, funded
] by US citizens and though racketeering in Northern Ireland.
] Also the British Government couldn't invade Eire where the IRA
] had training camps.
] It would be usuful to know more about the support networks for
] Eta the Spanish Basque separatists.
] Having said that I remain unconvinced that the war on
] terrorism can be won militarily.

You make a strong arguement. Is there an example of a non-state terrorist organization that has lost and gone away?

RE: Iraqis crowd the polls | csmonitor.com

] WILLIAMSBURG DOESN'T NEED A SPACE ELEVATOR! The Space
] Elevator Will Mean: Less Parking, Weird Ribbon Thing,
] Constant Loud Whirring Noise, Increased Space Elevator
] Truck Traffic. Developers have submitted plans to build a
] massive space elevator in Williamsburg!

Awesome NIMBY punk.

Boing Boing: Brooklyn residents: just say no to space elevators!