abaddon wrote:
] I think I have made it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that
] CherryOS.exe, shipped as the core of cherryos is
] nothing but a recompiled version of PearPC...it has at most
] minor changes, most to strip attribution, hide the theft, or
] remove debugging output...

I think abaddon just won the award for most 'leet post to MemeStreams evar.

RE: Advanced binary analysis of CherryOS: proof of theft

Awesome. The cloud data in these maps is updated every three hours. This is the earth from space in nearest to realtime that anyone has come.

World Sunlight Map

] The agency best known for protecting presidents and other
] high officials is tying together its employees' desktop
] computers in a network designed to crack passwords that
] alleged criminals have used to scramble evidence of their
] crimes.

The Secret Service is just now setting up a distributed crypto cracking network. Frnakly, you would think they'd have a much more sophisticated hardware based approach, and that they would have done this a long time ago.

DNA Key to Decoding Human Factor (washingtonpost.com)

] On balance, not quite as bad a day for Grokster as I
] think a lot of people were expecting. Not a sure (or
] even a probable) victory for them by any means, but the
] Court did seem quite attuned to the effects on innovation
] of whatever liability rule it ultimately adopts.

Lawyer on the Grokster hearing

] (a) Free Speech and Press.--Nothing in this title shall
] enlarge or diminish any rights of free speech or of the
] press for activities related to the registration or use
] of domain names.

This was hardly a murmur on the net in December when it passed. None of the usual tech journals seem to have picked it up. FOISA is law. If you unknowingly commit a felony using your website (typically because something you're hosting is copyrighted) your crime is considered willful and the max prison sentence is either doubled or extended by 7 years if your domain registration information, including your home phone number, is out of order.

The law includes a silly "savings clause" (quoted above) which says "this law has no impact on first amendment rights." This clause has no impact on the actual risks this law poses to people trying to engage in first amendment protected speech. It is a rather despicable attempt to avoid constitutional challenges through an emperor's clothes arguement.

Today is a sad day.

FOISA IS LAW!

] A friend who relocated to California from NY said she
] missed hearing all the odd variety of music that was
] played around the office here. "I miss hearing what
] you all are listening to," she wrote. This "radio"?
] is my response. It will stream for a few hours and then
] it will recycle. Maybe it will run longer in the future.
] The artists played here are respectful of one another and
] gunplay is forbidden.

I haven't checked this out yet but it sounds worth a listen.

Radio DavidByrne.com

] The average amount of time that Americans spend listening
] to recorded music annually has dropped significantly over
] the past 7 years.

Some useful statistics.

The Big Picture: Americans tuning out recorded music

] Although surreptitiously activating the electronic chip
] remotely and then reading the return signal amid ambient
] electronic noise is considered technically very
] difficult, the Department is taking measures to prevent
] skimming of the unencrypted data. By the time the first
] electronic passport is issued, the Department intends to
] place an anti-skimming feature in the passport.

This is the proposed passport rule change.

FR Doc 05-3080

This matter is open for public comment until April 4th.

] In a misguided attempt to make US passports more secure,
] the US Department of State plans to put radio frequency
] identification (RFID) chips in all new passports. This
] RFID chip will contain the same information currently on
] our passports, including the passport holder's name, date
] and place of birth, passport number and photograph.
]
] In a dangerous world where Americans are targeted by
] thieves, kidnappers and terrorists, the RFID-chipped US
] passport will turn tourists into targets, and American
] business travelers will transmit their identities to
] kidnappers wherever they go, thanks to the US State
] Department.
]
] Close up, the information broadcast from the RFID chip
] can be read by anyone with an inexpensive electronic
] reader. Farther away, the RFID chip can be activated
] enough to identify the passport holder as an American.
]
] From identity theft to identity death, an RFID-chipped US
] passport means good news for the bad guys.

RFIDKills.com

] "Certainly broadcasters and cable operators have
] significant First Amendment rights, but these rights are
] not without boundaries," he wrote. "They are limited by
] law. They also should be limited by good taste."

The new FCC commissioner thinks your first amendment rights are limited by "good taste."

The New York Times - Under New Chief, F.C.C. Considers Widening Its Reach