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Supreme Court Upholds Internet Filters (TechNews.com) |
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| Topic: Civil Liberties |
11:38 am EDT, Jun 23, 2003 |
] Adults, the government also noted, can ask librarians to
] disable the filters. That line there is the key. The Supremes are right. Its not censorship if you can ask them to stop. Supreme Court Upholds Internet Filters (TechNews.com) |
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Policy Says AES OK for National Security Info |
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10:55 pm EDT, Jun 21, 2003 |
The design and strength of all key lengths of the AES algorithm (i.e., 128, 192 and 256) are sufficient to protect classified information up to the SECRET level. TOP SECRET information will require use of either the 192 or 256 key lengths. This essentially means that AES as at least as good as the algorithms the NSA develops for this purpose. Very impressive. Policy Says AES OK for National Security Info |
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Federal Trade Commission - The Do Not Call Registry |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
10:15 am EDT, Jun 20, 2003 |
] The National Do Not Call Registry will soon be open for
] business, putting consumers in charge of the
] telemarketing calls they get at home. The Federal
] Government created the national registry to make it
] easier and more efficient for you to stop getting
] telemarketing sales calls you don't want. You will be
] able to register online or by calling toll-free from the
] number you wish to register. Registration is free. You can start adding your numbers to the do not call registry in July! Federal Trade Commission - The Do Not Call Registry |
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| Topic: Society |
10:52 pm EDT, Jun 16, 2003 |
] The reason these net people get away with all kinds of
] stuff is that they work for no one. They put stuff up
] with no restraints. This, of course, is dangerous, but
] it symbolizes what the Internet is becoming. Becoming? ] The Internet has become a sewer of slander and libel,
] an unpatrolled polluted waterway, where just about
] anything goes. For example, the guy who raped and
] murdered a 10-year old in Massachusetts says he got
] the idea from the NAMBLA Web site that he accessed from
] the Boston public library. The ACLU's defending NAMBLA
] in that civil lawsuit. Focus on what you will.. ] So which is the bigger threat to America? The big
] companies or the criminals at the computer?
] Interesting question. Just in case you didn't think O'Reilly was an idiot.. FOXNews.com | O'Really?? |
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CAPPS II Shutdown pending privacy overhaul |
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| Topic: Civil Liberties |
11:39 am EDT, Jun 16, 2003 |
] CAPPS II testing has ceased pending the implementation of
] a privacy policy, according to officials at the highest
] levels of the Department of Homeland Security. They've
] even stopped all internal testing of the system until
] changes are made to the Federal Register that tell us,
] the American people, what they're doing and how it will
] impact our constitutional rights and freedoms. CAPPS II Shutdown pending privacy overhaul |
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American History Documents: The Hyde Park Declaration of 1941 |
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| Topic: Computer Security |
10:48 am EDT, Jun 15, 2003 |
] Among other important matters, the President and the
] Prime Minister discussed measures by which the most
] prompt and effective utilization might be made of the
] productive facilities of North America for the purposes
] both of local and hemisphere defense and of the
] assistance which in addition to their own programs both
] Canada and the United States are rendering to Great
] Britain and the other democracies. Random footnote in history. This is the actual legal document upon which the notion that cryptography can be freely exported to Canada without a license is based. This decision was made in 1941 in order to make the war machine more efficient, it works both ways, and generally applies to any kind of munition. It was never amended after the war. (Much like income tax withholding. :) ) American History Documents: The Hyde Park Declaration of 1941 |
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Blog for America - Howard Dean |
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11:57 am EDT, Jun 13, 2003 |
This presidential candidate is running a weblog. Its a good way of seeming net-savvy, but he doesn't seem to have much of a technology strategy. He is, however, opposed to the Iraq war. Blog for America - Howard Dean |
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10:45 am EDT, Jun 13, 2003 |
] What are we waiting for that's going to change the world
] right now? Something equivalent to the Macintosh
] operating system? It may be out there and I don't see it
] -- but I sure don't feel it. Also, computers had a little
] bit of excitement when not as many people had them. The Woz - Part 2 |
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Hyper-Threading speeds Linux |
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12:31 pm EDT, Jun 12, 2003 |
] The Intel Xeon processor introduces a new technology
] called Hyper-Threading (HT) that, to the operating
] system, makes a single processor behave like two logical
] processors. When enabled, the technology allows the
] processor to execute multiple threads simultaneously, in
] parallel within each processor, which can yield
] significant performance improvement. We set out to
] quantify just how much improvement you can expect to see. Hyper-Threading speeds Linux |
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