] I'm asking for a declaration from the court that would
] overturn the unconstitutional requirement that US persons
] must show ID to travel throughout the US. Not only
] airplanes, but trains, buses, cruise ships, and major
] hotel chains are now enforcing ID requirements, largely
] at the behest of the Federal Government.

This is actually a very interesting case. I scanned through a number of case documents. If Gillmore can prove that the ID requirement exists in most means of transportation then the government's arguments will fall, because the government is simply saying that its ok to restrict one form of travel if other options are available.

Whats more interesting is that Gillmore has provided a very compelling arguement that the "no-fly list" is unconstitutional because it is not limited to verifying that the people who fly are not carrying weapons. The defense the government offers is that Gillmore doesn't have standing to challenge the no-fly list because he's not on it. Gillmore counters that the "no-fly list" is the reason for the ID requirement and therefore he has a basis to challenge it. I'm not really clear on the standing issue after looking at these documents, but if he does have standing I think the "no-fly list" may fall, and if he doesn't, then the first person who does will probably topple it. Most of the people on the list are not the sort who make good plaintifs, but there have been examples of people who have the same NAME as people on the list who have been hassled. Any one of those people probably has standing and a reasonable arguement to end the practice.

politechbot.com: John Gilmore's suit over secret FAA regs in SF court on 1/17

] Resumes with white-sounding first names elicited 50
] percent more responses than ones with black-sounding
] names, according to a study by professors at the
] University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the
] Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

While we're on the subject of racism, this is just infuriating.

Study: It helps to have a 'white' name

] Lobbyists for some of the nation's largest technology
] companies will argue under the new agreement against
] efforts in Congress to amend U.S. laws to broaden the
] rights of consumers, such as explicitly permitting
] viewers to make backup copies of DVDs for personal use or
] copy songs onto handheld listening devices.

More information is starting to leak out about this mornings deal between the RIAA and the tech industry. According to the AP, the RIAA agrees to drop support for the (unworkable and extremely unpopular) Fritz Chip legislation, and in exchange the technology industry agrees to lobby AGAINST consumer fair use rights. I certaily don't wish to take the AP's analysis as the word of god, but they are spinning this as a positive compromise. It sounds to me like the RIAA got a hell of a lot more then they gave.

RIAA, Technology Industry deal looking dirty...

] Physical, which operates nine gyms in the former British
] colony, recently posted signs in its Hong Kong facilities
] forbidding the use of mobile phones in locker rooms.
] "It's just some areas that are restricted for mobile
] phones," said Physical spokeswoman Miran Chan.
] "Some of these phones can be used as cameras. If someone
] uses a phone this way and takes a photo and puts it on the
] Internet, it's not very good for our members and their
] privacy."

Privacy concerns of camera phones have already begun to manifest.

CNN.com - Gym bans camera phones in locker-rooms - Jan. 14, 2003

] Brilliantly, seditiously remixed State of the Union
] address video.

This is really well done...

Deconstructing Bush...

Take your $20 from the recording industry and give it to the EFF.

SendItToTheEFF.org

] That raises the disquieting possibility of being tracked
] though our personal possessions. Imagine: The Gap links
] your sweater's RFID tag with the credit card you used to
] buy it and recognizes you by name when you return.
] Grocery stores flash ads on wall-sized screens based on
] your spending patterns, just like in "Minority Report."
] Police gain a trendy method of constant, cradle-to-grave
] surveillance.

RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages - Tech News - CNET.com

] A REPORT IN TODAY'S Wall Street Journal claims that the
] Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) will
] join forces with the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and
] the Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) to oppose a US
] bill that would introduce technology to prevent the
] copying of digital content.

It appears that the computer industry has managed to get the RIAA to back off on the Hollings bill. This is an interesting development, but it essentially means that Pallidium/TCPA will do everything the RIAA wants.

RIAA joins Intel, others to oppose Hollywood copyright proposals

] After meeting with a group of black Republicans, national
] Republican leaders pledged yesterday to do more to
] recruit and support African-American candidates, boost
] the number of blacks on national and state committees and
] better deliver the party's message to the black
] community.

Of course, the Republicans are working hard to change their image...

Newsday.com - Republicans Meet to Lure Blacks Into Party Structure

The biggest change in this code release is the user list. It has been replaced with some shorter lists as well as a user search engine. There are also a few minor bug fixes in this release that impact other parts of the site.