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The Onion | RIAA Sues Radio Stations For Giving Away Free Music |
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4:50 pm EDT, Oct 5, 2002 |
"The Recording Industry Association of America filed a $7.1 billion lawsuit against the nation's radio stations Monday, accusing them of freely distributing copyrighted music." The Onion | RIAA Sues Radio Stations For Giving Away Free Music |
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4:32 pm EDT, Oct 5, 2002 |
This is a famous picture. You've seen it before. It is the inauguration of LBJ aboard Air Force One immediately after JFK was shot. The man kneeling in the back left just above the head of the woman taking the oath is Jack Valenti. Just FYI. An interesting picture |
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11:43 am EDT, Oct 5, 2002 |
"The deadline to reach that settlement was today (Friday). While it is reported that both sides are still negotiating, no deal has been reached. Educational and College stations, along with the NAB protested their exclusion from these negotiations. It is likely that the commercial webcasters will continue to negotiate through the weekend. Since no deal has been announced, HR 5469 is back on the floor and will be voted on THIS MONDAY." More Internet Radio News |
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Thomas Jefferson on 'Intellectual Property' |
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11:20 am EDT, Oct 5, 2002 |
Darwin recently recommended what is probably my favorite historical quote. A more complete version of which is provided here, along with some other interesting thoughts on the matter. "That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation." Thomas Jefferson on 'Intellectual Property' |
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Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2003 |
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1:10 am EDT, Oct 5, 2002 |
"I am happy, although a tad superstitious, to announce that the 13th Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy will begin on April 1 and run through April 4, 2003 in New York City. " This would be a really good excuse to get to hang out in New York for a week. On the other hand, April 1st plus 13 plus NYC = a hell of a lot of bad mojo... Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2003 |
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12:55 am EDT, Oct 5, 2002 |
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Mercury News | 10/02/2002 | Webcaster royalty compromise pushed |
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2:51 am EDT, Oct 4, 2002 |
"In its current form, the tentative deal would allow small Internet radio stations, with gross revenue less than $1.5 million over the last four years, to pay music royalty fees calculated as a percentage of revenue. The rate would increase from 8 percent to 12 percent by 2006, sources say." Mercury News | 10/02/2002 | Webcaster royalty compromise pushed |
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Tolerance.org: Dig Deeper |
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2:47 am EDT, Oct 4, 2002 |
"Created by psychologists at Yale University and the University of Washington, this collection of Implicit Association Tests (IAT) measures unconscious bias. " This is thought provoking. Having said that, I have serious problems with it. I posted about it earlier a little a head of the gun. Basically, you develop a strategy for approaching the test. Sometimes you can come up with good strategies, some times you cannot. That strategy may or may not have anything to do with a racial prejudice. That strategy may or may not reflect a real belief that you have. This site implies both, and furthermore, if you "win" by getting a neutral result they reply with a long list of reasons why you may have taken the test incorrectly. Tolerance.org: Dig Deeper |
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CNN.com - W.H. rejects Bush-Saddam duel offer - Oct. 3, 2002 |
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2:37 am EDT, Oct 4, 2002 |
The White House scorned an Iraqi leader's suggestion that President Bush and Saddam Hussein could resolve their differences in a duel, calling it an "irresponsible statement" that did not justify a "serious response." Now wait a minute.... hear me out on this one... they might be on to something here... "A president against a president and vice president against a vice president, and a duel takes place, if they are serious," the Iraqi vice president said. "And in this way we are saving the American and Iraqi people." You know... it's just so crazy it might work! ;-) CNN.com - W.H. rejects Bush-Saddam duel offer - Oct. 3, 2002 |
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Matchbox sized remote control car |
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2:36 am EDT, Oct 4, 2002 |
"It's the ZipZaps micro RC car-it's fast and it looks like the full-size Porsche-only it's pocket-sized! Customize it with hub caps and other accessories. Tune it with optional performance upgrade kits, faster motors, gears and suspensions! It's easy! Comes with all the factory parts, tools and instructions for quick assembly. Then, put it on the compact charger for about a minute and zoom away! " This thing is very interesting. Its a matchbox sized RC car: Needs:
1. A more powerful radio. (Difficulty: Easy)
2. An FM wireless transmitter. (Difficulty: Easy)
3. A way to make it less noisy. (Difficulty: Medium/Hard) Add these three items and you have a very entertaining remote surveillance tool. Matchbox sized remote control car |
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