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US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies - smh.com.au |
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| Topic: Society |
1:31 pm EDT, Jul 15, 2002 |
The Bush Administration aims to recruit millions of United States citizens as domestic informants in a program likely to alarm civil liberties groups. The Terrorism Information and Prevention System, or TIPS, means the US will have a higher percentage of citizen informants than the former East Germany through the infamous Stasi secret police. The program would use a minimum of 4 per cent of Americans to report "suspicious activity". Read the background of the author at the bottom... The thing is that this really isn't new. In the 80's American school children were told to inform the police if they discovered that their parents were using drugs. This sort of program becomes a problem when the people at large decide that they trust the government more then their neighbors. How far are we from that? US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies - smh.com.au |
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A Restored German Classic of Futuristic Angst |
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1:01 pm EDT, Jul 15, 2002 |
On January 10, 1927, Fritz Lang's "Metropolis," a wildly ambitious, hugely expensive science fiction allegory of filial revolt, romantic love, alienated labor and dehumanizing technology opened in Berlin, but the movie as Lang made it has never really been seen. ... Thanks to four years of painstaking work, there is now, at long last, a "Metropolis" with a legitimate claim to being definitive. Far from a historical curio, "Metropolis" arrives, three-quarters of a century late, like an artifact from the future. At last we have the movie every would-be cinematic visionary has been trying to make since 1927. I hope this is shown outside New York and becomes available on DVD. A Restored German Classic of Futuristic Angst |
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Bring in the geeks - Tech News - CNET.com |
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12:59 pm EDT, Jul 15, 2002 |
"The 40-year old lawyer, head of the Public Knowledge nonprofit group here, plans to recruit a ragtag band of technophiles and train them to become a corps of effective political activists on the Internet front. " Someone with real funding finally attempts to organize the grass roots internet users for political purposes. This stands in stark contrast to Lawrence Lessig's opinion that geeks are "too apathetic" to wield political power. Bring in the geeks - Tech News - CNET.com |
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Hacker group targets Net censorship - Tech News - CNET.com |
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12:44 pm EDT, Jul 15, 2002 |
"Some of the world's best-known hackers unveiled a plan this weekend to offer free software to promote anonymous Web surfing in countries where the Internet is censored, especially China and Middle Eastern nations. " Over the coming weeks a number of eternity service oriented tools are going to be released by various hacker groups. If these tools work properly they will raise the bar in a number of sectors, including P2P file sharing. Hacker group targets Net censorship - Tech News - CNET.com |
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2:29 am EDT, Jul 15, 2002 |
Here is a list of stations that have shutdown because of CARP royalties. (I think the list would be much longer if one were to include the stations that haven't started up because of CARP royalties. I'd be at least two of those...) The list is actually maintained on a different site (mentioned here) but this page is easier to link to... The CARP graveyard |
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Lawmakers: Keep your tunes to yourself - Tech News - CNET.com |
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5:23 pm EDT, Jul 14, 2002 |
"Legislators are readying a bill that could sharply limit Americans' rights relating to copying music, taping TV shows, and transferring files through the Internet. " More bullshit from Washington... Lawmakers: Keep your tunes to yourself - Tech News - CNET.com |
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Silicon Valley's New Pessimists Talk of Pain Beyond the PC |
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| Topic: Tech Industry |
5:22 pm EDT, Jul 14, 2002 |
"Hopes that the second half of 2002 would see the end of technology's business decline seem to be retreating." More gloom from the valley... Silicon Valley's New Pessimists Talk of Pain Beyond the PC |
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Wired 10.08: Stepford Child |
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| Topic: Technology |
5:17 pm EDT, Jul 14, 2002 |
"Loaded with a digital camera, microprocessor, and voice recognition software, Cindy is the first doll that can see, think, and do as she's told. That makes her both surprisingly precocious ... and a little creepy." Chucky..... Wired 10.08: Stepford Child |
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Hmmm, About That Skull Find... |
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5:09 pm EDT, Jul 14, 2002 |
"PARIS -- A prehistoric skull touted as the oldest human remains ever found is probably not the head of the earliest member of the human family but of an ancient female gorilla, a French scientist said on Friday. " Status of skull debated... Hmmm, About That Skull Find... |
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Behind the Music that Sucked |
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1:46 pm EDT, Jul 13, 2002 |
A large collection of cartoon shorts making fun of the music industry. Watch Tobe Kenobi... Behind the Music that Sucked |
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