] Heads up, sharers of music, video and software files: If
] a prominent Michigan lawmaker has his way on Capitol
] Hill, you will soon be a felon.
]
] U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, is the
] sponsor of the Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner
] Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003, which
] declares sharing a single copyrighted file online to be a
] felony.
]
] Because the bill doesn't specifically name the type of
] file, you could theoretically become a felon by copying
] and posting this very column on your Web site. (We frown
] on that sort of thing anyway, but webmasters, be warned.)
]
] Giving fake information to the folks who register domain
] names, the basic Internet Web addresses (such as
] freep.com), would be punishable by up to five years in
] prison and a fine. Using a camcorder to record a movie in
] a theater -- whether you share it or not -- would be a
] federal criminal offense.

HEATHER NEWMAN: 60 million file sharers could face prison, fine

Funny diagram of military hand signals.

Military Hand Signals

"Scientists running a pioneering experiment with "living robots" which think for themselves said they were amazed to find one escaping from the centre where it "lives"."

I am Not a Number!!! Well, maybe Number 5...

Robot on the run

] Problems with a data service network at BellSouth
] yesterday affected ATMs and services at several
] Nashville-area banks and other businesses

Some ATMs down temporarily; BellSouth network fixed

The Woodward Dream Cruise 2003. See where it all started.

Cars. Woodward. Summer.

] Herb Brooks, who coached the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. hockey
] team to the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics, died
] in a car accident Monday. He was 66.

I'm wearing black today.

'Miracle on Ice' coach dies in car accident

] For all they share economically and culturally, Canada
] and the United States are increasingly at odds on basic
] social policies -- to the point that at least a few
] discontented Americans are planning to move north and try
] their neighbors' way of life.

CNN.com - Dismayed Americans contemplate Canada - Jul. 19, 2003

] Those Nashville cats survived the playoff pledge. Now the
] Predators just have to figure out how to survive the
] startup and shutdown of the regular season.

A great breakdown of the Pred's situation

NHL - Offseason Spotlight: Nashville Predators

] We flood the heavens with so much artificial light that
] nearly two-thirds of the world's people can no longer see
] the Milky Way. On a clear, dark night far from
] light-polluted skies, roughly 2,500 celestial points of
] light can be discerned by the naked eye. For people
] living in the suburbs of New York, that number dwindles
] to 250; residents of Manhattan are lucky to see 15.
] Moreover, as the stars fade from view, a growing body of
] research suggests that excessive exposure to artificial
] night light can alter basic biological rhythms in
] animals, change predator-prey relationships, and even
] trigger deadly hormonal imbalances in humans.

Turn Down the Lights

] "I am a U.S. university student who has recently come
] across 2 remote exploits for a homework program used by
] colleges nationwide. Both vulnerabilities allow students
] to give themselves arbitrary scores, and possibly execute
] arbitrary code. To further emphasize the scope of this
] vulnerability, I have written and -selftested
] proof-of-concept exploit code. Naturally, I want to share
] this information with their software engineers, and would
] even be nice enough and suggest a means to fixing it.
] However, with the state of current intellectual property
] and reverse-engineering laws, I hesitate to do so out of
] fear of litigation or academic disciplinary action. As an
] ethical geek, what do -you- do?"

this sounds familiar.

Disclosure of Major Software Exploits by Students?