] 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??

] One hundred days after filing its lawsuit against IBM,
] the SCO Group Inc. says it's prepared Friday to take
] action against IBM for allegedly violating its Unix
] licensing contract by allegedly feeding Unix source code
] to the Linux community. If SCO Group can enforce its case
] against IBM

Keeps getting crazier and crazier ... SCO is now threatening to revoke IBM's UNIX license for AIX today if they don't "do something" about the "infringement" of SCO's IP that they claim...

Is SCO Bluffing?

] For the last 30 days, Google has been doing strange
] things. No webmaster who follows Google closely will deny
] this. There is no explanation from Google apart from some
] vague hints from "GoogleGuy," an anonymous poster at
] webmasterworld.com, whom the forum owner says is from
] Google. These hints claim that new algorithms are being
] put into place, and that this will take a couple of
] months.

Interesting site ... these guys are big-time Google naysayers..

Is Google broken?

Though out of the spotlight since leaving Apple Computer Inc. in 1985, Steve Wozniak remains revered for his integral role in helping Steve Jobs establish the company in 1976. He is credited with single-handedly designing the Apple I and Apple II machines.

The Woz - Part 2

] However, there have also been a number of people who
] claim I'm overstating the case and that it's not possible
] to build a real cruise missile without access to
] sophisticated gear, specialist tools and information not
] readily available outside the military.
]
] So, in order to prove my case, I decided to put my money
] where my mouth is and build a cruise missile in my own
] garage, on a budget of just US$5,000.

Fux0ring 3133t Cruise Missile d00d3s

] THE DISCOVERY of the gene brings scientists closer to a
] holy grail of biology: the ability to turn ordinary cells
] into those that possess all the biomedical potency of
] human embryonic stem cells, eliminating the need to
] destroy embryos to get them.

Stem cell %u2018holy grail%u2019 found

] Move over Spider-Man -- mere mortals may soon be coming
] to a ceiling near you.
]
] Researchers at the University of Manchester say they have
] cracked the secret of one of the reptile world's greatest
] climbers, the gecko, and produced a sticky tape that can
] mimic the lizard's gravity-defying abilities.
]
] Soon, people could walk on walls like comic-book
] superhero Spider-Man, the university said.
]
] "The new adhesive -- gecko tape -- contains billions of
] tiny plastic fibres which are similar to natural hairs
] covering the soles of geckos' feet," the University said
] in a statement.
]
] "The research team believes it won't be long before
] Spider-Man gloves become a reality."

Sign me up!

CNN.com - Scientists defy gravity with 'Spider-Man' gloves - Jun. 2, 2003

] Microsoft is not telling corporate managers that the use
] of open-source applications might land them in hot water
] with patent attorneys. And Microsoft is not saying that
] the open-source development community is a hotbed of
] misappropriation of private property.
]
] This is not because Microsoft disagrees with the above.
] But it's just so much easier to give the dirty work to
] SCO.

Here's the conspiracy theory.

Microsoft's new Linux gambit (and SCO)

] Ever since the invention of the printing press,
] governments have tried to make an ally out of owners of
] the means of information distribution. That's as old a
] story as when the powers that be tried to suppress
] Gutenberg's Bible. Not because they didn't believe in
] the Bible, but because they didn't believe everyone
] should be able to get one. This is a 600-year-old
] story. It's not a new story. But it's news to the United
] States that one side should get this close to that goal.

Strong words from Reed Hundt about the new FCC media ownership rule changes. Ted Turner has also come out strongly opposed to this in recent days. Basically the deal is that soon all the TV will be owned by Fox in the same way that all the radio stations are owned by Clear Channel.

[IP] Former FCC chairman: Deregulation is a right-wing power grab

] The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association
] counted 140 million cellphone subscribers in this country
] in 2002 %u2014 a number that is sure to keep rising as
] cellphones become smaller, lighter and more versatile.
]
] One of the most popular new configurations is the
] cellphone with a built-in personal digital assistant. But
] that combination represents only a small fraction of what
] telecommunications or computer companies and independent
] inventors say cellphones can do.

New Functions for Cellphones