] Any digital content can easily be transformed into a sound
] file, or in technical copyright lingo, a "sound
] recording," which when fixed becomes a "phonorecord."
] Many compulsory license schemes only apply to "music" but
] since they don't define the term, or discuss changes in
] how audio works are categorized, one must assume that
] they are using the current definitions of "sound
] recording" and "phonorecord." Consequently, any creator
] of digital content can benefit from a music-only
] compulsory license scheme.

LawMeme - Compulsory Licensing - What is Music?

] Buzz & Click. Nashville Robots, unite to get
] your groove on. Celebrate Nashville's burgeoning
] electronic scene and the release of Area615 with
] us at The End in Elliston Place on October 11, 2003.

Okay, I'm meme'ing this so that no one that I may have forgotten to email can use the "you didn't tell me" excuse. Consider this your invitation, and don't think that just because Phreaknic is coming up that's any excuse not to come. (grin)

Area615 Compilation & Buzz & Click Night

] Human space flight is not a luxury, and the People's
] Republic of China, above all others, seems to recognize
] that. The PRC is poised to launch its first astronauts,
] and with them launch potentially the most ambitious plan
] ever for humans in space.
]
] They have their eyes on the moon, Mars and beyond. The
] question for our country is: Do we cede the future of
] human space flight, and the future in general, to them or
] another nation?

Spaceflight is worth the risks - opinion from Jake Garn

]         How could such poor intelligence rise all the
] way to the top of the Bush administration? The original
] material came from the Iraqi National Congress, the
] umbrella group of exiles headed by Ahmed Chalabi, the
] former banker who now heads Iraq%u2019s governing
] council. Chalabi%u2019s material found its way up to the
] highest levels of U.S. policymaking%u2014and the White
] House script%u2014through three routes, according to
] officials present at the CIA review.

Not that any of this is going to come as a shock to anyone...

Credibility Gap

] The aim of the Molecular Media Project is to use cells
] and atoms to perform useful computational tasks at
] the micron (10-6m) and/or nanoscales (10-9m) of
] organisation. The Molecular Media Project is
] principally concerned with exploiting polymer and
] colloidal nano-agglomeration or biotechnology for
] new media applications. Digital data in the form of (i)
] still image, (ii) text, (iii) motion pictures and (iv)
] sound have all been modified at the micro/nanoscale.
] This research overlaps chemistry, physics,
] microbiology, computer science, mathematics, performance
] art and design.

Cause glitches with yeast. What a concept.

Molecular Media Project

] With the release of the Columbia Accident Investigation
] Board report, the "timid souls" and risk averse are with
] us once more. Human space flight isn't worth the risk,
] they say.
]
]
]
]
] Bull.
]
]
]
]
] Having humans at the center of space exploration and
] development is what makes it all worthwhile. Anything
] less is pseudo exploration - interesting, but irrelevant.
]
]
]
]
]
] I seldom draw social inspiration from sports writers, but
] Sports Illustrated's Frank Deford hit it on the head in a
] May 28 NPR interview, linking the achievements of Neil
] Armstrong and Edmund Hilary to a sense of purpose for the
] common man or woman: "What Edmund Hilary did 50 years ago
] changed us all, stretched us all, improved us all," said
] Deford. "Why? Well, at last because it was not just it
] (Everest) that was there; because he was there, we were,"
] he said.

Damn Straight.

We must get in our spaceships and go | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

] Peter H. Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X-Prize
] Foundation, said he expects that one of the two teams
] will launch within the next few months, using rockets and
] spacecraft that are already being tested and prepared for
] the daring venture.

CNN.com - Private space race nears finale - Sep. 29, 2003

] new modes of musicianship in the age of mobile computing
] and digital networks

Laptop Music - WikiTsotso

The official website of the X Prize competition. The chairman suggests that the Prize could be won in the next few months.

X P R I Z E

] The recall involves about 6,000 of the single-rider,
] two-wheeled scooters that can travel up to 12 mph. The
] scooter uses gyroscopes to keep it upright, making it
] less likely to fall or be knocked over.
]
]
]
] But the CPSC said that scooters being operated with low
] battery power may not have enough power to remain
] upright, causing the rider to fall.

Yahoo! News - U.S. Issues Recall for Segway Scooters