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| "The future masters of technology will have to be lighthearted and intelligent. The machine easily masters the grim and the dumb." -- Marshall McLuhan, 1969 |
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Minnesota court takes dim view of encryption | CNET News.com |
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| Topic: Internet Civil Liberties |
6:52 pm EDT, May 25, 2005 |
] We find that evidence of appellant's Internet use and the
] existence of an encryption program on his computer was at
] least somewhat relevant to the state's case against him,"
] Judge R.A. Randall wrote in an opinion dated May 3. The fact that PGP was present on a persons computer was considered relevent in this case. The mere fact that PGP was there makes it more likely that this person was involved in crime. Minnesota court takes dim view of encryption | CNET News.com |
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| Topic: Business |
6:51 pm EDT, May 25, 2005 |
America faces a huge set of challenges if it is going to retain its competitive edge. As a nation, we have a mounting education deficit, energy deficit, budget deficit, health care deficit and ambition deficit. The administration is in denial on this, and Congress is off on Mars. And yet, when I look around for the group that has both the power and interest in seeing America remain globally focused and competitive -- America's business leaders -- they seem to be missing in action. I am not worried about the rise of the cultural conservatives. I am worried about the disappearance of an internationalist, pro-American business elite. C.E.O.'s, M.I.A. |
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| Topic: Blogging |
3:36 pm EDT, May 24, 2005 |
John Jay Hooker, the lawyer who delivered the most memorable comment at BlogNashville, has appeared in the blogosphere. "You can't call a son-of-a-bitch a son-of-a-bitch without calling him a son-of-a-bitch." John Jay Hooker Blog |
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Creative Commons kills people with AIDS |
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| Topic: Intellectual Property |
5:12 pm EDT, May 23, 2005 |
I'm quoting the story but I'm linking to Lessig's response to the story, which which links to the story. ] While Fraser has written more than 150 songs, continuing
] royalties from radio and TV use of two compositions --
] "All Right Now" and "Every Kinda People" (first recorded
] by Robert Palmer) -- generate most of his income. Had he
] given up his rights to those early hits, he would not
] have the resources to cover his treatment for AIDS.
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] Such a decision might have been tragic...
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] "No one should let artists give up their rights," he
] says. Creative Commons kills people with AIDS |
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'Disruptively cheap' web publishing! |
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| Topic: Software Development |
8:32 pm EDT, May 20, 2005 |
Leading the way in demonstrating that the internet percieves censorship (as well as injunctions) as damage and routes around it, Bram has just incorporated trackerless torrent publishing into a new beta release of BitTorrent. Get it. Use it. Love it. 'Disruptively cheap' web publishing! |
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TheFeature :: Talking Loud And Saying Nothing |
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| Topic: High Tech Developments |
8:27 pm EDT, May 20, 2005 |
] ASA is developing a subvocal speech system that could
] enable you to make a phone call while keeping your lips
] sealed.
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] How do you talk to someone without opening your mouth?
] Psychics call it telepathy. NASA refers to it as subvocal
] speech. Scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center in
] California have developed a system of tiny sensors that
] read nerve signals in the throat that control speech. You
] may not make a sound when, say, you read silently, but
] your nervous system is buzzing with activity. Recently,
] they used the system to make the first subvocal cell
] phone call.
] Very cool. Even in the limited fashion described in this article, this technology could be used as a method to control wearable computers. TheFeature :: Talking Loud And Saying Nothing |
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| Topic: Economics |
8:23 pm EDT, May 20, 2005 |
Here's what I think will happen if and when China changes its currency policy, and those cheap loans are no longer available. US interest rates will rise; the housing bubble will probably burst; construction employment and consumer spending will both fall; falling home prices may lead to a wave of bankruptcies. And we'll suddenly wonder why anyone thought financing the budget deficit was easy. In other words, we've developed an addiction to Chinese dollar purchases, and will suffer painful withdrawal symptoms when they come to an end. As far as I can tell, nobody in a position of power is thinking about how we'll deal with the consequences if China actually gives in to US demands, and lets the yuan rise. The Chinese Connection |
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The Lament of David Brooks |
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| Topic: Media |
8:19 pm EDT, May 20, 2005 |
] Maybe it won't be so bad being cut off from the
] blogosphere. I look around the Web these days and find
] that Newsweek's retracted atrocity story has sent
] everybody into cloud-cuckoo-land. Every faction up and
] down the political spectrum has used the magazine's
] blunder as a chance to open fire on its favorite targets,
] turning this into a fevered hunting season for the straw
] men. AKA the Bird Seller's Lament. The blogosphere is talking about newsweek's irrelevancy. I'm sure they'll take this column from Brooks as defensive main stream media blog bashing. Its not. There won't be any great controversy when people stop reading political blogs. The numbers will just quietly go down. The authors will be howling all the way... The Lament of David Brooks |
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Find Cheap Gas with Google Maps |
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| Topic: Technology |
8:35 am EDT, May 19, 2005 |
] Mashing up Google maps and Gasbuddy = locations of cheap
] gas in your area on a Google map (map or satellite view).
] Just choose a city- then the data on the right side is
] updated cheapest gas prices. If you have mobile high
] speed access you could add a GPS and have this running
] while you drive. In the future, maybe our cars will do
] this for us. I was just able to use this to find two local gas stations with sub-$2 a gallon prices. And this is in Jersey, so that's full service. Find Cheap Gas with Google Maps |
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