] Journalism traditionally assumes that democracy is what we
] have, information is what we seek. Whereas in the weblog
] world, information is what we have - it's all
] around us - and democracy is what we seek.

PressThink: What's Radical About the Weblog Form in Journalism?

] I am writing to voice my opposition to any FCC-mandated
] adoption of "broadcast flag" technology for digital
] television. As a consumer and citizen, I feel strongly
] that such a policy would be bad for innovation, consumer
] rights, and the ultimate adoption of DTV.

EFF Action Center petition.

EFF - Take action on the broadcast flag

] Would today's tykes tolerate the classic games you grew
] up with? Kids do say the darndest things in this uncut
] version of an EGM article—now with a bonus game not
] included in the original story!

] Tim: This is nothing compared to Grand Theft Auto III,
] because you can't steal a taxi cab, pick up somebody,
] then drive into the ocean with him.

Kids Play - Proof that you are OLD

] Caffrey claimed the evidence against him was planted on
] his machine by attackers who used an unspecified Trojan
] to gain control of his PC and launch the assault.
]
] Neil Barrett, an expert witness for the prosecution, said
] that Caffrey's machine showed no trace of the tell-tale
] signs that would be left by such an attack but today's
] verdict, shows that this did not persuade the jury.

This is actually the right decision, but I'll bet it will send the computer forensics industry for a loop. Computer log file "evidence" cannot be trusted. You need something else. There is always reasonable doubt that the computer records have been tampered with. There are no "telltale" signs.

The Register - Jury says computer records not enough to convict

] And those are the people who still dominate the standards
] bodies?
] They're speaking out of both sides of their mouth right
] now. It's not OK to say standards are important, unless
] we don't like someone who implemented it. And it's not OK
] to say these services at the core should not be built
] out, unless you're one of the small guys and nobody
] really cares. How do we build a commercial business with
] ground rules that seem to shift based on personal agenda
] and emotion versus any particular logical data set?

More blood boiling commentary from the people who broke the internet.

The cultural divide and the Internet's future |CNET.com

] The reason that I have over 700 BBS programs listed on
] the documentary site is not just because there were so
] many platforms to program them, but because the balance
] of the software and the hardware against the very root of
] humanity's nature is a problem, a difficulty, far deeper
] and greater than any specific issues of the moment.

Latest post from Jason Scott on the BoingBoing sidebar waxes about his big picture conclusions about the BBS scene.

Why Jason Scott doesn't run a BBS.

] Being thusly a collection of mediations
] and exorcisms based on the everyday life
] of one J. Dickens, also known as Logickal;
] whereupon the use of devices, generators and
] recordings of cans, bottles, calculators, Lego blocks,
] microphones, automobiles, candid photographs with
] dialog, weather systems, poems and other
] vagaries were used alone and in combination to
] perform and construct said collection during the
] period of 2002 to 2003 at Ecliptic, which
] is located in Nashville, Tennessee.

From Decius:
] This is very overdue. Logickal is a regular MemeStreams
] poster. I obtained this from him back in July, but for some
] reason it never found its way into my CD player. That was
] a mistake. When I got this from him he described it as very
] experimental and unlikely to be comfortable to listen to. I
] totally disagree. This is good ambient machine music. Its
] tracy. For some reason it reminds me of Download. You can
] focus on it or you can fade it into the background and let it
] offer context. Its good to code to. Get it.

I was just listening to the excerpts on the webpage. Reminds me of Download also..

Logickal, I ordered one of your CDs.. :)

day by daydream - Logickal

] Microsoft promised to improve the way in which Windows
] manages computer memory to protect users against commonly
] exploited software flaws known as buffer overruns, which
] can trick Windows into accepting dangerous commands. Some
] of the most damaging attacks in recent months fall under
] this category.

MS deploys non-executable stack patch. (What year is it?)

CNN.com - Microsoft plans Windows overhaul to fight hackers - Oct. 16, 2003

] City Music, also in Indianapolis, was raided the
] following week. "They came in and took anything that was
] on a recordable CD," manager Jerome Avery says. "The only
] DJ mixes I had were behind the counter for personal
] listening, and they confiscated them. How can it be
] illegal if the artist is making them for the street? They
] came without a notice - no warrant, no nothing.
] They're making up their own laws, if you ask me."
]
] The City Music raid happened on October 1, the day the
] enormous Universal Music Group's new prices went into
] effect - more bad news for small, independent record
] stores. Universal's widely publicized $9.09 wholesale
] prices only apply to the largest retail chains, and only
] to stores that are willing to buy 30 copies of a disc at
] one time. Most smaller stores, though, deal with
] "one-stop" sub-distributors that can fill orders for a
] disc or two quickly, and take a markup of their own. And
] many retailers are frustrated that customers have been
] coming in for weeks, asking where their $9 CDs are.
]
] Eric Haight of Record World in Petoskey, Michigan, notes
] that a new Sting album before the price drop cost the
] store $12.69, with a suggested retail price of $18.98.
] Now it costs them $10.79, with a retail price of
] $12.98 - the profit margin has been slashed by almost
] two-thirds, and Universal will no longer help them out
] with advertising costs. "I think their motives are
] suspect," Haight says. "This won't affect the Best Buys
] of the world, but I can't see our store making it through
] 2004."

RIAA raiding small music stores for selling DJ mix CDs

] The primary intended use for this is to allow
] identifiable participants in the domain name system to
] vote on matters that affect the whole domain name system
] in an easy (and easily-verifiable) fashion. The method
] for voting is specifying a string in the whois data for a
] domain name.

This sounds like a good idea. I need to think about it more. Something tells me that this doesn't necessary put the power in a better place.. I need to think about the math in play. Wouldn't this just mean that the lion-share of the voice just goes to domain speculators?

A Voting System for Internet by Domain Name Owners - Part I