Another full length production streamed online.

Inside the porn industry - Frontline

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RIAA sues DEAd 83 year old for sharng music

House Bill 179 Concerning Evolution

Here's the bill on evolution

Here's the SB5- the proposed Law on Eminent Domain. Also known as the Georgia Public-Private Infrastructure Act. Expands rights of developers. Although still alive, this bill has been rewritten, mainly because of attacks from Democrats. Its been replaced with SB6, and the eminent domain part has been pretty much gutted.

Here's the SB5- the proposed Law on Eminent Domain

What an ugly site, and it seems like some pretty rabid rhetoric, but I totally do not understand the need for this law...

Links to the bill in question...and
From the website:

"On January 10, 2005, the Speaker of the Georgia
House, convinced legislators to pass a rule giving him
absolute power to win every vote, in every committee
that comes though the State House of Representatives.
Not just his party. Him.

This power, the power of a dictator, does not exist in
any other state in these United States. Not now, not
ever. All he needs to control every vote are his Hawks.
(Hawks is their term. It is even on their name badges.)

The Speaker’s Hawks are floaters. They may vote in
any committee, at any time, on any piece of legislation
at the discretion of the speaker. The fact that the Hawks
only vote at the discretion on the speaker is where the
dictatorship part comes in. And none of them have to
listen to all the lengthy discussion and boring debate.
...
Republicans kept their promise.
A dictatorship is the simplest form of government."

Ga. Legislature - Pending Ga. Law - Stop the Hawks Website

I did watch it. I learned a good bit. i didn't expect to, but I did!

Thanks so much for the link. :)

Frontline: secret history of the credit card

For all you Speedpass users out there... PANIC! No, don't panic actually..

Excerpt: "Faraday shielding offers a short-term, partial remedy. In particular, users may encase their DSTs in aluminum foil or some suitable radio-reflective shielding when not using them. This would defend against active scanning attacks, but not against passive eavesdropping."

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? I can't tell, this foil is suffocating. Cheers, -Pk

Good read. Thanks, PK.

Analysis of the Texas Instruments DST RFID (e.g. Speedpass)

Very dangerous trend.

Students say First Amendment Rights NO BIG DEAL

How good are your ears at discerning music?

This site is supposed to help you get better at playing by ear.

I do fine with this site/test until I get to the scales. I need to look those terms up. I've played music for 25 years and haven't heard of those terms.

At the bottom, the 'perfect pitch' is a very good one to try.

Train your ears

In the stupidest security move microsoft has made to date, they've decided that pirated copies of microsoft products should not recieve security patches.

What's next, 'How to write a worm', published by Microsoft Press?

[ This was inevitable. Its a good idea for their business and a bad idea for computer security on the whole. Its hard to argue that Microsoft has a moral obligation to patch stolen software, but on the other hand this is going to make a bad situation worse. ]

-I think this will backfire on them. All we need is a few very fastly spreading worms and the damage to their reputation will increase as linux's user friendliness increases.

I don't think its a good move on their part - for a lot of reasons.

Microsoft: No Patches for Pirated Windows