Ripley’s believe it or not girl discovered with X-Ray Vision
This one is over the top but if found to be true the poor girl will end up being a medical experiment. [Pravda] Thanks to Lockergnome for the link.
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2004
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Dan Gillmor’s take on consumers products and Fair Use
Very interesting that several media organizations have picked up on the subject of consumer fair use. Dave Gillmor's Sunday editorial can be added to the list. This should serve as another wake up call. I encourage all of you to support companies financially that are bucking the trend and going against the copyright pundits that are doing everything in their
To the Moon and on to Mars
I have been watching to see how public opinion would fall in President Bush's plan to return to the Moon and on to Mars. As a science buff I am all for getting back into some serious space exploration. But not just for the thrill to see men walk on the moon again. I was but a little boy when
Illegal Music Sharing Up
College is back in session and kids are stuck indoors from the Winter cold what else did they expect. [DesignTechnica]
Fair Use will soon be a thing of the past
We all have seen the powerful political lobby of the MPAA and RIAA, along with scores of music and movie lobbyist pushing for legislative change. A writer over at Slashdot reminds us that 20 years ago the Supreme Court ruled that individuals where allowed to legally tape live broadcast. This decision is what has help frame the Fair Use policy
File traders digging in
Software developers of P2P software are adding encryption and a host of other privacy features to help P2P users hide their identity. With portable hard-drives hitting the 300 gig mark a lot of people are sneaker netting collections from friend to friend also. [SecurityFocus]
Is your local news really local?
Seems that your local news may not be really local anymore and if you think your weatherman has actually been outside to look at the conditions you may be surprised at his actual location. [Boston.com]
ISP’s flipping the RIAA the bird
Seems since the RIAA got beat in court that ISP's are ignoring the RIAA in it's latest attempts to get people to quit sharing MP3s. [InternetNews]
Where the heck are you
I have gotten about a 100 e-mail asking where the heck I am. Once in a while the regular JOB has to come first and after getting back from San Diego the wife had work orders for me also. Not reading any mail in 2-3 days and it feels like I have been out of action for a month.
Back full time tonight
Information has been a bit slow coming out this week due to my busy schedule in San Diego. I will be back in the editors chair tonight. Getting ready to get on a airplane and head home. Geek News
Spirit off lander and on Mars surface!
The science team at Nasa JPL exploded with cheers Thursday morning as confirmation that the Rover was off it's landing craft and sitting on the Red Planet. [SpaceFlightNow]
Spammers using random words to stop spam
Any administrators worth their salt is going to go after spam on many fronts. As I have stated 2-3 times I no longer have a Spam problem since we implemented WCSap which kills nearly 90% of Spam before it gets thru to my mail server. Then the word filtering gets another 5 to 7% but up to this point the
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