Thursday, August 15, 2002

James Valenti, 81 103 103 197 224 0. [The above number is the Xing DeCSS key, in decimal.] This week's Crypto-Gram has a real zinger about the DigiVigilante... [Aaron Swartz: The Weblog] Are they going to try to make it illegal to use computers that aren't crippled to prevent "piracy"? If a MS operating system is their blessed platform for copyright protection, will it be illegal to use a Mac or Linux? 11:25:23 PM    Comments []

Camps for Citizens: Ashcroft's Hellish Vision [Daypop Top 40] Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft's announced desire for camps for U.S. citizens he deems to be "enemy combatants" has moved him from merely being a political embarrassment to being a constitutional menace. Ashcroft's plan, disclosed last week but little publicized, would allow him to order the indefinite incarceration of U.S. citizens and summarily strip them of their constitutional rights and access to the courts by declaring them enemy combatants. Very frightening! 5:00:45 PM    Comments []

Woz is lookin good. We talked about the Internet music clampdown. We hadn't talked about music since Y2K, the heyday of Napster. He said something smart. If the govt wanted to stop spam, they could. He's probably right. Government of the people, by the people and for the people, has perished from the earth. Now the govt is for Hillary Rosen and Jack Valenti. Taxation without representation. [Scripting News] 10:11:10 AM    Comments []