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10:22:07 PM    

Make no mistake.

Dr. Weinberger and I decided to sum up a whole bunch of stuff in one big site: World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to stop Mistaking It for Something Else.

If you know anybody who's into being all dumb about the Net, this is the place to send them.

Of course, it's good for people being smart too. They just don't need it as much.

Dr. W. explains more here.

[The Doc Searls Weblog]

Two really important guys write something important. I'll have to take some time to digest this.  9:48:36 PM    

Three accused of using coughs to win TV show: An army major, his wife and a college lecturer on trial accused of cheating on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]

Sounds like such an obvious way to cheat that they would have seen it immediately. Maybe they did and wanted the guys to further implicate themselves.  11:11:19 AM    

Some like it Hot - City Temperatures over 90 degrees by 2100. I'm moving to Miami with over 120 days! [Robert Paterson's Radio Weblog]

Looks like I can stay in Seattle. The West Coast will really be th eplace to live.  10:56:19 AM    

NASA's Work With Contractors Is a Focus of the Columbia Investigation. The independent panel investigating the loss of the shuttle is looking at how strictly the space agency supervised its contractors and their work standards. By Edward Wong. [New York Times: Science]

Just remember, beancounters never produce good science. They just produce cost reductions, without real regard to safety in many cases. Doing it cheaper is better than doing it right. Normally you could just go to different manufacturer. It is one of the difficulties with privitization in the space program, since there really is no other competitor around to keep the major contractors honest. They'll still get the business, no matter what they do or who they fool. As Feynman said, science can not be fooled.  10:40:37 AM    

Congress Clings to a Pager Made in Canada. American lawmakers have an affinity for Canadian BlackBerrys, the popular e-mail devices made by a Waterloo, Ontario-based company. By Jeffrey Selingo. [New York Times: Science]

Maybe something will be done on patents when it gores a Congressman's ox. At the moment, they are all using a device that has been shown in court to violate the patents held by another. Instead of doing what we are all told to do (i.e. stop using such a device) they are using everything in theor powers to keep the illegal devie. I am sure that at some point they will try to pass specific legislation allowing only them to use the device   9:31:32 AM