Sunday, January 20, 2002

Thought for the day: Any girl can be glamorous, all you have to do is stand still and look stupid. Hedy Lamarr comment () trackback ()  11:41:18 PM     CNET NEWS.COM Special Report - Scrambling for privacy. Congress is growing more responsive to calls for online privacy legislation, but a major conflict looms that could hurt efforts this year to enact consumer safeguards against prying Web sites. [Privacy Digest] I don't want to see the government get involved in this issue, because the government is actually the greatest threat to our privacy. Consider President Clinton's solution to the question of medical privacy, for example. Now the government has free access to all of our medical records--what kind of privacy is that? If Congress passes online privacy legislation, regardless of what they say about companyies sharing personal information they'll probably require that websites turn it all over to the government. comment () trackback ()  3:26:17 PM     Thousands demand Arafat's release. Angry protests erupt in the Palestinian territories as Israel's prime minister freely admits putting Yasser Arafat under virtual house arrest. [BBC News: world] The blockade has also drawn a response from the militant Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad, which threatened to resume attacks on Israel if the siege was not lifted. That threat might be more credible if everyone didn't know that they will resume attacks no matter what the Israelis do. comment () trackback ()  12:48:27 PM     Joel Sciamma on the Newton-Talk mailing list had this to say about Aqua: "The humanities student they have been using to develop that interface clearly isn't working out so perhaps it's time they hired some professionals?" I would have said "graphic designer" instead of "humanities student," but in general I agree with the sentiment. comment () trackback ()  11:13:52 AM

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