Thursday, April 4, 2002
Greetings from America
Inspired by the retrolarge letterpostcards that were used to advertise cities, states or tourist attractions in the 1930s and 1940s, artist Lonnie Busch combined flora and fauna with local points of interest into colorful collages that celebrate the unique character of each state.
Getting Rear-Ended by the Law
Matt Labash
Red-light cameras actually cause an increase in rear-end accidents. The pro-camera forces know this and are trying to keep you from seeing the data.
Fox reps enjoy fair use
When they came back after supper, they were passing around a photocopied printout of the Doonesbury series on Napster, in which Mike Doonesbury and his daughter Alex both sides of the file-sharing debate.
Microsoft Says Court Should Not Design Computer Systems
Amy Harmon
Microsoft has long maintained that it should be free to include whatever it wants in Windows.
Lessig on the Future of the Public Domain
I'm fairly optimistic the Court will agree that limited times means what it says, "limited," and that it's no longer limited if every time it's about to expire Congress is allowed to extend it.
Some interesting links from the article...
ThreeRing Internet Mapping Project
I am 98% sure that you are from Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Lat: 42 / Long: -71).
Discussion at kuro5hin.
Saturday Morning Cartoons Are Dying Off
The only thing kids today have lost is the central unifying ritual of getting up at 6 a.m., getting sugary cereals, getting totally hyper and watching the same programs 50 million other kids are watching.
The Lord of the Rings
I'm going to try and present the bulk of the story in Lego format. This is going to take a long time, so check back regularly.
Tina
Legolas is cute...
Get it? Legolas?
"We'll know it when we see it"
How can a company build a product if it won't know until it's done whether or not it's legal?
Seeking Arguments Against the CBDTPA?
