Someone bought a packaged cheese stick that supposedly had a human hair. They want to sue, and have posted the following description of the item bid for on Ebay:
"You are bidding on the opportunity to represent us in a civil proceeding. Naturally, our discovery of this apparently tainted product has traumatized us, and we may never be able to truly enjoy cheese (or other dairy products, or other processed foods, or other food for that matter) ever again.
We reserve the right to review winner's qualifications upon auction end. Winner must be a licensed attorney.
Later: the item was removed, apparently by Ebay. There was some discussion on the Ebay site as well. Good riddance. If it was a joke, it wasn't funny.
1:37:27 PM
"You can still find brass spittoons on the floor of the United States Senate, but don't look for personal computers -- they're not allowed in the historic chamber." [Story Link] via [New York Times: Technology]
Interesting article that talks about how wireless would help the senators and congressmen get up to the minute information on bills and roll calls etc. It never ceases to amaze me (although I guess it shouldn't) that government is so behind the curve on this sort of stuff. The local federal court (and I suppose all of them for all I know) doesn't allow you to bring a laptop to court, unless you get permission from the judge. Most of the judges will give you permission, but you have to know that and ask for it ahead of time. And the local federal court also doesn't allow cellphones (supposedly due to a fear of explosives). Sigh....
11:22:57 AM
More on the Linking and Deep Linking from Martin Schwimmer
"Most of this Giga-law how-to article on linking and framing isn't objectionable, but the best practice suggestion, "Don't Deep Link Without Permission," seems like overkill. There is no caselaw to suggest that deep linking is per se illegal. The two cases cited involved more than linking, but presumably misappropriation of data." via [Famous Brands At Discount Prices]
Martin is an expert on Trademark law, and practices in New York. I think we've heard from most of the lawyers in the blogosphere on the topic of deep linking. We all agree there is no case law that prohibits it (which doesn't mean some future case won't hold differently). So, if it turns out that deep linking is not prohibited, then where does NPR get off claiming that you have to have an agreement to link to any part of their site?
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