Concern over global water utilization continues to build [here].
12:38:59 PM    

Here is a small selection of photos of Andrea and myself taken at our wedding. We have tons and tons of other photos, some of which I will be posting in the future. These are some of my favorites, taken by our photographer, Frank Rosenstein. He is an excellent photographer and well worth the money. Enjoy!
12:13:38 PM    

RedHat has issued a patch for their popular Linux software, but unlike other patches that the company has released, this one has a license that makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to view the details of the patch [here]. The move is an attempt to make the DMCA look ridiculous. Not that it didn't look ridiculous before, but this just exemplifies the irony of this law. When asked about the patch and their decision, RedHat responded,

RHSA-2002-158 is an errata kernel which addresses certain security vulnerabilities. Quite simply, these vulnerabilities were discovered and documented by ppl outside of the US, and due to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act legislation in the US, it is potentially dangerous to disclose any information on security vulnerabilities, which may also be used in order to circumvent digital security - i.e. computer security. For this reason, RH cannot publish this security information, as it is not available from the community in the first instance. The www.thefreeworld.net site allows for accessing this information, but requires you agree to terms which protect the author and documenter of the patches from being accusations that they themselves have breached DMCA.

This is a bold decision that will hopefully get some attention in Congress. This law has been under constant attack since it was first created, and rightfully so. This is a bad law for the American people, as it protects the financial interests of a few large corporations at the expense of the everyone else.
10:21:37 AM    

With congressional resolution in hand, Bush is moving forces into position in preparation for a strike on Iraq [here].

Two aircraft carrier battle groups, each with about 10,000 sailors and marines, are within striking distance of Iraq and two more could join them by year's end. The Navy has accelerated training schedules for other warships.

In general I am against war of any kind. Furthermore, I don't view Iraq as an imminent threat. But, after watching the congressional debates on the resolution on C-SPAN, I started to agree that the resolution could be a good thing.

At the end of Desert Storm, Saddam Hussein and the Iraq government agreed to disarmament and U.N. weapons inspections. Since that time, Saddam has consistently tested the U.N.'s resolve and sidestepped the process at every turn. I now believe that Saddam will never cooperate until he is forced to do so.

I still don't think invading Iraq is the right thing to do yet, but without the threat that the U.S. is willing to enforce the U.N. resolutions, Saddam will continue to thumb his nose at the U.N and us. Even though he may not pose an imminent threat now, the preparations he is making are going in that direction. The congressional resolution allowing Bush to use force against Iraq should grease the wheels at the U.N. so that the U.N. can enforce its own resolutions.
1:09:33 AM