Friday, July 26, 2002

The week in review: PCs under attack. Imagine trying to boot up your computer and finding a hacker had disabled it or destroyed your data. Then imagine you had no legal recourse because the U.S. government sanctioned it. [CNET News.com] 10:53:40 AM    comment []

Here is a great overview of the amount of money from the entertainment industry that is buying votes in Congress.  Berman tops the list on this election cycle.  A couple of things are obvious:  the amount of money being spent to buy votes is accelerating.  It is up 400% over 1990 mid-term election cycle.  How can indviduals even hope to compete against the staggering ~$125 m the entertainment industry has spent over the last 12 years?   Our only hope is that more people become aware that corruption of Congress by the entertainment industry is going to threaten their privacy, rights, and investments (in computer systems). [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 10:53:22 AM    comment []

A brief editorial. Commercial radio sucks. I want to program my own music. I am not a pirate. Fuck you. I've bought all the music I use, first on vinyl, then on cassette, then on CD. I'll pay again. PS: I vote. [Scripting News] 10:52:40 AM    comment []

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