Friday, December 19, 2003

Kevin Werbach's "Mythologies of Control" post (with content from Ed Felten) brings up an idea that I've believed for a long time. Even if an overzealous content control system determined to lock down the current internet, the capital 'I' Internet would spring up again in a different form. It might not be the thing you dial up through your ISP to get to, it might not be one that you can get to through a legally configured Windows system, and it might not be accessible through your cable system. In fact, it might be that alot of people can't even get to it. But I'm positive it would come back into being. Link 11:40:21 PM     trackback []

David Isenberg with an extended quote from Matt Lucas. Interesting interplay between telco and the government. Link 11:34:44 PM     trackback []

Thomas Friedman writes about the Moment of Truth in Iraq in an op-ed piece. As usual, he's looked at a complex situation and been able to distill it to an important kernel of truth. Thanks to David Isenberg. Link 9:14:42 PM     trackback []

Lessig's rant about the lack of wireless at WSIS includes a mention that in spite of the lack of decent Internet access, they somehow had the resources to give everyone an RFID-enabled badge and monitor them through the conference. This is such as stupid misuse of technology. Did these people think they were being cool? Why take one of the most obviously unattractive uses of a technology and force it on everyone? I doubt that people at battery conferences put a good strong on in your badge and shock you every once in awhile, but that's effectively what these people have done. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Link 9:08:25 PM     trackback []

Very funny report by Jeffrey Zeldman on the total lack of semantic-ness in a the website for a semantic web conference. Thanks to Dave W. Link 8:40:45 PM     trackback []

Interesting read in the RIAA v. Verizon case that was just decided on in favor of Verizon. I thought the judges were pretty direct in their decision against RIAA, but in the end were stated to be "sympathetic" to their cause. Thanks to Lessig for the link. Link 8:38:02 PM     trackback []