Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Crazy Legislation Proposed by Fritz Hollings: Congress is at it again!  This time they are considering passing a law called the "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act" (CBDTPA) which would require federal inspection of all software capable of copying, transmitting, receiving, or viewing copyrighted data (which would include just about everything in existence) and inclusion of copy protection features.  If they wanted to be software engineers why didn't they go to school and learn something about it instead of becoming lawyers?  It's still just a bill though, so let's get cracking and kill this monster. 3:10:05 AM

ColorSync on OS X: ColorSync technology ensures that the representation of color remains true and consistent from input capture devices, displays and printers. Like so many technologies in Mac OS X, it is based on established industry standards and provides benefits for professionals and consumers alike. In Jaguar, we include the ColorSync Utility that allows you to see and manage all of the profiles installed on your system. You can view the Lab plots for each of the spaces and can assign any profile of your choice to an installed scanner, camera, display, printer or proofer.   [Ken Bereskin's Radio Weblog] 3:02:38 AM

New Waterhouse Found: An undiscovered Waterhouse paintings was recently found in a Canadian farmhouse called Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.  Experts estimate that it will sell for around $7 million when it goes up for auction at Christies in London in November.  The title comes from a Robert Herrick poem: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may Old time is still a-flying; And the same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. Here's the painting itself...   2:19:07 AM

Halloween Fun: More than you EVER wanted to know about "candy corn". 1:58:21 AM

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