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Friday, August 27, 2004
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The Behavior Without A Name: "In 1999, conservative pundit Tucker Carlson had an odd experience. He saw then-Governor Bush swear and wrote a piece that noted it. Karen Hughes, who Carlson had seen see Bush swear, responded by calling Carlson a liar." [Aaron Swartz: The Weblog] Isn't that the same behaviour as in the tale about the emperor without clothes? And isn't Michael Moores film Fahrenheit 911 about telling that the emperor has no clothes?
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The Technological Juggernaut: "[L]aw and technology are substitute methods of protecting an interest. You can sue a trespasser; but it may be cheaper just to put up a strong fence. We used to think that if the technological substitute was adequate, it would be superior to the legal [...] The dizzying advances of modern technology have destroyed these assumptions." [Lessig Blog]
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Turn Your Photos Into Picasso Masterpieces: "Computer scientists from the University of Bath have written a software which transforms your ordinary photographs and movies into cubist works of art and animation reminiscent of Picasso." [Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends]
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Windows Security: Uh Oh points to Windows XP SP2 Has a Dangerous Hole: "Windows XP Service Pack 2 promises to raise the security bar for the sometimes beleaguered operating system. Unfortunately, one of the new features could be spoofed so that it reports misleading information about system security, or worse, lets a malicious program watch for an opportunity to do damage without being detected." [via Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
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