Saturday, April 12, 2003

Donald Rumsfeld... the Poet? The Unknown As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we don't know We don't know. - Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing [kuro5hin.org] 8:21:56 PM

The US Criminal Justice System Must be Reformed. America now has in excess of two million of its own citizens in jail, from a population of 286 million (0.7 %). For comparison China, which most would consider to be an authoritarian police state, has a prison population of 1.4 million from a population of about 1.3 billion (0.1%). [kuro5hin.org] 8:13:56 AM

Apple Shares Tumble Over Talks. Apple Computer shares dropped almost 9 percent Friday due to fears that its talks with Vivendi Universal to buy the Universal Music Group would lead to a deal that would bleed Apple dry. Analysts warn that it could risk pulling Apple from its roots as a technology company with a cash hoard that investors like. [Wired News] 8:12:48 AM