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Wednesday, January 08, 2003 |
Voodoo economics: The sequel. Bush's vast tax cut will fatten the piggies in their starched white shirts and create huge deficits. But the spineless Democrats don't have the will to stop it. [Salon.com]
9:51:12 PM 
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When I blinked
Illegal
Art yesterday, I neglected to draw attention to the fine
click-thru contract
there, reading in part:
NOTICE TO USER: BY METABOLIZING YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, USE OF YOUR
HOME AND CAR BY THE AUTHORS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
This Website End User License Agreement accompanies the Web Pages and
related explanatory materials ("Crap"). The term "Crap" also shall include
any upgrades, modified versions, or repaintings of the Website licensed to
you by either The Prince of Wales, a sentient washing machine, or my old
Rabbi (the one who used profanity). . . . .
. . .
1.2 You may make and distribute unlimited copies of the Website, including
copies for commercial distribution, as long as each copy that you make and
distribute contains this Agreement and is created in one of the following
media: carved out of ice, as in an ice sculpture centerpiece; smeared in
mustard on the side of a white or off-white panel van; or taught to a
parrot who is then condemned to fly the earth for eternity, incessantly
repeating the mantra of this Website.
And there's much more, most of it superior in quality, including one of the
best "as is" disclaimers I've ever seen.
I should, I suppose, note that the contract is credited to Jason Torchinsky.
11:03:49 AM
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Canadians Burned by Blank-CD Levy. In Canada, 21 cents is added to each recordable CD sold. The collected cash is supposed to go to musicians whose works are copied from the Net. A plan to raise the fee to 59 cents has some tech and retail interests riled up. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
7:22:35 AM
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Laos
Online: Pedal for Its Mettle, by Michelle Delio, Wired News.
Imagine being asked to design an Internet-connected computer
network that can function without telephone lines or electricity.
The equipment will also be subjected to torrential rains every six months,
and will have to cope with high temperatures and choking clouds of red dust
for the rest of the year.
About the Remote IT
Village Project in rural Laos (recently commented
upon at Slashdot).
6:03:01 AM
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Sociological Theory
quiz aimed at helping students grasp the scale of the social
transformations of the past 250 years or so. Not easy and, yet, stuff it seems a person oughta know.
4:01:52 AM
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A Day in the
Life of a Jackass,
Fly Life,
by Tricia Romano, in The Village Voice.
I made a mental note for the rest of the morning to remember
exactly which beer bottles contained actual beer and which ones had been
blessed with Steve-O's bodily fluids.
1:01:24 AM
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