Friday, March 14, 2003

'I'm Afraid I Can't Do That, Dave'. Plastic::FilmTV::Movies: The best one-liners in movie history. No, really -- it's okay to just have fun sometimes. [Plastic: Most Recent] 8:13:40 PM    comment []

Roger Clarke, on why he isn't going to Computers, Freedom, and Privacy this year. That's worth a read, US'ns. 8:02:07 PM    comment []

Boalt DRM Conference Report, by James Grimmelmann. This is a great review of the Digital Rights Management conference last weekend at Berkeley. It serves as an outstanding introduction to several important themes and questions awaiting resolution in the current DRM debates. (If that url breaks in the mail, the piece should also be accessible at http://shorl.com/hagrysidudrile for a little while, at least.) 10:59:22 AM    comment []

George W. Queeg. Many people don't just question the competence of President Bush and his inner circle; they believe that America's leadership has lost touch with reality. By Paul Krugman. [New York Times: Opinion] 6:59:07 AM    comment []

What if Netscape had won?. On the eve of the anniversary of the Mosaic Web browser, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper ponders how things might have evolved had the browser wars turned out differently. [CNET News.com] 6:58:29 AM    comment []

300th Time's The Charm - SCOTUS Stays Execution. Plastic::Politics::Law: In many ways, Banks is a prime example of the flaws of the current system: a black man convicted of killing a white man by an all-white jury on the testimony of one paid informant and one witness who later recanted his testimony. [Plastic: Most Recent] 6:58:03 AM    comment []

E-Mail Case Goes to Trial Again. The California Supreme Court will hear arguments over a lower court's ruling that e-mail from a disgruntled former Intel engineer to his former co-workers are a form of virtual trespassing. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News] 6:55:41 AM    comment []