Wednesday, June 18, 2003

I sent news of Hatch's stance around on the mailing list today, but I didn't blink it 'cause I saw it lots of places in the blogosphere. Updates . . . EFF on Hatch's nutso copyright proposal Hatch using pirated software on his own website? Oh, the irony. In this lengthy, amply-footnoted post on Amish Tech Support blog, Laurence Simon does some HTML sleuthing to reveal that Sen. Orrin "Destroy Infringers' PCs" Hatch may be illicitly using copyrighted material from Milonic Software on his own website. If hatch.senate.gov were in fact in violation of Milonic Software's License agreement, and the senator's latest proposals became law, would Hatch's web server be eligible for destruction? [bOing bOing] 10:52:04 PM    comment []

I tried to follow an old link of mine to adventures of a big white guy living in hong kong, but it demanded authentication with userid and password. What's the story on that? 4:17:29 PM    comment []

Iran's judiciary sets new strict rules for the Internet (AFP/IranMania). The paper [Iran] said the new law covers 20 types of online violation, including publishing articles that insult Islamic values, Iran's leadership, top clerics, revolutionary values and the ideas of late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Quoting judicial spokesman Gholam Hussein Elham, the paper said the ban also covers web content that promotes depravity, smoking, drug addiction, financial corruption and gambling. . . . While the ban applies to web content published from Iran or hosted by Iranian ISP's, local service providers are also obliged to carefully filter Internet access to offending sites published overseas -- an enormous task given the sheer quantity of potentially offensive content. 4:17:26 PM    comment []

And, y'know, it took Benton Headlines to tell me about The First Annual Defcon Wi-fi Shootout to be hosted by the Oklahoma City 2600 group at August's DEF CON in Las Vegas. CONTEST GOAL: To see who can achieve the greatest wi-fi/802.11b connect distance between the roof of the Alexis Park Hotel and the outlying areas of Las Vegas. No signal relaying. 802.11b only. Forty-eight entries only, and two slots are already taken. 2:17:09 PM    comment []

The world press on Iran, compiled by Laura McClure and Mark Follman, in Salon. Editorials and columns from Spain, Hong Kong, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Germany, and Iran. Also, one great Iranian satire. 10:00:29 AM    comment []

Too Soon to Tell. In a fluid situation like Iraq, there are 10 things happening every day. All you want is that 6 out of the 10 be positive. Right now, I'd say the score is about 5 to 5. By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion] As Friedman says, it's too early to tell. 7:02:28 AM    comment []

How the left lost teen spirit. Bill Clinton won the youth vote. Al Gore split it with George Bush. Will Democrats realize they must embrace pop culture, not demonize it, to win back the White House? [Salon.com] 6:59:54 AM    comment []

v2v is a Video Sharing Syndicate Conspiracy. Here is the v2v Manifesto. (thanks, Bruce!) 5:15:09 AM    comment []