Sunday, November 02, 2003

Okay a reporter sends a link to an AP article that says lots of blogs are abandoned. Internet Littered With Dead Websites. That's just the beginning. "Her site remains frozen in time." Sounds terrible, until you realize they are no more or less dead than a magazine article that hasn't been updated since it was written (basically all magazine articles). Or even less dead than the archive of a newspaper that's been taken offline to make more money for the publisher. Or wait a year and come back and try that Yahoo News article. It'll be 404 by then. I have a few sites that I myself started with high hopes that nothing much happened with. Or others that have been useful and successful but still haven't changed in years. [Scripting News] 9:56:09 PM    comment []

Diebold's not the first to invoke copyright to censor important free speech. I get more angry, every time I hear more about the way Diebold is attempting to stifle debate about the insecurity of its touch-screen voting machines. Even if I put aside the red flags about the idea of a company... [explodedlibrary.info] 6:38:10 PM    comment []

The Kicking Ass weighs in on Threats against our candidates. Via Atrios, we read that conservative Republicans are crossing the line again when discussing our presidential candidates. Townhall.com columnist Kathleen Parker wrote a column where she quoted a friend as saying our nine candidates "should all be lined up and shot." (Here's a screenshot of the original column, which has since been modified to say "slapped" instead of "shot" -- presumably now misquoting her friend.) What's important is to understand the strategy behind this kind of disgusting threat. . . . . 4:59:51 PM    comment []

Diego Doval's tutorial on syndication. [Scripting News] 4:55:57 PM    comment []

How Quick a Get-Rich Scheme? It's Only a Mouse Click Away. An e-mail trail suggests that digital con artists are skilled not only in reeling in their marks, but in knowing when to cut them loose. By Sam Roberts. [New York Times: Technology] The New York Times is apparently not very good at this: the reporter chases off the would-be swindler early in the game. See various other attempts cited here at A blog doesn't need a clever name. 1:20:57 PM    comment []

'A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market': He Should Have Known Better. How John Allen Paulos, the author of "Innumeracy," was hoodwinked by a hot investment. By Robert Kuttner. [New York Times: Business] 1:11:16 PM    comment []

Academic Stars: Worth the Price? (6 Letters). Academic Stars: Worth the Price?. [New York Times: Opinion] 11:22:41 AM    comment []

Too Much. The obsession with homework on the part of American elites says as much about class as it does about the classroom. By Margaret Talbot. [New York Times: Education] 11:21:40 AM    comment []

SUNDAY COMICS [Begging To Differ] 11:20:41 AM    comment []

Censorware companies unhappy about DMCA exemption ruling?. I can't prove it, and shouldn't say too much in specific, but certain indications have been that in the halls of the now-combined censorware company N2H2/Secure Computing, they were not pleased with my my censorware DMCA victory My speculation is... [Infothought] 11:19:14 AM    comment []