Sunday, April 25, 2004

A Plan for Wireless Telecommunications Network. The Lower Manhattan Wireless Redundancy System seeks to avoid a future disruption in phone service like that of Sept. 11. By John Holusha. [New York Times: Technology] 8:41:38 AM    comment []

Paper of Record? No Way, No Reason, No Thanks. I don't think too many people would want to work for a paper of record. Even fewer, I believe, would want to read it. By Daniel Okrent. [New York Times: Business] 8:41:26 AM    comment []

Who's Getting Rich on Iraq?. Find out here. Note that this is not a political site; this is a site recruiting profit-seekers to do the... [The Leiter Reports: Editorials, News, Updates] 8:40:36 AM    comment []

'The Curious Life of Robert Hooke': You're No Isaac Newton. Lisa Jardine takes as her subject a man less than heroic, famous not for discoveries but for feuding over claims to discovery. By Derek Hirst. [New York Times: Science] 8:38:43 AM    comment []

SUNDAY COMICS [Begging To Differ] 8:38:36 AM    comment []

Four kinds of privacy. About the nature of privacy Christopher Allen distinguishes defensive, human-rights, personal and contextual privacy. This week Christopher attended the Computers, Freedom and Privacy (CFP2004) Conference in Berkely. In the category Politics in 'Life with Alacrity' you read more on Christophers thoughts on the four kinds of privacy. In Insecurity at Orkut Christopher defines insecurity as 'not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way; lacking self-confidence or assurance; not safe from attack; lacking in security or safety; not financially safe or secure' to conclude that the one that fits him the best is "lacking self-confidence or assurance". [Smart Mobs] 8:31:56 AM    comment []