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Friday, August 27, 2004 |
Telling someone off. Writing in Science,researchers from the University of Zurich,"said telling someone off activated a part of the brain which is linked to enjoyment and satisfaction.The researchers said it may explain why many people choose to reprimand others if they break the... [Smart Mobs]
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Exhibit Features Viruses as Art. Computer viruses aren't just for wreaking havoc on global networks. They're also an art form. That's the take of an upcoming exhibit that focuses on malicious scripts, hacker films and the aesthetic charms of programming code.
First presented in May 2002 in Frankfurt, Germany, under the name I Love You Computer_Viren_Hacker_Kultur, the show that will be on display this autumn in the United States and Denmark is a brand new variant, in the spirit of the computer viruses that it documents.
The new name for the show is I Love You rev.eng, with "rev.eng" standing for reverse engineering. More than 98 percent of the exhibit is new material, said Nori, who is also head researcher at digitalcraft.org, an organization that investigates and documents trends in everyday digital culture.
By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
6:24:12 AM
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All That Secrecy Is Expensive. Not only is the U.S. government keeping too many secrets, it's spending too much money to do it. That's the conclusion of a government watchdog group, which estimates more than $6.5 billion was spent last year keeping data under wraps. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]
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A SWIFT BOAT INTERVENTION.
Reason puts the Swift Boat controversy into perspective, and in return, we get our lives back. Here's an excerpt:
I know you clicked through to this story expecting an analysis of the Swift Boat controversy. I'm sorry we had to deceive you.
This is an intervention. My name is Dr. Wilson. Your friends, family, and coworkers asked me to be here; they're concerned about how your obsession with the election is affecting your life.
READER: What the hell? Hey—dammit—how come the "back" button isn't working?
YOUR BOSS: We had it disabled.
READER: That's enough of this. I'm turning on MSNBC.
DR. WILSON: We cut off the cable, too. So you don't have anywhere to go. Please stay and listen to us.
YOUR FATHER: We love you. We really care about you. This is for your own sake.
via Begging To Differ, but to be found at Reason.com
6:14:51 AM
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Two from the Salon.com ''war room'':
- Lipstick on the pig. The RNC dubbed the Democrats' Boston convention an extreme makeover, but GOP convention planners have certainly spent some time in Mary Kay mode. Although the Bush administration has spent four years veering hard right, the convention's prime-time speakers will mostly be members of the party's oft-neglected middle.
- George Bush's Kerry act. In the early days of the campaign season, George W. Bush liked to say that the 2004 election would present a "clear choice" between starkly different visions of America. He's not saying that anymore. With the Swift Boat Veterans' ads apparently making a dent in voters' perceptions of Kerry's personal qualities, the Republicans seem to be taking a new tack: Why take a chance on a new guy if his policies are the same as the president's anyway?
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