Monday, April 18, 2005

States hit back on school reform law. Connecticut, Utah, and Texas are either refusing to adopt all of the No Child Left Behind Act or suing the US to block it. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] 10:21:18 PM    comment []

The Pentagon's hackers ponder free speech. In a new article on the Pentagon's elite hacker unit, the Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare, we learn that the group pondering shutting down websites to keep unwelcome multimedia offline. When video footage of the Nicholas Berg execution hit the Web, The debate focused on whether the United States should shut down a website as soon as it posts such brutality. "There are some tremendous questions being raised about this," said [retired U.S. Army Col. Lawrence] Dietz. "On whether they (JFCCNW) have the legal mandate or the authority to shut these sites down with a defacement or a denial-of-service attack." [Smart Mobs] 10:21:07 PM    comment []

Making, not sorting. "Why should most of the members of a society accept the passivity and reactivity of sorting [the world] instead of determining how and what gets made in the first place?" --Sande Cohen, Reading Science Studies Writing [unmediated] 10:10:05 PM    comment []

Einstein's legacy. On CNN [NewsIsFree: Popular Items] 10:07:46 PM    comment []

Iran Looks East for Alliances Based on Oil. As it faces the threat of sanctions, Iran is arranging energy sales with influential countries as a way to win stronger friendships around the world. By JAD MOUAWAD. [NYT > Business] 10:07:41 PM    comment []

Pursuit of a Grande Latte May Be Brewing Up Gridlock [Washington Post: Top News] 7:08:39 AM    comment []

When the Blogger Blogs, Can the Employer Intervene?. After several high-profile incidents of bloggers being fired by their employers, companies are finally addressing the problems of employees who may be telling the world their business. By TOM ZELLER Jr.. [NYT > Technology] 7:08:34 AM    comment []

Google.org. Cheers to Google Blogoscoped for the pointer to http://www.google.org, which describes itself as "the philanthropic arm of Google." Nothing much there yet except the admission that there's nothing much there... [ResearchBuzz] 7:08:20 AM    comment []

Fiction, Hoax or Neither? A Literary Dust-Up. Michael Chabon is accused of making up part of a speech he gave on fiction. By ALEX MINDLIN. [NYT > Business] 7:07:36 AM    comment []

TSA screener: 2-book max on flights [bOing bOing] 7:02:46 AM    comment []

It's Moore's Law, but Another Had the Idea First. On its 40th anniversary, there is some friendly dispute over the origins of a simple observation that has proven to be the bulwark of the silicon chip industry. By JOHN MARKOFF. [NYT > Science] 7:02:36 AM    comment []

U.S. Military's Elite Hacker Crew. The armed forces assembles a clandestine cadre of hackers capable of launching cyberwar against enemy networks. John Lasker investigates. [Wired News] 7:00:51 AM    comment []