Tuesday, June 03, 2003

Interesting... So I was glancing at my referer log, and I saw a link from Blog Shares.  Apparently different people own 2750 shares in my blog, and it has a total market value of $1,182.52.  I joined, and I'm suppose to post this code below.  Check it out. 10:27:16 PM    Talk to me! []

Now that is what I call a Pension! Pay Now, Pay Later, and Pay Forever. It is one of the greatest deals in sports history, one that pays millions of dollars annually to the owners of a basketball team that no longer exists. By Richard Sandomir. [New York Times: Business] 9:53:13 PM    Talk to me! []

Guess I'm not moving to Oregon Driving While Intaxicated. Oregon lawmakers think they've landed on a clever way to pay for road maintenance: Instead of a gas tax, they're evaluating a scheme to electronically monitor the mileage that each driver travels and assess a per-mile road-use fee. Privacy and environmental advocates are not impressed. By Will Wade. [Wired News] "And if the police need to know where an individual has been? "We couldn't tell you," he said" I'm not sure if this quote is suppose to mean that they couldn't tell the police, or they couldn't tell me if the police asked them.  If it is the first case, its wrong, and the second, it scares me.  The librarys were bad enough, not I have to deal with the "government" knowing everywhere I go, tracking my every movement, and I can't even know they are doing it.  Orwellian state, here we come. 7:54:00 PM    Talk to me! []

I'm signature #2954, what number are you? reclaiming the public domain. We have launched a petition to build support for the Public Domain Enhancement Act. That act would require American copyright holders to pay $1 fifty years after a work was published. If they pay the $1, the copyright continues. If they don't, the work passes into the public domain. Historical estimates would suggest 98% of works would pass into the pubilc domain after 50 years. The Act would do a great deal to reclaim a public domain. This proposal has received a great deal of support. It is now facing some important lobbyists' opposition. We need a public way to begin to demonstrate who the lobbyists don't speak for. This is the first step. If you are an ally in at least this cause, please sign the petition. Please blog it, please email it, please spam it, please buy billboards about it -- please do whatever you can. And most importantly, please help us explain its importance. There is a chance to do something significant here. But it will take a clearer, simpler voice than mine. [Lessig Blog] Seriously, take 1 minute to read and sign. 4:55:37 PM    Talk to me! []

!!!!!!!!Exactly!!!!!!!! Standard Operating Procedure. Misleading the public has been a consistent strategy for the Bush team on issues from tax policy to the war in Iraq. By Paul Krugman. [New York Times: Politics] 1:43:32 AM    Talk to me! []

Its about time! US Senate opens WMD probe. A Congressional inquiry will examine possible misuses of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] 1:14:58 AM    Talk to me! []

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