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LifestreamApparently the filters are “working.” But no one goes so far as to ask themselves if the path we have started down is worth the loss of liberty and the infringement upon a pristine wired world. Now they “prove” how necessary the bloated filter is by showing that there are 20,000 to 30,000 blocked access […]
Archive for November, 2005
It does seem like a sellout when your first read the headline, but …
Boing Boing - MPAA, Bram Cohen announcement today in Hollywood - BitTorrent has set up a process with the MPAA by which DMCA takedown procedures for infringing content will be “expedited.”
If an MPAA member sees their copyrighted content in the torrent search […]
Good news at least, but it is disturbing how easy these things pass in the heat of the moment. Now we may be so lucky as to see it overturned, but in many cases such forms are impossible to root out when put to practise.
RTE - Overturn data sharing law, says EU law officer - […]
NZXT, known for their notoriously awkward and complicated designs, has finally come up with a reasonable aluminum case that wont make you look like an idiot. Not a total one anyway. Like the Gigabyte Aurora, another stylish and innovative newcomer, the NZXT Lexa is a tower model so that would place it roughly in-between a […]
Last year, US vice president Dick Cheney was quoted as saying that “The story of Wal-Mart exemplifies some of the very best qualities in our country — hard work, the spirit of enterprise, fair dealing, and integrity.”
Not everyone seems happy with their practises. Recently the sanctimonious image of Wal-Mart as an all-American business and the […]
After Bush’s insidious free market, neoliberal crusade and visit to China, this remains the most remarkable of his antics and demands.
CNN - Bush’s first public event during his two-day state visit to China was a worship service at Gangwashi Church, one of five officially recognized Protestant churches in Beijing. It was Bush’s way of nudging […]
The Guardian strikes with a wholesome article on Intellectual Property and the bitter reality that we never hear of from the IP hyenas.
Guardian - The boom in the intellectual property market will not reap rewards for us all - US venture capitalists now refuse to back a company until it has applied for a patent […]
In another attempt to refashion religion, taking American Christianity to dangerous new heights and making it “hip” and “cool,” DATOmana has launched a new line of Christian t-shirts.
Sploid - Sorry, but Christians aren’t ‘cool’ - Once again, the Born Again Christian industry is trying new ways to disguise its socially disastrous product (fundamentalist American Christianity) […]
Sunshine story of the day. Certainly a worthwhile cause for one of the greatest and most misunderstood scientists of all time. Not to mention the effort to mend ties with Serbia after the civil war.
AP via Boing Boing - Croatia to Mark Tesla’s 150th Birthday - Croatia in 2006 will celebrate the 150th anniversary of […]
