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I must be getting old...
http://www.calculatorcat.com/typing_test/
I used to type about 95 wpm. Now I only type 85. *sigh*
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Times are Dire
As Sen. Patrick Leahy said to Alberto Gonzales yesterday:
"In the 32 years since I first came to the Senate - during the era of Watergate and Vietnam - I have never seen a time when our constitution and fundamental rights as Americans were more threatened by their own government," said Mr Leahy. "The [Justice] department has also played a pivotal ( Read more... ) -
NSA Spying: no progress, just more of the same
It now appears that I was premature. Yesterday's announcement that the illegal NSA spying operation would be brought under FISA was premature.
It now looks like Bush & co. simply did yet another end-run around the Constitution. This time, they simply cherry picked the one Bush-appointed judge on the FISA court to give blanket approval to the ( Read more... ) -
Obama
After reading up about this guy, I've decided I like him ( Read more... ) -
NEWS FLASH: Bush to drop warrantless eavesdropping program (update: or maybe not??)
UPDATE: This may not be such a great victory after all. This may just amount to the Bush administration retroactively rewriting the law to cover its asses. See this article (esp. updates and commentary) for more info. We'll wait and see, but sadly the Bush Executive Branch hasn't had a good track record on civil rights and obeying the law. ( Read more... ) -
Wow
Very disturbing video ( Read more... ) -
HD -- "Hopefully DOA"
Here's hoping that HD (TV/DVD/BluRay/etc.) -- that worthless marketing term designed to convince you that you need to shell out zillions of bucks for pixels you can't see and audio you can't hear -- is dead on arrival.
HD-DVD's vaunted DRM (copy-protection) technology was cracked within days of being released. As the Inquirer put it:
What do we ( Read more... ) -
DRM == censorship...?
Reknowned security expert Bruce Schneier, in his fascinating paper Electronic Commerce and the Street Performer Protocol, makes a point that I think is extremely relevant about DRM (digital rights management, or as some call it, digitial restrictions management -- since that's what it's all about, restricting your fair use):
Finally, the measures ( Read more... )