If the Dems want to differentiate themselves from the Republicans, here is something they might consider opposing.
We mentioned recently that politicians are looking to expand the DMCA, hoping to crack down on the possession of any tool that would help to circumvent DRM. As if this weren’t draconian enough, some have noticed sentencing guidelines [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2006 by pwyll
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The Register interviews Scott McNealy after he stepped down as Chairman of Sun Microsystems. One remark of his caught my eye.
El Reg: Probably more than half of the folks that wish you would do things differently have similar education backgrounds with an MBA from a fancy school.
SM: I went to Harvard and to Stanford and [...]
Posted on April 26th, 2006 by pwyll
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Luc Devroye, the author of Non-Uniform Random Variate Generation, is giving away copies of the book in pdf format. If you need to code up some random number generators with specified distributions, this is a good book to have.
Posted on April 25th, 2006 by pwyll
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I would have suggested they sit sideways.
Facilities in a prison are being built so Muslim inmates do not have to face Mecca while sitting on the toilet. The Home Office said two new toilet blocks are being installed as part of a refurbishment at Brixton jail in south London.
Faith leaders had told prison bosses it [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2006 by pwyll
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Every time Osama releases a new direct-to-video proclamation, it’s Zionist this and Crusader that. Dude, the Crusades are forgotten here. Let it go.
In college I knew two guys who got into a fight. Decades later one of them is still bitching about it. Can you guess who got his ass kicked?
Hat tip, Dhimmi Watch.
Posted on April 23rd, 2006 by pwyll
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Climate change is gonna get you:
Oh, and here’s my favorite — Dr. Sue Blackmore looking on the bright side in Britain’s Guardian:
“In all probability billions of people are going to die in the next few decades. Our poor, abused planet cannot take much more. . . . If we decide to put the planet first, [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2006 by pwyll
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