Some Sunday Morning Reading
Scott Adams takes a look at the remote killing of Al Qaeda's number 3. Hysterical.
Greed, patents, and Blackberries. This whole Blackberry patent thing could be very interesting. Intriguing that government workers won't have their blackberries turned off if it comes to that. Bet if that potential existed you'd see a different outcome.
Low Tech Rebate Policies In A High Tech World. I've always wondered about this. Is there a Big Lie in their somewhere?
Speaking of patents and low tech, check out this patent for a low tech solution for covering up that bald spot. All it takes is a comb and some hair on your head. Jeez, they'll slap a patent on anything won't they. Via Tim Marman.
Some security and DRM issues:
- From The Onion-RIAA bans users from telling friends about songs.
- Run whatever software you want on your computer, as long as the FBI approves.
According to the three-page document, to preserve the openness that characterizes today's Internet, "consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement."
Jeff Jarvis' OP-Ed on Howard Stern, The FCC, and free speech.
And in the spirit of the recently created INK BLOT awards, I offer the Claude Rains Award for the following:
- The whole Adam Curry gets busted for editing WikiPedia thing cracks me up. Let's see create a system that anyone can edit at anytime. Nah, no one will take advantage of that and edit things in their favor. People are too honest.
- All the hullabaloo over the military actually paying for Iraq news organizations to use propaganda.
