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deusx : Homeland Security: Rethinking What Works : NPR - "James Carafano, a homeland security expert at The Heritage Foundation, says the government's multi-billion dollar investment in what's often referred to as "guns, guards and gates" is the wrong way to go — that it's futile
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wearehugh : Learning to Fear the Semantic Web (Ftrain.com) - "Know what else is great? Now, finally, ten years on, I know that the Semantic Web technology is a real, viable technology, because I'm afraid I'll get sued for using it."
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deusx : Palin vindicated?: ADN Editorial | adn.com - "She claims the report "vindicates" her. She said that the investigation found "no unlawful or unethical activity on my part." Her response is either astoundingly ignorant or downright Orwellian. Page 8, Finding Number One of th
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2 month ago
Linkorama : Cops Twitter - Mountain View already has Google and free Wi-Fi. So The Phantom wasn't all that surprised when the Mountain View Police Department announced last week it had joined Twitter, a social-networking and micro-blogging Web site.
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3 month ago
nelson : Myhrvold’s IP racket - A company that produces nothing but patent lawsuits and the ability to buy your way out of them
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3 month ago
deusx : Joe Biden says Barack Obama might pursue criminal charges against Bush administration if elected | World news | guardian.co.uk - "Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November. Biden's comments, first reported by ABC news, at
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4 month ago
deusx : Judge says UC can deny religious course credit - "A federal judge says the University of California can deny course credit to applicants from Christian high schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible and reject evolution. ... Rejecting claims of religious discrimination and stifling of fr
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5 month ago
wearehugh : Too Weird for The Wire - Kevin Carey
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7 month ago
wearehugh : Schneier on Security: Our Data, Ourselves
Linkorama : Schneier on Security: Our Data, Ourselves - We need a comprehensive data privacy law...Or we can leave it to the market...But the long-term effects of this on society are toxic; we give up control of ourselves.
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7 month ago
Linkorama : If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo - Nice to have lawyers to blog these things for you. Quite interesting analysis.
Andy Baio : Marc Andreessen's guide to the Microsoft-Yahoo hostile takeover - the best explanation I've seen [via]
gleuschk : blog.pmarca.com: If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo - very clear explanation
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adamrg : BBC NEWS | UK | Tourists warned of UAE drug laws
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11 month ago
deusx : H.R. 393: Universal National Service Act of 2007 (GovTrack.us) - "To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service..." Repeatedly reintroduced apparently to prove a point.
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12 month ago
Linkorama : Resolution:License update - Wikimedia Foundation - Whereas the Board seeks to respond responsibly to longstanding community concerns about issues of compatibility between the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license, as well as to continue longstanding traditions of strong
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13 month ago
deusx : Vintage Whiskey May Be Poured Out - News Story - WSMV Nashville - "Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license."
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13 month ago
Linkorama : Are Facebook’s Social Ads Illegal? - One who appropriates to his own use or benefit the name or likeness of another is subject to liability to the other for an invasion of his privacy.
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13 month ago
deusx : Matthew Yglesias (November 05, 2007) - Should Illegal Immigrants Get Driver's Licenses? (Domestic Policy) - "The problem with saying "yes" isn't just that it's unpopular, it's that it's unpopular because it sounds ridiculous."
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14 month ago
Andy Baio : USPO rejects Amazon's one-click patent after reviewing blogger's prior art - Peter Calveley's persistent efforts were chronicled on his blog
deusx : igdmlgd: AMAZON ONE-CLICK PATENT REJECTED BY THE US PATENT OFFICE AS A RESULT OF MY REQUEST - "In a recent office action, the USPTO has rejected the claims of the Amazon.com one-click patent following the re-examination request that I filed on 16 February 2006. "
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15 month ago
deusx : Do-It-Yourself Counter Notification Letter - "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, enacted in 1998, set out a notification procedure that can be used to request an ISP to remove allegedly infringing material from a web page. However, there is a defense against this attack"
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16 month ago
plasticbag : Absurd news story of the day: A man gets arrested for using someone else's unsecured wifi network without their explicit permission. WTF!? - This is insane. Absolutely insane. "This arrest should act as a warning to anyone who thinks it is acceptable to illegally use other people's broadband connections." Ridiculous.
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16 month ago
plasticbag : The BBC Magazine asks. "Is stealing wireless wrong?" - Nowhere in these discussions does anyone ask about those people who want to leave their wifi nodes open for the convenience of other people. It's like putting a drinking fountain outside your front door by the road and shooting anyone who tries to drink!
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16 month ago
deusx : JNJ BTW » Blog Archive » You’re Doing What?! - "So, I’ve now lived a classic corporate public affairs nightmare: announcing a lawsuit against the American Red Cross. Would I have chosen this exercise as a reputation-building opportunity for Johnson & Johnson? No, of course not."
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16 month ago
nelson : Riyadh solar time - Python timezone database gave up trying to cope with a weird time zone definition tried in Saudi Arabia for three years
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16 month ago
nelson : Second Life lawsuit - A test of ownership of virtual property
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16 month ago
43folders : ZEN and the art of lawyering / Legal eagles find meditation a stress solution - "'You can still be a warrior,' he said, 'but because you're at peace with yourself and you're centered, you're not coming from rage or fear or anger.'"
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