Anthrax Fears Spur Cos.’ E-Mail Use You know what would be really nice? If bulk mailers, telemarketers, and bulk emailers would all just stop sending me stuff! I’ve never in my life bought anything from any of them, and never will, but I’m subjected to their junk all the time anyway.
NewsForge | SSSCA gets a hearing Oct. 25 — can it be stopped? This bill’s got some scary potential. I think the point is that software and content companies want you to be a passive audience like when they pitch TV ads. You don’t get to choose how the ads come in, or how long…
Bar Aims to Revolutionize Flirting with Technology You know, as stupid as this sounds, it might be kinda fun! And it would definitely keep cheating spouses out of the bar, which is a good thing *L*
Weighing security and privacy after Sept. 11 These guys are pretty much saying what I’ve been saying. (Maybe I should be on a panel somewhere?) That all of these wonderful ideas to make us feel safer, would not, in fact, make us any safer. But it would make us all a lot less free. Lots…
How the terror trail went unseen This is an interesting article, as it explains that not everything you hear politicians and the media ranting against had anything to do with the terrorist attack. In fact, in my own experience, almost none of what I’ve heard suggested by media and politicians would actually stop terrorists! It…
I just got done listening to a round table discussion of UCITA. Now I’ll grant you, I don’t know alot about UCITA, but just using common sense I would have to question the ideas presented by the pro-UCITA people. (Who work for AOL by the way, but that did not make me anti-UCITA immediately *L*)…