from MemeStreams....
NYTimes Op-Ed on globalization and outsourcing.
Strange NutriGrain video spoof.
God Hates Shrimp Leviticus 11:10: And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you.
(and T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE)
The Committee for Economic Development says the entertainment industry's pursuit of tough new laws to protect copyrighted materials from online piracy is bad for business and for the economy. (It's a NYTimes link)
MP3 creators to add copy protection
meme propagation
The most-read webloggers aren't necessarily the ones with the most original ideas, say researchers at Hewlett-Packard Labs.
Using newly developed techniques for graphing the flow of information between blogs, the researchers have discovered that authors of popular blog sites regularly borrow topics from lesser-known bloggers -- and they often do so without attribution.
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A new bill wending its way through Congress that would let certain companies own facts, and exact a fee to access them.
Have your thumb ready to ride the bus
The Pinellas [FLA] school system is ready to approve a new technology that uses student fingerprints to keep track of who is riding school buses.
When your car talks to the speed camera
Wireless technology would allow the car to communicate with the speed camera, and the fine could be deducted from the driver's credit card before he or she even made it home. .... Depending on the driver's experience and grade of licence, the card could control the engine power. And each driver's licence number could be displayed on the car's exterior instead of a number- plate.
TWO (WashPost) - stories (NYTimes) on failed efforts to preserve agricultural seed stocks that predate genetic modification.
Strange NutriGrain video spoof.
God Hates Shrimp Leviticus 11:10: And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you.
(and T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE)
The Committee for Economic Development says the entertainment industry's pursuit of tough new laws to protect copyrighted materials from online piracy is bad for business and for the economy. (It's a NYTimes link)
MP3 creators to add copy protection
meme propagation
The most-read webloggers aren't necessarily the ones with the most original ideas, say researchers at Hewlett-Packard Labs.
Using newly developed techniques for graphing the flow of information between blogs, the researchers have discovered that authors of popular blog sites regularly borrow topics from lesser-known bloggers -- and they often do so without attribution.
[Everything here came from MemeStreams!]
A new bill wending its way through Congress that would let certain companies own facts, and exact a fee to access them.
Have your thumb ready to ride the bus
The Pinellas [FLA] school system is ready to approve a new technology that uses student fingerprints to keep track of who is riding school buses.
When your car talks to the speed camera
Wireless technology would allow the car to communicate with the speed camera, and the fine could be deducted from the driver's credit card before he or she even made it home. .... Depending on the driver's experience and grade of licence, the card could control the engine power. And each driver's licence number could be displayed on the car's exterior instead of a number- plate.
TWO (WashPost) - stories (NYTimes) on failed efforts to preserve agricultural seed stocks that predate genetic modification.