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The Electronic Frontier Foundation finally succeeded at something: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections for consumers who modify their cell phones and artists who remix videos — people who, until now, could have been sued for their [...]

Van Irion, a lawyer and Congressional candidate from Tennessee, recently began a class action suit to repeal the recently-passed Obamacare. There is more to Irion’s case than just Obamacare – he is challenging several FDR-era Supreme Court rulings which have since given near unlimited powers to the federal government. For example, one of Obamacare’s notable [...]

For at least 2-3 years, including on this blog, I have been pointing out the hypocrisy resulting from the commercialization of open-source software, including the FSF selling out to special interests, TPM in the Linux kernel, the NSA winning a “no-bid contract” of sort into the Linux kernel’s remote attestation features, remote attestation in Linux [...]

From the Washington Post a week ago: In a world without air conditioning, a warmer, more flexible, more relaxed workplace helps make summer a time to slow down again. Three-digit temperatures prompt siestas. Code-orange days mean offices are closed. Shorter summer business hours and month-long closings — common in pre-air-conditioned America — return. Post-A.C., Congress [...]

It had been a while and I thought I’d do it. Logged on to my blog, it had been a while and I thought I’d do it. My vacation ended the 10th. It was OK, will probably enjoy it more next year.   You Are Tomatoes You are kind hearted and open minded. You’re always [...]

…and now it’s time for rain.

From Lew Rockwell: The liberals are asking us to give Obama time. We agree . . . and think 25 to life would be appropriate. America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask. Q: Have you heard about McDonald’s’ new Obama Value Meal? A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you [...]

just crappy internet here. a few other sites weren’t working, including portions of validator.w3.org, though some of them are working today. totally messed up.   You Are Cheerful You are a friendly and welcoming person. You know how to make the best of a bad situation. You tend to think most about the world. You [...]

The easiest way to do this is to remove all references and links to Wikipedia from your site. I myself have just deleted various blog posts and modified others that mention or link to Wikipedia, and intend to avoid discussing the site in the future. Mentioning or linking to Wikipedia (or Wikimedia Commons, or any [...]

the internet is weird here. and it’s very hot. i hate laptops. At home it’s 99 degrees but it never reached that here. i hate the taste of hard alcohol even though the entire country likes it. there is just no sugaring out that terrible medicine taste. i’m getting kinda bored too. i was up [...]