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Congress Presses on Iraq Plan

'bout time someone started questioning illegitimate prez monkey boy (and his puppet masters) on this whole Iraq thing

American Who Joined Taliban Pleads Guilty

HAH! They fuckin plea bargained Johnny Walker Lindh. Hoooooboy, must've
been a strong fuckin case the gubment had on his “terrorism” charges, huh.

UK unveils Open Source policy, may make it 'default' option

Sweet. Another gubment starts using the old noggin. At least, in small doses. It's best not to strain oneself.

Ashcroft's Terrorism Policies Dismay Some Conservatives

Good. That troll needs as many enemies as possible. The bonus to having these particular enemies is that they'll burn 'im at the stake if they don't like him.

Peer-to-peer hacking bill officially introduced in House

Gah. More lobbying money from big corps produces this kind of crapola nonsense bill. pfft.

Music labels go after song-swappers

So the RIAA's down to suing individuals. If this isn't the stupidest possible move for the industry in terms of long-term goodwill, I don't know what is. Of course, with the market below 9,000, the RIAA attorneys (AKA the bulldogs of Vivendi and Sony) could just need some billables. Yet another reason not to use P2P, as if the clueless ijits on the networks weren't enough.

Nadine – the Story of Spam

if you've ever wondered how your unpublished, never told, email address may be getting spam… here's a good story, from the POV of a sysadmin.

bernard shifman is a Moron Spammer

One of the classic sites of all time, included here for posterity. Best part: it's all true.

One of the best webboard threads ever

Man people have some great pics. I've liberated many for my funny pics page(s) as well.

For The Anti-Spammers, It's All-Out E-War

Cheesy anti-spam activist article, but they're fighting the Good Fight ™, so I thought I'd link it.

Anonymous donor will award $200,000 for Linux on the Xbox

Geez. I wish I knew how to code better.

Whither the Indie Grease Monkey?

More hand-wringing over change. This time, it's about indie mechanics who can't service cars because they can't afford the specialized diagnostic tools. Sure, I see the antitrust overtones and will miss the days when I could get ripped off by someone I knew rather than some faceless corporate mechanic, but that's the way the macroeconomic world turns. Or something like that.

Cyberlaw: Cybersmart or cybersilly? Sketpics cast doubt on hot new legal field

Arguments against creating “new” law for the internet. To me, this is all about semantics, as the law is going to change, and change drastically most likely, regardless of whether or not it is “new” or known as “internet law.” More flies pointlessly arguing as the swatter comes down.

Microsoft's anti-piracy plans spark controversy

Gee, I'm shocked that a sterling company like M$ would *gasp* have a ham-fisted EULA for users wishing to upgrade their monopoly-catalyst v13.2 (AKA Media Player). This one requires users to permit the automatic installation of undisclosed future anti-piracy measures. Who's the attorney writing these EULA's anyway? In-house tool or is PGE doing this? Ye gods.

Big noises at odds over the sound of silence

Copyright infringement over … silence. I kid you not.