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cheezitmike writes:
According to a story in The Washington Post, "A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday." The Wales on Sunday newspaper detailed the attack: "Barney Jones, his brother Daniel and their cousin Michael were performing some warrior moves in their back garden when the drunken Darth attacked them — not with a lightsaber, but a metal crutch. The three are founders of the Anglesey Jedi Church, which takes teachings from the famous Star Wars film heroes. During the epic attack, Arwel Hughes wore a black bin bag as a cape and leapt over a wall to strike Barney over the head. He then turned on Michael, hitting him on the leg and causing a bruise. The knights were in the middle of filming a documentary, which will be aired on Channel Four."
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cheezitmike writes:
ITworld.com uses the Wayback Machine to document the histories of five generic domain names: music.com, eat.com, car.com, meat.com, and milk.com. "In this brave new Web 2.0 world, it's almost a badge of honor to have a Web site name that only hints at what the user will find there (see Flickr) or is so opaque as to offer no clue at all as to what the Web site is about (see del.icio.us). It's easy to forget the first Internet gold rush of the mid-to-late '90s, when dot-com domain names based on ordinary (and, investors hoped, marketable) nouns and verbs were snapped up by hopeful companies from the humble geeks who had purchased them (often ironically) in the early '90s."
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cheezitmike writes:
The Washington Post reports that several bands, including R.E.M., are joining up to raise public awareness in support of Net Neutrality:
The Future of Music Coalition — an advocacy group of musicians that fought radio consolidation — is assembling a lineup of name bands, such as R.E.M. and Death Cab for Cutie, to join the fight to keep the net neutral. The group will join net neutrality advocate Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) for a teleconference today to kick off the campaign, which is called "Rock the Net ." The campaign will include a petition and a series of concerts. The coalition fears that if companies are allowed to charge for faster access to the Internet, it will hurt the ability of musicians to get their music out to their fans, especially small, indie bands.
