From the linked article: "Editors Note - This story originally contained a representation that the biometrics trial in Atlanta and Detroit included the fingerprint scanning of US citizens. This has since been proved to be incorrect and the story has been modified - only non-US citizens will be expected to provide a biometric record."

Offsite and Encrypted!

... has had to be inappropriate in some fashion. Can it really be called art if it doesn't challenge our sensibilities?

Here's a good article explaining how Google makes plagiarism detection easy: http://questioncopyright.org/node/4 There was a story a couple years ago about one of these plagiarism detection services, Turnitin, getting sued for copyright infringement... does anyone know if that went anywhere? http://education.zdnet.com/?p=953

For anyone that hasn't read it, here is a great indictment of the idiocy of the newspapers, written by the lead writer for SearchEngineLand: http://daggle.com/090406-225638.html

Everyone interested in patents or copyrights, and why they suck, should read Against Intellectual Monopoly, a book by two profs at Wash U in St. Louis: http://www.amazon.com/Against-Intellectual-Monopoly-Michele-Boldrin/dp/0521879280

A post from not too long ago about how copyright sucks: http://slashdot.org/yro/03/02/14/1914236.shtml?tid=155

'The future is already here - it is just unevenly distributed.' -- Gibson

At least, I'm sure that's what the copyright holding associations would argue / propagandize.

She basically is http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/09/23/feinstein/

In related news, California DMV wants to start putting your biometrics on your driver's license. Send a letter to the state legislature urging against it: https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1256

See? We knew he would come and make everything right! Linux takeover of government ftw!

Please, don't be so delusional. He's just another politician.

Or, if you're a command line fan: http://www.arrakis.es/~rggi3/youtube-dl/

The submitter is a real 1337 Hax0r. Ever hear of strings? Vi? I know the Apple apologists are out on full force on this thread (as usual -- 'omg Steve Jobs is personalizing my tracks for me, how thoughtful!'), but I have to disagree with them -- http://bulletinthehead-wakeup.blogspot.com/2007/05/apple-turning-into-law-enforcement-one.html And yes, this is an old story.