Monday's questions for the Cult of the Dead Cow ranged from serious-tech to silly. Various members of the Cult answered appropriately. Great stuff! One warning: if you are offended by strong language or are a hacker under 18, you should not read this Q&A session. The Cult is one of those groups the assorted nanny-censor programs try to keep away from deity-fearing, good-citizen, mass-average folks because they're commie anachist no-gooders. Or something like that. (And we like them that way!) Click below to learn why these people are A Danger to the Established Order(tm).

Technology is overwhelming journalism when it comes to stories like the death of John Kennedy Jr., his wife and sister-in-law. Increasingly visual, techno-driven media distort reality, drown out all other news and information, and pump manipulative, highly emotional imagery continuously all over the globe.

Linux and the Open Source Software movement evoke an intensifying struggle between corporatism and individualism. The Web seems to be the battleground for what is shaping up as a whopper of a confrontration for control of the Digital Age