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Monday, May 13, 2002 |
 Dan Gillmor points to an article by John Gilmore which outlines the absurdity of copy protection schemes in hardware. I was amazed at some of the examples he came up with. Certainly not unthinkable scenarios if any of the proposed legislation actually becomes law.
Then it hit me. I live in Holland. US laws don't apply. We make computers here too. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
Hey, the weather in Holland is much nicer than Texas, isn't it? This is part of the USG's attempt to destroy next gen tech dev in the US. Between bans on cloning and potential mandatory DRM, we are poised to kill the golden goose.
8:05:14 PM 
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Apple's server announcement is tomorrow. What is Dave talking about when he provides an answer to this question? I bet Apple doesn't have a similar answer to this question. As a result, they will have hard time making headway tomorrow. Reporters will eat their lunch. Oh yeah, they will say, it is really neat. Blinking lights and nice packaging always sells rack-mounted servers. Nahhh. Not in a million years. You need apps.
7:58:13 PM
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The biggest single thing Universities (and to a lesser degree corporations) could do to cut costs is get a credit card for the purchasing department. I am in the midst of an ongoing process to bill academic orders (we are the largest vendor of academic website management software -- much larger than Blackboard, Interwoven, and Vignette -- in the world) for our software. Why are we up to our necks in POs, snail mail, and multiple paper copies??? Hey!
5:58:45 PM
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The Economist. Overview of the arguments for and against the Human Cloning Prohibition Act. This is problematic and doesn't sound like a solution (the best solution is to do nothing until a real solution can be passed):
>>>At the moment, supporters of neither the Kennedy-Specter nor the Brownback-Landrieu bill can muster 60 votes. The result may be a possible compromise putting a two-year moratorium on every sort of cloning.<<<
11:53:09 AM
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WSJ. Parson's assumes role as CEO of AOL. Plans to walk away from digital convergence as a strategy (a rebuff to Case).
8:59:58 AM
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NYT. Bees on my bomb.
8:43:30 AM
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