The Washington Post has a story on Vanessa Leggett, the writer who is currently in jail for her refusal to turn over her notes for a book to the U.S. Attorney. And in other news of abuse of the legal system, Dmitry Sklyarov was indicted yesterday.
Entries from August 2001
August 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
August 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
Google is looking to obtain archives of Usenet posts to expand their database of old Usenet articles.
August 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
Salon has picked up the story of Brian West, the guy in Oklahoma who notified the local paper of a security hole on their site after rifling through their files. Damien Cave uses that story to explore the larger issue of hacker ethics and the treatment of hackers by the legal system.
August 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
Opportunism at its best: Debian GNU/Linux for BeOS Refugees.
August 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
Last night I finished reading Robert Reich’s memoir of his four years spent as Clinton’s Secretary of Labor, Locked in the Cabinet. The book covers Clinton’s first term, which included Clinton’s failed effort to launch a universal health care system, the Republican takeover of Congress in ‘94, and the subsequent hiring of Dick Morris. [...]
August 28th, 2001 · Comments Off
I just read a message on a mailing list saying that some companies lay people off by bringing them to a conference room and showing a video that tells them they’ve been laid off. I had never heard of such a thing, but I can’t really imagine treating people more callously. If you’re [...]
August 28th, 2001 · Comments Off
I love stories that would work as well in The Onion as they do in non-satirical newspapers. For example, the LA Times reports that tree-hugging Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton has named the Fresno municipal dump a national historical landmark. What’s next? Is she going to make the Exxon refinery in Baytown, [...]
August 28th, 2001 · Comments Off
The Web site for the West Memphis 3 seems to have disappeared. I wonder what’s up with that?
August 28th, 2001 · Comments Off
Another chapter closed yesterday in the sad saga of Jim Bell as he was sentenced to 10 years in jail for stalking a federal agent. The feds made it pretty clear that they don’t take it lightly when you publicize schemes for anonymously paying to have federal officials killed. I think that the [...]
August 27th, 2001 · Comments Off
The Merc has an interesting story on slowing growth in the consumer broadband market. If you had told me two years ago that people wouldn’t be crazily flocking to broadband as soon as it became available to them, I’d have laughed at you. I honestly can’t imagine someone opting for using a dialup [...]