For those of you keeping score at home, here’s the tally in the 1999 Presidential race for dollars.
From the, “isn’t this old news” department comes Andrew Leonard’s article that discusses the replacement of Apple with free software at the vanguard of the computer revolution. It also discusses Apple’s open source future, and where the paths of free software and Apple converge.
Those clever bigots in Missouri are trying to drum up publicity through public service. The KKK is trying to adopt a highway for cleanup, and sponsor All Things Considered on the local public radio station. I can certainly sympathize with those who don’t want to allow the KKK to publicize itself in this way, but it is an interesting free speech issue. Would the KKK members wear their costumes to clean the freeway?
USA Today has a story about the dilemna facing “socially responsible” mutal funds that invest in Microsoft. If they lose their antitrust suit, is it socially responsible to keep your money in Microsoft stock?
Rebecca Blood pointed to this fascinating story about some nuclear waste up in Washington state. It’s illustrates clearly how people who don’t know what the hell they’re doing can really screw things up when they try to solve problems.
Well, it looks like NSI has agreed to, in the words of Eric Cartman, respect ICANN’s authori-tie. What that really means, the article doesn’t say. NSI is also going to allow competing domain name registrars, but still maintain the sole registry. In other words, the incompetent jerks still hold the keys to the castle.