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- Jon Johansen won A Norwegian appeals court has upheld the earlier acquittal of "DVD" Jon Lech Johansen (picture), who was charged with his role in breaking the DVD distribution encryption and spreading the DeCSS code on the Net. The case can still be appealed to the Supreme Court, which in theory can overturn lower court decisions on technicalities. For all intents and purposes, as far as I understand, this decision is final, and it is a complete victory for Jon Lech Johansen. |
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- Adam Dawtrey: London Eye: Adam Dawtrey: London Eye |
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- Initial inspections of Libya's nuclear weapons facilities could take place as soon as next week, lead by Mohamed El Baradei. |
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- UK: The driver of a gritting lorry died today when his vehicle overturned in icy conditions, as snow hit north and east Britain. |
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- Media: Private Eye should have hired libel lawyer Peter Carter-Ruck to prevent him acting against the magazine, former editor Richard Ingrams has admitted. |
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- Society: Family doctors are helping people take extended 'sickies' by operating a 'sick note on demand' service, researchers say. |
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- Education: University sector divided over news that government is considering bursary scheme to ease fears on top-up fees. |
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- Vodafone has backed away from adopting Microsoft's operating system for mobile phones |
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- Shop4tech.com offers the Ritek EZ Drive 256MB USB Flash Drive for $59.95 with free shipping. Excluding rebates, it's among the lowest total prices...(more) |
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- Movable Type 2.65 has just been released - mostly a bugfix release with a few added features. The mt-send-entry.cgi fix is included (it already was included in any MT 2.64 packages after the flaw was discovered and summarily fixed), of... |
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- I finally felt "well" enough over the weekend to focus on getting some Christmas decorating done at last, along with making it a Lord of the Rings trilogy marathon weekend. Friday night we watched the extended version of the Fellowship of the Ring, Saturday afternoon we watched the extended version of The Two Towers, and yesterday we went to see Return of the King. It was quite simply wonderful. I need to see it a second time to fully process it and write up my thoughts on it - it was amazing! While we were waiting in the HUGE line for the movie (and we got there almost an hour early! |
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- I finally felt "well" enough over the weekend to focus on getting some Christmas decorating done at last, along with making it a Lord of the Rings trilogy marathon weekend. Friday night we watched the extended version of the Fellowship of the Ring, Saturday afternoon we watched the extended version of The Two Towers, and yesterday we went to see Return of the King. It was quite simply wonderful. I need to see it a second time to fully process it and write up my thoughts on it - it was amazing! While we were waiting in the HUGE line for the movie (and we got there almost an hour early! |
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- While nobody liked the Times's awful write-up of the gay marriage poll, Atrios blames anti-gay bias, while Andrew Sullivan blames anti-Bush bias. You be the judge.... |
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- cool!!! Immolation are one of those bands Ive always wanted to check out "but never got round to it", im personally looking forward to the reissue! |
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- Pitt and Florida State play tonight. It's the biggest game of the season for Pitt. Not because both teams are 10-0. Not because both have excellent recruiting classes. No, it's the biggest game, because FSU is the best team Pitt will face in the preseason |
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- Waschtag am äußersten Rand der Zivilisation: In Qaanaaq auf Grönland ist dies ein aufwändiges Unterfangen. Das Eis muss geschmolzen werden, und dann erhebt sich die Frage: Wohin mit den feuchten Klamotten? ARD-Korrespondent Tilman Bünz aber hat in Qaanaaq festgestellt: |
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Accusations (Dec 22 2003 13:38 GMT) - It's heating up... As Americans digest the news that Al Qaeda is almost certainly planning a major attack on the... |
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- Pääministeri Matti Vanhanen haluaa EU:n toimivan tehokkaammin 3G-verkkojen ja laajakaistayhteyksien kehittämiseksi. |
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- Kymenlaaksossa Anjalankoskella toimiva paperitehdas Myllykoski Paper Oy vähentää henkilöstö |
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- Pressemeldung - Stadt Gütersloh Etwa eine Stunde war am Sonntag (21.12) das Stadgebiet von Gütersloh ohne Strom, dann konnten Stück für Stück die einzelnen Versorgungsbereiche wieder hoch gefahren werden. U ...mehr... |
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- A surprise Christmas gift from Harry Potter creator JK Rowling is helping to brighten the lives of hundreds of American children suffering from cancer. |
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Bummer (Dec 22 2003 13:36 GMT) - My reason for getting up in the mornings for the past couple of months, Disinformation, has split up. What can I say but, it sucks. Anyway. Thursday night was Dreds' party which was pretty cool, though I had a bad... |
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- I ask you, has our Republic seen the like of this pathological mendacity? What a moment! What class hatred! What treason! What smear campaigning. |
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- WINDS OF CHANGE has posted its war news roundup. Don't miss it!... |
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- WINDS OF CHANGE has posted its war news roundup. Don't miss it!... |
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- Two American soldiers were killed today when a bomb exploded near their convoy in Baghdad. |
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- The son of former US vice president Al Gore has been charged with possessing marijuana. |
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- In an article about the Can-SPAM Act, The Washington Times reports that Professor Lessig’s spam bounty proposal has found its… |
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- In an article about the Can-SPAM Act, The Washington Times reports that Professor Lessig’s spam bounty proposal has found its… |
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- Là où on fait violence à l'homme, on le fait aussi à la langue. Primo Levi, Les Naufragés et les... |
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- The political mobilization of the Muslim community in America is meant not simply to get American Muslims involved in the political process but to build a Muslim voting bloc. Block voting is the natural strategy of a minority group seeking to advance its interests in the political sphere. It depends on the fact that in a close race, a small group can decide the winner. Muslims need to get educated about bloc voting because it seems that a lot of people, including those in leadership positions in the community, are not clear on how it works. Bloc voting is not something a community does just to show that it can. |
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- "A half-dozen years ago it appeared that bioinformatics companies would take care of the data explosion. You know, big computers crunching large numbers in the hope that quick -- or quicker -- answers would be returned following an outsourcing of expensive software solutions. But come to find out bioinformatics has not emerged as a dynamic space. The reason is that a fledging flock of geeks can never know enough about a client's science to make their software services worthwhile." |
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- . As feared, I cannot submit the illustration as before. |
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- I'm planning to go to the PM's XI in January, so I did a google search for "Manuka Oval" looking for a seating plan. I came across this article as well, which is written by a Melbourne journalist coming to Canberra to watch the AFL. I probably shouldn't let this stuff annoy me, but when the only insults he can come up with are that pornography is legal, there are a few politicians here, and that it's cold (this from a Melbournite), it makes me wonder whether the perception of Canberra as a city has changed at all. I grew up in Canberra and I know that there is more to the place than people generally think. Having travelled around the world a bit, you usually get a blank look when you say you're from Canberra, as a lot of people think that Sydney's the capital. |
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- I have recently arrived back in Canberra after a stint overseas, so I've been rediscovering the area by going on a few long drives. One thing that leapt out at me and screamed "stupid" were the Canturf plantations, if that's the proper term. There's one near Fyshwick and one on the way to Bungendore. Whilst not being massive operations, the sight of a big irrigation sprinkler standing over a field of green grass is slightly sickening to my mind. Is there really still a market for selling pre-grown lawn? |
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- I'm back in town. More details of the trip as soon as I get some what caught up.Comments (0) |
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- You didn't get a Daily Grind on Saturday because my net connection was down most of the day, and even now I'm not finding a whole lot to pass on. I think I can hear the big gears at the heart of the Internet grinding to their usual holiday halt already. ... |
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- Lithuanians got an early Christmas present this weekend when more than a ton of bananas washed ashore on a stretch of the country's Baltic Sea coast. |
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- Suddenly, the very methods that helped the Aussies conquer the world are being questioned. |
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- D S Brar on Monday announced his decision to step down as chief executive officer and managing director of Ranbaxy when his term expires on July 04 |
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- The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003, 'enable both Bharatvasis and Bharatvanshis to contribute together to the cause of India's development', Advani said. |
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