This election mess in Zimbabwe got even messier. The president of that country has been kicking out international observers and foreign news media. The observers were kicked out because they would not agree to help him swing the election. The news media because they published or produced some critical pieces about his treatment of the…
Do you hear that sucking sound? Music companies want every last coin you have. So does Hollywood. Now, Yahoo has a pay-per-view service:Â Yahoo to launch pay-per-search Nice, agencies use databases that are not accurate. Nor are people even aware of the data or have access to change or dispute the data. Lovely. Source:Â Unregulated databases hold…
From the NEWS of the WEIRD archive. In September, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiled desolate Echols County, Georgia (between Valdosta and the Okeefenokee Swamp), well-known to the state’s judges because that is where they encourage lawbreakers to go when they really want them to leave the state altogether. The Georgia constitution prohibits banishing people from the state…
Hate it when you are on a web page, your browser installs a plugin and promptly closes all of your browser windows itself. I’d love the opportunity to do something like bookmark the pages I want to come back to once the plugin installs? Scared of Echelon, yet? Maybe you should be… At the very least…
Looking at a Frontline page on Bin Laden. It includes an interview with Bin Laden conducted by John Miller. Miller: American politicians have painted a distorted picture of Islam, of Muslims and of Islamic fighters. We would like you to give us the true picture that clarifies your viewpoint … . Bin Laden: The leaders in…
Wonder if I am supposed to go to the Campus Pipeline/WebCT/ SCT meeting? If Joe calls me I’ll go. If not, then I’ll be happy here plugging away. – – – – – A new Tom Wise article… Thin Blue Lies: Police and the Art of Propaganda.
The new VSU web server, now renamed to the same as the previous web server, is now live and in charge. Some things to note: mod_perl is faster than plain ole perl /gnu/bin/perl is not the same as /usr/local/bin/perl FrontPage Extensions suck Joe and Ike are the bomb – – – – – Interesting that the…
Americans are so caught up in the idea of materialism through capitalism that they think that a pure capitalist system benefits everyone. The premise of capitalism is that everyone will do what advantages them or they die. Maybe not dead in a coffin and grave, but they would be homeless and incapable of competing in…
Before I get sucked into the rant… check out the Women’s Studies Conference at VSU being web cast. How does one separate the conflict between privacy and open information acts? People have a higher expectations of openness for government than for corporations. Someone applying to become president of just about any corporation could expect their…