Carl Sagan. “But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” [Quotes of the Day]
Resignation. I submitted my resignation as CIO for the State of Utah this morning. It is effective December 31, 2002. I have many mixed emotions: anger, sadness, excitement, and relief, among others. In my letter, I said: [Windley’s Enterprise Computing Weblog]
Wired News: All Eyes on ElcomSoft Trial. Observers say the case could set significant legal precedent in interpreting the reach of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a law drafted to protect intellectual property owners that has drawn criticism for stifling the public’s ability to freely use copyrighted materials they purchase. [Tomalak’s Realm]
Here’s hoping that they use some rationality when they decide this one…
Supreme Court Takes Case on Race and School Admissions [New York Times: National]
Get a T-1 or other high speed connection and you’ll never have to worry about this again…
WSJ. Jeff King, president of Road Runner, the high-speed Internet unit of Time Warner Cable, calls the practice of advertising shared Wi-Fi connections “cable theft.” His company has cracked down on some people who were allegedly sharing their connections. [John Robb’s Radio Weblog]
Following up where the corporation left off. VA Software’s SourceForge.net is self billed as the world’s largest Open Source software development website. However, when VA Linux became VA Software, they closed the source to SourceForge, while stating that there would be continued development of an Open Source version of the software.It’s been over a year – and VA hasn’t released any source code. Tim Perdue, one of the founders of Sourceforge has decided to do something about it. [kuro5hin.org]
I’d claim it, but I don’t know where the little fucker is.
Even for $25 Million, Still No Osama bin Laden. Last year the bounty was raised to $25 million, and still no one has claimed it. Whatever happened to good old-fashioned human greed? By John Tierney. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]