The Apple community has said this off and on for years, but now Business Week is asking — could IT professionals be keeping their networks PC-based to keep their jobs? Now here’s a conspriacy theory that I can sign up for.
Digital rights
Finally, movement has been started to help preserve consumer’s rights regarding digital media: DigitalConsumer. More information and background can be found in a column from Walter Mossberg.
Age of consent
I’m liking MetaFilter more and more. Today they posted a link to a story about ‘Dear Abby’ turning in a man who confessed an attraction to child pornography. The related MeFi discusson has raised some extremely interesting points, touching on some of the many societal and cultural variables surrounding ‘age of consent’ (highlights being here, here, and here).
Afghanistan tactics
Didn’t we learn anything from the years the Russians spent trying to fight in Afghanistan? Apparently not.
Hundreds of American troops were pulled out of the ground battle with al-Qaeda forces because they failed to adapt to the guerrilla tactics required for fighting in the mountains, according to their Afghan allies.
(Addendum: the MetaFilter comments thread for this article has some good points, if you can dig through the partisian bickering.)
Good mileage? Who needs it?
Well, so much for getting cars with better mileage and less dependence on oil and gasoline.
The Senate yesterday defeated an effort to increase fuel efficiency standards for cars, sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks by 50 percent over 13 years, voting instead for a measure — backed by the auto industry — that would give the Bush administration two years to develop its own mileage rules…. Yesterday’s Senate action — which included passage of a measure to exempt pickup trucks from any new fuel economy standards — followed an intensive lobbying and advertising campaign by the auto industry.
Sure, it’s current
The entire text of the 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica has been scanned and placed online.
Apple vs. the Penguin
Unix Under the Desktop: A penguin’s eye look at Apple’s OS X, from Linux Journal.
I’m shocked – shocked and appalled!
From the “this is news?” department: Study shows teenage girls sexually harassed on the Internet.
More fun with Google
The articles I linked to about Googlebombing on the 5th have inspired a third followup article worth reading: The Tripping Blog – How Weblogs can turn an idea into an epidemic.