The Populists

People of faith have OD'ed on hate and are slowly rejecting it, just as 40 years ago middle America overdosed on the drug culture and slowly rejected it.

Techdirt: Technology To Allow For Remote Monitoring Of Patient Health... Someday

We call these Always-On Medical applications at danablankenhorn.com

Internet access a utility, not a luxury

A very important commentary, from Ft. Wayne, Indiana

purple motes

Villages in Andhra Pradesh can get 100 Mbps Internet service. Why can't you?

Wireless Tower Owner SBA to Buy AAT for Over $1 Billion - The Wireless Report

Keeping the tower business independent is the best way to kill the Bells.

Sadly, No!: Yes Sir, Right Away Mr. Congressman, Sir

There are actually four kinds of lies. Lies, damned lies, statistics, and documents. Selective leaks of phony nonsense in order to make a propaganda point is a real waste of taxpayer dollars.

Right Blogosphere Scammed by Bogus Document Dump

Morons believe anything that makes their case, without checking to see whether it's genuine.

Techdirt: The Government Is Not An ISP

Criticism of the idea that government should get involved in assuring more bandwidth.

PaidContent.org: March 15, 2006 Archives

Rumor. Jason Calacanis is going to be given control of Netscape.com in order to build a site much like Newsvine.

Joi Ito's Web: Bound by Law?

A comic book teaches people the importance of fighting against the copyright industries on behalf of copyright's intent, which is encouraging the production of new work.

Boing Boing: UK to US: we'll only buy open-source fighter jets

UK Demands that US contractor give it the source code going into its jets.

Techdirt: Quick, I Need Some WiFi To Take My Medicine

They get it wrong, but at least Always-On is coming

United Press International - NewsTrack - Rice University scientists make 'nanorice'

Rice scientists create a gold and iron oxide molecule that looks just like a grain of...rice. A perfect cross between the two most optically useful shapes, spheres and rods.

Jim's Blog ยป Incentives and 21st Century Companies

How can government best bring in new business? Great, short piece describes it all.

Schneier on Security: Data Mining for Terrorists

Why data mining won't catch terrorists

Blogcritics.org: Technology and Business Profitability

The claim that companies using SAP are more profitable? Bunk. We spend way too much for software and new business models are needed. Open source, anyone?

Home Prices and People's Long-Range Dreams | Bayosphere

The unsustainable housing bubble is a national phenomenon. In places where new supplies are easy to put online, like Atlanta, houses are now on the market for longer periods, and "investor's special" street spam has replaced the "I buy houses" variety.

LawGeek: New Jersey Assemblyman introduced bill to force online identification

New Jersey assemblyman Peter Bondi offers a bill to ban anonymous posting. It would ban the Federalist Papers too.

The Long Tail: The decline of hit albums, in context

Here is why the RIAA wants Apple to charge more than 99 cents per song. The hit albums that used to drive revenue are declining in number as people move to buying individual songs. And Apple won't let the songs drive revenue by raising their price.

Dana Blankenhorn: Doc Searls Makes The Point

It's hard to win the "net neutrality" debate because most people haven't experienced net neutrality. We're stuck on asymetric links, unable to run mail or Web servers from home, so of course we think of ourselves as only consumers. But the fact is we're not.

Techdirt:Diebold: You've Got to Accentuate The Negative

The guy who led Diebold into election machine fraud is promoted to CEO. Diebold has bet the company on maintaining political control for its friends. The company, which makes ATMs, is going to go under, and deserves to have its new CEO jailed in time.

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > AP News

20 middle school students suspended for looking at a classmate's MySpace page? Yes, it was specific threats against a classmate. Suspending or expelling the author is a fair cop. But suspending for just looking? Ridiculous

Techdirt:Once Again, Company With Obvious Bias Warns Of The Horrors Of Personal Surfing

Look at the sponsor when a study comes out claiming surfing at work is bad. It's always someone selling censorware. They don't care about your business. They care about their business.

Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Google News under fire

Newspapers object to people sending them traffic through links. T

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