Mar 17 2008
The Fugitive Game: Online with Kevin Mitnick by Jonathan LittmanAs someone who spends a lot of time reading computer and security news, I’m no stranger to Kevin Metnick. I did an entire paper on social engineering,…
Apr 08 2007
The flame-wars between GPL and BSD proponents flared up again this weekend. Marcus Glocker, an OpenBSD developer, used GPLed driver code for the “bcw” driver (Broadcom wireless) he was developing, and which he had committed to OpenBSD’s public CVS server.
First, it’s important to note that GPL and BSD are not…
Feb 09 2007
I could go on for pages and pages of complaints against Big Media and its fascist take on intellectual property rights and fair use. But this is a bit more specific: I stumbled upon a very interesting blog post about BayTSP, a company that monitors download swarms for bittorrent downloads…
Oct 23 2006
Keith Olbermann, the only talking head worth listening to, laments the loss of Habeus Corpos Habeus Corpus Habeas Corpus. (Below the fold).
Transcript here.
Oct 23 2006
Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn a merit patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music. [...]
The movie industry has developed the curriculum.
“Working with the Boy Scouts of Los Angeles, we have a real opportunity to educate a new…
Oct 22 2006
YouTube is no stranger to the news recently. One of the media darlings of the Web 2.0 wave, it is one of those phenomenons that offered nothing more than infrastructure and an iffy interface, but managed to become a brand-name behemoth because of user content. Now it faces two problems:…
Sep 01 2006
Inside Higher Ed. is running an article concerning a report created by the Commission on the Future of Higher Education. The article itself is neutral, but of course it really gets up the gander of an open source advocate like myself.
The panel’s members agreed at the time that the report…
Aug 26 2006
That is, the part about the end not justifying the means.
In case you’ve missed the recent furor over proprietary modules in GNU/Linux distributions, here’s the deal: because of the rise of popular titles available for Linux gaming, and because of the availability of hardware-accelerated desktop graphics like Xgl+Compiz or AIGLX,…
Aug 21 2006
Something to ponder: Is it more Christian to be pro- or anti- capital punishment?
For all the sins of the Catholic Church, I will at least give them credit for consistency in many regards: when they say they are pro-life, by George, they mean they are against abortion and against capital…