] There's a possible roadblock in Netflix's attempts to
] move the business online:
]
] At a symposium at Stanford University in Palo Alto,
] California, on Wednesday entitled "Next Generation
] Media Networks", Bob Greene, senior vice president of
] Advanced Services at Starz Entertainment Group, stated,
] "Netflix can not replicate the subscription model
] online because it violates our rights. Our subscription
] model does not run out until something like 2011, 2012,
] 2013."

That is, Starz holds patents (from something like 1994,
1995, 1996) on subscribing to a service of movies distributed
over the internet. (NetFlix launched in 1999). Interesting.

Hacking NetFlix : Red Herring Talks to Reed Hastings

] I wonder if Netflix has ever thought of partnering with
] Match.com to connect people who like the same kind of
] movies?

www.podcatch.com :

] This Holiday Season iRobot will introduce a revolutionary
] new hard floor cleaning system — the iRobot Scooba
] Robotic Floor Washer.

iRobot - Robots for the Real World : Scooba Landing

] Negativland in theory is almost always better than
] Negativland on disc, and the California collagists may be
] acknowledging that idea with No Business, a bustling
] package whose musical component (such as it is) feels far
] less important than the information it's bundled with.

The Onion A.V. Club | Music

] I read about a case of computer fraud last weekend in an
] unlikely place: the parish bulletin of my local church.
] It seems that the priest's name, and the postal address
] of the church, are being used in a way that is part 419
] fraud, part identity theft and part phishing scam.

Viruslist.com - Analyst's Diary

Daily Show on Blogs and cable news. Hilarity ensues.

The Daily_Show_Blogs.mov (video/quicktime Object)

] SO, onward goes the nonrevolution. "If you take the
] amount of attention that has been devoted in the last
] year to Web logs as a business and something that's going
] to change business and compare that with the real effect
] and the real money, it's totally disproportionate," Mr.
] Denton said, "in the same way all the coverage of the
] Internet in the late 90's was out of whack.

A Blog Revolution? Get a Grip - New York Times

] In reality, that's not quite true. Only 9 of the top 10
] most venomous snakes in the world live in Australia.
]
] Of course, 9 of the top 9 most venomous snakes in the
] world live in Australia.
]
] Being an Australian, one reaction I often get from
] non-Australians is amazement that anyone can live in a
] country so full of deadly wildlife.

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] When faced with a written test, similar to ones given to
] beginning drivers applying for licenses, one in ten
] drivers couldn't get a passing score, according to a
] study commissioned by GMAC Insurance.
]
...
]
] Drivers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states did
] worst. Twenty percent of test-takers failed there.
]
] The state of Rhode Island leads the nation in driver
] cluelessness, according to the survey. The average test
] score there was 77, just eight points above a failing
] grade.
]
] Those in neighboring Massachusetts were second worst and
] New Jersey, third worst.

Not surprising. I seem to recall, learning to drive in MA, that RI tests were considered a joke, a breeze, and a way to get your license without really trying. And then there is Boston driving, which is worse than NYC. I've long maintained that when a person tells you they learned to drive in Boston, you have to take a leap of faith in getting in the car with them: either they are awful, or a phenominal defensive-aggressive driver.

But then, isn't it a common joke of a result that something like 80% of drivers consider themselves above average?

CNN.com - Study: 20M licensed drivers may lack basic safety knowledge - May 27, 2005