] Last month, the Senate convened a hearing on the presumed
] problem of %u201Cpayola%u201D in the radio industry. The
] hearing followed the re-introduction of a bill by Sen.
] Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to rein in the industry%u2019s
] %u201Cnew pay-for-play system.%u201D The legislation, in
] turn, follows a spate of media attention%u2014from the
] New York Times, ABC%u2019s 20/20, and PBS%u2019s
] Frontline%u2014on payola.

Washington City Paper Cover Story: Same Old Song and Dance

] BERKELEY, Calif.--Attempts to protect copyrighted
] material have strayed from their original purpose, say
] lawyers, technologists and academics, but few can agree
] on the solution.
]
] Speaking Friday at a University of California at Berkeley
] conference on the law and policy of digital rights
] management, experts from all circles seem to agree that
] more is going wrong than right with the current approach
] to protecting digital content. Moreover, they argue that
] current laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
] (DMCA)--which makes cracking copyright protections
] illegal, even when otherwise acceptable under other
] laws--are serving the extremes, not the mainstream
] populace.

Some comments from Microsoft:
] "We have a clear focus that we don't want to restrict what
] people can use their computers for," said John Manferdelli,
] general manager for Microsoft's Windows Trusted Platform
] Technologies group. "We have found out in talking to
] customers that whatever the methods that you use, they
] cannot impose policy. It should be under the nuser's control."

They are currently not singing that song in regard to XBox hacking.

Experts: Copyright law hurts technology | CNET News.com

] WASHINGTON - U.S. counterterrorism authorities,
] exploiting a trove of information gleaned from computers
] and other gear captured with Al-Qaida chieftain Khalid
] Shaikh Mohammad, raced Sunday to identify individuals who
] they believe might be poised to launch attacks in the
] United States.

Mercury News | 03/03/2003 | U.S. agents race to follow up on electronic data seized in raid

] Under threat of severe penalties, the vast majority of
] North Korea's 22 million people are not allowed any
] contact with the outside world -- letters, telephone
] calls, travel, radio or television programs.
]
] All citizens are required to register their radios with
] the local police. On registration, foreign-made radios
] are tuned to the state radio frequency, soldered into
] place, and sealed.

Some Korean-American activist groups are advocating the smuggling in of thousands of tiny radios, capable of receiving foreign broadcasts.

I *like* this idea.

(Note: This link is for a NY Times article, so registration may be required)

Infiltrators of North Korea: Tiny Radios

There was a bug in the code that generates the statistics at the bottom of the Social Network graphs. The statistics for Sources (outbound links) were completely wrong.

I'm pretty sure its fixed now.

Had to blog this for three reasons: Roky Erickson, Johnny Cash, and Nick Cave.

Gibson music props

Using LVM in this exact way has come up in conversation with several people recently.

I wish I guy made a note of his final cost per GB..

Example of cheap a NAS setup using LVM

Tracking inbound and outbound links for blogs.

blogging ecosystem

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was arrested Saturday in Pakistan.

Pakistan Arrests Alleged 9/11 Mastermind

The policies we are now asked to advance are incompatible not only with American values but also with American interests. Our fervent pursuit of war with Iraq is driving us to squander the international legitimacy that has been America?s most potent weapon of both offense and defense since the days of Woodrow Wilson. We have begun to dismantle the largest and most effective web of international relationships the world has ever known. Our current course will bring instability and danger, not security.

The resignation letter from John Brady Kiesling to Colin Powell. Requires registration with the NY Times.

U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation - nytimes.com