Items Tagged "politics"

Tor: I always feel like, somebody's watching me

I have always been interested in how the Internet can be used for or against freedom (as in speech). The EFF is the best place on the web to know ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, December 30, 2006
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Voting is so important, do it twice or more!

This coming election will see the greatest number of electronic voting machines in history. Technology changes everything, and voting is no exception. ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, October 27, 2006
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Pushing the Big Blue Button

It's just started to hit the wire, but the news is IBM has sued Amazon over infringing patents. I haven't had any luck tracking down the claims IBM ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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The claws of the RIAA are long

By way of Ars today came an article that Visa will no longer allow consumers to use AllofMP3. If you are not familiar with AllofMP3 they are a Russian ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, October 19, 2006
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Mr Conservative: Barry Goldwater

I just finished watching "Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater," a documentary on HBO. If you don't have HBO, you'll have to wait for a video ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, September 23, 2006
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Rumsfeld is one bad mother...

Crooks and Liars is hosting a copy of MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann's commentary on Donald Rumsfeld. It is in response to Rumsfeld's recent speech, ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, August 31, 2006
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U.S. Citizens Barred from returning home

NPR has a story about a man and his son being barred from returning to the US. They are both U.S. citizens, the father is naturalized and the son ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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Grateful Dead Truck'n Over MPAA

By way of the EFF (who are currently suing Barney) this morning, I learned that John Perry Barlow, lyricist of the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, August 25, 2006
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Mrs. President Clinton

There is a good deal of talk that Hillary Clinton will run for President in 2008. Her opposition is coming more from Democrats than anywhere else: ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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Wal-Mart V. Maryland

One of the major reasons I moved my blog to a site I built was that I really wanted more than one blog. I blog about family, computers/programming, ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, July 20, 2006
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Go ahead Jay-Z, Brush your shoulders off

Rappers, known for their normal fiscally sound behaviour, like the over... err premium priced champagne Cristal. A Cristal executive however was quoted ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, June 20, 2006
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God Save the Internet

You may have heard, or like most Americans have no idea, that the Internet Providers want to charge special rates for "full access" and if you don't pay ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, June 14, 2006
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Arab: It's the new Black.

Today, I got home, made dinner, and turned the TiVo to last night's Daily Show; my normal routine. John Stewart announced that Dubai has back out of the ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, March 11, 2006
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Settle up with Sony

If you've been a loyal reader, you know of the Sony issue last year. Well, it's time to have Sony pay up. The EFF has a page setup to help file a claim ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, March 09, 2006
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Be cool Apple, be crazy sexy cool

Apple has the power to break the RIAA and end the label's abuse of artists. The technology is here, it is in place, Apple needs only to flip a switch. ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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Ah, the smell of irony in the morning

By way of Scott and the EFF, China gives Bush the thumbs up on domestic spying:Mr. Liu also said the powers that the Bush administrations gained under ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, February 15, 2006
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Dick Cheney defends US from Terrorist!

Well, not quite, but I'm sure that will be the spin. The real story is someone gave the walking pacemaker a 28 guage shot gun, and he then he shot someone ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, February 13, 2006
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The pen is mightier than the sword

Unless you live under a rock... hmm, in this case even that might not be true... you have heard of the Muhammad cartoons controversy. The cartoons are ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, February 09, 2006
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Sometimes a lawyer makes me smile

Unless you don't watch the news, read the paper, or listen to the news on the radio... wait - that's most Americans. Hmm, I suppose I should fill you in ...

Posted By Mike On Wednesday, February 01, 2006
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Cleaning out my closet

If you're expecting a rare post into my private life, either rants on my ex or the company I work for, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. It's more ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, January 20, 2006
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Sony's New Year's Resolution... err Settlement

Well, for my loyal two blog readers out there, we can now end our Sony Boycott. The EFF and Sony have entered an agreement to be heard in federal court ...

Posted By Mike On Saturday, December 31, 2005
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LAME Sony, lame...

It's been a few days since our last Sony update, but that's hasn't stopped Sony from giving me reasons for an update.At the top of the list: Sony has released ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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Have a little class (action lawsuit) Sony

It's here now, a class action lawsuit has been filed in CA. Reading the claims, the suit seeks to answer (in plain english): If Sony was honest and correct ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, November 11, 2005
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Sony's Apples and Oranges

Ah, you Mac people... you love your Macs so. I don't blame you, though I'm a Linux/Windows guy I've used OS X and it's pretty nice. Mac people though... ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, November 11, 2005
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All Your Base Are Belong To Sony

The EFF is looking into a lawsuit against Sony for the "rootkit" they install on your system when you play a Sony CD. The have compiled a list of known ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, November 10, 2005
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Sony can suck my DRM

C|Net is running an article by Molly Wood on the Sony rootkit, and does a very good job explaining what's going on and why it's a bad thingâ„¢:You buy ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, November 08, 2005
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Sony Update

Slashdot has a story giving an update to the Sony rootkit I mentioned below.The skinny: It will contact Sony (phone home) with the ID of the CD being played ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, November 07, 2005
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Boycott Sony-BMG

Hi, I'm glad you're reading this post. Please take a moment to read though it, because this matter is very important and it's likely to be tossed aside ...

Posted By Mike On Friday, November 04, 2005
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It's not paranoia if they are out to get you

The government is tracking your printer. This is not a test.I see it only as a matter of time before they come up with a reason to place a GPS in your ...

Posted By Mike On Monday, October 17, 2005
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What the hell is this handbasket for?

Things that have pissed me off this past week:(Warning: I would have flagged this post as possibly offensive, but I cannot do that - even though a reader ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, October 11, 2005
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Hell in a hand basket

It seems to me the mainstream media is getting worse. More and more I have come to distrust any information received though radio and television, and question ...

Posted By Mike On Tuesday, September 27, 2005
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Sometimes others say it best

Dear Music-Themed Television Network,Next time you have the exclusive rightsto broadcast something musically significantlike, let's say, the reunion of ...

Posted By Mike On Sunday, July 17, 2005
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Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

Last night, I went to see the movie Hotel Rwanda. My "date" for the event stood me up, but this is par for the course with this particular acquaintance ...

Posted By Mike On Thursday, February 24, 2005
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Michael C. Neel, born 1976 in Houston, TX and now live in Knoxvile, TN. Software developer, currently .Net focused. Board member of ETNUG and organizes CodeStock, East Tennessee's annual developers conference. .Net speaker, a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP and ASPInsider. Co-Founder of FuncWorks, LLC and GameMarx.

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