John Markoff interviewed Sir Tim Berners-Lee on his favorite topic, and got the same tired old claims as before. In case you don’t know,
SIR TIM BERNERS-LEE was a software programmer working at the CERN physics research laboratory in Switzerland in the 1980’s when he proposed the idea of a project based on hypertext — linking [...]
Not entirely unexpected, but still disappointing is the way I’d characterize the LA County DA’s decision not to prosecute killer mom Christine Maggiore for killing her child with HIV:
In a one-page document made public Friday, Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley’s office said it didn’t have sufficient evidence to proceed against Maggiore, 50, or Scovill, 37.
“We are [...]
The A’s clinched the A. L. Western Division with a resounding 12-3 victory over the Microsoft Mariners as the Texas cowboys were crushing the singing cowboys of Socal.
The A’s battled through injuries and inexperience and against the highest payroll west of New York City in the Hollywood Anaheims of Los Angeles and kicked misfortunate in [...]
Public Knowledge has been one of the knuckle-draggers puffing the net neutrality issue out of all sane proportion, so it was surprising to read a rational article on the subject on their blog. Written by guest blogger Phil Weiser, it valiantly attempts to separate fact from fiction. See Net Neutrality: Back to the Drawing Board:
The [...]
Commenting on former President Clinton’s psychic meltdown on Fox News Sunday, MSM figure Jake Tapper finds Clinton is fibbing again. Here’s what Newt Gingrich said about the Osama bombings:
“I think the president did exactly the right thing,” said House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said. “By doing this we’re sending the signal there are no sanctuaries [...]
The A’s passed on two opportunities to clinch the division pennant this weekend, thanks to some poor pitching and worse batting, so now it’s on to Seattle. The A’s are 15-1 against the rainy-day sailors, and the Angels are 9-7 against the mighty Rangers so we’ll probably clinch by Tuesday either with two wins or [...]
Friday’s ball game was one of the classic battles you never forget. The A’s are looking to clinch a pennant this weekend while the Angels are out to finish a disappointing season respectably. The score see-sawed back and forth with the A’s taking the early lead on a run scored off a walk and a [...]
So today all of us cyber-surfing netizen internauts are supposed to proclaim our love for on-line life and tell what it the web means to us. To me it means mediocrity and tedium, with lots of room for improvement.
Here’s to making the web worthwhile and not just a place to go shopping, distort reality, and [...]
Rich Harden kicked ass in his first start off the DL:
The Oakland Athletics are in position to clinch the AL West this weekend against their biggest division rival, and it appears they will have star right-hander Rich Harden healthy come October.
Harden struck out seven in an impressive return from the disabled list and Jason Kendall [...]
This letter from 100+ tech companies to the Senate on the neut regs is great.
First, the Internet has benefited greatly from the relative absence of regulatory restrictions, which has allowed content businesses to grow and prosper. Congress has wisely refrained from burdening this still-evolving medium with regulations, except in those cases where the need for [...]
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