A Personal Blog
Archive for June, 2003
Illegal Media? Destroyed PCs
Jun 18th
Evidently some Senators don’t quite understand the “Illegal Search & Seizure” and “Innocent until Proven Guilty” clauses of the U.S. Constitution. According to CNN, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Ut) is endorsing the idea of a 3-strike-you’re-out rule when it comes to MP3′s and other illegal files. He is advocating the development of software that will physically destroy part or some of a repeat-violator’s PC. Evidently, he feels that it isn’t unconstitutional to “convict and execute punishment” without a fair trial or to unconstitutionally monitor user activity (though I imagine with the cooperation of ISP’s this might not be such a huge issue).
Integrity in IT
Jun 18th
“Is there any integrity left in IT?” I asked myself recently. I realised that there is a definite lack of many of the qualities which would make us an “honest” profession. (more…)
ROI Lost?
Jun 18th
Okay, no, ROI isn’t “lost”, but I believe it’s a term we need to unlearn from our vocabulary, for a few different reasons. (more…)
The MSN Search Engine Bot
Jun 18th
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi?tb_id=760
Looks like the MSN Bot is wandering the halls of the internet. Trying to make a run on the Googlebot? We shall see.
And Now for Something totally different…
Jun 17th
Okay. Not Tech or Biz. But pure frustration. I went to the Orioles game tonight with friends. As has been the case with every outdoor “thing” I have done in the past 2 months…it was rained out. Pure frustration. At least I got to enjoy Dollar Hot Dog night… :\
And I am going to the game tomorrow night too. Guess what? They’re calling for a 70% chance of rain. : (
~Aaron
