03.21.2003

Bravo: Rep. Mike Cooper introduced a recycling for electronics bill here in
Washington State:
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=computers19m&date=20030220

Maybe our government should look for other things than randomly stopping people at airports to ensure our safety, like securing their own weapons facilities?:
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,57792,00.html

Interesting details about Secure Community Transition facilities for sex offenders in the State of Washington, as well as other details in general about the way the laws for how the state deals with sex offenders:
http://www.metrokc.gov/mkcc/members/d7/what_you_need_to_know.pdf

Interesting editorial about what the world should do right now...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030224/opinion/24edit.htm

Germany gets in on the dumb lawsuit action:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/19/offbeat.germany.sex.reut/index.html

More proof that nothing is to be free of advertising anymore:
http://www.cunningstunts.net/foreheads.html

Amusing new video game:
http://www2.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/files/onthestands/ots_425/grandtheftceo.html

People request DMCA exemptions from the copyright office:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/20030220_1201_pr.php

An interesting article about email and privacy:
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=938

Interesting article regarding Microsoft's development process:
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winserver2k3_gold2.asp

While we ask you for your support we spy on you... (See Section 6 of this
newsletter)
http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_10.05.html

Alternative conflict resolution:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/10/offbeat.nz.wrestle/index.html

A really sad occurance... Perhaps we should take a closer look at what the Israelis are really doing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/international/middleeast/17GAZA.html?th

A tasteless cartoon response to the above event:
http://www.inform.umd.edu/News/Diamondback/archives/2003/03/18/cartoon.html

article about the tasteless cartoon:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134658361_corrie21.html

A well thought out response to the Israeli Embassy about the above events:
http://www.speakeasy.org/~jcmcm/politics/bulldoze.txt

Interesting idea about exploring the oceans rather than space:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.03/view.html?pg=2

Interesting article about our increased purchasing power:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.03/view.html?pg=5