13. October, 1999 - This week's version's a little early.
- Salon: Colombia's powder keg. The United States is about to make an enormous mistake.
- Self-destructing email has a key with a lifespan from seconds to years. After that, it's gone.
Of course that doesn't stop someone from printing it out and forgetting to shred it, but it
might be a good step.
- Colt exiting consumer handgun business just as
Court Rejects Cincinnati Suit Against Gun Industry, which may
derail the suits they're worried about.
- Citizens Of America has put together radio ads designed
to destroy those who are tampering with 2nd Amendment freedom.
Moms Insisting on Licensed Tools takes a slightly different approach.
- New military unit for domestic deployment. At a ceremony
commemorating the new unit, Defense Secretary William
Cohen told participants the American people shouldn't fear
the potential of seeing U.S. military forces on the streets of
U.S. cities.
- The Oregonian: Small Towns stock up on riot gear for Y2K, just in case.
A lot of departments wanted this stuff for a long time.
The Y2K thing -- it kind of gave them an excuse to buy it now.
Closely related is The Militarization of the Police. Sigh.
- Washington Post: Maine Gets Taste of Y2K Glitch. Cars from model-year 2000
get registered as horseless carriages.
- Companies are cracking down on personal use of PCs at work. Glad my boss doesn't do that.
- David Plotnikoff talks about Generation Net.
What do young cyber-citizens really want? Usefulness was the top attribute cited.
Amen!
- Jargon Scout is an irregular TBTF feature that aims to give you advance
warning -- preferably before Wired Magazine picks it up --
of jargon that is just about ready to hatch into the Net's language.
- Wineries don't want Net business blocked. This is a tricky one. I'm for states' rights, but I
also like buying mail-order wine. Hmm. Of course, if something is regulated by The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms it's gotta be
good, and regulation's gotta be bad, right?
- Salon: Interview with Kurt Vonnegut.
The good Earth -- we could have saved it, but we were too damn cheap and lazy.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
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