15. November, 2002 - time to open up a new can of paranoid
- House passes Homeland Security department, which means that You Are a Suspect. As a friend of mine said,
Looks like I'm gonna have to open me up a whole new can of paranoid.
Seriously, when you look at the type of data that they're planning to collect, there's not going to be a lot you'll be able to do to escape the eye of Big Brother. If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
-James Madison [some guy]
- Say Goodbye to Privacy was inspired by the Homeland Security Bill and William Safire's criticism of its privacy violations. [some gal]
- Legislature says joint stadium with Vikings is not a priority, which I think is a good thing. They're talking about building the stadium near my neighborhood, but we'd never seen any word of how all the fans were going to get to and from the stadium without turning the neighborhood streets into a complete mess. And the few studies that were done planned for only a dozen or so football games per season, without taking into account any other events that might happen in the stadium. Top that off with the Vikings not wanting to kick in any money, and there's not a lot of reason to be excited about the stadium.
- Television Without Pity is pretty good. Reviews and recaps of some shows, other bits of interest if you watch the things they do. And I do.
- San Diego wireless net installs 72-mile, 2.4-GHz link. That's a pretty long haul. I need to get off my butt and get a couple-thousand foot link working. [boing boing]
- FOUND magazine collects interesting trash. And then shows it to all of us. [boing boing]
- Finally, a Study finds city men’s sperm outperforms semi-rural men's. Woo! We're number 1!
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:30:28.