Quick home-front update: back is better, dosage of ibuprofen back down to normal levels; pussy-willow-tree has many leaves (maybe a picture tomorrow); birds continue to dig the grub I’m putting out for them, and I saw the first cardinal eating from my feeder yesterday. It’s looking like it’ll be a busy week, but there’s no snow to shovel, so I’m digging that. So yeah, I think it is a good Monday, at least so far.
- Says here No Law Broken in JetBlue Scandal. The Department of Homeland Security didn’t violate the letter of the law, even if they didn’t follow the spirit of the law.
- Security Efforts Turning Capital Into Armed Camp. But hey, it’s not like DC belongs to The People, anyhow.
- You could get ten years in prison just for reading this blog. Well, not really, but David Grenier points out how “homeland security” type laws can stifle freedom of speech (in this case, making advocation of anarchy illegal). That particular proposal was withdrawn, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find other laws like that on the books.
- RIAA?… Pay ME? It sounds like the checks from the CD minimum price lawsuit are starting to go out. [slashdot]
- The SCO legal train: Know your options and what kind of risk you face if SCO should happen to prove correct. Basically he recommmends that you get some kind of insurance or indemnification if you’re running a version of Linux which isn’t already indemnified. Of course if you’re running one of the BSDs, you’re already okay (as far as I know), since the BSD world sorted out the whole legal mess back in 1993 and 1994 with the release of 4.3-Lite BSD. [slashdot]
- U readies bus alternatives in case of a strike by metro bus drivers. I think the simplest answer to
what will happen to traffic around the U?
is to look at how screwed up traffic (and parking) is the first week of school. It’s going to be at least that bad if a strike happens, since there will be a lot more people driving into the area who aren’t used to parking around here. There are also going to be a lot of students walking to school who currently take the bus about a mile or so. But hey, maybe it’ll be good for the businesses in Dinkytown and Stadium Village (if you know of a good link, please send it in).