From Wired: The author of a new book detailing a plan to use a Trojan horse embedded in stolen software to wage economic war against the Soviet Union fired back Thursday at charges the book’s revelations are “rubbish.”
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62806,00.html

For every technological problem, there’s a technological solution that’s even worse.

This morning, I turned on Weekend Edition Saturday, and Linda Wertheimer (a voice I appreciate and enjoy) said, “Scott Simon is away.” My immediate reaction was, “Ohymygod, Kernis fired another one!”

A reminder - withold your support from your local public radio station this year, and let them know why. Certainly the executives at NPR are too pig-headed to allow common sense to rule in the case of Bob Edwards (like most narrow-minded executives who cannot actually do anything of benefit, these guys are not going to admit to having made a really dumb decision), but maybe by putting pressure on the local stations we can force some changes in the executive suites of NPR itself.

From TechWeb: Seniors are the most spam-savvy online age group, making them less likely to be victims of scam artists, said a survey released Monday. Compared with other age groups, people 65 years old or older were less likely to click on a link in an unsolicited email to get more information than other age groups, according to the online survey conducted by Applied Research for security firm Symantec Corp.
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040322S0011

HA! Let those young whippersnappers eat our dust!

From Wired: Congress appears to be preparing assaults against peer-to-peer technology on multiple fronts. A draft bill obtained by Wired News, recently circulated among members of the House judiciary committee, would make it
much easier for the Justice Department to pursue criminal prosecutions against file sharers by lowering the burden of proof.
The bill also would seek penalties of fines and prison time of up to ten years for file sharing.
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,62830,00.html

What a bunch of idiots. Are all these guys in the pockets of the RIAA and MPAA?