From The New York Times: NASA’s Goals Delete Mention of Home Planet

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I’m not a fan of politicians of any stripe mucking around with NASA’s mission statement…

From Ars Technica: Hacking Digital Rights Management

This is a must-read review of past DRM hacks, and a glimpse into the future,along with note on why DRM is a bad thing for the consumer. From the article: “Like a creeping fog, DRM smothers more and more media in its clammy embrace, but the sun still shines down on isolated patches of the landscape. This isn’t always due to the decisions of corporate executives; often it’s the work of hackers who devote considerable skill to cracking the digital locks that guard everything from DVDs to e-books. Their reasons are complicated and range from the philosophical to the criminal, but their goals are the same: no more DRM.”