(entry last updated: 2002-11-25 08:37:06)

I’m out of town, so I can only supply highlights, I’m afraid. But there are some must-reads out there

And it looks like Declan is starting to think that it’s not possible just to program our way out of our difficulties.

(5 items listed below)

• Politech has Peter Chernin’s Comdex keynote, The Problem With Stealing

• The Middies have run afoul of the RIAA, with confiscation of Naval cadets’ PCs and courts martial to possibly follow - Slashdot discussion; the Wired piece

• Tha KaZaA case (specifically, whether the firm has enough connections to the US to be subject to a US court’s jurisdiction) is up today. LawMeme summarizes and points to the News.com story.

• A look at just how bad the government decision-making can get when the sponsor knows what the answer is supposed to be is supplied by the New York Times article on the DARPA eDNA initiative.

• Looks like Declan is rethinking his column from last summer.