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Friday, September 19, 2008

EFF Sues the USA, Wall Street Meltdown and IT, New E-Readers, more

http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/09/17-0
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/rights-group-su.html
 
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/how-wall-streets-quants-lied-to-their-computers/
"Lying to your risk-management computer is like lying to your doctor. You just aren't going to get the help you really need. "
Garbage in = Garbage out.
 
http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/18/ereader-kindle-irex-tech-egang08-cx_ag_0918irex.html
 
http://daringfireball.net/2008/09/theres_nothing_there
http://gizmodo.com/5052051/microsofts-im-a-pc-ad-beats-seinfeld-but-not-hodgman
 
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080918-recent-arrests-a-reminder-that-blogging-comes-with-risks.html
 
Force unleashed looks like a dud:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/09/18/star-wars-the-force-unleashed-is-out-and-its-a-heartbreaker
 
Alert the Grateful Dead, USGS finds dancing bears:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2008/09/18/grizzly-population-study-turns-up-video-of-dancing-bears
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