A flaw critics have warned of in the RIAA’s series of lawsuits against consumers — the possibility that ‘innocent’ file-sharers could appear ‘guilty’ — is the subject of a newly released anonymous paper; Entrapment: Incriminating Peer to Peer Network Users
Conceding that its strategy of patching Windows holes as they emerge has not worked, Microsoft plans next week to outline a new security effort focused on what the company calls ‘securing the perimeter‘, which is likely to be little more than the same dodgy tactic with a shiny new name
In the tradition of the Rosetta Project, is an example of many translations of the incredibly useful phrase: Oh my god! There’s an axe in my head
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French: Mon dieu! Il y a une hache dans ma tete.
Visigothic: Meina guth, Ikgastaldan aqizi-wunds meina haubida
Latin: Deus Meus! Securis in capite meo est.
German: Oh mein Gott! Ich habe eine Axt im Kopf!
Japanese: ahh, kamisama! watashi no atama ni ono ga arimasu.
Maori: Ave Te Ariki! He toki ki roto taku mahuna!
Italian: Dio mio! C’e’ un’ ascia nella mia testa!
Or you could try I can eat glass, it doesn’t hurt me
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Every time a software program locks up and you want to start over, every time you need to change your password or log on or off your computer, you can thank David Bradley. The same David Bradley who saved Bill Gates’ derriere before the Windows operating system became the monster it is today. Bradley is the man who gave the world control-alt-delete
One of Moby‘s fans is being sued by the RIAA, and Moby is far from impressed
A truck, a sat dish and a sunburnt country. When you absolutely positively need to connect to the Internet, why not carry your own broadband connection with you? Onno Benschop and his wife are doing just that — packed up the lot and have gone on the road, so far roughly 3000km
One of the more artistic case mods, the Spider Case, it’s pretty lights make up for its hefty footprint
Looking for bonsai accessories that are both stylish and highly amusing? The good folks at Crash Bonsai have the answer.
Andy Markley‘s domain and professional reputation were effectively hijacked by a spammer. After facing complete indifference to his plight from his own ISP, he was forced to track the bastard down himself
Some technologies are so blatantly obnoxious that the human race would rejoice if they were summarily executed. Bruce Sterling offers some candidates for destruction including; land mines, prisons and DVDs
Super Slurper, a starch-based polymer with a powerful thirst, has been employed in nappies and filters, but researchers want to turn the page and develop a different application: drying waterlogged books. It is being re-designed to aid librarians and archivists in their battle against flood damage
IBM has wowed the semiconductor industry with a new chip design under development. Compared to silicon-germanium bipolar chip technology, now considered state of the art, the new semiconductor design could vastly improve performance of wireless devices
CSS can do pretty much anything in a decent browser. Check out this site in Safari or Firebird and be amazed.
The array of plans and options facing new broadband users will become more transparent with the launch of a free online tool for comparing fast internet services. Both Whirlpool and its sister site, Broadband Choice, have been relaunched with a set of tools to allow users to dynamically compare the broadband plans and prices of the large number of providers that have sprung up over the past two years
The Federal Government has been urged to investigate allegations that failed asylum seekers have been encouraged by Government officials to use fake passports. It is claimed immigration officers supported the use of false documents in order to bypass passport controls in other countries
The Queensland Government’s plan to issue smartcard driving licences to the state’s 2.5 million motorists could seriously compromise privacy rights
Storage specialist Optima Technology has filed a lawsuit against Network Solutions, alleging that the registrar gave away its domain name without its permission and so caused damage to its business. Verisign have a long history of this practice, usually against people who can’t afford to fight back
Last night Foreign Correspondent ran an excellent story on the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, and the kiwi architect Mark Burry, who’s made it his life’s work to complete the Spanish architect’s vision. The self-effacing Burry works out of an office at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where he’s adapted aeronautical software for the first time in architecture to help transform Antoni Gaudí’s creative line drawings into solid bricks and mortar.
Gaudí’s drawings for the building resemble an elaborate sand drip castle — it’s no wonder his 30-storey cathedral, which will eventually be big enough for a congregation of fifteen thousand people, couldn’t be completed in his lifetime. The entire plans were in his head, and died with him.
Burry, who says that without question Gaudí was a genius, has been working on the building for twenty-five years. He visits Barcelona only four times a year, but oversees the construction full time from Melbourne via computer modelling.
And he has a deadline — in 1926 after Gaudí died, his successors predicted it would take ten years to finish the job. Now Burry has to have it done by 2007, in time for the 125th anniversary of the first stone being laid.
Adobe will soon be attaching their own acronym to the newest versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive and InDesign. The new releases will get CS (Creative Suite), whacked on the end. At least CS makes some sort of sense I guess, not like Macromedia and the whole MX thing. What the fuck does that stand for? Does anyone know? Macromedia Xtreme? Making Xylophonics? Monkey Xex? Marketing Xuberence? And what is it now that it’s MX 2004?
Adobe have obviously overlooked the X factor while racking their brains. For instance, Macromedia Studio MX, Windows XP and Mac OSX all use X’s. Either that or they just wanted to make sense… Mac OSX does make sense, with whole X as the roman numeral for 10.
Adobe’s CS range will be shipping at the end of November.
Australia will soon have a new federal Communications and IT Minister, with Attorney-General Darryl Williams set to over the job as Senator Richard Alston prepares to retire amidst a major Cabinet reshuffle. Former Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock will take over the Attorney-General’s department
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