Wednesday, October 16, 2002

TiVo takes short films to

TiVo takes short films to small screens. The DVR company announces a deal with production company Standard Film to let subscribers tune in to short flicks directed by celebrities and sponsored by marketers. [CNET News.com]

e.p.c. posted this at 00:07 GMT on 16-Oct-2002 .

Bali

Coverage of the bombing in Bali has been pretty poor in the US (it doesn't have the immediacy of the sniper in DC or yet another car chase in LA). The Sydney Morning Herald has extensive coverage of the impact of the bombing to the Aussie community. Bali was a popular "nearby" vacation spot for Aussies when I was living in Sydney during the Olympics. As far as I can tell everyone I know is ok. Several Sydney area sports clubs were in Bali and have suffered severe casualties.

e.p.c. posted this at 00:16 GMT on 16-Oct-2002 .

The City is paving Hicks

The City is paving Hicks Street tonight. Oh Joy. (This means 10 ton trucks are moving back and forth in front of the house. Sleep is not an option).

e.p.c. posted this at 00:31 GMT on 16-Oct-2002 .

Yet another reason to detest the DMCA

There's a new patch to the Red Hat Linux Kernel. However, if you're a US citizen or under US jursidiction, you cannot be told what the patch actually doees. According to this Register story, due to restrictions of the DMCA, the patch cannot be explained to US citizens w/o violating the DMCA. It's intended as an exercise to show how the DMCA can restrict the flow of information in the US (theoretically to "protect" the rights of copyright holders).

e.p.c. posted this at 11:31 GMT on 16-Oct-2002 .

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