This sugar free post is brought to you by mellifluous, because that’s how Craig Kilborn described Patrick Stewart’s voice.
- Three Positions on Intellectual Property Rights - “However, “intellectual” goods are not like the usual sort of goods. If I use your car, you cannot simultaneously use it. But if I use your idea, you are not thereby prevented from using it. You know when someone has stolen your car, but it may be years or never before you realise that they have “stolen” your idea. Ideas are not scarce.” (Via ibergus)
- Reagan’s Death “The Perfect Diversion” - Washington D.C. - White House officials denied today that President Ronald Reagan died last week in an effort to divert public attention from scandals surrounding the Bush administration.
- Dane considers porn fringe benefit - “An IT company in Nordjylland, Denmark has introduced a novel program to keep employees satisfied. After examining well-known trends in Internet and business traffic, LL Media decided it would be sensible and appreciated to offer all of its employees free subscriptions to Internet pornography.”
- Database Nation: Looking on the Bright Side of ‘Zero Privacy’ - May 4, 2004 — As subscribers pull the June Reason magazine out of their mailbox, something about the issue should look familiar. The magazine published 40,000 individualized covers displaying an aerial photo of the subscriber’s home and the surrounding neighborhood.
Lastly, I finally got invited for the Gmail beta, by David no-less. I’ll be sure to give out my invitations to the highest bidders — I also accept Timoguapos.
