Monthly Archives: January 2003
Wirless in classrooms = problem?
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/technology/02WIRE.html?todaysheadlines This article talks about how some university professors have problems with their students not paying attention due to the wireless capabilities of their classrooms.All I can say is: Who cares? If those students choose not to pay attention but don’t distract the class it’s their problem. The professor gets paid anyways, whether or not [...]
Green Party legislator confirms views of administration’s intentions
http://www.gpnys.org/enews/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=133&mode=&order=0 Well, it looks like I’m not a conspiracy theory fanatic after all. Green Party representative Eder from Maine also reckons that Bush and his men will go to war against Iraq no matter what.
RIAA clueless when it comes to technology
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57048,00.html Only recently, the RIAA’s website was hacked yet again (for obvious reasons). The article above asks the question why they’re so vulnerable to attacks.
Monty Python director dead at 77
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,865262,00.html Though this may be old news, it is still shocking: On December 10, 2002, Ian MacNaughton, best known for his directing of most of the Monty Python series, passed away in Germany. Terry Jones, one of the Pythons, wrote the eulogy at the URL at the top.
Happy New Year!
Happy 2003 everyone. Here is to hope that following a dismal year of yet further erosions of civil liberties and human rights the movement towards an all out police state in the USA will be slowed and the people will enjoy more prosperity.
