An interesting, somewhat theoretical view supporting file sharing.
RED HERRING | The Business of Technology
I really need to go back and re-read a bunch of his stuff.
Wired 11.12: The Second Coming of Philip K. Dick
A good interview with some more moderate ideas on copyright. Also mentions my friend Robert von Goeben.
GrepLaw | Jim Griffin on the Future of Music
I love finding new uses for old tech stuff.
New Startup Secret: Dumpster Diving :: AO
A new way to store data on plastic sounds pretty cool - time to buy HP stock?
Science Blog - New memory device could offer smaller, simpler way to archive data
I tried (and failed) to do this once - this guy is much more organized than me.
The Economist recomments this book:
Motivation, Agency and Public Policy: Of Knights and Knaves, Pawns and Queens examines the theory and practice of “quasi-markets” for public services. The book is short, accessible and profound. Drawing on theory, case studies and surveys of the literature, Mr Le Grand argues that the left is missing a trick. Market forces, he says, can often serve its goals better than the methods socialists and social democrats generally favour.
Economist.com | Economics focus
A moderately interesting article that echoes some of the thoughts I've had recently. Even better is the unusually well considered commentary on Slashdot.
Slashdot | Literacy: Natural Language vs. Code
Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Smash the Windows
Seems like IPv4 isn't running out of space as fast as people think. We have anywhere from 15-25 years left at the current rate.
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