Here are some more URL's on topics mostly unrelated to the war.
Thanks to everyone who contributed.


politics

another sickening Republican campaign ad in Virginia
(they claim their opponents are evil to justify becoming evil themselves)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27467-2001Nov1.html

the total corruption of US political reporting
(main exceptions are some regional papers, for example the Los Angeles Times)
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h110201_1.shtml

Wall Street Stunned by Treasury's Action on Long-Term Bonds
(long-term interest rates stubbornly reflect the crazy back-loaded tax cuts)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/business/01PLAC.html

O'Neill Feels the Heat
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2001/11/news1101c.html

This Stimulus Plan Pushes the Wrong Buttons
("tax breaks aimed at investment won't work because of existing overcapacity")
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2001/nf20011030_3630.htm

Bush Clamping Down on Presidential Papers
(wartime is giving them an excuse for their worst authoritarian tendencies)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20731-2001Oct31.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0111020336nov02.story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27293-2001Nov1.html

A Review of John Dean's "The Rehnquist Choice"
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/books/reviews/20011102_lazarus.html
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20011101.html

National Journal Hotline -- hard drugs for political junkies
(this is just a sample issue chosen at random)
http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/hotline/h011031.htm


news from Planet Microsoft

Antitrust Deal Is Called Big Victory for Microsoft
(the appeals court said that Microsoft broke the law, but who cares?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/technology/02IMPA.html
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=851178
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2001/11/02/microsoft_settlement/
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/02/microsoft_settlement_reacts/

Circumstance Had a Role in the Microsoft Settlement
(if you can't win in court, just buy the government)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32665-2001Nov2.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-7758969-0.html

Is Microsoft Off the Hook?
(you'll recall that Microsoft was paying several Bush campaign advisers)
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=844087

Still At Risk: Companies That Are Too Successful
(sophistry: lots of successful companies don't break the law)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000087172nov02.story

Making Windows Transparent
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/04/opinion/04KRUG.html

Browser Lockouts and Monopoly Power
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/10/31/msn.html

Microsoft, Please Fix Your Software!
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011102/tc/microsoft_please_fix_your_software__1.html

Poor Microsoft Code Quality Contaminates Mental Models
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20011028.html

Computers Hit Around Globe by New Form of Old Microsoft Virus
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/technology/01VIRU.html
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098988,00.html

New York Times Laid Low by Microsoft Nimda Offshoot
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7739301.html

Stealing Microsoft Passport's Wallet
(pathetic)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48105,00.html

Microsoft to Force IT-Security Censorship
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22614.html


intellectual property

Movie Industry Dealt DVD-Cracking Blow
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7751876.html
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/H021153.PDF

Court Allows DVD Hacker Software
(okay, we like the outcome, but is it a good idea for code to be speech?)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-DVD-Software-Ruling.html
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZ1KCQKKTC
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48075,00.html
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/H021153.PDF

Whatever Happened to Fair Use?
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svtop/faruse110101.htm

Sony uses DMCA to go after sites for hacking the Aibo
(Earth to all sides: get a life!)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000086726nov01.story

Copyrights Apply to Buildings, and Suits Are Growing
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZPMELAGTC

The DJ's New Mix: Digital Files and a Turntable
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/technology/25JOCK.html?pagewanted=print


open source

Amazon: Linux Saved Us Millions
(what's interesting are the quotes from the Microsoft representative)
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098989,00.html

Linux Goes to the Movies
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/01/linux_hollywood/print.html

K12 Linux
http://www.k12linux.org/
http://www.linuxforkids.org/

open source and open content internetworked education resources
http://openlearningcommunity.org/


everything else

Online Communities That Nurture Long-Distance Relationships and Local Ties
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=47

sailors blockading asylum-seekers banned from sending personal emails
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3156258^15318^^nbv^15306,00.html

A Scary Look at the "Digital Divide"
http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/techdaily/features/international/internat011031.htm
http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/techdaily/features/scans/conference.pdf

IT's Role in US Economic Growth Cast Into Doubt
(improved efficiency of retail businesses was a greater factor)
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=true&id=011017001841

Satellite TV Deal Would Be Sad Sign for Telecom Industry
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/opinion/dgillmor/dg103101.htm

survey finds remarkably little consumer demand for broadband streaming media
(so development of applications will be driven by the corporate market)
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial/archives/issue1no201.html

Experiment Capture in the Biology Lab
http://quarry.stanford.edu/courses/cs547/011102-cs547-100.asx

Airports Press Ahead on Wireless Access
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/01/technology/circuits/01AIRP.html

Futuresonic Festival, Manchester, UK (and elsewhere), 13-18 November 2001
http://www.futuresonic.com/

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/

Computers in Education, Auckland, 3-6 December 2002
http://icce2002.massey.ac.nz/

Frustrated Blackboard Customers Form Independent Users' Group
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/11/2001110201u.htm

Internet Filters: a Public Policy Report
http://www.ncac.org/issues/internetfilters.html

Europe Goes After the Cookie
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48025,00.html

Anti-Spam Fight Falls to the States
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7736505.html

Meet the Computer Criminals: They'll See You in Your Office
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=99302

Recruitment at the Post-Graduate Level for Interdisciplinary Study in IT
http://information.harvard.edu/jobs/

remarkably well-done trip planner for Los Angeles area public transportation
(e.g., enter "UCLA" and "USC", select a day and time, and hit "submit")
http://mtaweb5.mta.net/

New Life for Moore's Law
(obligatory title for any article about improvements in chip technology)
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/10/fallows.htm

WTO parody site
http://www.gatt.org/

WTO flipping out about it
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news01_e/gattdotorg_e.htm

more on the rise and fall of that national treasure, Enron
(the real headline is that the creation of markets is a political matter)
http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=842826

NASA Sucked Into an $8bn Black Hole
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,587276,00.html

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