Complex Pleasures for Complex Minds
Date: 2000-06-09 08:29:41
So I went to BLUG last night. Should have figured out some ingenious way to create a live netcast of the event. Maybe next time? I'm sure we'll think of something. Saw Bitscape and bouncing there. Topic: a tour of Linux distributions, given by the master of such things, LWN's Elizabeth Coolbaugh. Driving away, I saw Bitscape and bouncing lined up at the stop light in their respective vehicles, so I came up beside them in the left turn lane and waved. Three geeks in three vehicles in a row at a stoplight. Complex pleasures for complex minds.USA Tour, Florida: 18 Days
The judge decided to invent a new category of speech that does not enjoy
First Amendment protection. Besides the old standards (libel, fraud,
obscenity, incitement to riot and copyright infringement), the court's new
category is, essentially, "anything that potentially threatens the profits
of Time Warner and Disney."
- David Touretzky, Salon.com interview, re the DeCSS decision, 13 September 2000
First Amendment protection. Besides the old standards (libel, fraud,
obscenity, incitement to riot and copyright infringement), the court's new
category is, essentially, "anything that potentially threatens the profits
of Time Warner and Disney."
- David Touretzky, Salon.com interview, re the DeCSS decision, 13 September 2000
