Bush did it again. Dubya, the brat, didn’t get his way, so he got even, and has hurt the future of Social Security, the environment, and meaningful consumer protections. How? He made Recess Appointments to some important posts KNOWING that the people he appointed were not in the country’s best interest and that they would […]
An article in Technology Review that critiques the technology being used by the U.S. government for airline passenger screening is so bad that not only does it confuse Osama Bin Laden with Johnny Rotten, it also puts the names “George Bush” and “Jesus Christ” on watch lists. Why? The basis of the technology is “Soundex”, […]
I’m not sure I understand completely the implications of this one, but it feels REALLY ugly and smells like Bush. According to an article in Heise.de, the US Department of Homeland Security has requested a copy of the master key for the DNS Root Zone. Because the US still oversees ICANN, it’s possible that ICANN […]
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-Plato
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