Conversant uses something called labels which are essentially configurable categories for stories. You may have noticed that some stories on this site have images to the right while others have broken image icons. You can click on those to find related stories on this web site. If you click on the CD next to the…
September, 2000
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A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would overturn the recent ruling against MP3.Com by establishing that it is legal to stream music to consumers provided the consumer can prove he has already bought a copy of the CD. This is A Very Bad Idea(TM). The bill’s language reads like this,…
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The Associated Press today reported that sixth-grader Ashley Smith was suspended for 10-days from her suburban Atlanta school for bringing a Tweedy Bird wallet to school. Why? The wallet meets the school’s definition of a weapon. The 11-year-old Smith runs a web site devoted to Tweedy Bird so naturally the Tweedy Bird wallet was a…
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The other day I signed up for DSL service through Ameritech. Today they left a message on my voice mail saying they don’t support Windows Millenium Edition, the OS of the computer I told them I was going to use for DSL access. Had to call them back quick to make sure they didn’t delay…
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For those of you not enamored of bioethics, Arthur Caplan is easily the most prominent bioethicist in the country. Personally I can’t stand him because he’s so inconsistent — I think most bioethicists like to call it nonideological, but as far as I can tell there is no single ethical view that guides Caplan’s thinking.…
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Almost forgot about this. Last night NPR had a story on the controversy over Spanglish — basically a dialect spoken by some Hispanic youths which combines English and Spanish. Most of the speakers featured on NPR seemed to stick with English sentence structure while mixing in a lot of Spanish nouns. The controversy is largely…
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I’ve been sick for the past two weeks and I hate it, and unfortunately I couldn’t take any time off work because I had to finish up a lot of loose ends for a conference that takes place this weekend. I feel like the excellent opening scene in the otherwise very bad film, Any Given…
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Not really, but it was odd that the same man who has in the past had no problem championing campaign finance reform laws that would clearly be found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court was one of the few politicians who spoke up last week to suggest taking a bit more time and discussion before going…
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Dave Winer is at it again, throwing down with Tim O’Reilly. I’m not even going to bother quoting or linking to the specific posts in question — you can go to Winer site above and search on O’Reilly to follow the sordid tale. To sum it up, Winer always tends to make outlandish accusations very…
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I have been very sick the past couple weeks and last night took some cold medicine and settled on the couch to watch some Olympics coverage before the medicine kicked in. At first I was geeked watching the thrilling end to the springboard diving competition. Then NBC cuts to commercial and when they come back…