No Unified Vision on Net Divide: "But studies are beginning to redefine the digital divide as one of income rather than race, and it's not yet clear what will ultimately bridge the gap between those online and off -- supplying hardware and software, or offering identity-oriented sites."
No Unified Vision on Net Divide: "But studies are beginning to redefine the digital divide as one of income rather than race, and it's not yet clear what will ultimately bridge the gap between those online and off -- supplying hardware and software, or offering identity-oriented sites."
On a related note, check out this article: Copy Catfight:
How intellectual property laws stifle popular culture from Reason Magazine. Good reading, just a bit out of date.
Boy, I hope I didn't just violate that patent...
if hostOf(Cookie) == hostOf(currentPage){
return CookieIsFromMainPage; }
else {
return CookieIsExternalToPage; }
Patent Watch: Slashdot yesterday ran a story about IDcide, a cookie-watching program that prevents cookies from off-site being returned to the server. Consider this line from their FAQ: "IDcide's patent-pending technology automatically distinguishes between persistent cookies sent to the site you are visiting and persistent cookies that are sent to external sites."
Yesterday was actually a busy newsday, so let's catch up. I made notes :-) ...
News from Yesterday:
More Mattel CyberPatrol madness. Here are some links to understand what's going on:
- cphack Mirror and Analysis: "At a bare minimum, public institutions
should be prohibited from using any filtering software which does not make its complete block lists available for public inspection!" - from privacy_forum_notes.txt - What You Aren't Supposed To Know, like rec.games.chess is banned by this program.
- A list of other resources
News from Today:
It would seem Userland picked a really good time to upgrade ETP.com, when the network was going down anyhow! I should be so lucky!