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Hunt for the kill switch in microchips

May 1, 2008 9:40am

Actually, a better place to stash malcircuitry would be in the Ethernet chipsets used in every desktop and laptop.

We Tell Stories: web-native storytelling from Penguin

April 17, 2008 8:28am

Page 3 of "Hard Times" asserts "The average daily liability of a U.S. citizen is $12.45 million" but really should say "the daily copyright violation liability of an educated, upper-middle-class U.S. citizen might be as much as $12.45 million".

It's taken from a single hypothetical case in http://www.turnergreen.com/publications/Tehranian_Infringement_Nation.pdf

"By the end of the day, John has infringed the copyrights of twenty emails, three legal articles, an architectural rendering, a poem, five photographs, an animated character, a musical composition, a painting, and fifty notes and drawings. All told, he has committed at least eighty-three acts of infringement and faces liability in the amount of $12.45 million (to say nothing of potential criminal charges). There is nothing particularly extraordinary about John’s activities. Yet if copyright holders were inclined to enforce their rights to the maximum extent allowed by law, barring last minute salvation from the notoriously ambiguous fair use defense, he would be liable for a mind-boggling $4.544 billion in potential damages each year."

(Sorry for violating your copyright there, John Tehranian.)

Fine news

February 5, 2008 7:39am

Congratulations! And those are awesome names.

Clarion West sf writing workshop: last chance to save $100 on tuition

January 30, 2008 8:42am

The term is "full disclosure". Cry hs hd cpl f psts rcntly tht lckd ths pr frm. rlz t's xtr rdndnt typng, bt s rdr wld pprct th gstr.

British Telecom -- like sticking your head in a blender, but less fun

November 2, 2007 3:14pm

When the techs finally do arrive, you should insist that they show you their form 27B/6.

SimCity Societies and BP

November 1, 2007 11:39am

"Spirituality" and "Authority" are bugs, not features-- they're the means by which con men and/or thugs extract money from suckers. Why would you want either in an ideal city?

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