Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Author: Ezra S F

  • Espionage vs. First Amendment

    Gonzales Says Prosecutions of Journalists Are Possible – New York Times The government has the legal authority to prosecute journalists for publishing classified information, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said yesterday. “There are some statutes on the book which, if you read the language carefully, would seem to indicate that that is a possibility,” Mr.…

  • Avebury Stone

    Avebury Stone, originally uploaded by idreamofdaylight. I loved being at Avebury! Seeing someone else’s photos of the place brings back fond memories. Here’s a picture of me next to a stone at Avebury. Other London / Paris 2002 vacation pictures.

  • Cheating in an Information Technology Era

    Some quotes from an article in the NYT on cheating. This recently came up on a WebCT Users list (usually at least once every year). Maybe the timing is right because the academic year at many schools just ended? Test administrators are usually one step behind the cheaters. There are lots of technologies that have…

  • Comment Spam Protected

    Sorry… A comment spammer found my blog today. WordPress did an okay job to moderate the ~150 it tried to post. Rather than see the emails from the spammer attempting to post, I decided that since I don’t get many comments anyway, to just require one to login to post a comment. So, if you…

  • Maniacal Laughter

    Guy 1: “Should we be worried about the maniacal laughter coming from the next building?” Guy 2: “Huh. I am so used to hearing from my co-workers that I must not have noticed.”

  • Who are broadband users?

    Go to the article for more. Summary is below. Bush Broadband Goal Gored – US Broadband Penetration Breaks 70% Among Active Internet Users – Broadband Study Highlights Two-Speed Europe – May 2006 Bandwidth Report President Bush’s goal of universal broadband access for all Americans by 2007 appears to be in doubt, according to a recent…

  • Online vs. Print

    People are all over discounting email as a useful communication medium. The only difference between email and paper memos is the ability to send them so quickly. In another job, I usually sent important emails to my boss who then rewrote them to make them more palatable for the wide public. In the end, knowing…

  • Hot Ash Doesn’t Feel Good on Skin

    Why is it that with every forseeable natural disaster, the people who could be affected are not willing to get out of the way? I guess living in abject poverty is worse than death? Red alert for Indonesia volcano Thousands of people living on the slopes of Mount Merapi in Indonesia are being taken to…

  • Spat

    Spat, originally uploaded by sneezypb. A bug went spat on my windshield.