Dave Kellam

The Recording Industry Association of America already has a target on its back because of its take-no-prisoners stance on file sharing and piracy. That explains why its site gets hacked so much. But why does it continue to be so easy? By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]

This is me taking a stab at using NetNewsWire to update the site. The point of the article is sound: the trumpeters of digital security and the evils of the internet are obviously clueless about the way it works and how to provide basic security for their site.

Hey Bob, I’ve got an idea: if we invent a new type of illness, we could push a whole bunch of new drugs on the people we say have it. Alright, so you’ll work on ‘female sexual dysfunction’ and I’ll start my work on the ‘writing with your right hand disease’.

Personally, I think it’s about time we ushered in an era of censorship over science. God knows this democracy thing isn’t working. God forbid that a structural engineer may know the weaknesses of a particular type of bridge. Go back to your wartorn countries and build your faulty bridges that will kill dozens and inflame the hatred for the western devil.

Headline: New Years Celebration’s Free of Terrorism. Tomorrow: January 2nd free of terrorism; September 10th: Free of Terrorism. I don’t think terrorists seem particularly tied to any given day on the western calendar, but that may just be me. New Years parties do result in a large gathering of people which provies a potential target, but what about all the other large gatherings of people throughout the year?