Documents Provide New Details of Abuse (Los Angeles Times)

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Bush Releases More Military Documents
(Los Angeles Times)

Bush Releases More Military Documents
(Los Angeles Times) 02/14/2004 05:57 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — White House officials on Friday evening released all the records they said they had on President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard, hoping to quell doubts about whether he fulfilled his military obligation during the Vietnam War era.

New Plot Details Emerge (Los Angeles
Times)

New Plot Details Emerge (Los Angeles
Times) 07/23/2004 04:35 AM
Los Angeles Times - Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man who conceived and directed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was motivated by his strong disagreement with American support for Israel, according to the final report of the Sept. 11 commission.

Fresh Details Back Threats (Los Angeles
Times)

Fresh Details Back Threats (Los Angeles
Times) 08/03/2004 05:35 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Some of the surveillance files that triggered the nation's latest terrorism alert were reviewed and updated by Al Qaeda just months ago and dovetail with other, fresh intelligence that indicates the terrorism network remains intent on launching a major U.S. attack during the presidential election campaign, U.S. authorities said Monday.

U.S. Plans Abuse Trial (Los Angeles
Times)

U.S. Plans Abuse Trial (Los Angeles
Times) 05/10/2004 04:39 AM
Los Angeles Times - BAGHDAD — A former U.S. military policeman at the Abu Ghraib detention center will face a public court-martial here this month, military officials said Sunday, the first trial arising from the prisoner abuse scandal that has shaken the Bush administration and damaged the United States' image worldwide.

Army Widens Abuse Probe (Los Angeles
Times)

Army Widens Abuse Probe (Los Angeles
Times) 05/24/2004 06:19 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — As the investigation of prisoner abuses in Iraq shifts to the role of military intelligence, two intelligence soldiers identified in the notorious pictures from the Abu Ghraib detention facility have been ordered to remain in Baghdad as part of the expanding probe, according to witness statements and commanders of the soldiers' reserve units.

O.C. Priest-Abuse Talks to Resume (Los
Angeles Times)

O.C. Priest-Abuse Talks to Resume (Los
Angeles Times) 06/15/2004 05:07 AM
Los Angeles Times - Locked inside the 17th floor of a Los Angeles courthouse, two judges and a small army of attorneys worked day and night Monday attempting to craft a settlement that would pay tens of millions of dollars to as many as 100 people who said they were sexually abused by priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange.

Abuse Investigation Includes 25 Deaths
(Los Angeles Times)

Abuse Investigation Includes 25 Deaths
(Los Angeles Times) 05/05/2004 05:25 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Twenty-five Iraqi and Afghan war prisoners have died in U.S. custody in the last 17 months, including two Iraqi detainees who may have been murdered by Americans, senior defense officials said Tuesday as the Bush administration moved to contain international outrage over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.

U.S. Probing Alleged Abuse of Afghans
(Los Angeles Times)

U.S. Probing Alleged Abuse of Afghans
(Los Angeles Times) 09/21/2004 05:04 AM
Los Angeles Times - GARDEZ, Afghanistan — American military investigators have opened a criminal probe into allegations of murder and torture involving an 18-year-old Afghan army recruit who died while in U.S. custody last year. The new inquiry, which will also focus on the alleged torture of seven other Afghan soldiers, was confirmed Monday by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command.

Wider Abuse Inquiry Sought (Los Angeles
Times)

Wider Abuse Inquiry Sought (Los Angeles
Times) 05/17/2004 07:34 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Members of Congress from both political parties called Sunday for additional investigations into the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal to determine whether responsibility lies higher up the chain of command than with the seven Army reservists who are facing criminal charges.

FBI Agents Complained of Prisoner Abuse,
Records Say (Los Angeles Times)

FBI Agents Complained of Prisoner Abuse,
Records Say (Los Angeles Times) 12/22/2004 01:22 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — FBI agents have lodged repeated complaints of physical and mental mistreatment of prisoners held in Iraq and Cuba, saying in reports that military officials have placed lighted cigarettes in detainees' ears and humiliated Arab captives by wrapping Israeli flags around them, according to new documents released Monday.

N.Y. Child Killer Who Personified Abuse
Is Paroled (Los Angeles Times)

N.Y. Child Killer Who Personified Abuse
Is Paroled (Los Angeles Times) 07/01/2004 05:27 AM
Los Angeles Times - NEW YORK — Convicted killer Joel Steinberg left prison Wednesday, focusing attention once again on a crime that shocked this city nearly 17 years ago and came to symbolize the problem of child abuse nationwide.

Abuse Brings Deaths of Captives Into
Focus (Los Angeles Times)

Abuse Brings Deaths of Captives Into
Focus (Los Angeles Times) 05/16/2004 05:03 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — An Afghan captive froze to death in a CIA-run lockup in Kabul in 2002 after he was doused with water and shackled overnight to a wall. The prisoner died, U.S. intelligence sources said, after Afghan guards apparently sought to punish him for being unruly.

Abuse Photos Repel Members of Congress
(Los Angeles Times)

Abuse Photos Repel Members of Congress
(Los Angeles Times) 05/13/2004 04:59 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress expressed disgust and shock Wednesday after they privately viewed hundreds of additional photographs showing abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war by U.S. military personnel.

Bush Scolds Rumsfeld on Abuse Inquiry
(Los Angeles Times)

Bush Scolds Rumsfeld on Abuse Inquiry
(Los Angeles Times) 05/06/2004 04:38 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — A clash erupted Wednesday between the White House and the Pentagon over the handling of the Iraq prison abuse investigation, with President Bush telling Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld that he felt personally blindsided by the scandal and should have been more fully informed about its severity.

3 Witnesses at Iraq Abuse Hearing
Refused to Testify (Los Angeles Times)

3 Witnesses at Iraq Abuse Hearing
Refused to Testify (Los Angeles Times) 05/19/2004 04:44 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Three key witnesses, including a senior officer in charge of interrogations, refused to testify during a secret hearing against an alleged ringleader of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal on the grounds that they might incriminate themselves.

Abu Ghraib Guard Paints Harrowing
Portrait of Abuse (Los Angeles Times)

Abu Ghraib Guard Paints Harrowing
Portrait of Abuse (Los Angeles Times) 05/14/2004 04:51 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — The first soldier scheduled for court-martial in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal has told military authorities a harrowing tale of abuse, including an episode in which a guard used a nightstick to beat an Iraqi detainee who had been shot in the legs and handcuffed to a bed.

Poor Leadership Blamed for Abuse at U.S.
Prison in Iraq (Los Angeles Times)

Poor Leadership Blamed for Abuse at U.S.
Prison in Iraq (Los Angeles Times) 05/04/2004 05:10 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Overcrowded cellblocks, sadistic guards abusing and humiliating prisoners, inmates shot dead trying to escape down dark alleys, and detainees being spirited around the prison compound to avoid Red Cross workers.

Reservist Pleads Guilty in First Prison
Abuse Court-Martial (Los Angeles Times)

Reservist Pleads Guilty in First Prison
Abuse Court-Martial (Los Angeles Times) 05/20/2004 05:35 AM
Los Angeles Times - BAGHDAD — Choking back tears and expressing remorse, U.S. Army Spc. Jeremy Sivits pleaded guilty Wednesday to abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib detention center in the first court-martial of an American soldier involved in the prison scandal.

U.S. 'Appalled,' Bush Tells Arabs;
Lawmakers Seek Abuse Hearings (Los
Angeles Times)

U.S. 'Appalled,' Bush Tells Arabs;
Lawmakers Seek Abuse Hearings (Los
Angeles Times) 05/06/2004 07:20 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — President Bush appeared on two Arabic-language TV channels Wednesday to condemn the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, while U.S. officials from Washington to Baghdad issued apologies in an effort to stem the mounting political and public relations damage in the Middle East and around the world.

1-877-YELLOWPAGES is filing to go public
in order to raise money and provide a
free service competing against 411
Directory Services. Founder Bobby
Khalili, a 28 year old millionaire
entrepreneur from Los Angeles is
promising to provide a free alternative
to 411.

1-877-YELLOWPAGES is filing to go public
in order to raise money and provide a
free service competing against 411
Directory Services. Founder Bobby
Khalili, a 28 year old millionaire
entrepreneur from Los Angeles is
promising to provide a free alternative
to 411. 06/17/2004 02:03 AM
1-877-YELLOWPAGES, The nation's first and only YellowPages directory providing business listings over the telephone is filing to go public. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2004]

Blogs provide raw details from disaster
scene

Blogs provide raw details from disaster
scene 12/28/2004 12:50 PM
ZDNet Dec 28 2004 4:09PM GMT

Blogs Provide Raw Details From Scene of
the Disaster

Blogs Provide Raw Details From Scene of
the Disaster 12/27/2004 11:32 PM
For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs.

Documents Helped Sow Abuse, Army Report
Finds (washingtonpost.com)

Documents Helped Sow Abuse, Army Report
Finds (washingtonpost.com) 08/30/2004 03:19 PM
washingtonpost.com - Early last September, attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq were spiking and an Army general dispatched from a military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, concluded in a classified study that the detention of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad "does not yet set conditions for successful interrogations."

Iraqi Prisoner Details Abuse by
Americans (AP)

Iraqi Prisoner Details Abuse by
Americans (AP) 05/02/2004 06:16 PM
AP - Dhia al-Shweiri spent several stints in Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, twice under Saddam Hussein's rule and once under American. He prefers Saddam's torture to the humiliation of being stripped naked by his American guards, he said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press.

New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge
(washingtonpost.com)

New Details of Prison Abuse Emerge
(washingtonpost.com) 05/21/2004 02:32 PM
washingtonpost.com - Previously secret sworn statements by detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq describe in raw detail abuse that goes well beyond what has been made public, adding allegations of prisoners being ridden like animals, sexually fondled by female soldiers and forced to retrieve their food from toilets.

U.S. Soldier Details Iraq Abuse, to
Plead Guilty (Reuters)

U.S. Soldier Details Iraq Abuse, to
Plead Guilty (Reuters) 05/14/2004 01:45 AM
Reuters - U.S. guards at the Abu Ghraib prison stripped Iraqi prisoners naked, mocked, struck and kicked them and then "in the crudest of humiliations, forced them to hit each other," the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site on Thursday.

Exclusive: Shocking Details on Abuse of
Reuters Staffers in Iraq 5/20

Exclusive: Shocking Details on Abuse of
Reuters Staffers in Iraq 5/20 05/21/2004 02:16 AM
Editor and Publisher excerpts graphic details of their mistreatment .. Before Abuse Photos Out Similar Treatment For No Reason .. More

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THIS CHICAGO SUN-TIMES REPORT on the CBS
forged-documents story

THIS CHICAGO SUN-TIMES REPORT on the CBS
forged-documents story 09/10/2004 02:36 PM
Thomas Lipscomb's piece .. fake .. boy

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At least 10 detainees at Guantanamo
lodged allegations of abuse similar to
the incidents described by FBI agents in
newly released documents -- claims that
were denied by our deeply dishonest
government

At least 10 detainees at Guantanamo
lodged allegations of abuse similar to
the incidents described by FBI agents in
newly released documents -- claims that
were denied by our deeply dishonest
government 12/26/2004 02:36 PM
Further Detainee Abuse Alleged

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NY Times details torture methods

NY Times details torture methods 01/01/2005 04:53 PM
Is this really the best idea the military can think of? Today's NY Times provides details on some methods used to extract the truth from Iraqi prisoners, including (I'm not making this up) audio tapes played loudly with "songs by Lil' Kim and Rage Against the Machine and rap performances by Eminem played loudly," and "a mix of babies crying and the television commercial for Meow Mix in which the jingle consists of repetition of the word 'meow'." Wouldn't sodium pentathol or some other chemical persuasion be more effective, while providing less fodder for Leno and Letterman?

Details, Details, Details: Google,
Slowly, Moves Toward Stock Offering

Details, Details, Details: Google,
Slowly, Moves Toward Stock Offering 04/23/2004 11:13 PM
www.nytimes.com via Drudge Report Apr 24 2004 2:20AM GMT

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times 12/30/2003 02:57 PM
job creation .. reports .. my life

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We Eat; Therefore, They Are (Los Angeles
Times)

We Eat; Therefore, They Are (Los Angeles
Times) 08/10/2004 05:24 AM
Los Angeles Times - BETHESDA, Md. — Inside a packed ballroom at the local Holiday Inn, 13 government-appointed scientists sat regally around a table, debating servings of fish.

They're Off! (To the Gym) (Los Angeles
Times)

They're Off! (To the Gym) (Los Angeles
Times) 05/25/2004 05:16 AM
Los Angeles Times - VERSAILLES, Ky. — Just days after arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips from an inflamed ankle, the athlete was back in training, huffing hard as he jogged on an underwater treadmill.

Press can't let abuse story go - The
Washington Times: Nation/Politics - May
21, 2004

Press can't let abuse story go - The
Washington Times: Nation/Politics - May
21, 2004 05/22/2004 02:28 AM
"Press can't let abuse scandal go." .. This Washington Times editorial .. here

washtimes.com/national/20040520-115221-2362r.htm
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Here, It's Ladies' Day Every Day (Los
Angeles Times)

Here, It's Ladies' Day Every Day (Los
Angeles Times) 06/12/2004 04:43 AM
Los Angeles Times - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — There is no heavenly sentry outside the Ladies' Kingdom, only a listless pair of khaki-clad policemen ready to run off any errant men. The women make their way past the gatekeepers, disappear behind frosted glass and step into a shopping center all their own.

They May Protest Too Much (Los Angeles
Times)

They May Protest Too Much (Los Angeles
Times) 05/24/2004 07:52 AM
Los Angeles Times - MEXICO CITY — Shakespeare warned about the ides of March, and T.S. Eliot dubbed April the cruelest month. But they never lived in Mexico City, where May delivers a special kind of misery.

Far From Ready for More War (Los Angeles
Times)

Far From Ready for More War (Los Angeles
Times) 05/15/2004 05:51 AM
Los Angeles Times - FT. CAMPBELL, Ky. — From their first days as "Screaming Eagles," the 18,000 soldiers of the Army's 101st Airborne Division are taught to be ready for anything. As the force's proud creed goes: "First in, last out."

Fat, and Happy About It (Los Angeles
Times)

Fat, and Happy About It (Los Angeles
Times) 02/19/2004 06:41 AM
Los Angeles Times - The newspaper ad inviting fat people to learn about El Camino Hospital's new weight-loss surgery program held out the opportunity to be not just a thinner person, but a better one.
Grok Description matches for Documents Provide New Details of Abuse (Los Angeles Times)
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Federal investigators probe tribal
prison deaths (USATODAY.com)

Federal investigators probe tribal
prison deaths (USATODAY.com) 05/21/2004 07:01 AM
USATODAY.com - Federal investigators have uncovered abuse, neglect and inhumane conditions in the Native American prison system that could have contributed to some deaths, Interior Department officials said Thursday.

Investigators Probe Fatal Texas Refinery
Blast (Reuters)

Investigators Probe Fatal Texas Refinery
Blast (Reuters) 03/24/2005 07:51 PM
Reuters - U.S. government investigators descended on BP's Texas City refinery on Thursday, seeking the cause of a powerful explosion that killed 15 people in the plant's third fatal accident in a year.

Nortel Probe Goes Criminal

Nortel Probe Goes Criminal 05/14/2004 09:10 AM
TheStreet.com May 14 2004 1:43PM GMT

Gov't Confirms Criminal Probe of
Hollinger (AP)

Gov't Confirms Criminal Probe of
Hollinger (AP) 03/22/2005 10:10 PM
AP - Federal prosecutors confirmed for the first time Tuesday they are conducting a criminal investigation of newspaper tycoon Conrad Black, his former top deputy David Radler and Hollinger Inc.

Another day, another criminal probe into
Halliburton dealings with shady regimes.

Another day, another criminal probe into
Halliburton dealings with shady regimes. 07/20/2004 09:09 PM
Another day, another criminal probe into Halliburton dealings with shady regimes. This is for activities going back to the 1995-2000 period, when the current Vice-President was CEO of the petroleum exploration leviathan. It's also been well documented that Halliburton did business with Iraq during that same time period. This begs the question, how many "forbidden countries" were Halliburton doing business with during Mr. Cheney's stewardship? Note: it's somewhat related, though not quite the same, as this previous thread.

"The Army has filed a criminal assault
charge against an American officer who
coerced an Iraqi into providing
information that foiled a planned attack
on U.S. soldiers. "

"The Army has filed a criminal assault
charge against an American officer who
coerced an Iraqi into providing
information that foiled a planned attack
on U.S. soldiers. " 10/30/2003 03:46 AM

An American Military Hero

An American Military Hero 08/17/2004 01:59 AM
The Conscience of Joe Darby
"Because the irony of all this is that the people in Somerset County who turned their backs on Joe, well, those people would probably feel very different if they knew the rest of the story. That it really wasn't about softening prisoners, gathering intelligence, or trying to win the war. That it wasn't even about losing control in the heat of the moment. It was about getting up in the middle of the night and going somewhere you weren't supposed to go, then beating and raping people there. It was premeditated violent crime."

The American Military Coup of 2012

The American Military Coup of 2012 12/06/2003 04:28 PM
< i>The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012 was written in 1992 for the US Army War College's military journal Parame ters, and describes how the US has fallen victim to a military coup. The article was intended as "a literary device intended to dramatize my concern over certain contemporary developments affecting the armed forces, and is emphatically not a prediction." But following a recent article by military affairs analyst William Arkin on how American armed forces are assuming major new domestic policing and surveillance roles, some worry that mission creep is making Dunlap's scenario more feasible.

Hanson: The Paradoxes of American
Military Power

Hanson: The Paradoxes of American
Military Power 11/18/2003 05:57 AM

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Toppling Saddam: Iraq and American
Military Transformation

Toppling Saddam: Iraq and American
Military Transformation 07/27/2004 01:01 PM
Toppling Saddam: Iraq and American Military Transformation (pdf) The relative speed and ease of the first phase of the war in Iraq are due in part to U.S. military prowess, but also to Iraqi weakness, according to a critical internal account prepared for the U.S. Army."The shortcomings of Saddam's military played an important role in limiting the cost of major combat operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Coalition strengths were important contributors, but so were Iraqi weaknesses."As a result, there are "important limitations on the Iraq War's lessons for other defense planning challenges.... The Iraqis' shortcomings created a permissive environment for Coalition technology that a more skilled opponent elsewhere might not," according to the study Foreword. The study, which does represent an official U.S. Army perspective, has not been formally released. See also Joe Galloway: Don't Take Too Much From U.S.' Iraq War Experience See also The Fallacies Of Military Transformation See also Victory Misunderstood: What the Gulf War Tells Us About the Future of Conflict See also Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare

"Victor Davis Hanson: The Paradoxes of
American Military Power"

"Victor Davis Hanson: The Paradoxes of
American Military Power" 11/18/2003 10:22 AM

Jackson Items Given to Investigators
(AP)

Jackson Items Given to Investigators
(AP) 05/03/2004 01:38 PM
AP - Underwear worn by Michael Jackson and handwritten notes were among Jackson items belonging to a businessman that were turned over to prosecutors in his child-sex case.

Investigators raid alleged spammer

Investigators raid alleged spammer 04/07/2005 09:34 PM
ZDNet Australia Apr 8 2005 1:16AM GMT

Up to 8 Killed in Baghdad Blast, U.S.
Investigators Say

Up to 8 Killed in Baghdad Blast, U.S.
Investigators Say 01/02/2004 01:13 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2004 0:35AM ET

N.J. Investigators Seize Evidence in
Jackson Case

N.J. Investigators Seize Evidence in
Jackson Case 05/03/2004 07:41 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 3 2004 11:07PM GMT

U.S. Hid Dozens of Iraqi Prisoners,
Investigators Say (Reuters)

U.S. Hid Dozens of Iraqi Prisoners,
Investigators Say (Reuters) 09/09/2004 04:49 PM
Reuters - The United States may have kept up to 100 "ghost detainees" in Iraq off the books and concealed from Red Cross observers, a far higher number than previously reported, an Army general told Congress on Thursday.

Church Attack Motive Puzzles
Investigators

Church Attack Motive Puzzles
Investigators 03/17/2005 02:51 AM

Investigators Say Ex-Medicare Chief
Should Repay Salary

Investigators Say Ex-Medicare Chief
Should Repay Salary 09/07/2004 05:57 PM
Federal investigators said Thomas A. Scully should be penalized for illegally withholding data from Congress.

Investigators Concluded Shelby Leaked
Message (washingtonpost.com)

Investigators Concluded Shelby Leaked
Message (washingtonpost.com) 08/05/2004 09:15 PM

Ohio State Fire Clues Elude
Investigators (AP)

Ohio State Fire Clues Elude
Investigators (AP) 04/10/2004 12:48 PM
AP - With every diploma handed out this spring, investigators worry they will lose information those graduates might have about who set a rooming house fire a year ago that killed five Ohio State University students.

Investigators Find Explosives in Russia
Plane Wreck (Reuters)

Investigators Find Explosives in Russia
Plane Wreck (Reuters) 08/27/2004 03:51 PM
Reuters - Explosives of a kind used by Chechen rebels have been found in one of two airliners that crashed almost simultaneously, pointing to a terrorist attack, Russian investigators said Friday.

What are Those Military Contractors
Doing in Iraq? How Can Torturing and
Implementation of Our Military Policy be
Outsourced? 5/10

What are Those Military Contractors
Doing in Iraq? How Can Torturing and
Implementation of Our Military Policy be
Outsourced? 5/10 05/10/2004 03:03 AM
John Israel .. commentary

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Military-Travel.net Provides Low Hotel
Rates, Rebates For Military Personnel,
Families

Military-Travel.net Provides Low Hotel
Rates, Rebates For Military Personnel,
Families 05/31/2004 07:05 PM
Said Charles Kessler, president, "There are no restrictions on the number of times an individual can reserve rooms through the Military-Travel.net site, and the hotel accommodations can be used whether traveling on official military business, leave, vacations or other personal matters." Reservations can be made for short and long stays at the guaranteed lowest rates possible and with the additional 5% rebate in effect.

"opened by a Bic pen"

"opened by a Bic pen" 09/15/2004 09:32 AM

Squinted.net opened

Squinted.net opened 02/01/2005 09:48 PM
A new Finnish service called squinted.net has just been opened for any and all Creative Commons or Public Domain -licensed music and media. Very good, and all the best to them! There's not much content, but they have teamed up with Loca Records, so something might be happening there...

However, in order for something like that to be useful (because whatever you may think of the record companies, they do weed out a lot of crap), some sort of preferences/recommendation system might be needed. For example, personal, public, top-10 lists, which one could subscribe to using RSS or browse on the web... People get a lot of music based on recommendations from a trusted friend (or other source), simply because searching through all the available music is impossible. You could spend all your life browsing through the iTunes music library, and not find your favourite music...

(From a thread from net.nyt which contained a bunch of interesting links, though the discussion is pretty much hashing the same old issues that have been heard many times.)

Update: There's a wonderful article on How Copyright Could Be Killing the Culture in the Globe and the Mail

It's enough of a legal rigmarole to make underfunded filmmakers simply avoid using archival clips altogether or to remove footage that they shot themselves that might include someone singing a popular hit or even Happy Birthday to You (a copyrighted song).

It also means that films like Eyes on the Prize, made in a less restrictive era of copyright rules, can simply fade away if the task of renewing copyrights becomes too difficult or costly.

These are exactly the reasons why things like Creative Commons are so important, and why the copyright terms should be shortened to something sane, say 50 years.

New Users Re-opened

New Users Re-opened 07/13/2004 01:35 PM
Well, tmenezes stern demands in the queue cowed me.* And the general opinion, amongst both users and staff here, was that sponsorship was a stupid idea. In principle, I don't agree (though it did need some changes from the original concept), but I'm willing to go along with the tide. Hopefully I will get a chnace to try out sponsorship somewhere else in the future. So new user accounts are open again, without any changes. We've had a bit of a cooling off period, I've kicked out a pretty hefty number of idiots (who I expect to have to kick out again and again, but what the hell). There's a few more people with the powers and mandate to keep an eye on new users and nip the annoying ones in the bud. There are also a couple features coming to help the rest of you let us know who is being a jerk. Meanwhile, those of you who've emailed me asking when you could get an account, the time is now. Enjoy. * No, not really. Actually they would have been open before he posted that, but I had to get Voxel to fix a problem with our mail server.

FILES OPENED BY A PROCESS

FILES OPENED BY A PROCESS 02/17/2004 07:59 PM
Wow, this came in handy today. Got via email on some email list I am on: This is supported on Sun Solaris, not too sure about other Unix flavours. I badly wanted to find out all the files opened by a process, and that is when I found pfiles. Usage : /usr/proc/bin/pfiles Where pid is the process-id of the process. It lists the inode numbers of all the files, opened by that process.

Philly Opened the Floodgates

Philly Opened the Floodgates 09/02/2004 01:45 PM
Since yesterday when the city of Philadelphia said it hopes to build Wi-Fi networks covering the entire city, two other cities say they're also looking into similar plans: The city of Madison, Wis. is closely watching the Philadelphia plan to blanket the city in Wi-Fi in hopes of following suit. This is one of the first times I've seen a city official discuss the affect that a city-run network might have on other commercial services. Madison officials are carefully considering how they should go about building the network and what it should cost for users because of the affect the network might have on other operators. I've wondered how commercial operators feel about municipalities using city funds to build networks that compete for their business. In addition, a city councilor in Boston said he wants to cover all of Boston with Wi-Fi [link via John]. While the cities of Philadelphia, Boston, and Madison talk about building networks, Culver City, Calif. said that next Thursday it will launch a free Wi-Fi network in its downtown area. Vernier and Firetide are supplying the equipment for the network. In other new network news, the State of Michigan also announced that SBC would build hotspots in ten Michigan State-owned parks, docks, and rest areas....

Get HTML E-Mail Opened

Get HTML E-Mail Opened 09/26/2004 10:41 PM
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Iraqi 'Secret Surrender' Negotiations
Have Begun With Key Iraqi Military
Officials In Hopes Some Military Units
Will Not Fight Under Way (Ehr --
Secret?)

Iraqi 'Secret Surrender' Negotiations
Have Begun With Key Iraqi Military
Officials In Hopes Some Military Units
Will Not Fight Under Way (Ehr --
Secret?) 03/13/2003 10:21 AM

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Documents Provide New Details of Abuse (Los Angeles Times)