PA incumbents get to veto municipal wifi

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[f2c] Municipal wifi

[f2c] Municipal wifi 03/31/2005 02:36 PM
(After a morning with no women speakers or questioners, we now have a panel with a woman on it. Yay.) J.H. Snider moderates. [Sketchy coverage follows...] Varinia Robinson is in charge of Philadelphia's municipal wifi project. You have to get your muni wifi in by Jan. 1, 2006, or else you have go to your local provider. This was done to protect "competition." The city thinks it'll cost $10.5M to build it and $1.5M annually to maintain it. It will cover 45 square miles and provide a mnimum of 1mb up and down. It's an ubiquitous indoor network. To break...

Is free municipal wifi good?

Is free municipal wifi good? 09/02/2004 08:06 AM
Philadelphia is considering investing $10M to blanket 135 square miles with wifi coverage. Some people for whom I have the highest respect, and from whom I've learned a lot, I anticipate are going to denounce this. Their argument is that the government is exactly the wrong entity to make decisions best made by the market. Why? Because: Government agencies are ill-equipped to make technical decisions. Governments are corrupt. The incumbents have too much influence. Even if Philadelphia makes the right decision, it will lock the city into one technology that will be hard to displace. There is no such thing...

Free municipal WiFi in Jerusalem

Free municipal WiFi in Jerusalem 09/05/2004 11:56 PM
Xeni Jardin: Following up on last week's post about the city of Philadelphia considering free wireless 'net access for all, BoingBoing reader cyphunk says, "Pfff. Jerusalem (Israel) is already rolling out free wifi for the ENTIRE city -- starting with major commercial areas." Link to news story.

Linux in Government: Unseating
Incumbents

Linux in Government: Unseating
Incumbents 07/29/2004 06:40 AM
Trying to figure our why people still use Windows.

Barry In, 3 D.C. Council Incumbents Out
(washingtonpost.com)

Barry In, 3 D.C. Council Incumbents Out
(washingtonpost.com) 09/15/2004 12:31 AM
washingtonpost.com - Disgruntled voters in the nation's capital ousted three veteran members of the D.C. Council yesterday, voting by overwhelming margins to replace the incumbents with two fresh new faces and a familiar old one -- former mayor Marion Barry.

'UK will use veto on EU rebate'

'UK will use veto on EU rebate' 03/23/2005 05:11 AM
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says Britain is prepared to veto any bid to reduce the £3bn EU rebate.

Europe's Incumbents Battered Amid Record
Stay-Away

Europe's Incumbents Battered Amid Record
Stay-Away 06/13/2004 09:29 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 14 2004 1:38AM GMT

Laptop Foes Oust Three Incumbents Via
Write-In Vote

Laptop Foes Oust Three Incumbents Via
Write-In Vote 11/05/2003 05:56 PM
A Stillwater area school district decision to provide laptops to junior high students apparently fueled a record number of write-in votes for the school board Tuesday and led to the defeat of three incumbents. By Megan Boldt (Pioneer Press via MyAppleMenu)

Governor Should Veto Spyware Bill

Governor Should Veto Spyware Bill 09/22/2004 10:41 AM
(This is also my colu mn today in the San Jose Mercury News.) When is a proposed anti-spyware law actually the invaders' friend? Easy: When California's legislature gets finished doing the bidding of corporate interests. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has just such a law on his desk today. SB 1436 started out as an anti-spyware bill with teeth, but has unfortunately degenerated into something the governor should veto. More...

Powell: Iraq will not get veto on troops

Powell: Iraq will not get veto on troops 06/02/2004 07:53 PM

DoCoMo changes CEO choice after NTT
veto--sources

DoCoMo changes CEO choice after NTT
veto--sources 04/21/2004 12:48 AM
Forbes Apr 21 2004 5:23AM GMT

Federal Eavesdroppers Could Veto
innovation

Federal Eavesdroppers Could Veto
innovation 04/25/2004 01:59 PM
One of these days, the tech industry may need government permission to create new applications for the Internet. Federal law enforcement agencies, asking for increased surveillance capabilities, could end up exerting unprecedented control over innovation.

Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker

Free open WiFi on Tacoma-Washington
train, courtesy WiFi hacker 03/24/2005 08:15 PM
Cory Doctorow: A Seattle wireless hacker rides a commuter train from Tacoma every day with a battery-powered WiFi hotspot in his backpack that's linked up to the Internet with a 14.4 144k wireless modem. Catch his train and get free WiFi on your commute.

The open wireless node can be found in the first car of the last morning train and in Car 403 on the 5:10pm return trip. Use SSID "FreeInternetAccess" or "seattlewireless" to connect - You may have to assign yourself an IP in the range 192.168.0.0/24 and use the Default Gateway 192.168.0.1 as the DHCP is sometimes flakey

Link (via Make)

Powell: Iraq Will Have No Veto on
U.S.-Led Force (Reuters)

Powell: Iraq Will Have No Veto on
U.S.-Led Force (Reuters) 06/03/2004 05:09 AM
Reuters - Iraq's new interim government will have no veto over future military operations by American-led forces after the U.S.-British occupation formally ends on June 30, Secretary of State Colin Powell said.

Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free
Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating
antennas.

Hermosa Beach, California Launches Free
Citywide WiFi Service using advanced
WiFi-Plus obstruction penetrating
antennas. 08/05/2004 03:39 AM
Los Angeles Beach Community WiFi service made possible by WiFi-Plus antennas. Makes internet available on the beach. [PRWEB Aug 5, 2004]

Iranian Hard-Liners Veto Election Bill
(AP)

Iranian Hard-Liners Veto Election Bill
(AP) 01/25/2004 07:30 PM
AP - Iran's hard-line Guardian Council vetoed a bill on Sunday that would have curbed its power, throwing elections into doubt in a historic confrontation between reformers and conservatives.

Iran Hard-Liners Veto Election Bill (AP)

Iran Hard-Liners Veto Election Bill (AP) 01/25/2004 04:11 PM
AP - Iran's hard-line Guardian Council has vetoed a bill that sought to reverse the disqualification of thousands of reformist electoral candidates, a leading legislator said Sunday night.

Philippine bill would reclassify VoIP as
value-added service: incumbents fear
revenue pinch

Philippine bill would reclassify VoIP as
value-added service: incumbents fear
revenue pinch 12/27/2004 04:34 AM
ZDNet Dec 27 2004 6:53AM GMT

" Blair and Powell Clash over Iraqi Veto
on Allied Forces"

" Blair and Powell Clash over Iraqi Veto
on Allied Forces" 05/26/2004 07:51 PM

Anti-spyware bill lacks teeth;
Schwarzenegger should veto it

Anti-spyware bill lacks teeth;
Schwarzenegger should veto it 09/22/2004 09:51 AM
SiliconValley.com Sep 22 2004 1:14PM GMT

Bush threatens veto to keep Ascroft's
fist tightly around our necks

Bush threatens veto to keep Ascroft's
fist tightly around our necks 07/10/2004 12:38 PM
GOP suspends rules to protect Patriot Act 210-210 .. Bush Wins; House Leaves Patriot Act As Is .. victory for the Patriot Act .. Shame, shame, shame

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counterterrorism officials who report to
the incumbents in the White House are
working on a plan to postpone elections
if we're attacked

counterterrorism officials who report to
the incumbents in the White House are
working on a plan to postpone elections
if we're attacked 07/12/2004 07:26 PM
USA Today .. reports

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"counterterrorism officials who report
to the incumbents in the White House are
working on a plan to postpone elections
if we're attacked"

"counterterrorism officials who report
to the incumbents in the White House are
working on a plan to postpone elections
if we're attacked" 07/13/2004 08:44 PM

Review: WiFi Seeker / WiFi Spy

Review: WiFi Seeker / WiFi Spy 07/16/2004 04:50 PM
A few weeks ago I got Chrisalis Developemnt's WiFi Seeker, a convenient keychain-sized wireless network locator. Marware's recently announced WiFi Spy is a rebranded version of the same device, so it should perform identically.

To locate a wireless network simply press the button and watch the LEDs. When the lights stop sweeping back and forth, the number that remain lit will show the strength of the wireless signal. If the lights continue to sweep back and forth, you're not in range for any wireless network. Unlike other devices, the WiFi Seeker isn't fooled by other 2.5 GHz signals like microwave ovens or cordless phones, and it doesn't depend on 802.11 client activity to detect the access point. It detects both 802.11b and 802.11g.

How to Pay for Municipal Networks

How to Pay for Municipal Networks 09/21/2004 02:46 PM
Some municipalities may have already learned some lessons about offering telecom services that they can consider when deciding to build Wi-Fi networks: Some of the most successful municipal offerings of wired telecom services started out with small trial networks and were offered by municipalities that already offer utility services to customers. But beyond whether a municipality has experience with billing and marketing a service, Wi-Fi presents a bunch of additional uncertainties. In the wired example, in many cases the market doesn't have any other option for broadband Internet access and customers definitely pay for the access. In the case of Wi-Fi, in many cases other service providers may already offer wireless access. Plus, cities have to decide whether they want to offer access for free or for a fee. If they want to deliver free networks, they have to decide how to fund it, considering both the initial outlay and ongoing support costs. Ultimately, citizens of communities may end up deciding. In St. Cloud, Fla., the city is trying to decide how to pay for the ongoing maintenance of the network and will likely ask residents to decide on a ballot referendum. If municipalities decide to ask residents to pay for access, they have to hope they can cover their costs. At this stage in the market, based on the experiences of commercial Wi-Fi providers, it's not clear that an operator can make money from for-fee networks....

Let's Ban Municipal Networks Nationwide

Let's Ban Municipal Networks Nationwide 06/05/2005 10:56 PM
Anti-Federalism rears its ugly head with Rep. Sessions's bill: The bill would ban municipal networks where any competitive service existed in the municipal area of governance. A grandfather clause allows existing services to proceed. The language of the "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005" is so hilariously broad and ill-defined that it could kill all kinds of projects that the incumbent carriers this is meant to protect would support or are involved in deploying. It has such a broad grandfather clause that it could allow massive projects to continue if even a tiny portion of the service was in use. I doubt it will go anywhere because in its current form, it's a shotgun full of buckshot, not a surgical weapon. A broad consortium of businesses and public policy groups will certainly try to get it killed. I doubt it will get many supporters because of its broad sweep. For instance, this bill would kill all future airport Wi-Fi that's not already built out because government entities would be unable to "provide" services if Wi-Fi were operating anywhere else in the airport authority's municipality's domain. It's pretty easy to read that interpretation....

Los Angeles Looks to Build Municipal
Wi-Fi

Los Angeles Looks to Build Municipal
Wi-Fi 06/24/2004 09:36 AM
The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Project is looking for proposals to build a free Wi-Fi zone in downtown: MuniWireless.com has the RFP (request for proposal)....

The Ups And Downs Of Municipal Broadband

The Ups And Downs Of Municipal Broadband 04/14/2004 11:51 AM
Following last month's Supreme Court ruling stating that state s could outlaw municipal broadband, ZDNet has an interesting interview with Jim Ballmer, one of the lawyers fighting to let municipalities offer broadband, should they want to. Meanwhile, the very large UTOPIA municipal broadband (offering fiber to the home) project in Utah was dealt a huge setback last night when Salt Lake City decided not to support the project, after a fairly intense fight over the issue. Qwest is rejoicing, as they've been complaining about UTOPIA ever since it was first conceived. However, the folks behind UTOPIA are clearing trying to push ahead, and hope that they'll be signing up a few other cities to help out soon. The big questions now are whether or not the other cities involved are willing to foot the larger part of the bill and whether or not they'll be able to find enough subscribers to make AT&T still be interested in being a service provider on the network. Once again, we return to the example of Burlington, Vermont, where a municipal fiber connection with ownership by its own users means much more opportunity for everyone except companies who previously had the local monopoly on providing (much slower) broadband access. A municipal solution that allows companies to sign on as providers builds on the idea of a natural monopoly while still allowing true competitive market pressures to provide people with better services.

Municipal Broadband at SXSW

Municipal Broadband at SXSW 02/07/2005 01:07 AM
Events move so fast, my head spins: a few days after covering the flurry of activity around the New Millennium Research Council's report discouraging municipal broadband, I was asked to moderate a panel on the discussion on March 14 during the South by Southwest (SXSW) music, arts, and interactive festival and conference in Austin, Texas. Esme Vos is also on the panel, from MuniWireless.com, and we should have a rip, and might I add, roaring time. The interactive part of the event runs March 11 to 15; the overall event is from March 11 to 20....

New Twist on Municipal Hotspots

New Twist on Municipal Hotspots 06/28/2004 02:42 PM
Manchester, New Hampshire, plans to announce in mid-July that a hotspot will be available downtown for anyone to use free for one hour: It appears that the city decided it wanted a network and put out a request for proposal. Signull Technologies offered to fund and build the network and then offer one free hour per day per user. An hour a day might be useful for folks who may want to check email during their lunch break or for visitors to town. The agreement sounds like a good way for Signull to pull in potential customers and for the city to offer a useful service for visitors and residents....

Ohio Tries to Suppress Municipal-Fi

Ohio Tries to Suppress Municipal-Fi 12/19/2004 03:18 PM
Esme Vos dissects the latest state bill that caters to incumbent operators: Existing law prevents municipalities--with their tremendous tax-free advantages as opposed to the massive subsidization of telcos and cable operators--from running their own cable TV systems. A modified bill, introduced by a graduate of the colleges of Zig Zigler and Dale Carnegie, adds telecom services to that mix. Esme would like to know which companies are behind this particular emendation to Ohio's law. [link indirectly via GigaOm]...

World warms to municipal Wi-Fi

World warms to municipal Wi-Fi 06/25/2004 04:11 AM
From Taipei to New York, it's wireless a-go-go

SimpleConnect IP Voice Challenges
Incumbents in Enterprise Voice Market

SimpleConnect IP Voice Challenges
Incumbents in Enterprise Voice Market 12/19/2004 03:09 PM
Delivers savings of over 50% with business-class quality [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

Bill would thwart municipal Internet

Bill would thwart municipal Internet 02/01/2005 09:14 PM
Indystar.com - Tue Feb 1, 08:50 am GMT

Gurley and Ellison on Municipal Rights

Gurley and Ellison on Municipal Rights 03/19/2005 02:24 AM

Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital offers a fantastic, capitalist, classically conservative essay on municipal telecom/broadband: Benchmark is an investor in Tropos, disclosed in Gurley's essay, but his essay is one that should make those that favor self-determination in government and true competition cheer. He peels back in six points the problems with the rash of laws sparked by a March 2004 Supreme Court ruling to restrict municipal involvement in telecommunications infrastructure and service.

In brief, these laws: favor incumbents by eliminating competition, enforce the idea that oligopolies are competition, restricts American innovation, restricts leverage for municipalities over incumbent development, eliminates community service aspects of broadband, and removes self-determination. I call this classically conservative because he's in favor of competition, although many conservatives would exclude municipalities from being involved as competitors.

"In what is ostensibly the cornerstone "democracy" on the planet, one would think that the citizens in each of America's cities could simply "vote" on the services they believe make sense for their city to provide."

Carol Ellison writes about the tale of two companies interested in the muni space: Ellison runs through the issues facing Tropos, a Wi-Fi metropolitan mesh provider, and DynamicCity, which offers fiber to the premises (FTTP). "The anti-muni bills present a scenario where their companies aren't submitting bids to win the business. They're forced into negotiations with a competitor, the incumbent carrier, which understandably will want to protect the market and keep its competition out."

Disputing Municipal Network Failures

Disputing Municipal Network Failures 03/19/2005 02:24 AM

The folks at Tricitybroadband.com have a page that refutes failures: Many of the anti-municipal networking foes have released misinformation about what they describe as financially flawed or failed networks around the U.S. Unfortunately, although there are certainly municipal services that haven't worked out--there have to be some failures--the ones that are bandied about are typically misrepresented. Tricitybroadband.com has a regularly updated page that provides the official response and financial details refuting this misinformation.

The point here would be to work with facts: if the facts that the utilities, cities, or Tricitybroadband is presenting are incorrect, then other facts could refute them. We could have, say, a real debate going in which real information was presented, examined, and conclusions reached.

NRMC Report on Municipal Broadband Is
Out

NRMC Report on Municipal Broadband Is
Out 02/05/2005 09:27 PM
I've read the report, and it's worth downloading and reviewing: The report from the NMRC is called "Not In The Public Interest - The Myth of Municipal Wi-Fi Networks -- Why Municial Schemes to Provide Wi-Fi Broadband Services With Public Funds Are Ill-Advised." I've studied it now and have some comments. Before reading my comments, you should review that report and one that's a predecessor and cited in this report and in some of the advance publicity from The Heartland Institute, which co-produced the report--The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University's Municipal Broadband in Concord: An In-Depth Analysis. (See also Karl Bode's more irate analysis of the report.) I'm going to back in time to March 2004, when the Beacon Hill Institute report was published because many elements of it are embedded in the NMRC report. The Concord report from Beacon Hill analyzes whether a proposed network in Concord, Mass., has any hopes of producing a good return with low risk. The report looks at four cities, including Tacoma, Wash., and Ashland, Ore., and also examines RCN, a cable operator that tried to offer competitive broadband services in areas with incumbent operators. Some financial details in the report on Tacoma and Ashland date to 2001 partly because financial information isn't readily broken out for these two projects. Based on aspects of the Beacon Hill report, it was clearly primarily written in late 2003 when full-year figures for 2002 were all that would have been available. It's tricky to tease out where they got numbers for Ashland and Tacoma even after studying and following the footnotes and reading reports at the various project sites. For instance, a citation on Ashland borrowing as much as $20 million from other city agencies to make up revenue shortfalls in their fiber network is attribute to a site called Dynacorp-sucks.com that was "last accessed January 28, 2003" in the footnote reference. There is no record of this site at Archive.org, either, which doesn't mean it didn't exist, but means I cannot research what used to be there. On the Ashland Fiber Network site and City of Ashland's site, I cannot find recent numbers on cost and capital expenses, except that in the 2003-2004 budget, income from AFN outstrips expense by about 15 percent ($2.67 million in versus $2.33 million out). There appears to be no primary research in the Beacon Hill report, such as...

Does Municipal Broadband Save Jobs?

Does Municipal Broadband Save Jobs? 04/30/2004 01:33 PM
Just as certain states (at the urging of big broadband providers) are trying to ban municipal broadband offerings, Broadband Reports is looking at whether or not municipal broadband helps create jobs and boost the local economy. It seems like it's a mixed bag - but in a fairly expected way. Obviously, it has the ability to do two things: (1) give jobs to local residents working for the municipal broadband service provider and (2) help create new jobs for those who need broadband. However, it's unlikely (on its own) to suddenly turn any town or city into the next Silicon Valley. Still, with some towns unable to get broadband any other way, it can clearly help towns keep jobs that would otherwise go away. Considering the fact that, these days, many jobs require broadband access, it seems somewhat ridiculous for states to mandate that their towns and cities can't come up with their own solutions.

Municipal Wireless Goes Beyond Internet
Access

Municipal Wireless Goes Beyond Internet
Access 07/29/2004 05:22 PM
Wi-Fi Planet Jul 29 2004 8:18PM GMT
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Gill and Cudahy on the state of our
democracy

Gill and Cudahy on the state of our
democracy 12/02/2003 01:56 AM
Jock Gill and Michael Cudahy have an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today suggesting that maybe not everything is so great with our democracy at the moment....

"Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball:
More Distortions From Michael Moore
(They Effectively Poke A Lot Of Holes In
The Movie)"

"Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball:
More Distortions From Michael Moore
(They Effectively Poke A Lot Of Holes In
The Movie)" 07/01/2004 08:50 PM

"Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore:
Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind
gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are
Dumb, Germans Educated"

"Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore:
Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind
gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are
Dumb, Germans Educated" 11/10/2003 11:14 PM

Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore:
Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind
gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are
Dumb, Germans Educated

Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore:
Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind
gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are
Dumb, Germans Educated 11/10/2003 11:36 PM
Davids Medienkritik: Michael Moore: Amerikaner sind dumm, Deutsche sind gebildet / Michael Moore: Americans are Dumb, Germans Educated .. Michael Moore published in a German newspaper .. thanks to Mediankritik .. David Kaspar

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Michael Dell steps down as CEO: Dell
Inc. founder and chairman Michael Dell
handed over

Michael Dell steps down as CEO: Dell
Inc. founder and chairman Michael Dell
handed over 07/16/2004 11:29 PM
NDTV Jul 17 2004 4:00AM GMT

From Michael

From Michael 01/22/2004 11:06 PM
You just wrong, and I be tryin' to right you .. brilliant, streetsmart debate .. From Michael has a lot more .. is truly a work of art .. Margaret Cho just rocks

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Michael McCracken on OS X UI

Michael McCracken on OS X UI 06/05/2005 11:38 PM
Michael McCracken has two recent posts on OS X UI: Hypertext links as Native UI and The Mac UI Question.

"Michael Moore and Me"

"Michael Moore and Me" 05/25/2004 03:56 AM

Michael Moore and Me

Michael Moore and Me 05/24/2004 12:49 PM
what Michael Moore did when he wrote that book .. different article about Michael Moore .. first-hand report .. Fred Barnes

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"Tritter Michael "

"Tritter Michael " 01/26/2004 10:21 AM

Michael Moore at the RNC

Michael Moore at the RNC 08/31/2004 08:20 AM
Cory Doctorow: USAToday has hired Michael Moore to cover the Republican National Convention:

Hanging out around the convention, I've encountered a number of the Republican faithful who aren't delegates. They warm up to me when they don't find horns or a tail. Talking to them, I discover they're like many people who call themselves Republicans but aren't really Republicans. At least not in the radical-right way that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft and Co. have defined Republicans.

I asked one man who told me he was a "proud Republican," "Do you think we need strong laws to protect our air and water?"

"Well, sure," he said. "Who doesn't?"

I asked whether women should have equal rights, including the same pay as men.

"Absolutely," he replied.

"Would you discriminate against someone because he or she is gay?"

"Um, no." The pause — I get that a lot when I ask this question — is usually because the average good-hearted person instantly thinks about a gay family member or friend.

Link (Thanks, Alfie!)

"Michael Moore.com"

"Michael Moore.com" 05/06/2004 10:19 AM

Welcome, Michael Simon

Welcome, Michael Simon 11/17/2003 03:13 PM
Spymac would like to welcome its new weekend editor, Michael Simon. Michael Simon has a master’s degree in writing and more than three years of professional writing and editing experience. His mission is to bring news and editorial content to weekend visitors of Spymac. [More]

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson 12/05/2003 09:01 PM
Like Michael Jackson? Amazon customers recommend...

Q&A: Michael Dell

Q&A: Michael Dell 01/06/2005 02:43 PM
CRM Assist Jan 6 2005 6:53PM GMT

Saint Michael 0.11

Saint Michael 0.11 12/31/2004 02:04 AM
A Linux kernel module to detect and react to the insertion of LKM rootkits.

Michael Jackson diz que

Michael Jackson diz que 12/28/2003 06:33 AM
King of Pop himself .. nothing wrong .. below

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Michael Moore.com

Michael Moore.com 01/27/2004 04:08 PM
Miserable Failure .. Michael Moore

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Michael Hawley - getting it done

Michael Hawley - getting it done 03/06/2004 01:49 AM

MIT Professor Michael Hawley [Slashdot]

"Today's CBS This Morning ran an interesting profile on MIT Professor Michael Hawley. Aside from recently publishing a super-jumbo-sized book about the Kingdom of Bhutan, he has invented (among other things) an interactive kitchen counter, designed a heart monitor embedded in jewelry, contributed to the MIT Toys of Tomorrow project and has written several classical compositions for piano. What really struck me was Hawley's observation that 'today's computers aren't musical enough.' For him, there is 'no difference between an ivory keyboard and a QWERTY keyboard.' I think it's a good thing that the mainstream media is starting to show how 'computer nerds' (as the correspondent identified Hawley) can be rich individuals with much more to their lives than hardware upgrades, programming languages and pocket protectors."

Marc's bit......

I go way back with this dude - like 20 years.

Michael Graham

Michael Graham 08/29/2004 04:23 PM

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Michael Cimino

Michael Cimino 03/14/2005 04:51 PM
Michael Cimino

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"Michael Smerconish"

"Michael Smerconish" 04/16/2004 08:49 AM

Michael Marcavage

Michael Marcavage 02/06/2005 01:09 AM
Michael Marcavage wants the government to kill you if you are homosexual. Through his organization Repent America you can contribute to his goal. Won't you help the poor gay babies?

"Michael Hanscom"

"Michael Hanscom" 10/30/2003 03:49 PM

"Michael Moore"

"Michael Moore" 03/19/2003 10:44 PM

Michael Moore's

Michael Moore's 06/14/2004 09:03 PM
AP reports that Michael Moore's upcoming film "Fahrenheit 9/11" was given an 'R' rating today by the MPAA. The same MPAA that says violence is much more acceptable than sex. The same MPAA that has close ties to the FCC, running roughshod over First Ammendment freedoms. The same MPAA headed by Jack Valenti who played himself in Freakazoid! a cooky cartoon about superheroes that save Washington D.C. Email him if you disagree at jvalenti@mpaa.org or call the MPAA 818-995-6600 x396.

Michael Moore

Michael Moore 06/28/2004 03:22 AM

" Michael Getler"

" Michael Getler" 06/08/2004 08:23 PM

Michael Powell

Michael Powell 07/10/2004 02:34 PM
"blogging" .. Always On .. Powell

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"MICHAEL MONTGOMER..."

"MICHAEL MONTGOMER..." 03/19/2005 02:42 AM

PA incumbents get to veto municipal wifi