Colorado Faces New Divide: Deiced Roads vs. Ecosystems

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Putin Says Russia Faces Full 'War' to
Divide Nation

Putin Says Russia Faces Full 'War' to
Divide Nation 09/04/2004 12:23 PM
President Vladimir V. Putin acknowledged failures of leadership today as the toll from the end of a school siege rose to 322.

[etech] Day 2 - Cory Doctorow - All
Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites

[etech] Day 2 - Cory Doctorow - All
Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites 03/17/2005 03:00 AM
[Cory's talk will be posted on his site.] You could stop spam by simplifying email, he says. You could charge a penny or two for sending emails. You could put in place strong ID. You could solve spam...by breaking email. Complex ecosystems are influenced, not controlled. Global efforts are underway to require anyone who makes a device that touches video first to get permission. You already need permission from a controlling body if you want to create a DVD player. That's why there's no innovation there. He argues against "trusted computing," the attempt to simplify the ecosystem to protect it...

Cory's talk from ETECH: All Complex
Ecosystems Have Parasites

Cory's talk from ETECH: All Complex
Ecosystems Have Parasites 03/17/2005 03:56 AM
Cory Doctorow: I've just given my speech at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego. The talk was called Al l Complex Ecoystems Have Parasites (a line I nicked from my friend Kathryn Myronuk). As with last year's talk, I've dedicated this one to the public domain and put it online.

CD has a rich ecosystem, filled with parasites -- entrepreneurial organisms that move to fill every available niche. If you spent a thousand bucks on CDs ten years ago, the ecosystem for CDs would reward you handsomely. In the intervening decade, parasites who have found an opportunity to suck value out of the products on offer from the labels and the dupe houses by offering you the tools to convert your CDs to ring-tones, karaoke, MP3s, MP3s on iPods and other players, MP3s on CDs that hold a thousand percent more music -- and on and on.

DVDs live in a simpler, slower ecosystem, like a terrarium in a bottle where a million species have been pared away to a manageable handful. DVDs pay no such dividend. A thousand dollars' worth of ten-year old DVDs are good for just what they were good for ten years ago: watching. You can't put your kid into her favorite cartoon, you can't downsample the video to something that plays on your phone, and you certainly can't lawfully make a hard-drive-based jukebox from your discs.

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Report on Global Ecosystems Calls for
Radical Changes (washingtonpost.com)

Report on Global Ecosystems Calls for
Radical Changes (washingtonpost.com) 03/31/2005 06:59 AM
Earth's Sustainability Is Not Guaranteed Unless Action Is Taken to Protect Resources, Experts Say 3/31 .. Report on Global Ecosystems Calls for Radical Changes .. Save the planet by starving people

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U.K. to Build Wi-Fi Along Roads

U.K. to Build Wi-Fi Along Roads 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
The U.K.'s Highway Agency is planning to build a wireless network that covers major highways and urban centers throughout the country: The network sounds a bit like Metricom's but in this instance it will use Wi-Fi. The initial plan is to hang 150,000 access points on street lights and traffic lights. The Highway Agency will use the network to monitor cars and offer telematics applications about road conditions. But the network may also be offered to ISPs to service to anyone. This sounds like quite an ambitious and potentially expensive project for a government agency. If enough people can use the network for Internet access, perhaps those service could help pay off the network for the government....

From Roads to Rivers

From Roads to Rivers 02/22/2003 06:42 PM

I just came from work back to the dorm. It's a two minute walk, and a 30-second run. Needless to say I was running. For those of you enjoying sun right now, Southeastern Massachusetts is experiencing a torrential downpour at this moment. Between the rain and the melting eighteen inches of snow, the roads have been transformed into rivers.

We were given a new iMac at work, and I played around with it all day. Naturally, I installed Mozilla and Safari promptly after realizing IE was my only default option for a web browser. My experience with Safari thus far has sucked has been good and bad. I really like it as a browser, but try as I might it does not work with my site. I thought I had it working back in January, but today I found out it still completely skips over all of my Javascript. Every single line of it. My onload handler never gets called. I tried ripping out all of the Javascript today and just having it send an alert onload, and Safari just wasn't interested. Other sites work perfectly, with all sorts of Javascript involved. My page works fine in Mac IE and Mac Mozilla. If you can figure out why Safari does't recognize my Javascript I would be very happy. Here are links to my two Javascript files, defaults.j s and functions .js.

I've added John's Jottings to the Outside Reading area.

Country Roads

Country Roads 10/29/2003 12:10 AM

2.2km – Van, speeding, being tailgated by a second. Both are passed by a third.

4.9km – Houses.

5.7km – Guy pulled over to take a whiz on the side of the road.

7.1km – White Peugeot flipped over the night before.

10.3km – Four gendarmes in a small marked car, just tooling around.

13.5km – Same hunter with same shotgun leans against same van, waiting.

15.0km – Old man, bicycle, cap, sweater vest, baguette, the full deal.

16.3km – Tall balding Canadian in sensible Passat wagon (the car’s name is Bob) ponders the logic behind burning a CD on which ‘Straight Outta Compton’ is followed by ‘Sk8er Boi’, then remembers something he said years ago that was completely dickheaded, then winces, then decides that it makes more sense that the first thing you see after clicking the Pages tab is the Default layout in editable form, rather than a list, because ninety nine times out of a hundred that’s what you’re going for anyway.

19.9 km – Guy pulled over to take a whiz on the side of the road.

Red Hat and Meetup.com Cross Roads

Red Hat and Meetup.com Cross Roads 02/05/2005 09:53 PM

XML-Deviant: All Roads Lead to RDF

XML-Deviant: All Roads Lead to RDF 08/11/2004 07:03 PM
A recent article by Mark Nottingham suggests that RDF may well be the answer to the difficulties inherent in specifying web services with W3C XML Schema. Edd Dumbill reports.

New roads to virus prevention

New roads to virus prevention 06/14/2004 08:30 AM
From different vantage points in the network, IronPort Systems and Determina are attempting to thwart virus outbreaks by providing early prevention against attacks.

In This Case, No Roads Lead to New Rome
(AP)

In This Case, No Roads Lead to New Rome
(AP) 09/09/2004 09:16 AM
AP - No roads lead to New Rome.

Roads 'good' for Easter Sunday

Roads 'good' for Easter Sunday 04/11/2004 03:00 AM
Traffic conditions around Britain are "fairly good" for an Easter holiday weekend, with most travellers already at their destination.

Search: Will all roads lead to Rome?

Search: Will all roads lead to Rome? 04/21/2004 06:20 PM
Matt Hindman: "Because of link/traffic patterns, we may be facing a situation in which all search engines are returning the same results." Time ran out before I could ask this question of Matt: What do you think of the Amazon...

Storms cut power and block roads

Storms cut power and block roads 07/07/2004 12:46 PM
Thousands of homes are left without power and roads are blocked as high winds and rain batter southern England.

On Transit Map, All Roads Lead to
Politics

On Transit Map, All Roads Lead to
Politics 01/25/2004 01:57 PM
After decades of neglect and deadlock, politicians and planners have begun to lay out a grand vision for the city's steel skeleton of subways and commuter trains.

BETT: Apple Making UK In-Roads

BETT: Apple Making UK In-Roads 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
Apple's share of the UK education sector climbed to 8.5 per cent from 6.4 per cent year-on-year in the quarter ended October 2003. By Jonny Evans (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu)

Luddites Pay Double To Use IL Toll Roads

Luddites Pay Double To Use IL Toll Roads 01/03/2005 06:04 AM
theodp writes "Effective Jan. 1 at midnight, drivers on Illinois toll roads who refuse to or are unable to shell out $50 for an I-PASS are char ged twice as much to use the tollway system as those who use the transponders to pay their tolls. Critics say the charge-$1-to-process-$1 scheme amounts to extortion." Northern California is pushing something similar to get more people to use what they call FastPass here, offering discounts to users. To be honest, it was a bit surprising that such systems weren't more popular out here when I moved from New York, where the EZPass system is ridiculously popular -- to the point that the majority of tollbooths on the major bridges and tunnels seem to be EZPass only. It also makes some sense that tolls manned by humans would cost extra -- as it is more costly for the government to pay for workers. It's not that different than when some banks started charging people to speak to a human teller rather than an ATM. Of course, there are some questions about privacy when it comes to these RFID-enabled tollbooth systems, but that's not the issue that's being discussed here. The one area where the Illinois rule is troublesome is that it requires $50 down to get one of these devices, which may be a bit steep for many on limited incomes. Also, it's still quite annoying that the various electronic tollbooth systems don't all work together. Some of them can work across multiple states, but there are at least four different systems that don't appear to work together.

Two Roads Diverge for Three New
Handhelds (washingtonpost.com)

Two Roads Diverge for Three New
Handhelds (washingtonpost.com) 05/02/2004 02:47 AM
washingtonpost.com - If you need a handheld gadget only to remember addresses, birthdays, grocery lists and the other easily forgotten minutiae of daily life, the computer industry solved your problem about five years ago.

Internet engines pave new roads into
history

Internet engines pave new roads into
history 12/30/2003 06:27 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 30 2003 5:06PM ET

Storm Glazes Roads From Rockies to
Plains (AP)

Storm Glazes Roads From Rockies to
Plains (AP) 01/05/2005 11:08 AM
AP - Motorists and pedestrians slid on slippery pavement Wednesday morning as a storm spread snow and thick layers of ice from the Rockies to the Northeast, cutting off electricity to thousands of homes and businesses and giving some children a holiday from school.

All 3G roads lead to roam for laptop
users

All 3G roads lead to roam for laptop
users 05/13/2004 09:30 AM
Silicon.com May 13 2004 1:48PM GMT

Aristide Supporters Block Haitian Roads

Aristide Supporters Block Haitian Roads 02/11/2004 01:30 PM
Armed civilians loyal to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide stoked burning barricades and blocked roads to Cap-Haitien again.

New Forest Rules May Pave Way for Roads
(Los Angeles Times)

New Forest Rules May Pave Way for Roads
(Los Angeles Times) 07/13/2004 05:13 AM
Los Angeles Times - The Bush administration proposed new forest rules Monday that could lead to logging, mining and oil and gas development in remote country that had been protected under a policy issued in the waning days of the Clinton presidency.

Calif. Storm Floods Creeks, Closes Roads

Calif. Storm Floods Creeks, Closes Roads 01/02/2004 04:59 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2004 3:56PM ET

Texas floods wash out roads, damage
homes

Texas floods wash out roads, damage
homes 07/29/2004 08:23 AM

Latter-day ashphalters call on feds not
to treat fiber like roads

Latter-day ashphalters call on feds not
to treat fiber like roads 03/19/2003 10:45 PM
Clay sez:

The 21st Century Infrastructure Consortium (21st CiC)is dedicated to bringing high-bandwidth fiber to the home. Or, rather, they are dedicated to FTTH as long as our city governments don't get involved. From the looks of the paper 21st CiC has filed with the FCC, the worst thing that could possibly happen is that someone could be scheming to offer you access to pure bandwidth, uncluttered by monopolistic business practices.

From their FCC filing: "Municipalities, even when they promise to build an open-access network, should not at all be involved with the FTTx industry."

So take that, you municipal stooges! Your puny notions of "open access" are nothing to us! (I'd suggest a drinking game involving the number of occurrences of the phrase "unfair competition" in a two page PDF, but I think the AMA would revoke my blogging license.)

The very idea that the government would want to treat access to bandwidth as even remotely analogous to access to highways has latter-day asphalt manufacturers in a tizzy. Municipal FTTH may die a-borning, if the beneficiaries of such services don't make themselves heard.

Link Discuss (Thanks, Clay!)

Are The Roads Safer Without Any Traffic
Signals And Lane Markers?

Are The Roads Safer Without Any Traffic
Signals And Lane Markers? 05/20/2004 03:50 AM
There is a school of thought that suggests making things more dangerous is actually safer - since the more obviously dangerous a situation is, the more careful people will be. In some sense, this is part of the theory behind parts of open source philosophy: if the source is open, security is likely to be tighter, since everyone knows that the source is available to be combed through for vulnerabilities. That is, by making something less secure in some sense, it can create a situation where it's actually a lot more secure. Apparently, a growing group of people are applying that concept to traffic engineering. The thinking is that the more chaos there is in the road, the more careful drivers are, and the less likely an accident occurs. Urban planners and traffic engineers are recommending removing traffic lights and stop signs, taking away lane markings, getting rid of crosswalks and bike lanes - and just letting everyone share the road however they feel appropriate. In areas where it's been implemented (whether officially or by default - as in some developing nations), there are plenty of stories about how, despite the chaos, the roads actually appear to be much safer. Part of this is that people end up driving slower - because they know that they may share the road with others. Merging and cutting in are less of a problem, because it's easier to make eye contact with other drivers (who are paying more attention and driving slower) and while the overall speed that the roads are designed to encourage may be slower, the lack of any congestion actually makes traveling through the areas faster. The focus, clearly, is on urban areas and not highways and such. Obviously, not everyone agrees with these theories - despite the evidence that's out there. People in the US are especially horrified by the idea - especially in areas where traditional "traffic calming" is a big deal. They argue (somewhat persuasively) that US culture really couldn't handle such a thing - since we pride ourselves on our individuality and our ability to express ourselves often via our cars and how we drive. That makes some sense, but the more I thought about the article, the more something I've been pointing out for years made sense to me. Driving in Manhattan has a terrible reputation. People talk about how it's pure chaos. Red lights are "optional," lanes mean absolutely nothing, and people and bicycles wander in and out of the streets everywhere. However, personally, I enjoy driving in Manhattan. Once you're in the right mindset, the chaos of driving there makes perfect sense, and it's almost easy. I'll admit I'm much more vigilant, but it's because I realize the rules are different. Meanwhile, here in California, driving is a different sort of adventure. Everywhere I drive, it seems like half the people on the road aren't paying attention. In NY, if someone cuts you off with an inch to spare, it's because they know they're cutting you off with an inch to spare. It may seem dangerous, but people are aware of what's happening. In California, if someone cuts you off with an inch to spare, it's because they couldn't be bothered to look or to realize that a car approaching in the next lane may be going much faster. In a situation where people naturally assume things are safer because the "chaos" is removed, perhaps things are actually made worse.

Iraq Attacks Force U.S. Military to
Close Roads

Iraq Attacks Force U.S. Military to
Close Roads 04/17/2004 03:39 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 17 2004 7:46AM GMT

Iraq Attacks Force U.S. Military to
Close Roads (Reuters)

Iraq Attacks Force U.S. Military to
Close Roads (Reuters) 04/17/2004 03:36 AM
Reuters - Guerrilla attacks prompted the U.S. military to close highways north and south of Baghdad on Saturday, soon after President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to stamp out violence in Iraq.

High-Tech Vehicle to Survey State of
Region's Roads

High-Tech Vehicle to Survey State of
Region's Roads 09/24/2004 03:45 AM
PA News via The Scotsman Online Sep 24 2004 8:22AM GMT

California's SUV Ban - The Golden State
has outlawed big SUVs on many of its
roads but doesn't seem to know it. By
Andy Bowers

California's SUV Ban - The Golden State
has outlawed big SUVs on many of its
roads but doesn't seem to know it. By
Andy Bowers 08/05/2004 02:20 PM
California's SUV Ban .. quite a hum-dinger .. discovers

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Colorado Daily

Colorado Daily 02/11/2004 10:49 AM
spot the logical fallacy .. RACIAL STEREOTYPING: .. CU-Boulder .. Spike Lee .. spreading

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From Colorado to outer space

From Colorado to outer space 03/24/2005 02:34 PM
Volvo, Virgin Galactic announce winner of space flight contest; he'll make the big trip in two to three years.

Former Colorado Kicker Says She Was
Raped (AP)

Former Colorado Kicker Says She Was
Raped (AP) 02/18/2004 07:50 AM
AP - The University of Colorado said it planned to hire a special administrator to oversee its athletic department and scandal-plagued football program after a female placekicker said she was raped by a teammate four years ago.

More Flu Cases in Colorado, But May Be
Peaking

More Flu Cases in Colorado, But May Be
Peaking 12/11/2003 12:34 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 11 2003 0:07AM ET

Colorado Man Resuscitates Chicken (AP)

Colorado Man Resuscitates Chicken (AP) 04/15/2005 09:52 AM
AP - First there was Mike the Headless Chicken, a rooster that survived for 18 months after having its head lopped off with an ax.

Genesis Capsule to Be Sent to Colorado

Genesis Capsule to Be Sent to Colorado 09/23/2004 12:38 AM
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Computer Viruses Cripple Colorado DMV

Computer Viruses Cripple Colorado DMV 09/23/2004 01:49 PM

Man Arrested for Fatal Fire in Colorado

Man Arrested for Fatal Fire in Colorado 12/29/2003 10:32 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 29 2003 9:39PM ET
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