Daily Archives: August 24, 2003
US Crime Rate Lowest in Recorded History
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent and property crimes dipped in 2002 to their lowest levels since records started being compiled 30 years ago, and have dropped more than 50 percent in the last decade, the Justice Department reported Sunday. The rate … Continue reading
IRS in Riyadh for Terrorist Audits
Its a tough time to be a Saudi. Under increasing pressure to deal with the popular, virulent anti-Americanism which is proving to be such a fecund petri dish of terrorism for Saudi youth with too much time on their hands, … Continue reading
New Yorkers Hit the Roof
The New York Times reports that when the temps climb in the Big Apple, so do New Yorkers – to the roofs. They charge through security doors and climb up fire escapes, and nervous landlords or busybody building superintendents are … Continue reading
Closer to Home – Cambridge Carnival
Meanwhile, closer to home, today is the Cambridge Carribean Carnival. This morning, our regular weekend meeting of the "Just Don’t Suck" tennis club was interrrupted by the syncopated cadences of steel drums and the flash and shimmer of silver … Continue reading
US Official: Free Software is Unamerican
"I don’t even know how to begin this story, so stupid and extreme it is." So begins Lawrence Lessig in a relevatory article on the US reaction to a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) meeting on “Open collaborative models to … Continue reading