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Democracy in America
Aug 8th
Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried.
~Winston Churchill
I recently was directed to an article decrying the bailouts given to oil companies. My first reaction was complete agreement. It’s insulting to read about the billions of dollars Washington D.C. is shoveling out the door to help industries who don’t appear to need help. It seems to be a trend in this country to help big business and let the poor get poorer. But then I realized something very important: that’s the democratic way.
iPad Password Lock
May 6th
As a lot of you may recall, iPhone OS 3.x included the ability to alter settings through mobile safari. This gave rise to several popular patches called mobileconfigs, most notable of which was the tethering hack that was quickly closed by Apple. There was another that got some early attention but faded away because it simply wasn’t iPhone appropriate: the password lock function.
Enter iPad. Here we have a mobile device running the same(ish) iPhone OS but is being used to carry around so much more information. All you documents, email, contacts, and photos are being protected natively by the same 4-number passcode lock. With support for BT keyboards as well as the nearly functional soft keyboard on the iPad, it seems like an appropriate time for a strong passcode.
Digital Privacy Update
Jul 16th
This article is the latest in the struggle to protect our privacy in the digital world. The EFF is central to an ongoing struggle for our rights to privacy. They are slugging it out against their second (and surprisingly equally secretive) administration and seem to be coming up against a red-tape wall.
In case you’ve been in a hole for ten years or just recently purchased your first telephone, here’s some background:
Bad Samaritan! No Cookie!
Dec 22nd
Reposted From: ABC News: Woman Sued for Rescue Effort in Car Crash.
Woman Sued for Rescue Effort in Car Crash
Legal Experts Say California Ruling Could Make Good Samaritans Hesitate
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
Dec. 19, 2008No good deed goes unpunished, or so goes the saying.
A paralyzed woman is suing a former co-worker for moving her from a car accidentSuch was the case with Lisa Torti, who is being sued for pulling a now-paralyzed friend from the wreckage of a Los Angeles car accident in 2004.