06/01/31 Tarot progress #10
06/01/29 Links
06/01/22 Links
06/01/17 Novel progress #54
06/01/15 Am I annoying you?
06/01/31 Tarot progress #10
06/01/29 Links
06/01/22 Links
06/01/17 Novel progress #54
06/01/15 Am I annoying you?
Today: Tarot progress.
First version of VII The Chariot.
Current
Archive
Today: unrelated linkage.
Googling politics.
Breitbart.com: Google agrees to censor results in China
(via Metafilter)
Even more Googling politics.
BBC: Why Google in China makes sense
(via /.)
Science is culture.
Seed magazine
(via Zeldman)
Useful meetings.
SvN: You still want meetings. Here's how to make them useful
How to write a travel story.
World Hum: The art of writing a story about walking across Andorra
(via Metafilter)
Today: unrelated linkage.
Don't forget Darfur.
The New York Review of Books: Genocide in slow motion
(via Metafilter)
A little-known bit of history: thousands of Jews found refuge in Shanghai during the run-up to WWII.
Harry Leichter: Jews of Shanghai
(via Metafilter)
Things that go bump in the night.
AskMeFi: Weird things happen when I sleep
A Douglas Adams moment.
BBC News: Whale spotted in central London
Three well-deserved minutes of fame.
Plastic bag: On being on television...
Today: another lesson learned while writing a novel.
Better late than never.
06/01/17 Analysis and design
Today: a closer look at whether annoying others on-line can get you sent to jail.
Well, as I'm not doing it intentionally I'm probably off the hook, but at first glance things looked somewhat alarming:
The prohibition: "Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person...who receives the communications...shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
Politechbot: New law targets activities designed "to annoy" others
This story made the rounds on the blogs during the past week or so. People started wondering whether anonymous posts on weblogs were going to be a thing of the past, since sooner or later something you say is going to annoy someone which might expose you to legal action.
Luckily, things may not be that bad. Here are some sceptical views and legal discussions, all found through Bruce Umbaugh's A blog doesn't need a clever name.
The Volokh conspiracy: A sceptical look at "Create an e-annoyance, go to jail"
Concurring opinions: annoy someone online (anonymously); go to jail
(via A blog doesn't need a clever name)
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