Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial recently decried a local courthouse policy banning cell phones equipped with cameras. Besides the obvious effect of banning cell phones, the P-G noted, “Cameras have long been barred from courtrooms only, not the entire building; naturally, all news media outlets including this one oppose that restriction.”
The paper went on to suggest [...]
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A friend pointed out some security policy at a football field we intended to visit because our favorite team was playing. It seems there may be some restrictions on camera lenses: They can’t be longer than eight inches, and they can’t be white.
White lenses are Canon lenses, but most importantly they are the favored lenses [...]
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Posted in Social issues, Technology on August 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There is a reason I don’t sign up for a lot of stuff I don’t sign up for. Mailing lists.
I get piles of junk mail. My old postmaster, in a small town where I once lived, used to object to calling it junk mail. He preferred “presorted bulk” mail. If what shows up in my [...]
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One of the things I dislike (rather strenuously) about Republicrats, though the Rs seem more eager (if only slightly) to do it than the Ds, is picking out and picking on phrases that have little or nothing to do with the point — as though some oratorical mis-step, either verbal or visual, uniquely defines a [...]
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There was an online discussion recently among several of us who use a particular type of cellular telephone. The topic was an article titled “iPhone: a Trojan Horse For Government Surveillance? According to the article, a feature has been found in the iPhone that can allow Apple or the government to listen in on telephone [...]
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