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Mmmmmm. Pie for Pi Day. And Ceasar Salad tomorrow!
2003-03-14
Say It Ain't So!
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The same technology used to download music from file-sharing sites makes it possible to trade pornography, tech experts testified at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday.
You mean you can share files with file-sharing systems? I'm glad to know that congress is staying one step ahead of the game. I don't know how we'd protect ourselves if they weren't constantly at the bleeding edge of technology.
...maybe I don't want to go to DC after all.
Homeland Security Securing the Homeland
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. government officials are discussing the current five-color terror threat alert system to determine whether a higher level of risk should be added before a possible war with Iraq, government sources tell CNN.
They want to subdivide the orange terror state so they have more room to raise it when Gulf War II starts without actually going to red. Instead of admitting that this means the terror state is already too high, they've decided to further granularize the model.
I'm glad they're taking this bold step. It makes the argument of 'does the modern political climate make you think more of Orwell or of Kafka' much more compelling.
They want to subdivide the orange terror state so they have more room to raise it when Gulf War II starts without actually going to red. Instead of admitting that this means the terror state is already too high, they've decided to further granularize the model.
I'm glad they're taking this bold step. It makes the argument of 'does the modern political climate make you think more of Orwell or of Kafka' much more compelling.