Archive for April 24th, 2005

EFF: How DRM Affects Consumers (Video)

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

The movie studios have figured out a mechanism to prevent you from doing what you want to do with the content you buy. Cory Doctorow from the Electronic Frontier Foundation talks about the negative impact of DRM on innovation, how it restricts legitimate end-user expectations, “notice and takedown”, and more. Everyone should watch this.
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Snow in April

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

I am reminded once again that I live in Michigan. Last week we had temperatures in the 80’s. This week it’s snowing. Like they always say: “If you don’t like the weather, just wait.”

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Zoo Tries to Get Chimp to Kick the Habit

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

Yahoo! News - Zoo Tries to Get Chimp to Kick the Habit

A South African zoo wants a chimpanzee to quit smoking cold turkey.
[Zoo] Keepers say Charlie the chimpanzee picked up the habit from visitors at the Bloemfontein Zoo who sometimes toss him cigarettes.
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