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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/elsewhere.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/elsewhere.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1562ef7 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.19.07/Thu/elsewhere.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Elsewhere on Wired: + +* Listening Post [follows][3] the alarming news that the RIAA is pursuing an appeal which will make the owner of an ISP account is responsible for all activity on that account. If the RIAA gets their way, say goodbye to open wifi hotspots. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/02/riaa_contests_d.html "RIAA Fights Back, Threatens Open Wi-Fi" + +* 27B Stroke 6 [thinks][2] the actual rules for REAL-ID, a "government mandate that states comply with federal rules for drivers licenses in order to create a de facto national I.D. card," are about to be revealed. Maine has already opted out saying the program is too expensive and invasive, and Montana is reportedly thinking of doing the same. Orwellian times ahead. + +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/02/national_id_fig.html "National I.D. Fight Coming Soon" + +* Table of Malcontents has a [write up on Herman Melville][3] in which we learn that he hated photos and wrote an obscure novel, *Pierre, or The Ambiguities*, in which a young writer (Pierre) has "a semi-incestuous relationship with his mother, then runs away to New York after pretending to marry his sister." And if that isn't enough, Melville throws in an ex-girlfriend who joins them and they form "one big, unhappy, adulterous-incestuous love nest." + +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/02/to_the_devil_wi.html "To the devil with you and your Daguerreotype!" + +* Bodyhack [asks][4] what they think is a rhetorical question: would you buy prescription drugs from a shady-looking stranger on the subway? I wish I could answer no, but the truth is I'd be lying. + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/02/buyer_beware.html "Buyer Beware"
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