CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMAN, IF YOU THINK CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE! When a House Judiciary subcommittee begins two days of hearings this morning on proposed changes in the Copyright Act, the Digital Media Association will have achieved a milestone in its long running legal and regulatory battle with the Recording Institute Association of America (RIAA). The subcommittee on will be reviewing Copyright Office recommendations for changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that would enlarge Congress' original 1996 legislative definition of "interactive" Web radio. If Congress ultimately approves the changes, Webcasters could gain parity with traditional radio broadcasters in the royalty rates that must be paid to copyright holders for the use of their songs.

Getting DSL shouldn't be this hard.

This position paper puts forth the idea that it can sometimes be useful to merely cache knowledge sufficient to recognize valid data. In other words, we do not have a local copy of a data item, but possess a substitute that allows us to verify the content of that item if it is offered to us by an untrusted source.

Telemarketers are good for testing new phone lines, if nothing else.

Homemade business cards are very convenient and look surprisingly professional.

Mickey Mouse has gone wireless, as Walt Disney World is using an 802.11b LAN throughout most of it's 47 square mile park.

Existing words no longer adequately describe core human concepts such as "human," "birth," and "food."

We once invited TV programs into our living rooms. Are web site's living rooms on the other side of the CRT?

New Top-Level Domains (.INFO, .BIZ, etc.) don't expand the DNS namespace effectively.

You know you're a real developer when you blame the documentation.