February 07, 2004
Around the Web Today
Posted by shonk at 01:59 AM in Uncategorized Current Events | TrackBackIn the news
- Taiwan sex workers demand rights — they are “urging candidates in the presidential election to support the legalisation of prostitution.”
- Tennessee woman sues CBS over Jackson breast exposure — amazingly, it took three whole days before a class-action lawsuit was filed.
- U.S. taxpayers to subsidize Iraqi wrestling team — apparently, this is an integral part of the rebuilding process.
- Great taste, less privacy — the magnetic strip on the back of your driver’s license contains more data than you might like. And bars and restaurants see this as a great source for marketing data. As if this should surprise anyone.
Other interesting links
- Volkswagen’s Transparent Factory — in my opinion, the coolest link on this list.
- A ‘sexy’ bridge — in the same vein.
- Stephen Wolfram makes A New Kind of Science available for download — thereby exempting you from having to pay 30 bucks to not read it.
- Man stranded in Paris airport for more than ten years — not surprisingly, European bureaucracy is to blame.
- The Sound…Of Silence — there are at least nine different tracks of utter silence available on the iTunes Music Store. At 99 cents a pop. Disappointing to note that John Cage’s 4’33” is not, apparently, among them.
- Students for an Orwellian Society — motto: “Because 2004 is 20 years too late.”
Comments
I wonder if there is a way to render this barcode unreadable, though I'm sure there is legislation prohibiting such activity.
On a slightly related note, I can't stand it when people refer to the license to drive as a "privelege." I don't feel especially priveleged while utilizing the roads I unwittingly paid for.
Posted by: mock at February 7, 2004 10:29 AMRSS Feed (More Feeds)
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