Am I the only one wondering why Microsoft isn't being taken to task for the SQL Slammer mess? When is the FBI going to haul MS to court? If this was a car company, they'd have their charter revoked by now.

When the executive branch creates a regulation, they're obligated to defend those regulations against public opinion. That opinion is solicited through public comments. Until now, you only knew to comment on something when a wild-eyed activist sent you an alarmist email alert. Now, you can saunter over to http://www.regulations.gov/ and rant to your heart's content.

Never remember a password again, courtesy of Puppy Suite.

I know, because I read His blog.

Congress cut off funding for TIA, amid concerns over civil liberties and the fact that it's led by an unscrupulous technocrat. So it's not such a bad day after all.

Mutual funds now have to report once a year on their proxy votes. The SEC is making them do this so that mutual fund customers can judge whether a fund is working in their interests. I think this is a great idea. The mutual funds, shamefully, fought the SEC on this. The funds said it would subject them to pressure from activist groups and increase their paperwork... but shouldn't the funds be accountable for their proxy votes? Isn't pressure from activist groups exactly the point? How can they invest my money without telling me how they voted on my behalf? And suddenly the financial houses are opposed to paperwork? That argument is so disingenuous as to be insulting. Really obnoxious. Good for the SEC.

You wouldn't believe what the EPA knows about your neighborhood.

I'm glad I found PhoneScoop before I dropped big money on a Motorola T68i.

I was so hoping this would become a big deal. Thacker walked away, saying that the controversy was manufactured from quotations taken out of context: "the term 'gay plague' was in vogue in the mid 80's as this disease first took its toll on that population. Obviously, this disease is now found in people of all races, colors, creeds, and sexual orientations, so I do not use the term except in describing the historical context." Likewise, I have to assume, "deathstyle" and "sin of homosexuality" have perfect valid historical contexts.

In the past few days, Daschle, Feinstein, Kerry, et al have come down hard on Bush's saber-rattling on Iraq. Good for them. Where was all this rhetoric when they voted for the Congressional authorization? None of these born-again peaceniks demanded that Bush's war powers be contingent on a UN resolution, so I don't know where the get the chutzpah to demand it now. They want it both ways, and it's disgusting.