What Tomb of the Unknowns and PRISM Have in Common
Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery Original photo by Alex McLeod Oh, maybe TV _is_ right. TV’s _always_ right! ~ Homer Simpson I’m always amused at what people will take at face value. On the...
View ArticleCan You Really Erase Yourself From the Internet?
Magician doing card trick Can you really do a magic act and disappear from the net? There are some articles online that make it seem possible, but I believe they somewhat understate the difficulties...
View ArticleJudge Rules Against Net Neutrality, and Why That’s a Bad Thing
Outdoor “cable salad” in Croatia Photo by User:Manfreeed You’ve probably heard by now how a judge recently ruled that the FCC overstepped its bounds by enforcing what is known as “net neutrality”,...
View ArticleNo, You Cannot “Remove Negative Links From the Web”
“Young Man With Empty Pockets” Image courtesy of Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net A foole and his monie be soone at debate, which after with sorrow repents him too late. ~ Thomas Tusser, English poet and...
View ArticleMellow Monday: Where Is the End of the “Information Superhighway”?
OK, I’m changing “Merry Monday” to “Mellow Monday”, because some of the lighter items aren’t necessarily humorous. For example, as a writer, I found FWJ‘s article on “The Distribution of English...
View ArticleSecurity Roundup: Malware in Ads, Malware in New Domains and Protecting Your...
Does your home network need a gate guard?Photo of Coast Guard Air Station, San Diego, 2013Photo by Visitor7, used under CCA-SA The next few weeks are going to be busy ones around here, so expect a few...
View ArticlePrediction 2: The State Oversight of the Net Will Increase
Recently, President Barak Obama declared the Internet a public utility, and the idiots have come out of the woodwork. The Daily Caller, never ceasing to be sycophants for corporations and their...
View ArticleThe History of the World-Wide Web (WWW)
The story of how the WWW came into being. Ink Pen, ran 8 Jan 2015 [Originally published on Helium Network 21 August 2012.] #www #World-WideWebHistory In 1993, NCSA Mosaic, the first graphical web...
View ArticleFCC Passes Title II Reclassification and Restricting Rights of Municipal ISPs
FCC winds up meeting on net neutrality A landmark decision was just made at 13:00 EST by the FCC to make the Internet a public utility. Closing statements started at 12:55 and the vote was concluded...
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