Date: 08/15/2003 06:45 AM MST
From: xerox freud ([email protected])
Subject: New Fears Around Blaster Worm
Continuing evidence that techno-diversity is as important as biodiversity ("New Fears Around Blaster Worm," Aug. 14, 2003).
In the future, however, it seems we will continue to get everything ass backwards and make nature more like our global media and techno-cultures: homogenous, maladaptive and highly vulnerable.
By the time humanity is wiped out by the common cold, there will be four languages, two media conglomerates and one MSNBC/AOL/US global government headed up by the genetic offspring of Bill Gates and Arnold Schwarzenegger: an unfortunate mix of Billy's brawn and Arnold's brains. But, man, what a salesman!
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Date: 08/14/2003 12:34 PM
From: K Roper ([email protected])
Subject: Virtual Soldiers? Dream on, Darpa
"Then, scientists will run simulations on the virtual heart to see how it reacts to injuries…. Shrapnel will be thrust into the pig…"
I was enjoying this article. Until I read that ("Virtual Soldiers? Dream on, Darpa," Aug. 14, 2003).
I'm all for knowledge advancement and better quality of human life, but not at any price. What an utterly hideous abuse of animal life that scheme is. Sickening. I hope it's stopped in its tracks.
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Date: 08/13/2003 07:20 PM
From: Ian Lipsky ([email protected])
Subject: Worm Exploits Weak Link: PC Users
"I just don't see why, after spending thousands of dollars for a computer, I should have to devote all this time to taking care of it," he said. "No one told us it'd be a full-time job to have a computer…." ("Worm Exploits Weak Link: PC Users," Aug. 13, 2003).
1. I wonder which computer he bought that costs several thousand dollars.
2. I wonder if he ever changes the oil in his car since he probably paid several thousand dollars for that, too.
3. Assuming he doesn't let it auto-update with one click, clicking five buttons (Start, Update, Scan, Apply, Reboot) is a full-time job now, apparently.
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Date: 08/15/2003 08:15 AM MST
From: Sandy McMurray ([email protected])
Subject: Sour Note to Microsoft Deal
"…Apple's iTunes, which debuted in April and so far has been the only service that lets customers burn the songs they buy to CDs without restriction."
I believe the eMusic.com service also allows users to burn the songs they buy to CDs without restriction ("Sour Note to Microsoft Deal," Aug. 14, 2003).
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