I have this problem

stevenf writes about the siren's call of new projects, and the ball-and-chain they become:

Steeeeven... What about a site that tracks average pizza delivery times by ciiiiity... It could use AJAAAX...

Posted at 2006-02-03 14:16:37 by Richard • Link to I have this proble…
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Jurisprudence

The second principle is the core one of jurisprudence - that due process is a requirement before punishment. I know the Prime Minister has defended devolving summary justice to police constables, but the DRM proponents want to devolve it to computers. The fine details of copyright law have been debated and redefined for centuries, yet the DRM advocates assert that the same computers you wouldn't trust to check your grammar can somehow substitute for the entire legal system in determining and enforcing copyright law.

Each computer's immanent ability to become any kind of machine and the copying of data that happens as part of this, leads the DRM advocates naturally to the point where they want to outlaw computers, or to take them over by stealth, using virus-like techniques.

Copyright law is hard.

Posted at 2006-02-03 10:54:44 by Richard • Link to Jurisprudence
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Blog roundup

Ooh wee, I've been busy! Lots and lots of work, mainly. Compare my current writing frequency to that of October!

I'd like to thank Marty for the quote of the day (and it's only 9am!): “Ah, it's Friday. Only two more work days 'til Monday!”.

Some things I've got open in Safari:

• Whitespace sensitivity in Java — nothing to do with learning Java, but interesting language trivia if you're a programmer.
• Chaos Games at Lemonodor — visualising streams of anything. See patterns. Looks awesome.
• A couple of SPARQL endpoints.

Possibly more posts when my brain comes back online.

Posted at 2006-02-03 09:11:05 by Richard • Link to Blog roundup
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