Yesterday, my day started at 10 AM with showing up at work, and ended when I left church at about 10 PM. Even on this, the final dress rehearsal, we still didn't have all of the kids present, because of other conflicts. Life is too hectic.
Last month, the MPAA filed a brief with the Senate Judiciary Committee on their latest thoughts on copy protection. The best part: their plan to plug "the analog hole". "In order to help plug the hole, watermark detectors would be required in all devices that perform analog to digital conversions." It goes on to stress that "Detection and response to the watermarks does not mean less functionality ... Rather, it adds to these devices the ability to determine the difference between protected and unprotected works." Interesting logic. You can read more on Hollywood's latest efforts to control all technology here.
From the United Airlines web site:
I guess with air travel today, 4 min. late really is practically on time.
Our Apple Airport base station is dying. Every so often (more and more frequently), it resets for no apparant reason. The LEDs blink red, and eventually it actually comes back up. It seems that I have a base station that has power supply problems. This site had more notes on it, including the Apple-internal Knowledge Base article to tell the customer support people to look at so they'll do a free exchange of the Airport. A box to collect our dying one is on its way soon, and Apple says I should get the replacement "in 3-5 days."
Another dying electronic gadget is evidently my Palm Vx. It's no longer recharging when it's in the cradle. The light comes on, and the battery icon even shows that it's recharging — but when I take it out, it's at the same low level. At this rate, it's got another week or two of life left. This sucks.
Posted by Mike at May 25, 2002 11:49 AM