so i made logs of my oulibot channels today
zool: on #dorkbot there is bot feedback stuff and some conversational input
zool: zool) on #oulibot there is the bot brain during most of the days run-while-debugging
zool: oh i give up trying to work scriborg while drunk
blech: looks like you've got the right links next to the right channel names.
blech: I'd leave it if I was you
zool: leaves it
zool: --- - OPN is a service of Peer-Directed Projects Center, a Texas nonprofit--- - corporation, IRS 501(c)(3) application pending.
zool: it has gone heavily nagware
zool: it was a bit naggy before, but in a calm, personal sort of way
blech: Interesting comparing OPN, the PDF, LWN and Kuroshin.
blech: that's PDF as in Perl Development Fund
zool: perl depends on you, now you depend on perl: make donation
blech: daffodils thing
Copyright bill will create vigilantes: critics
hooch: American movie, recording and software executives could be prohibited from entering Australia or extradited to face criminal charges if a copyright protection bill before the US Congress passes into law.
hooch: (random expert) believes it will lead to an online arms race
hooch: The Australian Recording Industry Association may seek discussions with the Federal Government if Berman's bill is adopted in the US.
Warchalking backlash story (via blech)
blech: via haddock. again.
hitherto: I hope Matt Jones knows a good publicist...
zool: well it looks like a karmatic feedback loop
hitherto: Interestingly, the Warchalking press spokesman "who says he launched the craze" is Ben Hammersley
blech: the original Haddock context. Rude.
space: oh are we believing everything journalists say now?
blech: Hammersley, Doc Searls and Matt Jones all share the blame, from what I remember of that night down Garlic and Shots.
blech: But I was quite drunk, and high on oversaturated garlic bread.
Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries
hitherto: Interesting (US-centric) list of online services provided by libraries
hitherto: Nice example of community-benefiting uses of net technologies
hitherto: Now, to write a bot that can manage the information, and package it as RDF...
blech: standalone app, tidy
blech: there's even a version to plug in to BBEdit
mattb: see also JTidy, a Java implementation that can return a tidied DOM tree to its caller
Japan rolls out compulsory National ID
hooch: Japan in an Uproar as 'Big Brother' Computer File Kicks In
hooch: "Despite near 100-degree temperatures here, Japanese have been moved to protest, sometimes dressed up as bar codes or computers."
hooch: OKYO, Aug. 5 - Japan put into operation a national computerized registry of its citizens today, provoking two un-Japanese responses: civil disobedience and a widespread feeling that privacy should take priority over efficiency.
hitherto: Expect governments like the UK to be watching this closely
hooch: "Right now, the government is saying that the card will be used for 93 types of administrative matters," he said, referring to such steps as obtaining pensions and passports. "But in the future, the government has a bigger project, named "E-Government" which will have 16,000 administrative usages."
zool: i feel that admin overcentralisation of this kind can only entail inefficiency and exploitation
sky_: otoh Sweden has had national ids for ages working out ok, overused by everyone even if it is against the law, but makes life easier
hitherto: A self-referential link. Hurrah
Tesco offering shopping list compilation on handhelds now
hitherto: They threw in a vague thing about wireless too
hitherto: Looks like wireless is the latest sexy news-grabbing tech buzzword
zool: well now 802.11b is opened up for commercial use we see a lot more of this i suppose
zool: states the obvious
blech: on the subject of wireless
blech: learning from Rabbit, via haddock