this is stupid. most luxury goods are produced in china, which borders on nk. to loosen the grip on the elite, why not carpet bomb the country with luxury articles, as ze frank suggested?
Month: December 2006
My last.fm liked tracks
heavily self-referential, but what the heck. i (ab)use nice as a catch-all tag for songs i like. declarative living at work.
Mare Nostrum
built into a former church. computation / simulation is the new religion, clearly
Generation Gaps
son: Of course Santa has a mobile phone, mum. What kind of an adult doesn’t have a mobile phone?
FBI mobile eavesdropping
The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone’s microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations. The technique is called a “roving bug,” and was approved by top US Department of Justice officials for use against members of a New York organized crime family who were wary of conventional surveillance techniques such as tailing a suspect or wiretapping him.
hello, transparent society.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 