A periodic roundup of kinda sorta almost relevant artciles that I recently enjoyed…
For the First Time, the TSA Meets Resistance
At BWI, I told the officer who directed me to the back-scatter that I preferred a pat-down. I did this in order to see how effective the manual search would be. When I made this request, a number of TSA officers, to my surprise, began laughing. “We have to search up your thighs and between your legs until we meet resistance,” he explained.
Your time is up, publishers. Book piracy is about to arrive on a massive scale
If book publishers want to see the next decade in any reasonable health, then it’s absolutely imperative that they rethink their pricing strategies and business models right now. They’ve spent three years bickering about eBook prices and Amazon and Apple and Andrew Wylie, and they’ve ignored that massive growling wolf at the door that has transformed the music and TV so much that they’re forced to give their content away for practically nothing.
2 Charged With Fraud of Millions From Pianist
In August 2004, Roger C. Davidson walked into a computer services shop on Main Street in Mount Kisco, N.Y., seeking help with his virus-plagued computer. That was only the beginning. Over time, prosecutors said, Mr. Bedi told Mr. Davidson about an elaborate international conspiracy that had attacked Mr. Davidson’s computer and was threatening Mr. Davidson and his family.