"Something has gone seriously awry with this Court’'s interpretation of the Constitution."

Eugene Volokh and his readers present for your enjoyment some memorable one sentence lines form judicial opinions.

Wikimedia servers - From Meta; discussion about Wikimedia projects

What a loverly server farm! I'll take two please, one for here and one as a back-up.

Souter vs Kelo

LOL: "On Monday June 27, Logan Darrow Clements, faxed a request to Chip Meany the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road. This is the present location of Mr. Souter's home."

Nike Campaign "Borrows" Album Art

If we are talking about the pain that major corporations suffer from piracy and knock-offs:

We understand that trading on the image of a legitimately punk rock, anti-corporate institution will lend some desperately needed credibility to your marketing campaign for the hearts of adolescent skate kids. But doesn't knowing full well that that institution-- in this case the venerable Dischord Records-- would never grant you permission for the use of that image, and just steamrolling the fuck over them anyway because your lawyers can beat up their lawyers negate the very ideals with which you're attempting to equate yourselves?

Cable wins Supreme Court battle

Cable != DSL

In a 6-3 decision led by Justice Thomas, the court overturned a federal court decision that would force cable companies to share their infrastructure with Internet service providers, such as Brand X and Earthlink.

Please, for the children, go home.

Ministers plan to sell your ID card details to raise cash

Go Home!

Personal details of all 44 million adults living in Britain could be sold to private companies as part of government attempts to arrest spiralling costs for the new national identity card scheme, set to get the go-ahead this week.

The opening of commercial talks contradicts a promise made when the Home Office launched a public consultation on ID cards in April last year, when officials pledged that "unlike electoral registers, the National Identity Register will not be open for any general access or inspection."

MercuryNews.com | 06/27/2005 | Court rules Internet file-sharing services can be held responsible for music theft

MercuryNews.com | 06/27/2005 | Court rules Internet file-sharing services can be held responsible for music theft: "``We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by the clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties,'' Justice David H. Souter wrote for the court."

Error Message Haikus

Petals on the wind
My external memory
Tries to catch them all

Researchers Discover That Microbes Can Produce Miniature Electrical Wires

UMass Amherst News: "Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered a tiny biological structure that is highly electrically conductive. This breakthrough helps describe how microorganisms can clean up groundwater and produce electricity from renewable resources. It may also have applications in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which develops advanced materials and devices in extremely small dimensions."

Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes

In which SCOTUS rules that private shopping malls are, in fact, public use.

Crash consciousness

Remember, the only good SUV is a dead SUV. Unless, umm, it's one of those hybrid Ford Escapes or you really need one or it's a Land Rover or Toyota Land Cruiser somewhere in Africa or Asia. Cuz those are cool.

Boing Boing: URGENT: Call your Senator RIGHT NOW or live with the goddamned Broadcast Flag forever!

Apparently some sly media industry hucksters are trying to pull a fast one on some sleepy politicians. I'll say it again: "Politicians Go Home!"

Kittens are even cheaper than librarians!

The intrepid reporter who first revealed to us the growing techno-taxidermist craze has continued her intrepid exploration of the intersection of death and technology. Something along the lines of "putting the corpse back in corporations!" We here at "It's All About Control" salute Ms. Snyder and eagerly await her next revelation.

Flickr: The Pisa pushers Pool

In which the historic Italian town of Pisa is over-run by a horde of mimes.

Canada Introduces New Copyright Bill

Some people complain that with our current minority government situation nothing is getting done in Ottawa. Not me, pass the budget and go home before you hurt someone.