Mail header decoding techniques can be found here. More 'Net news: the Mozilla browser is now available in a non-Beta version at Mozilla's website. More digital news: want to try your hand at legal password cracking? Go here. Here's a nice overview of the coming digital copying battle between content providers and tech manufacturers.
Howard Kurtz quotes a Salon column (regrettably, premium content) taking on the sudden enthusiasm for restricting civil liberties. This issue was addressed by the ACLU in a letter quoted at surreally yesterday. In another example of the Feds behaving less than responsibly, the Aussies are now following our lead in rejecting the Kyoto deal.
Here's a nice graphic showing what this consolidation of agencies into the new Cabinet department would look like, with numbers of dollars and employees. Quoting Howard Kurtz in the Post, "One roadblock, of course, is that all of this must be approved by Congress. And guess what? There are 88 Hill panels that have jurisdiction." Can anyone say "turf warfare?" Oh, and the hot gossip story out of DC appears to be an upcoming Esquire interview with Andy Card, White House Chief of Staff (excerpted here).
Posted by Linkmeister at June 7, 2002 10:39 PM