(1) in order to get us to pay when we use "their" internet, now there are pop-up ads that talk to you. (Unplug those speakers from your PC or Mac!)
(2) I tried to "rip" songs from two CDs (by the Dixie Chix and Broooce) so I could play them on my MP3 player. The CDs wouldn't let me rip the first song on each CD. It seems we have a new copy-protection scheme. (3) Michael Perelman's book MANUFACTUING DISCONTENT: THE TRAP OF INDIVIDUALISM IN CORPORATE SOCIETY (Pluto, 2005) costs $25.95 for a paperback edition, about 12 1/2 US cents per page. -- Jim Devine / "Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate." -- Bertrand Russell
