#20yrsago — Public Fediverse posts

#20yrsago Three-hole punch debut, April 1940 https://web.archive.org/web/20061119140057/https://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/09/06/three-hole-paper-punch-debut/

#20yrsago New Zealand redefines open source as “code you can’t modify” https://memex.craphound.com/2006/09/07/nobel-prize-sperm-bank-human-tragicomedy-about-eugenics/

#20yrsago MSFT quicker to patch DRM than security vulnerabilities https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/09/microsoft_and_f.html

#20yrsago Wikipedia’s dumbest arguments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars

#10yrsago Why the Pirate Party could end up running Iceland https://web.archive.org/web/20211024071400/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2016/09/how-internet-pirates-became-political-force-iceland

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#20yrsago Dell won’t help customers remove #spyware https://yro.slashdot.org/story/03/12/03/0257238/dell-to-techs-dont-help-customers-remove-spyware

#15yrsago #SpiderRobinson reads #JohnVarley’s “The Persistence of Vision” https://web.archive.org/web/20111215214809/http://hw.libsyn.com/p/b/f/e/bfea9a6569a591aa/SOTW057.mp3?sid=669e18ee3a02e91b0ddc3bc71878673a&l_sid=21159&l_eid=&l_mid=1970776&expiration=1323992876&hwt=f3158434ea94dcfa536ce7d3b1a49107

#15yrsago #Atheism Song — #AdamSandler’s #HannukahSong, but for nonbelievers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFqSNpK9vm8

#15yrsago Interview with Harvard law prof who’s challenging the constitutionality of the #RIAA suits https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2008/12/02/radio-berkman-the-pay-us-hotline-fines-and-the-riaa/

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#20yrsago Turn a floppy into a Klingon ship https://memex.craphound.com/2003/05/25/turn-a-floppy-into-a-klingon-ship/

#20yrsago “Facts” about printing and book-design https://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/002638.html

#20yrsago Dear Hollywood: neener neener neener https://web.archive.org/web/20030524173415/http://www.instapundit.com/archives/009672.php

#20yrsago @eff on #TotalInformationAwareness https://web.archive.org/web/20030528233343/https://www.eff.org/Privacy/TIA/20030523_tia_report_review.php

#15yrsago Villagers from three continents will confront #Chevron execs at annual meeting https://web.archive.org/web/20080520120807/https://www.chevrontoxico.com/

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#20yrsago #LinkedIn: #Friendster without the gonad-centrism https://memex.craphound.com/2003/05/07/linkedin-friendster-without-the-gonad-centrism/

#20yrsago #FutureOfMusic coalition open letter on media consolidation https://web.archive.org/web/20030504023803/http://www.futureofmusic.org/news/fccmusicianletter.cfm

#20yrsago The Web makes writing better https://web.archive.org/web/20030509221227/http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,950915,00.html

#20yrsago A (dangerous) primer on #HardwareHacking https://hackingthexbox.com

#15yrsago House passes bill that will let the #RIAA take away your home for downloading music https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4279rh/pdf/BILLS-110hr4279rh.pdf

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#20yrsago Notes from “Google, Innovation, and the Web,” at ETCON https://craphound.com/googleetcon2003.txt

#20yrsago #Grokster court rules distributing #Gnutella clients is legal! https://craphound.com/GROKSTER ORDER.PDF

#20yrsago Nanotechnology: Bringing Digital Control to Matter” #EricDrexler’s talk at ETCON https://craphound.com/drexleretcon2003.txt

#20yrsago Notes from “Roboflies, Flexonics, and the Social Life of #SmartDust” https://craphound.com/pescoetcon2003.txt

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#20yrsago @bruces on #TotalInformationAwareness https://www.wired.com/2003/04/i-want-my-tia/?pg=4

#20yrsago Chinese state sends 20m SMS messages to crush #SARS rumor https://web.archive.org/web/20030618180119/http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,928906,00.html

#20yrsago Found poetry from #Rumsfeld’s speeches https://web.archive.org/web/20030415133226/http://slate.msn.com/id/2081042/

#20yrsago OS X floppy disk RAID https://web.archive.org/web/20030601111810/http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm

#15yrsago Best practices for water imbibing: “Just drink when you’re thirsty” https://www.npr.org/2008/04/03/89323934/five-myths-about-drinking-water

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#20yrsago Ben and Mena: A #blogging anthem https://web.archive.org/web/20030402125637/https://stevenf.com/mt/archives/000238.php

#20yrsago State-level #DMCA would outlaw firewalls, secure mail https://web.archive.org/web/20030401182840/https://freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html

#20yrsago A Librarian slams the #PATRIOTAct https://web.archive.org/web/20030411065208/http://slingshot.tao.ca/displaybi.php?0077010

#15yrsago #JohnVarley’s ROLLING THUNDER: third book in Thunder/Lightning Heinlein juvenile tributes, a smashing success https://memex.craphound.com/2008/03/27/varleys-rolling-thunder-third-book-in-thunder-lightning-heinlein-juvenile-tributes-a-smashing-success/

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