Archive for October, 2005



Wilma?

Does anyone know if what the press is claiming about Wilma, that it is the strongest tropical storm ever, is true? Is this really the worst hurricane season ever (I know it is in terms of damage)? Or is this just journalism’s usual . . .
Madness!

NYTimes is reporting on the FCC’s new requirement that colleges and universities spend $7 billion to upgrade their computer systems so that the FBI can wiretap more easily. Only 12 of the 1,442 wiretaps last year were internet-related, and it is unclear whether or not any of them involved a university. Yet this […]