I've long given up reading, listening and watching the news; it's just too
depressing and makes me want to crawl up into a hole to avoid the nasty
horrible world that we live in.
Okay, so it's a form of “poking my head in the sand” response, but it
keeps me sane and happy, instead of psychotic and depressed.
So now it seems I should stop reading Slashdot. Between the DMCA forcing Alan Cox to
censor the Linux Kernel changelog, Microsoft calling
viruii “Industrial Terrorism” (no doubt using the September 11th attacks for publicity), the FBI wanting to see
every packet, any article about
the SSSCA, and unreasonable
searches when going to and from work I'm afraid to say anything, much
less step outside the door of the condo here.
Whatever happened to “News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.”? Or does this
mean I should pull my head out of the sand?
You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go
ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
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