Årsarkiv: 2004

Passed the history test!

Postat den 3 oktober, 2004 av staffan

As previously reported, I’ve studied for a history exam. The examination was split in two parts, one written and one oral, and this wednesday I did the last part. I’m happy to report that I passed the test with a … Läs mer →

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Bruce Eckel on Generics and erasure

Postat den 26 september, 2004 av staffan

Bruce Eckel has his third article (earlier articles here and here) on the role of erasure in Java 5.0 Generics. Complicated subject, at least for me who hasn’t developed anything with either .Net or C# generics, but as usual with … Läs mer →

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Terry Fisher: ”Promises to keep”

Postat den 26 september, 2004 av staffan

Lessig comments on and recommends Terry Fisher‘s book ”Promises to keep”, with the subtitle ”Technology, Law and the Future of Entertainment”. Coming from a technology background and moving into law, these discussions always interests me. The introduction and final chapter … Läs mer →

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Lessig on Edwards

Postat den 25 september, 2004 av staffan

Interesting debate between Lawrence Lessig and William Tucker about John Edwards and how his background as a trial laywer will affect the American public and the election. Best quote is about Kerry, though: Most of us believe our government lied … Läs mer →

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Quickies of the day

Postat den 24 september, 2004 av staffan

Not much time for interesting posts of my own these days, busy studying history for my final oral exam on Wednesday. Meanwhile, here’s what interested me in the blogosphere today. Interesting blog entry from Frederik Lundh on the role of … Läs mer →

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Quickies of the day

Postat den 23 september, 2004 av staffan

Since the process of blogging is still much to convoluted for quick spontaneous posts, I’ll just keep collecting the interesting links for the day in this Quickies format, and publish once a day. Or something like that. John Levine has … Läs mer →

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Two more things on copyright and related laws

Postat den 22 september, 2004 av staffan

In regards to the previously mentioned controversy around The Pirate Bay: The signature ‘Judas’, acting as legal counsel for TPB, argues that providing a link (in this case a .torrent file) to copyrighted material is not copyright infringement under Swedish … Läs mer →

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Quickies of the day

Postat den 22 september, 2004 av staffan

Lately, I’ve only been blogging about what’s going on in my world. Time to go through the last few days of blog postings that I found interesting for one reason or another: pHatidic writes about the fact that Wikipedia does … Läs mer →

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Blogging engines revisited (again)

Postat den 20 september, 2004 av staffan

Well, I’m officially Not Happy with blosxom anymore. The biggest problem is that the posting process when using static mode becomes very convoluted. At least for me: ssh in to the server Write the entry as a text file (and … Läs mer →

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Law is not code

Postat den 13 september, 2004 av staffan

I have not yet read Lawrence Lessig’s ”Code and other laws of cyberspace”, but I like its catchphrase, ”Code is Law”. Sadly, the reverse do not hold, particularly not in the real world. As a programmer, it’s natural for me … Läs mer →

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