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So this weekend or maybe on in the coming weekend I’d like to head down to the Natural History Museum. Any takers? Please no non-readers apply 😉
Monthly Archives: July 2004
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A federal appeals court recently made a ruling that allows just about anyone to read your email at any time…
luckily it’s not as bad as it sounds, read on.
Your Email Up for Grabs?
By Seth Jayson
July 8, 2004
This is the kind of thing that can turn a member of the media against his own kind. The day after scores of news organizations crowed about a misperceived threat to Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPod — which I’ve ranted about elsewhere on the Fool — there’s been a mere whisper about a recent court decision that could have a much greater impact on the average American.
A federal appeals court recently made a ruling that allows just about anyone to read your email at any time, for any reason, without fear of lawsuit or prosecution. The case is a bit complex, so bear with me.
In the late 1990s, a small bookseller in Boston offered email accounts to some customers. But there was a hidden catch. Store employees were snooping in messages between those individuals and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) in order to try to glean some kind of competitive advantage. Sound illegal to you? It would be, if wiretap law applied. But according to the appeals court, wiretap law is irrelevant.
By the court’s reasoning, the filched email was “stored communication,” which can be legally browsed by companies. Of course, we all know, email doesn’t just zoom from one place to another without a trace. Instead, the text is transmitted through a variety of momentary resting places, until it finally ends up on your mail server. In other words, it’s always “stored communication.” By similar logic, it should be legal to open up a letter so long as the carrier isn’t jogging with her mailbag. If email providers, and the government, can follow the letter of this ruling, say goodbye to email privacy altogether.
Of course, most email providers like Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Yahoo! (NYSE: YHOO), and Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) AOL have privacy policies in place. Even Google, with its somewhat creepy scan-and-market system, promises that no real, live person will look at your innermost thoughts. That’s not much solace if the law permits wholesale snooping.
It’s not that I don’t trust these folks. But I don’t trust these folks. Corporations are in the business of making money, and if they can do that by prying into your inbox, you can bet they will. As an investor, I’d say “do what it takes to make the bucks.” But as a person, I’m even more convinced that anything sent via email should be considered about as confidential as a scream in church.
original article: http://netscape.fool.com/Server/FoolPrint.asp?File=/news/mft/2004/mft04070847.htm
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rant
So the other day I walk into 7-11 and spot this:
Where do I begin?
Rant 1: Speedo makes swimming products. Now they are selling water? This cross marketing has to stop before it gets out of hand.
I refuse to hang a car air freshener made by Summer’s Eve from my rear view mirror, I don’r care if my car does have that not so fresh feeling.
Rant 2: If you look closely to the top of the label you’ll notice “low carb” . I mean , if that isn’t the Atkins clock indicating 15min 01sec I don’t know what is. I mean are people really that dumb?
“let’s see here, deer park water… 0 calories, 0 grams of fat..hmm nothing about carbs, I’d hate for this water to make me fat” “oh and can you grab 1/4 pound big bites for me, no buns I am on a diet”
*smacks forhead*
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wow
this was my horoscope today:
“If looking ahead drives you crazy with impatience, try looking back with satisfaction. You’ve accomplished more in a few days than some people do in a year. The stars will soon reward your continuing eagerness.”
Someone was just saying the same kind of thing to me today about not being so impatient about all the great stuff I am working on, and to take a step back and look at how much i already have accomplished at my age….
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I’m skurred.
well aside from half of the titles don’t match the sex of the person.
sweet I have a hot “husband” dez the international hotness
a smart responsible mother
a fun partying father
a sister who ironically very much could be my sister in real life based off our personalities
a cool brother
and jay *points and laughs* fetch me my slippers
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TGIF
Almost done with work, then off to meet Mike (who I haven’t talked to since we graduated high school,
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Insomnia = fun
So I decided to put together a little mock movie demo. It’s only a night’s work so i know it isn’t perfect, but enjoy anyway, should be a good friday laugh 🙂 (note, you need quicktime to view the file)