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- What about the Rest of the First Amendment? (1)
david: "The power in shows like this is in the fact that they're shows: they're relatively easy to organize, the average IQ can be low, but the visual effect…"
- Attention Attraction for the Attention Deficient Generation (6)
Tom Smith: "I can see the appeal of "tuning out the world." But I can't say that I think it's a good thing. I really have no argument, convincing or otherwise,…"
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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
The State which would provide everything, absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering person – every person – needs: namely, loving personal concern. We do not need a State which regulates and controls everything, but a State which, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, generously acknowledges and supports initiatives arising from the different social forces and combines spontaneity with closeness to those in need.
— Pope Benedict XVI
identity-theft
Identity Theft Playground
The LA Times offers another reason to worry about overexposure on the internet.
Web social networks friendly to identity thieves
"Social networking sites, which let users create detailed profile pages and connect with friends, are becoming the hot new thing for identity thieves, both amateur and professional. As improved spam filters and skeptical consumers make bogus e-mail […]
Identity Abuse
Her picture became a porn adScam artist stole her photo, used it in fake personalsBy Bob Sullivan
“Don’t put your picture online” was a common warning in the early days of the Internet. Sound paranoid in the era of online dating? Don’t tell that to Laura, who 18 months ago put up an online personals ad […]
