DISQUS

That looks great; I wish I could go.

Oh, good catch, Blaise.

Can't find anything at WSJ.com about Quadir... can you?

Haha good point. Proofreading is boring and I often quit half-way through...

Thanks; it's definitely worth checking out.

I think the medium influences us, but it is far from deterministic. It has a tendency, but it is not going to happen for everyone and to the same degree. But, yes, as for the general sentiment, I agree that the medium matters.

Chris - good article. It is definitely advocating the decentralized response to Al Qaeda. The leader of this month's Wired had the same premise: fight the ideological battle against Al Qaeda online. The problem, though, is that if another attack happens, it will be very hard to not bunker down again and therefore regress in the struggle.

Good point... I certainly hope we don't, but history suggests those are the only times these things happen.

The problem with that is, today, we are facing important issues which demand international institutional responses (AIDs, terror networks, global warming, nuclear nonproliferation). In other words, if WWIII caused new institution to rise up, would they be aiming at those persistent problems or would they be fixing WWIII's?

Good find. On the other side of the argument is Jeff Sachs who is a prolific dev. economist at Columbia who thinks we need to make a final push of billions of dollars. I just can't get over my pessimism and support him.

I can definitely do a better job w/ book reviews but I've found out something: it's tough work!

For a much better reviewer, check out Ethan Zuckerman: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/11/30/c... and the link he provides at the bottom.

(Full warning - my next book review will be even more superficial because it is such a mathematical book... check back soon.)

There were a couple stories about how open they were, particularly in comparison to the 1970s earthquake that very few people were aware of though its scale was similar.

In comparison to the Tibet crackdown, the earthquake was very open. What is becoming evident is that the state can adjust quickly to different political goals - vilifying violent protest or seeking humanitarian aid.

I think it was some Russian leader, but I Googled it and found no solid references...

I'll do one better - bring the book to you. 20 pages of reading should solve your question.

And even though you are tired of hearing about it, a FotI review is coming.

It's from the article to which I linked in the NYT. Implicit credit. (Probably could be improved, so I will.)

I'd love a Pownce invite if you still have one.

Doesn't the fact that Wired published this story prove that the blog world will be corrected?

Those who were interested enough to blog the subject are interested to hear this follow up and will adjust accordingly.

This is different than in the past because when a major news source errs, the readers hardly see the correction which is a small, hidden blurb.

I cover digital copyright developments such as Creative Commons, DRM, etc. at http://www.copyrightings.blogspot.com

Seagate is doing AWESOME stuff. Those are great-looking hard drives. If the software is solid, those will be killer.

I'm wondering if you think the XBOX setup is easier than the coming iTV (albeit unproven).

With built in wifi iTV already takes our one step...

That guy is brilliant and hilarious.

That is the ugliest design for a tech oriented site that I have seen in a long time. I can't believe they screwed it up so badly.

CNN and the NY Times are doing a really nice job. CNN with the typical sensationalism and the NYT with patience and thoughtfulness.

It is obviously digg.com. What isn't obvious is what they did.

I'm guessing something with the data visualization. Going out on a limb, I bet they've integrated that third-party 3D functionality which was dugg recently.