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DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. Basically, it is the copy protection of intellectual property in the digital realm. The purpose of DRM is simple. It is intended to allow copyright holders to protect their content from unauthorized copying and distribution. That sounds simple enough. However, the nature of the technology has inherent flaws that [...]
Last week, according to credible online sources, Google hired its youngest employee, 15 year-old Tom Vendetta. That is, if your “credible” sources are Google News, Digg and other online news aggregators. Online news sites ran with the story, using the following “press release” as their source: 15 year old student, Tom Vendetta has been hired [...]
This week in Iraq, the Al Askari mosque (also known as the Samarra shrine) was bombed by insurgents. The mosque is 1200 years old and is one of the holiest sites in all of Shia Islam. As a response, Shiite Arabs demonstrated and incited violence across Iraq, mostly directed against Sunnis. Officials blame at least [...]
I have posted my response to the State of the Union over at FightForLiberty. Direct Link Edit: I’ll go ahead and post it here too. Still trying to decide if I want to maintain both sites or just roll them both into ZackRippy.com. Last night, President George W. Bush presented his annual State of the [...]