14 Nov 2003
Priorities

You gotta wonder about the priorities we as a society seem to be moving towards:

Here's a section from the Indiana Criminal code dealing with child molesting ...

IC 35-42-4-3

Child molesting

Sec. 3.

(b) A person who, with a child under fourteen (14) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits child molesting, a Class C felony.

IC 35-50-2-6

Class C felony;

Sec. 6. (a) A person who commits a Class C felony shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of four (4) years, with not more than four (4) years added for aggravating circumstances or not more than two (2) years subtracted for mitigating circumstances. In addition, he may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

Here's a link to a story of proposed Federal legislation dealing with entering a theater while carrying a camcorder:

Five year's jail for camcorders in cinema. MPAA goes after pirate movies [The Register]

What's wrong with this picture?

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Drug Growing Crops

Would you like some Prozac with that Caesar salad?

USDA Sued Over Drug-Growing Crops. Several consumer advocates and environmental groups join forces to sue the Department of Agriculture to block biotech companies from planting experimental crops engineered to produce medicine. [Wired News]

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Vanity Faire

Nice article about so-called "vanity pages" ... I've maintained haxton.org since 1996. Not only has it been fun, it's a place for interested folks to get genealogical information, family pictures and just general news. I kinda use it as a "personal portal", too - it's my default homepage and has a nifty little weather button for my local area. Blogs are cool, no doubt, but a homepage is required for the serious netizen...

Why Personal Websites Matter [Slashdot]

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Spim

Does this make a purveryor of ads via email and Jabber a "Spim-Spam Man"?

"Spim" is Latest Online Annoyance [Slashdot]

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Breeders

Gee, and they managed to do it quite naturally, no lab coats required! No mixing jellyfish genes into corn for that new "glow in the dark" kids cereal... imagine that.

Ancient Maize Genetics Amazing. Were ancient Mexican famers making genetic modifications to corn more drastic than what scientists are doing today? Depends on whom you ask. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]

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