I've been reading about the Wikileaks issue on some legal blawgs, and corresponding with Scott Greenfield about it, and I think there's a bit of confusion over a technical issue. I don't think anyone within Judge White's jurisdiction is disobeying his order. I'm going to have to delve into some history here, but I think I can explain it without getting too technical. The key is … [Read more...] about The Difference Between a Website and Its Name
Trying to Stop Wikileaks
Yesterday, I mentioned that Federal Judge Jeffrey S. White issued an order shutting down the Wikileaks site. He did this by ordering the domain registrar to disable the wikileaks.org domain. This only disables the name lookup feature, not the underlying website, which is still available via its IP address: http://88.80.13.160 In a comment to my last post, Scott Greenfield … [Read more...] about Trying to Stop Wikileaks
Deserts, Predators, Domain Names, Musical Theater, Web Design, and Big Cats
Random shots around the web: John Ruberry writes about Chicago's food deserts. According to a University of New Hampshire study, everything the media tell you about Internet predators is wrong. Federal Judge Jeffrey S. White issued an apalling (and dangerous if not overturned) order to shut down an entire web site because someone complained about a few articles. As a … [Read more...] about Deserts, Predators, Domain Names, Musical Theater, Web Design, and Big Cats
Choosing an SUV
After my trusty old Camry gave up the ghost, my wife and I decided to buy an SUV. It was a big deal for me, so I'm going to be blogging about it a bit, in case anyone is interested. Buying an SUV is insanely complicated because the category covers a lot of vehicles designed for a lot of different purposes, and we had to make some choices. We settled on a few basic criteria. … [Read more...] about Choosing an SUV
An Especially Tricky Case to Prosecute
A few months ago, I was a juror on a criminal case where a guy was accused of attacking a cop. The cop was the only witness to the attack, and the defendant said he didn't do it. We the jury thought the defendant's story had too many problems, so we disregarded it and then convicted him based on the cop's more-credible testimony. I bring this up again because Scott at Simple … [Read more...] about An Especially Tricky Case to Prosecute