Bruce Sterling on Geeks and Spooks - "The big story about crypto is a power struggle between two American tribes: geeks and spooks." [via genehack]
Space station crew members went outside today and successfully removed some debris from the hatch where Progress was docked, allowing the hatch to seal.
The Wall Street Journal has a front
page column today (subscription required) on the National Research Center for College and
University Admissions, which collects annual in-class surveys of
high school students. The stated goal is for "colleges, universities,
and other organizations" to help the kids transition to college. What
is apparently a surprise to many, including students and officials at participating
high schools, is that, according to the article, among the "other organizations" is American Student List, which
resells the list to businesses which use the data for direct
marketing: magazines, newspapers, credit card companies, etc.
Update: Politech has excerpts from the
article.
