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Be Careful Online: Big Brother is Watching

May. 8, 2009

The following text is a reproduction of my last blog post, titled, Or Pnershy Bayvar: Ovt Oebgure Vf Jngpuvat. Reactions were mixed. Jon Bishop deciphered it and commented in kind. Jillian York thought it was Icelandic. And Jeff Hurt is apparently unsubscribing from my blog feed as a result. So. Here is it again; and [...]

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Or Pnershy Bayvar: Ovt Oebgure vf Jngpuvat

May. 7, 2009

Ol zrnaf bs onpxtebhaq, V gjrrgrq gurfr zrffntrf jvguva gur cnfg 10 zvahgrf:

Sbetrg nobhg Snprobbx qrirybcref gnxvat lbhe cevinpl jura lbh vafgnyy guveq-cnegl nccyvpngvbaf. Ng yrnfg gurer’f n jneavat naq lbh unir gur pubvpr gb bcg-bhg. Ab fhpu yhpx jvgu gur Havgrq Xvatqbz tbireazrag!

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Internet Business Owners to Pay Taxes?

May. 5, 2009

If you own a business that has no physical presence in a U.S. state, you are not required to ask for, nor submit, sales tax.
A 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling does not obligate mail-order firms (and internet companies, by extension) to use tax.
That’s the law today.
In the name of economic recession, U.S. Representative Bill Delahunt [...]

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Food Safety Bill Ricochets Around Web

Mar. 24, 2009

If U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has her way, the nation’s farms and vineyards–under the umbrella of small business operations–would be grouped with slaughterhouses and restaurants and face new regulations under the proposed Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009.
The underlying purpose of H.R. 875 is noble; the Food and Drug Administration is tasked with overseeing [...]

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Proof That Facebook is Censoring You

Mar. 13, 2009

On a hunch by Craig Thomler that Facebook censors references to the word Twitter, I decided to put my money where my fingers are and type some test updates.
You won’t believe this.

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U.S. Bans Social Networking

Aug. 21, 2008

Blame the U.S. government for the title of this post. Uncle Sam is throwing its weight behind three primary reasons to ban access to social networks.
Ask yourself if you want the United States of America — the land of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness — to be compared to the United Arab Emirates [...]

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White House Destroyed Emails

Aug. 19, 2008

The White House is the home of the President and the office of about 400 employees who are provided official whitehouse.gov email addresses. But for one reason or another, these addresses are not always used.
Did you know that…

former White House officials serving under President George W. Bush sent emails from accounts provided by the Republican [...]

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