Cyber Command (Seal) Secret Cracked →
The digits in the seal--9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a--looked like some kind of hash code. Sure enough, when checking with an unnamed source at the super secret agency, Wired was told that the numbers, if decoded, would translate into something meaningful, at least to the agency.
One person quipped it was just their PGP key.
Administration's Challenge to Arizona Law Is Not Over Profiling... →
...but rather preemption, or a state law taking precedence over a federal law, which violates federalism. This will be an interesting showdown sure to bring the 10th Amendment into play.
Just in case you were curious, a web browser access the resources of the World Wide Web, and a search engine indexes the content of the same, to allow more efficient access to the desired resources of the same. This association between Google, the Internet, and web browsers makes Microsoft lie awake at night sobbing. (Google's Chrome browser is legitimately good, though.)
Interestingly enough, Safari's new Reader feature loads the next page on demand, not in the background when the feature is launched. Thus, when on a slow Internet connection like I am now, the seamless effect of reading is destroyed.
A Youthful Market Spurns the Wares of Microsoft →
More discussion of the Kin Phones and Microsoft's mobile strategy, as well as an interesting take on their bigger problem of attracting developers and students.
It is the Soldier, not the minister, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the Soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the Soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to protest. It is the Soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. It is the Soldier, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote. It is the Soldier who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protester to burn the flag.
— Charles Province
Red Skelton explains the Pledge of Allegiance on Independence Day.
Why Christians Are Jerks Online →
I don't think our ability to forget compassion and grace is limited to the online world, though.
The United States of Throw the Bums Out →
Excellent analysis of the current political environment.
The Bad News About ObamaCare Keeps Piling Up →
I may not agree with everything that Karl Rove says, but he is pretty much a political genius, and I have talked to business owners that have said the same thing - it'd be cheaper to just take the fine.