links for 2004-06-27
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google reverseengineering
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Great Lakes Agreement
The Smoking Gun has a copy of Kelly Ripa's new employment agreement.
Section 19 says:
Lender and Artist hereby warrant and represent that Lender and Artist are familiar with sections 317 and 507 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and that Lender and Artist are aware of Lender and Artist's responsibilities under it, and that Lender and Artist will comply with it during the Term herein.
So, what are sections 317 and 507 of the Communications Act of 1934 ? 317 is the anti-payola section, which seems applicable enough (except that it's just about radio, not tv):
All matter broadcast by any radio station for which any money, service or other valuable consideration is directly or indirectly paid, or promised to or charged or accepted by, the station so broadcasting, from any person, shall, at the time the same is so broadcast, be announced as paid for or furnished, as the case may be, by such person: Provided, That ''service or other valuable consideration'' shall not include any service or property furnished without charge or at a nominal charge for use on, or in connection with, a broadcast unless it is so furnished in consideration for an identification in a broadcast of any person, product, service, trademark, or brand name beyond an identification which is reasonably related to the use of such service or property on the broadcast.
Section 507, though...
(a) Any vessel of the United States that is navigated in violation of the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance thereof and any vessel of a foreign country that is so navigated on waters under the jurisdiction of the United States shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $500 recoverable by way of suit or libel. Each day during which such navigation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) Every willful failure on the part of the master of a vessel of the United States to enforce or to comply with the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance thereof shall cause him to forfeit to the United States the sum of $100.
So what's this Great Lakes Agreement that Kelly Ripa has promised to abide by? There's a Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, but that doesn't seem to fit the Communications Act (much less Ms. Ripa). More likely, it's the Agreement Between the United States of America and Canada for Promotion of Safety on the Great Lakes by Means of Radio.
It's also possible, I suppose, that they really mean Section 508 which is another payola section. Presumably prior to the ratification of the Great Lakes Amendment, this was section 507, and the entertainment industry just hasn't updated their boilerplate since 1975ish.
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links for 2004-06-22
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80s alternative music digitally remastered & rereleased
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links for 2004-06-20
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geeky fonts -- buffy, village
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John Varley Reader
As much as I care for some of John Varley's novels (Titan ![[amazon]](http://molelog.molehill.org/blog/amzn-y12.png){kind=small}
, Wizard and Demon for example, and hopefully-soon-to-be-completed metal trilogy (Steel Beach , The Golden Globe and Irontown Blues)), his short stories are even better.
Sadly, they've been out of print longer and more consistently even than the novels. I have copies of all the collections, but several times I've wanted to give them as gifts and not been able.
There's some relief in sight; evidently a new collection, The John Varley Reader is being published in a few months. I'm not finding a table of contents yet, but it sounds like a best-of collection, not a complete gathering. Alas.
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links for 2004-06-17
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links for 2004-06-10
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very nice rfc repository
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links for 2004-06-08
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access to the raw data files
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Electoral Vote Predictor
One of my (many, admittedly) news-related pet peeves is the tendency to report national poll results as if they matter at all.
CNN's story last week for instance says:
Among likely voters, Kerry edged up 2 percentage points to 49 percent, while Bush dropped 1 point to 47 percent, according to the survey. With a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, that change was also statistically insignificant.
That would matter if the presidential election were a national election, but it isn't. It's a series of state-wide elections, and to have any idea what the likely outcome is, you need to look at the state-wide races.
The Electoral Vote Predictor attempts to do just that. Once again teh intarweb is more useful than the 'legitimate media'.
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links for 2004-06-01
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Ishkurs Guide to Electronic Music v2.0
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