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Trash for cash

In Trash for Cash, Jeanne D'Orleans thoroughly examines the implications of CBS refusing to run an ad from MoveOn.com during the Superbowl, while still running ads with other persuasive, issue related content. The excuses provided just serve to reveal the incredible uneven playing field that nonprofits play on with regard to getting messages out in the world of commercial media. Posted: 2/2/04; 1:23:57 PM #

MyDoom virus spells double trouble

I have now received (in my personal email, not in the automated servers that I maintain) over 20,000 pieces of the MyDoom virus. I'm pleased to say that not one of our office machines has sent out a single copy of this, but that just serves to make me more resentful of the default settings, computing monoculture, and sheer dumb user behavior that combine to allow this thing to work. CNET created a full list of annotated reports on the virus, for those of you who want to learn more. Posted: 2/2/04; 1:23:17 PM #