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Big Idea, Bad Idea
Technology Op-Ed
12.19.2002
Is it possible to catalogue every human idea? Japan-based researcher Darryl Macer thinks so, and last month he proposed in the journal Nature to count the number of human ideas and map them. This plan, while a clever attention grabber, will not succeed and demonstrates a worrisome mode of thinking.
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Telecrisis: How Regulatory Roadblocks Deprive
Press Release
12.6.2002
Broadband, or high-speed internet access, has the potential to transform the daily lives of Americans but regulatory paralysis and political roadblocks stifle the rollout of new broadband services, according to the book Telecrisis: How Regulation Stifles High-Speed Internet Access. Telecrisis was released today at a congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., cosponsored by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) and Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF).
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Burn These Flags
Technology Op-Ed
12.5.2002
Earlier this year, Silicon Valley was outraged at a proposal to prohibit the sale of almost any technology unless it contains copy protection standards endorsed by the federal government. While that proposal is unlikely to become law, there's a similar initiative afoot at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under the guise of encouraging the rollout of Digital Television (DTV).
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Proposed Master Plan for Education
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
12.1.2002
Although the massive state budget deficit is the main focus of attention in Sacramento, other key issues await California lawmakers in the coming year. Perhaps the most important is the proposed state master plan for education.
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