There are some patent decisions that came out today, and some terrorism cases, which are concievably relevant to the exams I take tomorrow and Friday. So I spent a few moments poking SCOTUSblog just now.
The KSR ruling is a big deal, but I think maybe Scott v. Harris may be bigger ruling in some general, [...]
“I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.”
–Jack Valenti, dead at 85.
[Later: Lessig has a civil commentary on his passing. Make sure to read his entry in the comments as well, and take a moment to [...]
“I had never heard of Morton Downey, Jr., but I’m told he is sort of like Rush Limbaugh, but not as shy.”
– Judge Kozinski, in his excellent dissent in White v. Samsung.
fn. 6 in the same decision is also excellent, if very long: “…
it is unlikely Kool-Aid relished being connected with LSD…”
[Yes, at this [...]
On the advice of someone from counseling services here, I’ve been studying for 20 minutes on, 10 minutes off. This has greatly reduced my study anxiety, since if I get distracted, I just write it down and say ‘will do it at the next break.’ And then I get back to being focused. This has [...]
I almost never blog about political issues, but I saw this this morning and was thrilled- a politician coming out and putting all the pieces together to demonstrate how thoroughly corrupt and incompetent the Bush administration has been. Lots of other people have done this, so it isn’t exactly new. But the Democrats were (for [...]
This mental health break brought to you by the last day of classes, Morningside Park, warmth and sunshine, and a Canon.
For class today we had to listen to this recording of Moglen and Lessig at Wikimania last summer. Sigh. My IP class has generally been good, but man… I would love to take a class which consisted of ‘understand everything touched on in that lecture.’ You could squeeze in deep philosophy of copyright; the relationships [...]
This is what the world has come to expect from computers:
“Keep in mind that your DVR will act like the computer it really is, and as such, may reboot occassionally or the screen may momentarily freeze.”
– from the ‘quick tips’ for my new cable box
No wonder everyone wants to move to web apps.
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Over the run of the semester, I’ve often been struck by how the US Constitution is like Windows. This seems like such a trite and obvious observation (at least to any software-engineer-turned-lawyer) that I have (mostly) resisted [...]
I’ve just unsubscribed or turned off mail delivery from a pile of mailing lists; virtually every high volume list I’m on. If you need information from me, do not expect to get it from a list- please mail me directly. I’ll continue to try to respond promptly, though I make no promises.
I don’t like to [...]