Tuesday, September 27, 2005


Up next, the Federal Communications Commission. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, the FCC. They released a quiet little document last Friday that states "consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement." Subject to the needs of law enforcement. More info is available at cnet.com. So, if Skype doesn't have a backdoor for them to listen in, they will make it illegal to have that software on your PC. Yep. What uneducated North-Korean nutcase wrote that clause? It would be the one who is going to get a nice repeated thunk on the head.