The Port of London Authority’s River Bylaws of 1978 has a wonderfully simple and illustrative guide to signals on the Thames used to indicate movement, purpose, and size. This is Byelaw 27(1)(b) for example: By night a ferry shall carry amidships in addition to sidelights, and the forward and stern lights prescribed by Rule 23(a) … Continue reading Thames River Bylaws and Signaling
Ok, so it’s nostalgia time. I was downloading and listening music from the Internet in 1991 in a Gopher and FTP world — songs were in .au, .aiff and .wav. The shift to a browser with Mosaic in 1993 made Gopher and FTP collections of music easier to find and download; configuration of the browser … Continue reading Thoughts on iCloud
Maybe they have a different reason than what I explored at length in the case of America’s ban on Vegemite. It reads very similar to me at first glance: It is unclear exactly why the Danish authorities have launched a crackdown on foods with too many vitamins. But Marmite now joins the ranks of Australian … Continue reading Denmark Bans Cereal Killer: Marmite
I wrote earlier about a recent decision on computer fraud related to ATMs. I did a little history reading to jog my memory and see if I could figure out what about the case sounded familiar. I found Section 6-1 of my HP-UX System Security Manual, from October of 1989, with the following warning: The … Continue reading Restitution for Hacks