links for 2008-10-29

I'm not so sure C# should be moving towards a dynamic type, just doesn't fit in with C#. Why not one of the other .NET languages.

Yep, social networks can help build out a network that is useful for work.

Indeed where is my video jukebox?

"If we can't keep contraband out of prisons, how can we possibly hope to keep it out of airports?" Yes.

Makes a lot of sense.

That's a pretty fair ruling considering if you know the md5 hash value of a file, and you have the exact same file you can pretty well assure that the original file and your file is the same. So it's a search, in a very roundabout way.

Interesting the appeals court have grown more powerful as the Supreme Court has heard less cases and is now vastly more conservative.

"With out-of-district fundraising at a staggering 80%, the problem is not with a few individual House members. This report provides evidence that our campaign finance system is broken," said Daniel Newman, MAPLight.org's co-founder and executive director. "To win an election, a House candidate has to raise an average of $1.3 million in campaign funds–that's $2,500 every working day for an entire two year term. With such a herculean fundraising effort required, what time and attention do Representatives have left to address the interests of the voters they represent?" – Couldn't put it better myself.

Yeah, North Korea threatened South Korea, can we go back to normal politics rather than the election.

That's pretty crappy of the McCain campaign.

Iraq says that it does not want to be used as a launch pad for US launched missions outside of Iraq. Iraq is getting a backbone more and more.

Agreed.

Apparently the nightly trunk of FF 3.1 is crazy fast, I'm on the Beta2 of FF 3.1 and loving it.

Great new advertising model, hopefully they won't be included in videos that you pay for.

Nice idea of where JavaScript libraries could go.

It looks pretty nice, especially the task bar.

McCain pushes Sen. Stevens to resign, makes sense that he would since he's fighting corruption.

Gun shows do not lead to an increase in firearms-related deaths.

$31.11 cheaper than at T-Mobile.

Google Book Search lives, and hopefully orphan works problem might be helped somewhat.

Microsoft Office goes online.

"Tripoli is a generic CSS standard for HTML rendering. By resetting and rebuilding browser standards, Tripoli forms a stable, cross-browser rendering foundation for your web projects.

Tripoli completly resets all default browser standards and rebuilds them quietly with modern web development in mind.

Tripoli is not a CSS framework. It doesn't tell you how to code your web site. Instead, it forms a solid HTML rendering engine and a base for creating dynamic layouts without interfering with typographic measurements." Amazing yes.

Wow, the first big paper goes online only, hello bright new world of media.

Wordpress releases a whole big study into usability, so awesome.

Finally music videos on MTV.