Vitanuova for 2002 April 23

Brown-Tien

1. D2-D4 G8-F6
2. C2-C4 E7-E6
3. G1-F3 B7-B6
4. B1-C3 F8-B4

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|RNBQK  R|8
|P PP PPP|7
| P  PN  |6
|        |5
| Bpp    |4
|  n  n  |3
|pp  pppp|2
|r bqkb r|1
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Valenti

Poor Jack Valenti, caught in a film loop with a 20-year cycle! Here in testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, he repeats the claims, rhetoric, arguments, and even analogies ("avalanche!") he made in 1982 before the House Judiciary Committee. Of course, then it was about the VCR avalanche; this time through the loop, it's the digital avalanche.

Arms

My arms are sore again. I'm behind on exercise and acupuncture, which may have something to do with this.

I'm off to the Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop tomorrow (to speak on "The DRM Dark Age: Copy Controls and Cultural Continuity"). I'll be back Friday, and maybe my arms will feel better by then.