News You Can Bruise for 2001 September 1

I changed NewsBruiser to get rid of the sudden ceasing of entries at the start of a new month, which always struck me as a little abrupt, seeing as how my life does not change significantly just because it's a new month. It will now always display at least the ten most recent entries. It was that or arrange my life so that every month ended in a cliffhanger which was resolved on the first of the next month. Will Leonard's hastily committed patch break the build? Tune in next time and find out!

Via Seth, I must point out "an extremely worthwhile explanation of the difference between the use of cryptography for privacy (confidentiality) and the use of cryptography for copy protection." It's exactly the sort of snarky thing I wish I could write (and, notwithstanding that wish, occasionally do write).