- For those of you who have seen No Country for Old Men, you may remember when Mrs. Moss protests, “The coin ain’t got no say!” Apparently, for the appointment of a Wisconsin Sewer Commissioner it does.
State election law requires a winner to then be determined by lot, Burlington Town Clerk Heidi Streif said Wednesday. That could involve a coin toss, draw of a card or putting the candidates’ names in a hat, she said.
- Video game players beware! Video game addiction may result in autism like symptoms!
- How often have you been to a graveyard and wondered what the people residing there were like? Well, if you are normal human being the answer is probably never. You probably almost left this webpage when reading that, but the future of tombstones may be in barcodes.
- China uncensors Wikipedia, does a little spring cleaning before the Olympics.
- Wait a second…People surf the web and listen to music more than they talk on their cellphone? Probably good with all those accusations about brain cancer, etc.
- I can see the ads now…Just in case you are deep sea diving at 12,900 feet – you need a Rolex. Really? I wish we could see some stats on how many Deap Sea Rolexes are sold to actual deap sea divers. My guess…not too many, but damn would it be reassuring to have this watch, just in case.
- Norwegian law firm says ‘pretty please’ to p2p groups.
- Video game study shows calming effect, but all the intelligent spencerb.net readers know – that is just the autism kicking in.
- Apple sues NYC for using a logo involving a common fruit known as an apple. Next, Steve Jobs sues local grocer…for stocking a fruit that looks remarkably similar to the company logo.
- I don’t know if it was updating my feed reader or what, but the gaming news is coming in today. 3/4 of the country are gamers! Does this also mean 3/4 of us are relaxed autistic citizens?
Archive for April, 2008
Well, I have fallen behind on update the spencerb.net-o-sphere on Real ID, but I will give you a quick catch up that divulges to you most of my knowledge.
First of all, March 31, 2008 was the deadline for states to file for an extension. Several states including South Carolina, Maine, New Hampshire and Montana held out to the end. Keep in mind that filing for an extension is by no means a commitment to enforcing this law. A larger number of states including New Hampshire, Maine, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Washington and Montana have expressed their hesitancy toward enacting Real ID.
I found this paragraph of the above linked the cnet news article particularly interesting:
In political terms, that’s a long time–and a new presidential administration–away. Some opponents of Real ID are already predicting that no state will actually comply with the deadline, or, alternatively, the next administration will find a way to quietly dispose of Real ID without much fanfare.
The justification for this argument is that in order for the Department of Homeland Security to not look completely silly they took the promises of Governors as enough to grant an extension until December 31, 2009. The May 11, 2008 deadline for enactment will be enforced for 0 of the 50 states. When Maine was threatening non-compliance for the May 11, 2008 DHS countered that Maine citizens would no longer fly. What sort of world would the U.S. have descended into if we restricted the citizens of Maine from flying on commercial airliners. I am sure that would have been great for the airline industry bottom line, not to mention basic rights of U.S. citizens.
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