Blackhacker

When the iPhone becomes available in June, you’ll be able to buy ringtones through iTunes. I came to that conclusion when I read this :

IPhone Fans and Foes Clash Online - WSJ.com
What will be missing from Apple’s iPhone — in spite of its cooperation with Cingular — is Media Net, Cingular’s wireless portal, where phone users can browse the Web and buy ringtones and games. Mr. Siegel declined to comment on what kind of features will eventually be available on the iPhone.

… And the sheep will actually pay for them. $.99 rigtones has GOT to be the biggest scam in the world. You pay the SAME price you would for a full length song but only get 20 sec. Anyway, your gonna pay 5 or 6 hundred dollars to Apple for phone, don’t give them any more. The article linked uses Audacity but if you have an iPhone, you probably have a Mac, which means you probably have iLife, which means you probably have GarageBand, which probably a MUCH better choice for editing audio files.

… if the Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 passes. That is what Richard Viguerie is saying I haven’t made up my mind about it yet. The part of the bill in question is Sec. 220. Disclosure of paid efforts to stimulate grassroots Lobbying. You have to view that section in light of section 1602 & 1603 of Title 2 of the Unites States Code. And as the say “the Devil is in the details.”

UPDATE:
This is apparently moot. The Senate has voted to strike this section from the Bill. 48 of the 49 Republican Senators voted to remove section 220 along with 7 Democratic Senators . Click here to see how your Senator voted. Unfortunately both of my Senators voted to keep 220.

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CNN has the story Secret court to monitor domestic spying program

What is interesting is this:

“Accordingly, under these circumstances, the President has determined not to reauthorize the Terrorist Surveillance Program when the current authorization expires,” the attorney general wrote.

From that it obvious that the spy program is about extending Executive Power and NOT about a finding terrorist. And the reason the President doesn’t want over site on this program is that the KNOWS he is going to be preforming surveillance without ANY legal reason to do so.

And in case you forgot:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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