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Want to solve the gay marriage issue? Eliminate civil marriage by Tim Marman

Marriage is, as defined by Wikipedia , “an interpersonal relationship (usually intimate and sexual) with governmental, social, or religious recognition. It is often created by a contract or through civil processes. Civil marriage is the legal concept...

Simultaneous Discovery and its impact on stealth mode by Tim Marman

We’ve talked a lot about the anti-stealth movement here and on the nextNY list, and the topic has resurfaced again recently thanks to Brad Burnham’s post about the advantages of being open . I noticed that, at least anecdotally, there was...

What exactly is "User Generated Content"? by Tim Marman

There's an interesting discussion going on over at CenterNetworks , with Allen calling out Mike Arrington and co. for giving Digg the award for "best user-generated content". Allen says that Digg doesn't belong in that category (which he includes Wikipedia...

Friday Fun: Best DUI Ever by Tim Marman

With New Year's Eve approaching, I want to implore everyone to be careful... or at least practice your dancing and alphabet in reverse. "Remarkable, I've never actually seen anyone do that." Classic. Syndicated from Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog...

Aloha, Mahalo.com by Tim Marman

I found this arrangement in my feed reader mildly amusing this morning: Fred Wilson's post on Mahalo.com directly above a post by Brad Feld entitled "The Computer Should Be Doing the Work for Us". (They are unrelated entries). Mahalo.com is, of course...

I Don't Get Twitter by Tim Marman

I am really struggling to find value in Twitter, and I'm certainly not the only one staying out of the Twitter lovefest. It is mildly interesting from a technical perspective but doesn't really add much to what I can do today. (Not to mention it's been...

Streamburst offers innovative DRM for video by Tim Marman

I've already discussed the German music store using watermarks to discourage piracy , and now it seems another service is applying the same principle to video . Instead of handcuffing viewers who want to view films they purchase on multiple devices and...
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