Missing the High Holy Holidays

In the words of Bill Fawcett, a local author and game designer, "[Ed Kramer] has endured under an injustice and prejudice long after a lesser man would have given up. Instead of anger for persecution Ed found faith."

Faith is very important to Ed. Over the last seven years Ed has turned to G-d to find sanity in his world...
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Protest coverage by Gwinnett Daily News

The Gwinnett Daily News has an article about the protest in support of Ed Kramer.

Protest in works for founder of Dragon Con
Hundreds of supporters expected to attend sit-in at justice center

By Josh Green
Staff Writer

LAWRENCEVILLE - Linda Bruce is a 51-year-old mother of three who swears she'll go to jail for Ed Kramer.

And she's not alone in her conviction....
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Bungling Burglers of SFWA

Following in the footsteps of the RIAA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Association (SFWA) has been sending out DMCA takedown notices. The SFWA has chosen to ignore the fact that they do not represent the writers involved, they have chosen to ignore the DMCA law, and they have chosen to ignore the fact that copyright infringement is not occurring.

At...
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Sample Link Love

This is a post to provide some link love to some of my friends. Mainly I am trying to increase their Technorati Authority rating.

http://blog.serversystems.net/rabbit/
http://blog.serversystems.net/users/nancyovertherainbow/
http://blog.serversystems.net/Blog2.php
http://pokerroomnotes.blogspot.com
http://redwhiteandbluepoker.blogspot.com
http://myquantumlife.blogspot.com
http://nancyovertherainbow.blogspot.com
http://sfwriter.com/

SO much for the first round...

Porter Responds on Speedy Trial Issue

Gwinnett County D.A. Danny Porter has responded to the court's request for information on why he has delayed the trial for Ed Kramer for seven years. After removing boilerplate text, Porter's response was about two paragraphs in length.

First Porter did not make a response at all. Then, one day after the required deadline he asked for more time because he had hurt his...
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Ed Kramer the Focus of Bob Barr, Former U.S. Congressman

Bob Barr, former U.S. Congressman from Georgia, voiced concerns about misconduct in the prosecution of Ed Kramer during a recent public appearance in Caifornia. Congressman Barr spoke of the seven-year-old arrest and detention of Ed as a constitutional violation of Ed's right to a speedy trial, as well as a violation of the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment found...
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Porter needs more time to explain lack of Speedy Trial

Imagine you are the District Attorney of one of the largest and most affluent counties in the state of Georgia and a court asks you to answer for why, despite requests for a speedy trial, you have delayed the trial of one man for nearly seven years. What do you do? Well, if you are Gwinnett County District...
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Will the D.A. respond?

Today, Monday, is the deadline for the District Attorney to file a response to Ed Kramer's motion to dismiss his case in Appeals Court. It would not be unusual for an attorney to file just before the deadline ends. If the D.A. does not respond to the court then Ed will have to file a new motion to...
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Online Storage and Backup

IBackup offers Online Storage and backup. What is particularly nice about this service is that the online storage appears as a drive letter on your computer system making it look just like another network hard drive. This provides an easy and familar drag and drop interface into Windows Explorer.



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The motion to dismiss drags on

Ed's motion for oral arguments in his appeal of his motion to dismiss was declined.

Ed Kramer is an innocent man who has been under arrest and awaiting a trial in Georgia for over seven years now. In May of 2005, over two years ago, Ed's attorneys filed a speedy trial motion to dismiss the case. The trial judge simply refused to rule on the motion. Similar to the way...
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The Utterly Geek Girl

Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.

Julie is this ungeekish woman who married a programmer in Las Vegas. He has apparently turned her into a geek. She now has a group of blogs, one of which is called The Utterly Geek Girl.

Best I can tell she got married on the Internet as well. A video of the event is...
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The Security Saga of the Handmade iPod Charger

A good true story. Techie J.W. Simpson enters an airport checkpoint with a bag full of gear, ranging from cell phone sync cable to handmade video iPod battery booster pack made from a mint can. Screener notices the latter and gets a little freaked out, Transportation Security Administration screener-style....

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/the-security-sa.html

Will anti-spyware companies detect government keyloggers?

Recently CNET asked 13 security software companies if their software will detect spyware programs installed if the government breaks into your home or office and installs keyloggers or more.

The specific question was

"Is it your policy to alert the user to the presence of any spyware or
keystroke logger, even if it is installed by a police or intelligence
agency in the absence...
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RIAA pays legal fees

The RIAA has been ordered to pay $70,000 in legal fees to a woman who the RIAA claimed was file sharing.

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9745831-7.html

Dangerous Ruling Puts Interactive Web Services at Risk

EFF has filed a brief urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a recent ruling that endangers features like search customization and user feedback on interactive web services.
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