The fun continues over at the Cult of the Dead Cow's house, with more on Peekabooty, in the form of Oxblood Ruffin's open letter to the President of the People's Republic of China, and TechTV's streaming video coverage of cDc at Defcon. This clip in particular gives a bit more of an insight into how Peekabooty will work, not as a standalone browser as some accounts previously suggested, but as a filter of sorts between browser and net connection.
Then, as a touch of light relief, we have a window into the wonderful world of A-list PR negotiations with the email tennis match known as J-Lo's Magical Butt!
2 comments
Am I missing the point but that J-Lo thing sounds totally made up, people don't talk like that in real life..
Posted by Dan on 9 Aug 2001 at 09:44 PM
If you are uncertain of the need for something like Peekabooty, slashdot has an article about how your geographical location affects your internet usage.
This comment from a Chinese resident, illustrates the issue perfectly:
"Most people don't realise the extent of the firewall. 90% of the time, if I send an email to another country it doesn't arrive at the destination.
One time I even had an email message changed - I was simply stating that I was feeling a bit unhappy due to lack of money, and it changed to I was feeling unwell, but *because* of all the money flowing around the place I *was* happy."
Posted by Anonymous on 10 Aug 2001 at 05:29 PM