This day in history

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018.

#20yrsago Bruce Sterling on Total Information Awareness https://www.wired.com/2003/04/i-want-my-tia/?pg=4

#20yrsago Chinese state sends 20m SMS messages to crush SARS rumor https://web.archive.org/web/20030618180119/http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,928906,00.html

#20yrsago Found poetry from Rumsfeld’s speeches https://web.archive.org/web/20030415133226/http://slate.msn.com/id/2081042/

#20yrsago OS X floppy disk RAID https://web.archive.org/web/20030601111810/http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm

#15yrsago Best practices for water imbibing: “Just drink when you’re thirsty” https://www.npr.org/2008/04/03/89323934/five-myths-about-drinking-water

#15yrsago Debating the feasibility of an in-flight liquid bomb https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/04/the_liquid_bomb.html

#15yrsago Boston judge: making files available to download isn’t piracy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/making-available-distribution-says-court-london-sire-v-doe

#15yrsago Air Canada: for $35, we’ll let you talk to customer-service reps who can actually help you with a cancelled flight https://www.thestar.com/business/2008/04/03/air_canada_to_charge_for_customer_service.html