Just a quick one:
This post
on Slashdot is one of the funnier computer analogy jokes I've seen in
a while (the top one being the infamous
airline analogies).
Also, be sure to read
this short article
by Neil Stephenson (the author of
Cryptonomicon,
Snow Crash, and
Diamond Age).
Finally, (and I haven't had time to read this yet), but it looks like good
ol' prez Billy is _still_ extending the national state of emergency on
the Encryption Export regulations. Read about them
here.