Legal argument of the week: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/26/technology/26gamble.html">Antigua's WTO case</a> that the US blocks foreign
access to its gamblers. 
Given that people can gamble in-person in the US, the exclusion of foreign
competition via Internet gambling is an unfair trade practice. The beauty
of this argument is that it neatly wedges states' rights and federal 
determination of foreign policy. The best way out is to challenge the notion
of gambling as a service, which isn't an easy argument. This is going to 
get nasty.  

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Carrie was asked out by someone, and she turned them down. I thought about
this for a while, and realized that I don't currently intend on marrying her.
So, it would then be in her best interest to keep an open mind, i.e. date
others. When I talked to her Thursday about this touchy subject, things
shattered and now she needs some space. I'm not sure when I should try to 
contact her. 

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Last night, I <a href="http://user.pa.net/~hallerp/perl/rewrite/001_show.html">rewrote</a> a perl program written by one of the <a href="http://openthought.net/hpm/Harrisburg.pl?rm=mailing_list">HPM</a> users. 
Rewriting code while trying to think about simplicity of expression is a 
pretty good exercise; and not only for perl. 

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