The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Microsoft's Passport fails to travel far as Web strategy
I dropped Hotmail a few years ago when they started that Passport crap. It's not a bad idea, but it's /such/ a bad idea from Microsoft. No one wants to trust that kind of info to a company that can't make software securely. Now if Google tried it...
Friday, December 31, 2004
Creepy
Jessica Simpson: Jessica Simpsons Virgin Vow
JESSICA SIMPSON's father JOE made the singer promise to stay a virgin until she married, during a ceremony when she was twelve.
Simpson sr, who doubles as Jessica's manager, handed the 24-year-old a promise ring and vowed to be the only man in her life until she married.
He explains, "I'm going to tell you how beautiful you are every day. Even when you make a mistake, you are someone special. And I am going to be that person until the day you find a man to do that in my place."
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Ohio Official Refuses Interview Over Vote
Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Ohio Official Refuses Interview Over Vote
You have got to be kidding me! Way to feed the conspiracy theorists Blackwell. I can't think of a better way to drum up publicity for the people protesting the Ohio results... unless you are really hiding something.
You have got to be kidding me! Way to feed the conspiracy theorists Blackwell. I can't think of a better way to drum up publicity for the people protesting the Ohio results... unless you are really hiding something.
Monday, December 27, 2004
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Free FM radio!
CNN.com - Pirate radio calls for inauguration protests - Dec 22, 2004
You gotta love "pirate" radio. The subjugation of the FM band to the FCC is a crime against free speech. Vast swaths of it remain unused and those that are belong Clear Channel, and the FCC sits there and protects their monopoly.
You gotta love "pirate" radio. The subjugation of the FM band to the FCC is a crime against free speech. Vast swaths of it remain unused and those that are belong Clear Channel, and the FCC sits there and protects their monopoly.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
KR Washington Bureau | 12/20/2004 | Harsh interrogations in Iraq went beyond FBI standards, memo says
KR Washington Bureau | 12/20/2004 | Harsh interrogations in Iraq went beyond FBI standards, memo says
More "isolated incidents" of us torturing people. C'mon people we're Americans. We don't do this crap.
Check this out:
So the "top FBI official in Iraq" doesn't know the difference between an Executive Order and a Defense Department directive? Seems a little fishy to me.
More "isolated incidents" of us torturing people. C'mon people we're Americans. We don't do this crap.
Check this out:
"We have also instructed our personnel not to participate in interrogations by military personnel which might include techniques authorized by executive order but beyond the bounds of FBI practices," the top FBI official in Iraq reported to bureau officials in Washington. The FBI official wasn't named in the memo.
The memo includes several references to an "executive order" signed by President Bush, but the two government officials said that was an error and that the reference was to Defense Department directives.
White House officials also said the memo's reference to an executive order from the president was a mistake.
"No such executive order exists or has ever existed," said Frederick Jones, a spokesman for the National Security Council.
So the "top FBI official in Iraq" doesn't know the difference between an Executive Order and a Defense Department directive? Seems a little fishy to me.
Monday, December 20, 2004
Jeri Ellsworth -- naked and petrified
Google Search: jeri ellsworth
Not really, but she's my newest "it" geek girl. She designed a "C64 in a joystick" emulator from the ground up. She's also teh hot in an elfin geek sort of way. So I dub her N&P.
Jeri if you happen across this ego surfing. I'm not stalkerish or anything. No really... I'm not.
Not really, but she's my newest "it" geek girl. She designed a "C64 in a joystick" emulator from the ground up. She's also teh hot in an elfin geek sort of way. So I dub her N&P.
Jeri if you happen across this ego surfing. I'm not stalkerish or anything. No really... I'm not.
Favorite Neil Young lyrics
NEIL YOUNG LYRICS - Only Love Can Break Your Heart from the LP After the Goldrush:
"I have a friend
I've never seen
He hides his head
inside a dream
Someone should call him
and see if he can come out.
Try to lose
the down that he's found."
course this little bit of Cripple Creek Ferry runs a close second:
"All alone the captain stands
Hasn't heard
from his deck hands.
The gambler tips his hat
and walks towards the door.
It's the second half
of the cruise.
And you know he hates to lose."
"I have a friend
I've never seen
He hides his head
inside a dream
Someone should call him
and see if he can come out.
Try to lose
the down that he's found."
course this little bit of Cripple Creek Ferry runs a close second:
"All alone the captain stands
Hasn't heard
from his deck hands.
The gambler tips his hat
and walks towards the door.
It's the second half
of the cruise.
And you know he hates to lose."
Ali Leaves Iraq the Model
Iraq the Model is a pro-American Iraqi blog whose main three writers Mohammed, Ali and Omar have been thoroughly vetted even been invited to the White House on a recent US visit. It's been trumpeted throughout the conservative press as "See things aren't so bad. These guys like us." And reading the blog, you see why. The point out all the good things that are going on in Iraq. Reading their blog gives me hope for Iraq. If there are enough people there like these guys, Iraq will be fine.
So I was a little surprised to read this this morning:
I don't know what happened. No one does it seems, but I doubt it's good.
So I was a little surprised to read this this morning:
This is the last time I write in this blog and I just want to say, goodbye. It's not an easy thing to do for me, but I know I should do it. I haven't told my brothers with my decision, as they are not here yet, but it won't change anything and I just can't keep doing this anymore.
My stand regarding America has never changed. I still love America and feel grateful to all those who helped us get our freedom and are still helping us establishing democracy in our country. But it's the act of some Americans that made me feel I'm on the wrong side here. I will expose these people in public very soon and I won't lack the mean to do this, but I won't do it here as this is not my blog.
At any rate, it's been a great experience and a pleasure to know all the regular readers of this blog, as I do feel I know you, and I owe you a lot.
Best wishes to all of you, those who supported us and those who criticized us as well.
Yours sincerely,
Ali.
I don't know what happened. No one does it seems, but I doubt it's good.
I Am A Conservative Christian, And The Religious Right Scares Me, Too
So says Chuck Baldwin in another conservative anti-Bush piece. I can get with a guy like that even if his bio (in the column) makes me nearly ill. True conservatives are finally coming out against Bush. Way to go guys.
Friday, December 17, 2004
San Antonio strippers to wear permits
San Antonio strippers to wear permitss
I guess there are no more fully nude strip clubs in San Antonio.
I guess there are no more fully nude strip clubs in San Antonio.
The New York Times > International > Asia Pacific > Intelligence: A Hostile Land Foils the Quest for bin Laden
The New York Times > International > Asia Pacific > Intelligence: A Hostile Land Foils the Quest for bin Laden
Didn't Bush say something about "never letting another country" interfere with our security? Looks like Pakistan just vetoed us chasing Bin Laden down. This leaves me with two possible conclusions:
1)Bush is a liar.
2)Bin Laden is not a threat to national security. (Which would make point 1 true).
Ah here we go:
"I will never give another country veto power over our national security."
-- George W. Bush, 10/20/04
Didn't Bush say something about "never letting another country" interfere with our security? Looks like Pakistan just vetoed us chasing Bin Laden down. This leaves me with two possible conclusions:
1)Bush is a liar.
2)Bin Laden is not a threat to national security. (Which would make point 1 true).
Ah here we go:
"I will never give another country veto power over our national security."
-- George W. Bush, 10/20/04
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - Male gymnast fights to compete
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - Male gymnast fights to compete
On the girls gymnastics team because his school has no boys team. Title IX surrenders.
They /have/ to let him compete, or Title IX is bullshit.
On the girls gymnastics team because his school has no boys team. Title IX surrenders.
They /have/ to let him compete, or Title IX is bullshit.
Rumsfeld to actually sign death letters
European and Pacific Stars & Stripes
The man's been accused of a lot of things, but this is low. This makes "the army you have" comment look sensitive. Stamping condolence letters with a mechanical signature? C'mon man. Have a fucking heart. Buy one at least, you've made enough money off these guys and gals backs over the course of your career.
The man's been accused of a lot of things, but this is low. This makes "the army you have" comment look sensitive. Stamping condolence letters with a mechanical signature? C'mon man. Have a fucking heart. Buy one at least, you've made enough money off these guys and gals backs over the course of your career.
Yahoo! News - Judge Rules U.S. Detainee May Have Rights
Yahoo! News - Judge Rules U.S. Detainee May Have Rights
You're brown. You don't have any rights. Deal with it.
God I hate this administration. Shit they've killed more civilians then the terrorists have over the last four years.
Supporting Our Troops? / The defense secretary we have
Supporting Our Troops? / The defense secretary we have
What an odd world we live in. The ones who started the war support the war but not the troops. We who oppose the war support the troops.
What an odd world we live in. The ones who started the war support the war but not the troops. We who oppose the war support the troops.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Doom the Movie as previewed by S/A
Something Awful - The Internet Makes You Stupid: "My hope that a movie adaptation of Doom would be good was proportional to my hope that the burning sensation in my urethra was actually a misplaced Tic Tac."
I'll see your Richard III and raise you one Henry V
WESTMORELAND
O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!
KING HENRY V
What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin:
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires:
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England:
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made
And crowns for convoy put into his purse:
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is called the feast of Crispian:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!
KING HENRY V
What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin:
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires:
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England:
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made
And crowns for convoy put into his purse:
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is called the feast of Crispian:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
Yeah things are going swimmingly
From an April 2004 Gallup poll done in Iraq:
On Balance, do you think of the Americans mostly as Occupiers or liberators?
Occupiers: 71 %
Liberators 19%
(43% reported that in April 2003, they had thought of the Americans as liberators).
see Juan Cole's blog for more.
On Balance, do you think of the Americans mostly as Occupiers or liberators?
Occupiers: 71 %
Liberators 19%
(43% reported that in April 2003, they had thought of the Americans as liberators).
see Juan Cole's blog for more.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Boffoblog: Bush's Phony Summit
Boffoblog: Bush's Phony Summit
Surprise surprise a Bush "summit" on Social Security is stacked with those who want to destroy it. I'm shocked.
Surprise surprise a Bush "summit" on Social Security is stacked with those who want to destroy it. I'm shocked.
www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish
www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish
Go read him damnit. He's good. I don't agree with him a lot of the time, but he's good.
Go read him damnit. He's good. I don't agree with him a lot of the time, but he's good.
Harvard University Library to be digitized by Google.
Harvard University Library
Full text of all public domain docs to be available online. Longing and yearning to be free baby. Go Harvard.
Full text of all public domain docs to be available online. Longing and yearning to be free baby. Go Harvard.
Monday, December 13, 2004
CBS isn't liberal they're incompetent
It seems in their rush to kill Social Security CBS interviewed Tad Dehaven as a man on the street.
"I don't expect to get anything from Social Security," said Tad DeHaven. "I don't consider it in terms of my long term planning. It's not going to be there." as reported by CBS. Unfortunately for CBS Mr. DeHaven is paid to destroy Social Security. He works for the National Taxpayers Union a group dedicated to ending Social Security.
"I don't expect to get anything from Social Security," said Tad DeHaven. "I don't consider it in terms of my long term planning. It's not going to be there." as reported by CBS. Unfortunately for CBS Mr. DeHaven is paid to destroy Social Security. He works for the National Taxpayers Union a group dedicated to ending Social Security.
Friday, December 10, 2004
Yahoo! News - White House Defends Commandments Displays
Yahoo! News - White House Defends Commandments Displays
That's fine as long as we can also put up the other rulesets from Deuteronomy.
For example, and conservatives should dig this it saves money:
24:1 "When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house."
No fault divorce. Cool.
Then we need to hang this part of the Koran up:
[5.1] O you who believe! fulfill the obligations. The cattle quadrupeds are allowed to you except that which is recited to you, not violating the prohibition against game when you are entering upon the performance of the pilgrimage; surely Allah orders what He desires.
[5.2] O you who believe! do not violate the signs appointed by Allah nor the sacred month, nor (interfere with) the offerings, nor the sacrificial animals with garlands, nor those going to the sacred house seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord; and when you are free from the obligations of the pilgrimage, then hunt, and let not hatred of a people-- because they hindered you from the Sacred Masjid-- incite you to exceed the limits, and help one another in goodness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and aggression; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is severe in requiting (evil).
[5.3] Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and flesh of swine, and that on which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked, and the strangled (animal) and that beaten to death, and that killed by a fall and that killed by being smitten with the horn, and that which wild beasts have eaten, except what you slaughter, and what is sacrificed on stones set up (for idols) and that you divide by the arrows; that is a transgression. This day have those who disbelieve despaired of your religion, so fear them not, and fear Me. This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion; but whoever is compelled by hunger, not inclining willfully to sin, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
and this bit on divorce
[65.6] Lodge them where you lodge according to your means, and do not injure them in order that you may straiten them; and if they are pregnant, spend on them until they lay down their burden; then if they suckle for you, give them their recompense and enjoin one another among you to do good; and if you disagree, another (woman) shall suckle for him.
Yahoo! News - Charges of Poor Planning in Iraq Revived
Yahoo! News - Charges of Poor Planning in Iraq Revived
:
"'You go to war with the Army you have,' Rumsfeld replied, 'not the Army you might want or wish to have.'"
That's all well and good if say we were invaded, but we've had time to prepare. WE INVADED IRAQ! If we weren't ready, why'd we go? Oh right bad intelligence. Yeah the bad intelligence of the Bush administration.
Blood for oil. Blood to create more terrorists. Blood to destabilize a country and throw it into civil war. Blood to push us closer to war Bush and Osama so badly want. Brilliant.
Rumsfeld by the short and curlies
Bloomberg.com:
U.S.:
"Armor Holdings Inc., the sole supplier of protective plates for the Humvee military vehicles used in Iraq, said it could increase output by as much as 22 percent per month with no investment and is awaiting an order from the Army.
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the Army was working as fast as it can and supply is dictated by ``a matter of physics, not a matter of money.'' A Pentagon spokeswoman declined comment."
Sounds to me more like a matter of tax cuts.
Yahoo! News - MoveOn to Democratic Party: 'We Own It'
Yahoo! News - MoveOn to Democratic Party: 'We Own It'
Moveon.org is about to get a reality check via media smackdown.
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Fallujah in Pictures
Fallujah in Pictures
Update: Site down all ready. It seems that they really do not want you to know. Any mirrors available that we can blogtorrent?
Update: Site down all ready. It seems that they really do not want you to know. Any mirrors available that we can blogtorrent?
The Seattle Times: Ex-CIA officer alleges agency retaliated after he didn't falsify report
The Seattle Times: Ex-CIA officer alleges agency retaliated after he didn't falsify report
There's a lot of smoke around this issue. There's gonna be a blaze. Who's gonna get scape-goated?
There's a lot of smoke around this issue. There's gonna be a blaze. Who's gonna get scape-goated?
MSNBC - Intel bill sets stage for GOP turmoil
MSNBC - Intel bill sets stage for GOP turmoil
Howard Fineman on the disconnects between conservative Congressman and the neo-con Bush administration.
My favorite part is a little shot across Darth Rove's bow:
So Karl's desire to throw away the xenophobia traditionally associated with a the right-wing of the Republican party and thus court Hispanic voters is going to run smack into, well, the xenophobia of the right-wing of the Republican party.
Sensenbrenner in Wisconsin isn't too worried about the Hispanic vote I'm guessing. Rove's long term strategy to flip California and tightly secure Florida with whatever issue will win there requires it.
Howard Fineman on the disconnects between conservative Congressman and the neo-con Bush administration.
My favorite part is a little shot across Darth Rove's bow:
Immigration:
Here’s where Karl Rove’s desire to expand the GOP base by reaching out to Hispanics runs headlong into practical concerns and an anti-immigration strain in the history of the party. The divisions were exposed in, of all places, the bill to bring all of the government’s vast intelligence-gathering powers under a new National Intelligence Director. Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin (a state Rove targeted but lost) used the measure to try to insist that, by federal law, illegal immigrants be barred from getting a driver’s license. That may sound perfectly sensible in the Upper Midwest, but it is a far more contentious question in states such as California and Florida, where you can argue — as many Latino leaders do — that a driver’s license is as much a necessity as food and water to immigrants eager to play a useful part in society as they argue over their legal status in this country. Many “movement” conservatives — the kind Rove called on to build Bush’s political base over the years — agree with Sensenbrenner. And beyond the specific issue of driver’s licenses is a deep tradition of skepticism about open-door immigration policies, which Republicans worked to restrict in the 1920s and 1950s. Some conservatives consider it the number one issue.
So Karl's desire to throw away the xenophobia traditionally associated with a the right-wing of the Republican party and thus court Hispanic voters is going to run smack into, well, the xenophobia of the right-wing of the Republican party.
Sensenbrenner in Wisconsin isn't too worried about the Hispanic vote I'm guessing. Rove's long term strategy to flip California and tightly secure Florida with whatever issue will win there requires it.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
British troops perform bayonet charge in Iraq
Mirror.co.uk - COLD STEEL
Now that's hardcore. Enemies firing at you from a trench in Iraq. You could call an airstrike in, naw, too imprecise. You could snipe them one at a time from your own covered position, naw, takes too long.
Well how about fixing bayonets and charging the trench? Yep that'll do. Stones, big ones.
Now that's hardcore. Enemies firing at you from a trench in Iraq. You could call an airstrike in, naw, too imprecise. You could snipe them one at a time from your own covered position, naw, takes too long.
Well how about fixing bayonets and charging the trench? Yep that'll do. Stones, big ones.
What corporate America can't build: A sentence | CNET News.com
What corporate America can't build: A sentence | CNET News.com
Duh. People write email with terrible grammar, spelling, and punctuation. This is news?
Duh. People write email with terrible grammar, spelling, and punctuation. This is news?
Fallujah in Pictures
Fallujah in Pictures
Go see the photos that the mainstream media won't show. It's gory, but war isn't pretty.
Go see the photos that the mainstream media won't show. It's gory, but war isn't pretty.
The Blue Lemur - Progressive Politics and Media News » In interview, programmer details what led him to file vote-rigging affidavit
The Blue Lemur - Progressive Politics and Media News » In interview, programmer details what led him to file vote-rigging affidavit
Oh boy this could be fun. Or it could be another Karl Rove move ala the Dan Rather thing.
Oh boy this could be fun. Or it could be another Karl Rove move ala the Dan Rather thing.
Bush acknowledges toll war taking on military / President offers Marines sober assessment of conflict's progress
Bush acknowledges toll war taking on military / President offers Marines sober assessment of conflict's progress:
Miserable failure said:
"'Free nations are peaceful nations."
My question -- Since we are engaged in wars in two countries, we are obviously not a peaceful nation. Since we are not a peaceful nation, are we not then according to GWB a nation that is not free?
Miserable failure said:
"'Free nations are peaceful nations."
My question -- Since we are engaged in wars in two countries, we are obviously not a peaceful nation. Since we are not a peaceful nation, are we not then according to GWB a nation that is not free?
Shakespeare's Sonnets in Latin translated by Alfred Thomas Barton 1-40
Shakespeare's Sonnets in Latin translated by Alfred Thomas Barton 1-40:
IV
"Consumas in tene, nepos pulcherrime, formam
Quae tibi ab antiquis tradita venit avis?
Mancipio nil dat rerum natura, sed usum
Commodat, in largos liberiore manu.
Quodque ea largitur quo largirere vicissim,
Hoc es abusurus, pulcher, avare tamen?
Vsurasne facis sine faenore? ponis in usu
Summarum has summas, vivere deinde nequis?
Nam tua si tecum solo commercia fient,
Surripies furtim te tibi, dulce caput.
Quas igitur tabulas aut testamenta relinques
Iusta tuis, hinc te cum tua fata ferent?
Forma, nisi uteris, tecum tumulabitur ista;
Vtere, tunc heres vixerit ista tuus.
"
IV
Quae tibi ab antiquis tradita venit avis?
Mancipio nil dat rerum natura, sed usum
Commodat, in largos liberiore manu.
Quodque ea largitur quo largirere vicissim,
Hoc es abusurus, pulcher, avare tamen?
Vsurasne facis sine faenore? ponis in usu
Summarum has summas, vivere deinde nequis?
Nam tua si tecum solo commercia fient,
Surripies furtim te tibi, dulce caput.
Quas igitur tabulas aut testamenta relinques
Iusta tuis, hinc te cum tua fata ferent?
Forma, nisi uteris, tecum tumulabitur ista;
Vtere, tunc heres vixerit ista tuus.
"
Monday, December 06, 2004
The New York Times > Arts > Pew File-Sharing Survey Gives a Voice to Artists
The New York Times > Arts > Pew File-Sharing Survey Gives a Voice to Artists
"The overall picture," said Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Project, "is that the musician-artistic community has a much wider range of views and experiences than folks who watch the Washington debate about copyright might imagine."
Interesting. The RIAA claims to represent musicians. Maybe they should listen to the half of them that don't feel music trading is a problem.
"The overall picture," said Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Project, "is that the musician-artistic community has a much wider range of views and experiences than folks who watch the Washington debate about copyright might imagine."
Interesting. The RIAA claims to represent musicians. Maybe they should listen to the half of them that don't feel music trading is a problem.
Apple of IBM's eye? | The Register
Apple of IBM's eye? | The Register
Speculation on an Apple/IBM merger. Just speculation but interesting nonetheless.
www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish
www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish:
That is why I read Andrew Sullivan everyday.
"WRONG = LEFT: Jonah gets emails very much along the lines I do. If you quibble with any aspect of conservative-Bush orthodoxy, you've gone 'left.' This is, of course, moronic. A realist critique of Bush's interventionism is not left-wing. A small government criticism of deficits is not liberal. A defense of states' rights against the Bush Justice Department is not left-wing. Now, you may agree with the Bushies on all these issues - but the notion that all disagreement is 'liberal' is loopy. It comes, I think, from the moronic Hannity-style conservatism that has essentially degenerated into high-school name-calling of anyone who dares dissent. 'Liberal' means nothing to them but a term of abuse. Of course, in many ways, the best strain in contemporary conservatism is the last resort of old-school liberalism. But that would just confuse the demagogues, wouldn't it?
That is why I read Andrew Sullivan everyday.
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: After Punishing Student for Explaining Lesbianism, Terry Bethea Sues for Defamation
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: After Punishing Student for Explaining Lesbianism, Terry Bethea Sues for Defamation
Moron, complete f-ing moron. Terry, by making such an idiotic decision you have defamed yourself.
Moron, complete f-ing moron. Terry, by making such an idiotic decision you have defamed yourself.
BBspot - Canada Purchases Rights to "The Land of the Free" from U.S.
BBspot - Canada Purchases Rights to "The Land of the Free" from U.S.:
Satire with a point.
"Washington, D.C. - The Department of Commerce announced today that the Government of Canada has purchased worldwide intellectual property (IP) rights to the motto 'The Land of the Free' for an undisclosed sum.
The well-known phrase is from the closing bars of the American national anthem, 'The Star-Spangled Banner' by Francis Scott Key. The announcement was made to coincide with President George W. Bush's visit to Halifax, Nova Scotia, this week. President Bush is making his first state visit to Canada since he took office.
'At Kellogg's, one of our core strengths has been the skillful management of brand assets,' explained Secretary of Commerce nominee and former Kellogg's CEO Carlos Gutierrez. 'A brand identity is a group of values and feelings that is most valuable when it faithfully speaks for the ideals or products of an organization. When a brand no longer reflects an organization's ideals, the best course of action is to extract as much equity from it as possible. After November 2nd, this became the most profitable choice for the American people.'"
Satire with a point.
Friday, December 03, 2004
NewsNet5.com - News - Officer Pulls Over Man Wearing Panties For Drunken Driving
NewsNet5.com - News - Officer Pulls Over Man Wearing Panties For Drunken Driving
And he was a teacher. Glad I'm not that guy.
And he was a teacher. Glad I'm not that guy.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
Say Canticle (it's can't-ih-cull, not can't-ih-sull;)
Seriously though go read it.
Say Canticle (it's can't-ih-cull, not can't-ih-sull;)
Seriously though go read it.
On Ron Artest
Artest-ing the Borders of Sanity
-Scott Coombs (11-12-2004)
-Scott Coombs (11-12-2004)
One off-season, while still playing for the Chicago Bulls, Ron Artest applied for a job at Circuit City. On the job application he wrote down "NBA player" as his last job and used Bulls president Jerry Krause's name as a reference. And he did it all just so he could get the employee discount on home electronics.
Go back and read that paragraph again. An NBA player, earning a seven-digit salary, applied for a job at Circuit City so he could get 10%-15% off of his electronics purchases. He didn't offer to sign a few autographs for customers if they'd give him a deal. He didn't try and use his status as a basketball player to get free stuff. He applied for a summer job. That's the type of guy we're dealing with here. So before you start piling on Mr. Artest for his latest antics, remember that we are dealing with a different cat here, and the normal rules don't apply
Letters, cards, etc...
hotjuliej << Hear her.
Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus, but he's not the one you think. He wears blue pants and a dark blue coat and he does have a furry cap, but it's an ushanka like Russian soldiers wear. Sometimes he rings twice, and occasionally he lends his name to really bad Costner remakes of other really bad Costner films. For the living dead and ppl who voted for Bush out of fear of terrorism, I'm talking about the Postman. (Or for the latter category above, "the guy that might bring you anthrax").
For the first time in years, the postman brought me a handwritten letter. I've gotten a few other letters, invites, etc... over the past few years, but this was a handwritten card. It's contents both warmed my heart, and made me jump around in happy frustration.
Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus, but he's not the one you think. He wears blue pants and a dark blue coat and he does have a furry cap, but it's an ushanka like Russian soldiers wear. Sometimes he rings twice, and occasionally he lends his name to really bad Costner remakes of other really bad Costner films. For the living dead and ppl who voted for Bush out of fear of terrorism, I'm talking about the Postman. (Or for the latter category above, "the guy that might bring you anthrax").
For the first time in years, the postman brought me a handwritten letter. I've gotten a few other letters, invites, etc... over the past few years, but this was a handwritten card. It's contents both warmed my heart, and made me jump around in happy frustration.
UNSC stamp required for pre-emptive wars- The Times of India
UNSC stamp required for pre-emptive wars- The Times of India
Hey no ex post facto laws. Cool.
The same story give us this definition of terrorism:
Fallujah anyone?
Hey no ex post facto laws. Cool.
The same story give us this definition of terrorism:
any action intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians, non-combatants when the purpose of such act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act."
Fallujah anyone?
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