Every so often the people fighting sharing slip up and tell us what they really think. Ed Felten points to an article about a program that lets you copy DVDs. “It’s like somebody selling a digital crowbar,” said Patricia Benson, an attorney for the studios.As Felten points out, crowbars are Continue Reading
to the fine gentleman driving the black sedan earlier tonight… no, I wasn’t watching the green light in front of you. mainly because I was on the sidewalk, and pedestrians aren’t governed by the streetlights. Even if I was, which I normally do, the light was with me, and I Continue Reading
“The patent (6449344), originally filed in 1997, and granted in September this year, gives AOL instant messaging subsidiary ICQ rights as the inventor of the popular IM Internet application. The patent covers anything resembling a network that lets multiple IM users see when other people are present and then communicate Continue Reading
I was just reading an article about potential ways to ensure digital device user’s privacy, even against TIA-like systems. Mainly what they propose is use of one-way encryption similar to UNIX psswrd files. But as I sat there reading it, I was wondering why we even need to go that Continue Reading
“Nearly 3,000 new luxury cars on board a carrier ship which sank in the English Channel are almost certainly write-offs, salvage experts have said. — BBC There is some evil little guy on my left shoulder reveling in all this. Any dumbass who spends the equivilant of a small country’s Continue Reading
I took that picture of the underpass last night standing at the end of some construction work on the barrier wall. I balanced the camera on on of those collision barrels. They’re these giant tupperware things filled with sandbags, meant to keep people from causeing serious damage if they hit Continue Reading
Okay… newspapers officially all suck. I usually respected the BBC for presenting more real news. But the fact that they had an article about the outcome of the Winona Ryder court case… there goes all my respect.
Nutcrackers at the Old Ebbit.
Is there anything on earth that smells better than the freshly washed and still damp women’s hair? I just wanted to grab the head of the girl in front of me on the bus and bury my nose in her hair. If ‘soft’ had a smell, this would be it. Continue Reading
Since I bought my new computer, I tend to sit on the end of the couch typing. From that position, I have a direct view of the flight path leaving Washington National Airport. Pretty regularly, a plane takes off from there about every minute or two. Thankfully I’m far enough Continue Reading
My building was on fire again last night.
My friend’s father just died. It was a drawn out, slow decline. Whenever I talked with my friend, he told me the pain his father was in, mentally and physically. I only met the man once, but from all I know, he was simply a good man. There is no Continue Reading
okay…who the fuck goes shopping for their engagement ring at Walmart?
Donyale Monique …
Drew, the designer.
Do not go gentle into that good night “Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” — Dylan Thomas There are times I think about dieing. It’s not morbid. For most people, Continue Reading