Wouldn’t life be grand if you could go to Congress and get a law passed that forced everyone in the nation to pay you money? That’s exactly what the RIAA/MPAA are doing at this very moment, under the guise of “fighting piracy”.
First on their list is getting the broadcast flag reinstated, after it was [...]
My personal take on the whole peacekeeping business is that it just doesn’t work. There are deep seeded reasons why these people hate each other (or us, or whomever it is they hate) that go back hundreds or even thousands of years. There is absolutely no way that we can force these people [...]
Not much to report in the life category, as things progress apace. The Linux learning curve is certainly fun, and I’m struggling to wrap my brain around Vi, which is an interesting task. Knowing my own proclivities, I think that I will really love the editor after I learn some of the basics, and it [...]
The past few days have been exciting to say the least.
First off, I spent the weekend building computers. I’d mentioned that my dad wanted a new computer for work purposes, and pseudo-hired me to build the computer from components. My payment was a bunch of free equipment that I could use for my own new [...]