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 [...]
This is a response that I wrote on a friend’s message board regarding the MGM v. Grokster case, which was decided in favor of MGM in a shocking 9-0 vote by the Supreme Court. Effectively, they hold Grokster (and by extension any other Peer-to-Peer software manufacturer) responsible for the illegal actions perpetrated by their [...]
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 [...]