Lieberman is a disgrace! He must have failed US Constitution 101 in school, because he appears to be absolutely clueless about the rights our forefathers their "lives, fortunes, and sacred honor" to bind our nation to.
Shame on you Joe! You are far worse than the most egregious dictator I can think of, Joseph Stalin. At least we knew where he stood! You are a liar, thief, and despicable cockroach! It's time your constituents woke up and put you in your place...
I think this gets a place on The Really Annoying Music Show on NPR. Honestly though, I think bagpipes would have been even more irritating, unless you are a Scotsman/person... :-)
Producers (read MPAA/RIAA labels & studios) demand it
In order for Google to get a lot of video streaming sites (Netflix for example) to put their applications on the Android market, they need "robust" (aka mainstream) DRM for the devices. This is one way for them to be able to entice those providers to hookup with the Android AppStore. You don't have to like DRM (I hate it and won't do business with anyone who requires it), but it is a fact of life right now... :-(
Amazon.com has now lost my business (thousands of $$ / year) permanently because of this. To bow to political pressure from a bonehead like Lieberman is unconscionable! I'd like to see what Wikileaks has on Senator Joe. It might be interesting...
Violation of civil rights under color of authority, as it appears that Barnett is doing, is a US federal felony offense. His chickens WILL come home to roost! With some luck and appropriate actions by the ACLU and other rights-protecting organizations, he will have his own day in court!
I am currently purchasing eBooks only from Baen/Webscriptions.net - all books are unlocked, and cost $6.00 USD. They also have an extensive free library that you can download at will. Unfortunately, all of their books are SciFi/Fantasy, but they have some great authors of those genres. If you purchase one of their hardcover copies, you get a free CD with the book you purchased in many formats (for all eReaders that I know of) including HTML, along with several other books that you can install on your eReader of choice. Kudos to Baen/Webscriptions for getting what the new publishing paradigm really is, and delivering superior value at a reasonable price.
I campaigned for, and voted for Obama in 2008, but I am increasingly dismayed by his activities in office. So much so that I will probably not vote for him in 2012, and will probably change my life-long affiliation with the Democratic Party to the Green Party. IMO, he has betrayed the largest constituency of his supporters, that he WOULD "make a change"!
Whatever the original intention of Chertoff, the end result is corrupt. So, spin it however you want, he has behaved as a blatantly stinky weasel! Just my humble opinion, but heck, what do I know? I'm just reacting to my employees' (as a taxpayer) obvious attraction to oodles of financial gain, made possible by the position of trust we put them in... :-(
Well, now that the original run is probably all of these dolls that will ever be made, they are now at least 10x as valuable as they were originally! My guess, someone at Apple purchased a number of them, then brought it to the attention of their bosses. Ipso resulto - banned in Cupertino!
One aspect of these devices that has been given short shrift in the media is the cumulative effects of this radiation. Each exposure increases your probability of getting radiation-induced mutations and damage to critical body systems. Frequent travelers are therefor much more susceptible to problems in the future as a result of this activity. Myself, I'll go for the pat-down and will complain as loudly as I can when I "get it in the shorts"... I'll also inform as many fellow travelers of the cumulative nature of this radiation as I can - maybe enough of them over time will decide that "hell no, we won't glow!"... :-(
Let's see. You intercept (and store) gobs of US military and intelligence traffic. You have this nice new supercomputer sitting around looking for work... Sounds like a great movie plot to me!
Ok gang, IMO we've slimed these asshats sufficiently. Now for some pertinent comments about the original posting... :-)
1. I don't purchase major label records/cd's any longer for the obvious reasons - they (the labels) exist solely to screw the talent and the consumer.
2. I purchase a LOT of music, directly from the artist as much as I can. Between me and my wife, we have 2-3000 cd's that we have purchased over the years and not one is from a major label.
3. When I am interested in an artist I search the web for examples of their work. I download and listen to it. If it is to my liking, I will go to their web site and buy it directly if I can. If I can't, then I send them an email and explain why I won't buy their work. Eventually they will get the message (I hope).
When I was in the 11th or 12th grade I didn't finish a paper in time for one of my classes. Somehow I convinced my teacher that I had turned it in, but that she had lost it. Based upon my previous work (A's and B's), and the fact that I had no history of such "prevarications" (ok, it was a bald-faced lie), she gave me a 'B' for the paper...
My point? That no proof is just that, no proof - you can't prove a negative.
So, is this an instance of life imitating art, or art imitating life? Given the situation, his inclusion of those song titles, made up of everyday phrases, could have easily been coincidental. Of course, he also may have just had an artistic epiphany when giving his report. So, is someone going to sue him for copyright infringement? :LOL:
This is what happens when the technologically clueless try to apply poorly thought out rules to control technological products. A real porn purveyor who wants to import really objectionable material into Australia has ways to easily do so without physically importing their "product", in a manner that the authorities will be hard-pressed to stop. Store the data in an encrypted blob in the internet cloud, then download via a public WiFi access point to a laptop+thumb drive inside Australia. Nothing physically crosses their borders, and the chances of tracing the transaction are just about nil. Only poor dumb schlubs who accidentally leave something objectionable on their systems when they go to Australia have anything to worry about... The professionals won't make that mistake.
Many years ago (almost 40) I was hitchhiking in Mexico back to the US. I got a ride with a shirt salesman for several hundred miles. When I got out, I had left my wallet (with passport, money, driver's license, etc) in his car. As a result I had to sneak across the border back into the US (between Texas and New Mexico), and then hitchhiked back home in Colorado - it took me two weeks since I detoured through California to visit family and friends. When I got home, my wallet was waiting for me, with everything intact, including the money that was in different denominations than when I lost it! :-)
So, maybe the thief REALLY needed a laptop and had no $$ to get it. As a result, he steals from someone who can afford (hopefully) to replace it, but knowing that data is usually more valuable than its container, was considerate enough to return that to the owner. The professor got back what he really needed (the data) and the thief (who will hopefully pay back society when able) got what he needed. As for the library card, he probably needed to check out a book on computer programming... :-)
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Shame on you Joe! You are far worse than the most egregious dictator I can think of, Joseph Stalin. At least we knew where he stood! You are a liar, thief, and despicable cockroach! It's time your constituents woke up and put you in your place...
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.bank == .thief
.dhs == .idiot
On the post: Ubisoft's New DRM: Vuvuzelas
Really annoying music!
On the post: Google To Make Video Services More Annoying After Buying DRM Company?
Producers (read MPAA/RIAA labels & studios) demand it
On the post: No Surprise: Wikileaks Leak Shows US Entertainment Industry Wrote Spain's New Copyright Law
Just remember Guernica!
On the post: Amazon Bows To US Censorship Pressure: Refuses To Host Wikileaks
You lose Amazon!
On the post: Homeland Security Admits That It's The Private Police Force Of The Entertainment Industry
Under color of authority
On the post: Irony: Ebook About Clueless Media Moguls Costs Many Times Brand New Hardcover Version
eBooks and what works for me
On the post: Obama 'Considering Legal Action' Against Wikileaks
Going Green
On the post: Chris Matthews Says That Pointing Out Chertoff's Conflict Of Interest Over Rapiscan TSA Scanners Is Slander?
Corrupt is as corrupt does
On the post: Apple Forces Removal Of Steve Jobs Action Figure
Scarcity == value
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Cumulative effects
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Who's on first?
On the post: When China Redirected 15% Of Internet Traffic... Was It On Purpose Or An Error?
And the winner is...
On the post: MIT's Tech Review Comes Out In Favor Of Patent Trolls
Time for a visit
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Enough's enough, already!
1. I don't purchase major label records/cd's any longer for the obvious reasons - they (the labels) exist solely to screw the talent and the consumer.
2. I purchase a LOT of music, directly from the artist as much as I can. Between me and my wife, we have 2-3000 cd's that we have purchased over the years and not one is from a major label.
3. When I am interested in an artist I search the web for examples of their work. I download and listen to it. If it is to my liking, I will go to their web site and buy it directly if I can. If I can't, then I send them an email and explain why I won't buy their work. Eventually they will get the message (I hope).
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There are excuses, and then there are excuses
My point? That no proof is just that, no proof - you can't prove a negative.
On the post: UK Police Officer Accused Of 'Planting' Song Titles Into Evidence Over Shooting
Life as art
On the post: Visiting Australia? Make Sure You Tell The Customs Officials About The Porn On Your Hard Drive
Stupid is as stupid does
On the post: Thief Steals Computer... Then Sends Its Owner USB Stick With All His Lost Data
You just never know
So, maybe the thief REALLY needed a laptop and had no $$ to get it. As a result, he steals from someone who can afford (hopefully) to replace it, but knowing that data is usually more valuable than its container, was considerate enough to return that to the owner. The professor got back what he really needed (the data) and the thief (who will hopefully pay back society when able) got what he needed. As for the library card, he probably needed to check out a book on computer programming... :-)
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