Well, I just received a smack in the face. I wrote a letter to my reps, and got 3 responses… One to a Dr., a Mr., and a Ms. Each were the exact same message, save for the different titles. Problems?

1) Only the Ms. was correct.
2) I can’t be Mr. and Ms. at the same time, morons.
3) Ha! I knew you wouldn’t read it, anyway… but that’s such an obvious lie, now that I have 3 copies of the same letter.

Argh. :/

As for adult material, there are already (some) regulations regarding it. Such as that the subject of such material is above the age of 18 (as it should be) and that the viewing of such materials must also be above the age of 18 (or the majority where applicable). The owner of such material is responsible for ensuring that safeguards are in place to make sure no one under 18 can view it. (This is sadly moot point nowadays since kids can get credit card company branded debit cards from working with summer jobs as well as checking accounts and so forth.)

… I knew a guy in high school who was delusional. He would constantly tell people that he’d done things like mastered diamond cutting in three weeks, was a professional alien hunter, and was a former member of N*Sync.

You’re sounding a lot like that guy.

As a wedding photographer I have a vested interest in stopping online piracy. My images are routinely taken and used without my permission. However, I I think SOPA goes WAY too far.

Funny how Republicans hate govt. regulations, except when Disney wants them to…

This is just one of the many stories on it out there, from last years attempt,

“News of the shutdowns has some observers wondering whether the US really needs COICA, the anti-counterfeiting bill that passed through a Senate committee with unanimous approval last week. That bill would allow the federal government to block access to Web sites that attorneys general deem to have infringed on copyright.”

“ However, COICA would allow the government to block access to Web sites located anywhere in the world, while Homeland Security’s take-downs are limited to servers inside the United States. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said he would place a hold on COICA, effectively killing the bill at least until the new congressional session next year.”

Read and learn while you still can….

I don’t buy the conspiracy theory but I do find it hilarious that CBS may have created their own enemy. :P

Considering the Network as the radar detector of the Multitude

…The difference between Twitter feeds about speed traps and Wikileaks dumps of the government’s classified interoffice memoranda is just one of degree. Without secrets, government must either persuade the populace of its legitimacy, or abandon legitimacy for force of arms. We can expect a decade or two of efforts by governments and other powers (corporations, cartels, and perhaps copyright holders) to try to use law (and force) to prevent the popular use of the network to expose institutional secrets, and it seems certain they will all inevitably fail. Trying to control the use of communications networks is like trying to exterminate the rhizome under your lawn. (Ironic, perhaps, that a technology designed by the military-industrial complex to ensure viable communications in the event of nuclear attack ends up appropriated by the people and able to withstand attack by its creator.) …

Link to above,

http://nofearofthefuture.blogspot.com/2012/02/considering-network-as-radar-detector.html