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Archive for June, 2009
Kuato Lives! (Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates)
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Greed, the RIAA and Corruption in the US Justice System
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
As you may already know, convicted digital pirate Jammie Thomas-Rasset has been ordered to pay $80,000 per illegally downloaded song for a total of 1.9 million dollars. This has become a landmark case because Jammie, a single mother from Minnesota, is not exactly a hardened criminal. See a news article here.
Clearly this case is setting the precedent for later digital piracy trials. But even clearer is the ridiculousness of this fine: 80,000 times higher than she would have paid for these songs on iTunes.
Now I’m definitely not arguing that digital piracy should be legal and I don’t wear Pirate Bay t-shirts. Stealing another’s intellectual property should be a crime because it violates the licensing of that property, it’s all very simple. However any fines for individuals who violate these licenses need to be more in line with … (more…)
What happens when you point two MacBook webcams at each other? (10 possibilities)
Friday, June 5th, 2009
I recently got a new MacBook Pro. Of course, the first thing I did was use its webcam to photograph my old MacBook, something I could never do before!
The whole thing left me wondering, what would happen if I point the two webcams at each other and turn them on at the same time?
1. They blow up.
Likelihood: 45%
Rating: 2 stars
This one’s pretty straightforward. Basically the cameras can’t handle the concept of each other’s reality and respond by exploding. Like if you see your future self in Back to the Future.
2. Steve Jobs materializes.
Likelihood: 30%
Rating: 5 stars
In this scenario Steve Jobs materializes in the … (more…)
Best Natural / Organic Junk Food
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
I’m in a weird demographic: I like to eat natural/organic food but I’m also incredibly lazy. I try to seek out fresh, local and natural foods, but ultimately I just want to eat Hot Pockets all day long.
So what am I to do? Trader Joe’s has always had a ton of natural/organic junk foods, and with the recent “green-washing” trend I’m seeing an ever-expanding variety of hippy products for lazy people like me.
So here’s a run-down of the five major junk food groups: Soda, Hot Pockets, Chocolate Milk, Frozen Waffles and of course Fast Food.
Pepsi Throwback – natural sugar not corn syrup
Oh man when I saw Pepsi Throwback I was in heaven. Pepsi has always been my life-blood, however when I started worrying about additives and especially corn syrup I started to feel guilty every time I had one. My only … (more…)
