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Thu - July 14, 2005If violence against horses isn't terrorism, I don't know what is.rachelle
said...
and another
thing.
for all of you people reading
this
and think it is all a big
joke and what
not.
the offices of homeland security can track your internet
addresses too.
if violence against horses isn't terrorism, i don't
know what is. and you people reading this and giving these sickos attention is
only contributing to the crime. so if you don't want to be charged as an
accomplice you better just turn around and leave.
ever heard about
what happens to people who "VISIT" child porn sites?
well this is
exactly like that.
i have a cousin in the army. i know these
things.
Posted at 03:49 PM Read More | Tue - July 12, 2005On LegacysLore, once responsible for Brunching
Shuttlecocks, and now responsible for a half dozen things all linked
at his blog, has posted a marvelous little opinion which does a
very good job of explaining why I hold opinions which make me seem utterly
unfeeling towards "artist's rights."
I have no objective proof of
this, but I get the feeling we've reached a watershed in webcomics. Judging from
various rumblings, postings, counter-postings, and other online byproducts of
creativity, I think the current generation of webcomic artists have realized
that their traffic and income is leveling off. In other words, they've peaked.
And I think in response they're starting to think about their legacy, how their
comic will be remembered fifty or a hundred years from now.
Unfortunately, some of them
-- I'm not naming names here -- seem to feel that preserving their legacy means
denigrating, insulting, or even wiping out comics that have even the vaguest
resemblance to theirs. If a comic has a similar art style, a similar premise, or
even similar props, then there is great huffing and puffing and resentment. In
justifying this pettiness, they invoke their legacy. They don't want their work
to be buried and forgotten in a sea of imitators.
There's a lot to be said
about the issue, but I want to send one message out to those facing it. Those
imitators? They
are
your legacy. A bunch of people are going to imitate you. Some of them will pay
respect, others will look away and say "Resemblance? I don't see any
resemblance." Some will make crap, and others will learn from what you've done,
expand on it, and even improve on it. And the generation after that will see the
comics they love, see where the comics they love got their inspiration, and
recognize you for pioneers. And that's your legacy.
Just look at history. Look at
Jack Kirby. It would be hard to come up with a comic artist who has been more
widely imitated. Up until manga hit the mainstream in the US, he was the heart
and soul of superhero comics in America, even after his death. The medium was,
and in many ways still is, glutted, absolutely stuffed with people influenced by
him, in some cases three or four times removed, but still traceable back to the
visual vocabulary he created. Whether this has been good for comics is
debatable, but it's been great for Kirby's legacy.
Or, to poke our heads outside
comics for a moment, look at rock and roll. If Chuck Berry and Little Richard
had cut their songs in the current legal climate, they might have been able to
sue rock and roll out of existence. Riffs, screams, moves, style, themes, and in
some cases their entire act was lifted indelicately from them. It must have been
difficult to see their style appropriated, and in many cases diffused, but after
all is said and done if nobody had dared build on their style they wouldn't be
known as rock and roll pioneers, they'd be known as momentarily popular
musicians in an obscure offshoot of boogie-woogie.
I can understand the
frustration, the desire to make sure that if nobody but you gets profit and
popularity from a style and attitude you came up with. I can see how you'd want
to keep doing what you're doing for the next few decades, without seeing young
upstarts capturing the hip cred you once had, and especially without them doing
it by using some of the same techniques you developed. But that's not how the
world works, and maybe grumbling about it won't hurt your legacy, but it
certainly won't help.
Posted at 05:59 PM Read More | Mon - May 16, 2005"I shudda goda patent!"An Idea I had for a Learnlink conference
named "Rumoratrix" has been implemented and enjoyed in New York
City.
Posted at 11:25 PM Read More | Thu - March 17, 2005Ronco in-egg scramblerI can't even begin to describe something
this stupid without a studio audience.
This is the ultimate in "who on earth has THAT problem" merchandise. Posted at 08:28 PM Read More | Tue - March 15, 2005PeerflixThis
might be just the thing for my pile of unloved DVDs.
Peerflix facilitates DVD swapping for $0.99 each swap. (Discs only, swap credits pre-purchased 5 at a time) Quality imbalance issues are solved by assigning different "peerbux" values to titles. Most one disks seem set at 3. This was the sort of world that people envisioned when they protested DIVX and other consumable DVD theories. Since it is digital there is no reason that viewing the disc would reduce the value (like VHS) Of course, anyone with Netflix knows that occasionally someone's idea of "viewing" includes "using it as a puck in street hockey" Sometimes (pre-netflix) I got a little over-zellous buying DVDs, to say nothing of well-meaning gifts from people who don't really know my taste or DVDs Michaele and I both bought. Still, after I dump those, I can;t imagine using the service much more. I could see digging through the discount DVD bin and trading up for a buck a piece where the peerbux economy lags reality, but a) I don't have time, b) those are the bazaar people I mock in EQ and c) If I want to OWN a DVD I want a case for it too. For me, Netflix eliminated the need for this service, and it probably costs more than a Netflix membership in the short run. If, however you are suddenly distraught at the permanency of your collection, may as well put it to work. Posted at 02:14 PM Read More | Tue - February 15, 2005No, I meant the St. Petersburg in FloridaHockey, the sport I least dislike seeing live
will aparently not be playing this year. Again. I don't blame the owners, the league, or
the players.
I blame them all. And the fans too. Still, there is an up side. I'll let Ed, Steve and Tyler explain in an impromptu song. (yeah, I was there; blogging was broken over new years) Posted at 11:03 PM Read More | Tue - February 8, 2005Should be easy to proveA law enforcement officer in Central Florida was
jailed Tuesday on a charge of posing as a law
enforcement officer.
Posted at 09:05 AM Read More | Why I hate the MR forumsAt the risk of sounding like I am giving
legal advice (I am not, and you would be a fool and a Communist to think so),
every person and every post in this 3 page thread as of this posting is
wrong.
Normally I back away slowly when people start talking about RIAA brainwashing, etc (and I don't give a darn about suing a dead person; pre trial litigation is exhausting with one party) but if this is the kind of "knowledge" FUD causes it starts to interfere with more important battles. Posted at 12:24 AM Read More | Thu - February 3, 2005Odd, it's like they have something to hidePosted at 06:20 PM Read More | Sun - January 23, 2005The Happiest place in Jersey-KaiAsia has a real "problem" with Intellectual
Property. Copying runs rampant and there is little to no legislation designed
to prevent it. There are various theories about why the area is like this, from
the effect of communism, to the Buddhist dismissal of the existence of
originality, to the simple fact that the government structure is too small to
even try. Regardless, it is ingrained in the culture at this point (People
without a chinatown in their town will take my word for it).
As an apologetic Disney Apologist, and a IP/™/© student I am absolutely enthralled by this picture tour of a Bangkok theme park I have renamed InfringementLand. The similarities are defiantly there, but even under US law (the letter, certainly not the spirit or the enforcement) this is not as illegal as it appears. For example, a sleeping beauty castle at the center of the park is very evocative, but conceptually it is all from the public domain story, not the protected Disney movie (well, the carriage clearly is from the movie, but because you're theirs, they walk the line). Isn't "ADVENTURELAND" about the most generic name imaginable for Adventureland? Yet there is a ton of secondary meaning. And of course, even amongst all of the (near)infringement you have Pepsico shoving in a KFC. SUGH. Posted at 04:47 PM Read More | Fri - January 21, 2005Super-Link Entry: Robot Dogs; The Honorable Sienfeld; The Hate What You've Become Bug; MoreWell, we've been gone a while from technical
difficulties which were entirely simple to fix and entirely our own fault, but
nobody here ever claimed to be an expert at using the computer. Here's the
backlog of links to keep you busy till we whip up some actual
"content."
I'd still rather have an iBo. Great. Next term lets legislate VCR clocks that are easier to set. Suicide is anthropomorphic, right? Someone actually made the "Good Morning Burger"! (Blatantly stolen from Lore) Posted at 10:59 AM Read More | Tue - October 12, 2004He knocked his block off!Posted at 10:29 PM Read More | Thu - October 7, 2004Super link entry: Cat jumps the english channel; Jeff Jackson's future employment in the spotlight and moreCan someone plesae name the
cat Bob? (thanks
KK)
Bond did it with one tank AND he took it to dinner. Now that's a law I can get behind. But we just re-rolled Iraq! Maybe if you count the Paris Hilton video. . . I like it. I like it a lot. 
Dear god, they're too nitpicky for ME. NO. NONONONONO. --End-- Posted at 10:29 PM Read More | Sat - October 2, 2004It's the Amazon.com Knee-Jerk Contrarian GameHere's a fun time-waster that's less passive
than other web diversions. Think of it as the sequel to this
post.
Here's a fun game... First, look up the most popular and critically-acclaimed books, movies, and music on Amazon. Click on "Customer Reviews," and sort them by "Lowest Rating First." Hilarity ensues! It's the Amazon.com Knee-Jerk Contrarian Game! Post your own favorites in the comments! (Coming soon: The Slashdot.org Knee-Jerk Contrarian Game.) Link Posted at 10:29 PM Read More | Sun - September 19, 2004I don't know what this is.Posted at 06:02 PM Read More | Mon - August 2, 2004I had someone spit at me on the busOh yeah. How can this
idea possibly go wrong?
Posted at 10:29 PM Read More | Sun - July 18, 2004Because he has no Archive and I doSunday, July 18,
2004
I just saw the movie “Supersize Me” and I have to say that I liked it. It was fun, irreverent film making on a shoestring and it’s good to know that filmmakers can still pull that sort of thing off. What shocked me about the movie wasn’t what it said, or. Heck I already new most of that stuff. What shocked me were the gasps I heard from the audience, most of whom seemed generally surprised that big business could be so…well…business like. Here’s what it comes down to kids. Ronald McDonald doesn’t give a damn about you. Neither does that little minx Wendy or any of the other icons of drivethroughdom. And you know what, they’re not supposed to. They’re businesses doing what businesses do. They don’t love you. They are not going to laugh with you on your birthdays, or hold you when you’re sick and sad. They won’t be with you when you graduate, when your children are born or when you die. You will be with you and your family and friends will be with you. And, if you’re any kind of human being, you will be there for them. And you know what, you and your family and friends are supposed to provide you with nourishment too. That’s right folks, feeding someone is an act of caring. We will always be fed best by those that care, be it ourselves or the aforementioned friends and family. We are fat and sick and dying because we have handed a basic, fundamental and intimate function of life over to corporations. We choose to value our nourishment so little that we entrust it to strangers. We hand our lives over to big companies and then drag them to court when the deal goes bad. This is insanity. Feed yourselves. Feed your loved ones. And for God’s sake feed your children. Don’t trust anyone else to do it…not anyone. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t go out to dinner every now and then…that is after all one of the great joys of life…but it isn’t life itself and that’s what I’m talking about. Is MacDonalds food bad for you? What do you think? Does that mean you shouldn’t eat it? No, it just means you shouldn’t live on it or anything else made by someone you wouldn’t hug. Burgers don’t kill people. People kill people. Don’t be one of them. A posted by Alton Brown , 8:08 PM Posted at 10:29 PM Read More | Wed - June 30, 2004Someone please think of the children. . . 's disposible incomeSenator Hatch has introduced the INDUCE act . There are the normal Look what
you could do and webform protests , but as a snarky ex-debator I
prefer the line by line.
Posted at 03:16 PM Read More | Wed - June 23, 2004Max's European VacationAnd you people think he has nothing to do while I'm away. . .
Posted at 02:22 AM | Sat - June 5, 2004Comertial remixI'd say more but Potter ran long and I saw it
in Buford so I'm tired. I question how long this will be up if it gets around.
These are remixes of commercials to pervert them to a political/social point
(all liberal). Some work better than others but there's diamonds in the rough.
All hail the desktop broadcasting age.
http://www.capedmaskedandarmed.com/video/index.html Posted at 03:29 AM | When lawyers smell blood in the waterPosted at 03:05 AM Read More | Fri - June 4, 2004Review of the Month (June)For a title that is unintentionally funny
enough on its own:
Meet Me...Don't Delete Me. Internet Dating: I've Made All The Mistakes So You Don't Have To!  Posted at 04:04 AM Read More | Wed - June 2, 2004. . . They were making Bridge an Olympic Sport, right?Condom manufacturer
Durex has donated 130,000
condoms and 30,000 doses of
lubricant to the Olympic Village pharmacy for the use of athletes and officials
in Athens. During the Sydney Games, each competing athlete was given 51 condoms
upon arrival, but 20,000 more had to be shipped in when supplies ran
low.
Posted at 10:29 PM Read More | Tue - June 1, 2004Canadian elections afre funCanadian democracy has more of a carnival
atmosphere than down here in the states.
When's the next election? Nobody knows so be ready at any time! Once the Democracy alarm goes off how long to we have to decide? Five Weeks. How many people are running? Hundreds. Weeeeeeeeeee! Posted at 01:52 PM Read More | Sing it AB.Thursday, May 27, 2004
The fact that “Dr.” Phil has the number 1
cookbook on Amazon.com makes me want to end it all.
posted by Alton
Brown , 7:38 PM
Posted at 01:41 PM Read More | Tue - May 25, 2004Atlanta's polution IS pretty bad. . .Maybe I could really use this. On the other
hand, It's not like there are a shortage of WiFi connections here at Post
Zanadoo.
 Hey Kids! Lets all choose channel 6! Posted at 03:54 PM Read More | Mon - May 24, 2004Hacking (not really) NetflixI can do without the commentary, but the list
of new releases is precisely something I have been looking for. Of course, It's
not like I really need the suggestions.
 http://www.hackingnetflix.com/netflix/ Netflix Posted at 07:35 PM Read More | Even if you believeAndy Kaufman joked about faking his death and
showing up 20 years later. Some people tried to keep the faith, some people
tried to make it come early in blog
form. His old partner threw a party for his return when the 20th
rolled around last week. But Andy didn't show. Which isn't to say it was a total
waste. Visitors who showed up got a free prostitute as a consolation prize.
Thankyouverymuch.
Posted at 07:25 PM Read More | Did I ever Mention how much I like derivitive works?The photographs in this suite are the result of
mean averaging every
Playboy
centerfold foldout for the four decades beginning Jan. 1960 through Dec. 1999.
This tracks, en masse, the evolution of this form of
portraiture.
Posted at 03:52 PM Read More | Thu - May 20, 2004Have I blown Your Mind?It all began innocently enough
when a user on an Apple help forum posted a picture of his cat, Frankie,
contemplating the beauty of a flower. Shortly afterwards another user posted a
picture of his cat, Sammy, bristling at the image of Frankie on the monitor. I
decided this was too much fun and advanced the concept as The Infinite Cat
Project, which is, simply, cats regarding cats regarding cats.
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