A new flas cartoon by Jib Jab. Makes one almost feel sorry for Bush.

New JibJab -Bush/2-0-5

Uh, just who the heck is this guy? Internet2 existed a long time before mass VoIP.
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"We have also previously exposed how the phenomenon of the internet is seemingly becoming too hot to handle for the authorities who wish to strip it back and gain strict control over what information is and is not available.

Blatantly ridiculous Reports that "the Internet is dying" have been circulating, whilst a push for a system known as Internet 2 has begun whereby information is strictly controlled so as to not allow the overcrowding and eventual "death" of the system.

Click here to listen to our resident technical expert Dwayne Coots explain why that theory is complete claptrap. The real idea behind the move is simply to quell freedom and the sharing of information all over the world because the Monopoly elite can make more money out of us and gain more power if they can control the spread of information."
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I thought this was funny. I personally love how fast the routing is on Internet2. It is amazing.

Hmmmmm. (Off to sing Black Sabbath)

Why IPv6 is crap?

I'm going to quote Steve Watson, he is much more alarmist than I could ever be about this one. :)
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After cracking down on MP3 file sharing, the music industry is to go to war against websites offering unlicensed song tabs and lyrics.

The Music Publishers' Association (MPA), which represents US sheet music companies, says all such sites are illegal and will begin the crackdown in 2006.

MPA president Lauren Keiser said that not only should sites carrying song tabs and lyrics be shut down but also suggested authorities should "throw in some jail time, I think we'll be a little more effective".

Such tabs and lyrics are widely available all over the internet and are often simply the efforts of fans to interpret and play their favourite and much beloved songs. The legal blurb on this website actually says The tablatures contained within this site are artists' representations of songs the 'tabber' has heard.

We are being led to believe that sharing information is illegal.

Share song lyrics? Go to jail

Extortion is going to be the next wave of cyber crime. I'm convinced of that. Data held hostage, businesses threatened. Its already here actually, its just not at a critical point. I believe that eBay users will be particularly susceptible to this. I would really like to see eBay getting a program in place to educate users on how to best respond to such a situation and a cooperation with businesses to help shut down these folks as soon as possible, while preserving data for law enforcement.

I'm thinking it was probably a good move to keep the person online for as long as this person did as long as it was not a direct connection. Makes for more log entries, SHOULD anyone that can do something give a crap.

This could ALSO be an attempt to discredit a legitimate site. Whatever, in any case, it stinks.
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Just in case ebay removes the thread, here's a copy of the alleged IM: (Its NOT me talking.)
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I hope it is ok to post this here. I do not know what to do.

This is a copy of an IM (I am QueenVal32)

ullahebay [6:49 P.M.]: i guess you dont wnat your ebay business right?
ullahebay [6:49 P.M.]: do you want me to create fake bids and kill it?
ullahebay [6:50 P.M.]: if you not going to help me then i will destroy your ebay business
ullahebay [7:03 P.M.]: ok i will gohead and bid on your items
ullahebay [7:03 P.M.]: if oyu are not going to reply me with in a min
ullahebay [7:07 P.M.]: ok i've bid on your items couple of them
ullahebay [7:07 P.M.]: if i wont get a response from you
ullahebay [7:08 P.M.]: i will bid on your 200 items and make you loose your business at eBay!
QueenVal32 [7:13 P.M.]: WHO ARE YOU??
ullahebay [7:13 P.M.]: i want you to give me all the email addresses that you have in your "sold" file
ullahebay [7:14 P.M.]: if you wont give it to me, i will destroy your ebay business
QueenVal32 [7:14 P.M.]: why would I do that??
ullahebay [7:14 P.M.]: coz i need them to tell them about my new auction site
QueenVal32 [7:14 P.M.]: why don't you just go about things the legit way?
ullahebay [7:15 P.M.]: what way?
ullahebay [7:15 P.M.]: i didnt get that
QueenVal32 [7:16 P.M.]: why do you want my sold file?
ullahebay [7:16 P.M.]: i dont want your sold file
ullahebay [7:17 P.M.]: i want the email addresses of the users at ebay that you have in your sold folder, because i have a auction website and i dont want to advertise because it cost lots of money and i can't afford that
ullahebay [7:17 P.M.]: so i want people to visit my auction site by emails

QueenVal32 [7:17 P.M.]: so you harass ME??? Why ME??
ullahebay [7:17 P.M.]: visit my new auction site, www.bidstar.net ullahebay [7:18 P.M.]: not only you, im doing it to everyone. and i've de... [ Read More (0.7k in body) ]

Extortion by IM - Do this or I'll RUIN your business, just watch me....

The only thing Bush has done that I liked was to receive the Dalai Lama and to encourage China to open talks with him. Looks like that went over like a lead balloon.

Now that the Westerners are gone, they are gonna do the typical Chinese thing and take it out on a whipping boy.

I'm going to do my best to avoid buying anything made in damn China.

China Just Sucks - tries to force Buddhist monks to denounce Dalai Lama

Cunningham answered ''yes, Your Honor'' when asked by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns if he had accepted bribes from someone in exchange for his performance of official duties.

And the hits just keep on comin'! At this rate, the Dems may get a majority based on criminal prosecutions...

California Congressman Resigns After Admitting He Took Bribes - New York Times

Interesting.

I never could understand how people here in the US would freak out when they saw people having to go through the Checkpoint when the Berlin wall was up. it seemed so scary to have to live like that!

But there are roadblocks HERE - all over the place.

That "you don't have to worry if you are not doing anything wrong" attitude is very dangerous.

Papers Please : Deborah Davis

Multiple restaurant managers fell for social engineering over the telephone, forcing employees to strip.

Crazy

TRUST AUTHORITY WITHOUT QUESTIONING, DAMNIT.

Newsflash! People Are Stupid!

Wow - These normally aren't around until a day or two before Black Friday, all the retailers won't to keep their sales secret until the last minute. This site REALLY just helped me out. I thought I'd pass it on.

This site totally spoils the secret until last minute thing.

Here's a news article ABOUT the site:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/business/17shop.html

Black Friday Spoiler Site - Where the deals will BE Friday morning

This site has all the big monster brains though.

RE: Wired News: Digg has millions in funding