] "I don't want anyone but you!" the letter said, according
] to an affidavit. "Now tomorrow it's supposed to rain, you
] can come over we can (you know what)... we can come
] upstairs, ok? Love ya! I want you!"

Yahoo! News - Mom pleads not guilty to new charge stemming from relationship withboy

STEWART: You know, the interesting thing I have is, you have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.

CARLSON: You need to get a job at a journalism school, I think.

STEWART: You need to go to one. The thing that I want to say is, when you have people on for just knee-jerk, reactionary talk...

CARLSON: Wait. I thought you were going to be funny. Come on. Be funny.

STEWART: No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey.

(LAUGHTER)

BEGALA: Go ahead. Go ahead.

STEWART: I watch your show every day. And it kills me.

CARLSON: I can tell you love it.

STEWART: It's so -- oh, it's so painful to watch.

(LAUGHTER)

STEWART: You know, because we need what you do. This is such a great opportunity you have here to actually get politicians off of their marketing and strategy.

CARLSON: Is this really Jon Stewart? What is this, anyway?

IFILM: John Stewart vs. CNN Crossfire

"Could" amounts to abuse just waiting to happen. You make laws with are compatible with the established framework. You don't give it free reign outside of it because all law enforcement, and prosecutors are the ones we really trust with respecting this framework. It also would not seem to work in terms of bit torrent. I guess you're only allowed to create 9 seeds with your anonymous email account. Once they're identified by their IP for a reason which has been decidedly unfair and prosecuted for something which is not an ethical need and can potentially damage speech rights, they can then be made an example of by the MPAA/RIAA for a crime which they have been arbitrarily found guilty of. If a law is made which says thieves wear signs on their back which say "I am a THEIF" or else they get a fine, it does not address the actual crime and imposes an extra fine on top of what is considered "just". Thieves who get arrested at the scene are one thing, but the ones not wearing their magic purple hat certainly deserve the death penalty because its obviously that worse of a crime. Or burglarizing a house without shouting loudly about it as you do. It's ridiculous. This law nearly makes it illegal if you commit a crime, but maintain innocence. It's not even clear that it will be terribly effective. It serves no constructive good.

Dolemite wrote:]
] Alright, so I know that I'm in the minority here, but the law
] isn't prohibiting anonymous speech on the internet. It's
] prohibiting anonymous re-distribution of copyrighted material
] on the internet. The bill that I read had nothing in there
] prohibiting one from distributing either public domain or
] their own material (speech) over the internet. According to
] the article the bill could limit anonymous speech on
] the internet, but at this point it doesn't. There has to be
] some level of compromise between all out copyright chaos and
] strict enforcement. I think the limit may be a little low at
] 10 - especially if it's considered a cumulative total over
] time, rather than all at once - but it still allows people to
] share with a few friends under the basic intent of "fair use".
]
]
] Yes, the MPAA and RIAA are evil cartels. Yes, they screw the
] real artists and creative people. No, putting the screw to
] them doesn't help the artists who were originally screwed.
] I'm not being soft on the cartels, I'm just trying to think of
] a way that we can find a middle ground that is realistic.
]
] Dolemite

RE: Wired News: California bans anonymous speech on the Internet

k wrote:

] I'd be interested to see what the description is of "spatial"
] since I've always considered myself quite good at things like
] spatial translation and ability to position myself in
] surroundings, directions, etc.
]
] As for my highest score being musical, I find that very
] interesting since, while i love music, I've never considered
] it a prime vocational candidate. Either I'm very wrong about
] myself, or this test doesn't adequately differentiate someone
] who really loves to listen to music and someone who really
] wants to create music.
]
] Other than that, it's ok, though I'd have guessed the
] linguistic number to be a bit higher. -k]

It pegged me for spatial:
Spatial - the ability to perceive and represent the visual-spatial world accurately, to arrange color, line, shape, form and space to meet the needs of others, to interpret and graphically represent visual or spatial ideas, to transform visual or spatial ideas into imaginative and expressive creations. Possible vocations that use spatial intelligence include illustrator, artist, guide, photographer, interior decorator, painter, clothing designer, weaver, builder, architect, art critic, inventor, or cinematographer.

Linguistic: 9
Logical-Mathematical: 10
Spatial: 11
Bodily-Kinesthetic: 5
Musical: 4
Interpersonal: 6
Intrapersonal: 8

RE: Multiple Intelligence Test

I think they shouldn't force the religion to make an exception. It's good that we have inane philosphies which make no logical sense. I don't think its a problem with organized religion, I'm pretty sure that's how its supposed to work. If they are forced into making an exception, It would force them into hypocracy (which they do well enough on their own, withoutany help). So, this girl is basically rejected for the same reasons a black person would be rejected by the KKK...I think it puts the two organizations on par, as should be.

k wrote:
] This article points to one of many of my problems with
] organized religion. What has the content of the wafer has to
] do with accepting Jesus as your Savior? Why should the
] content of the wafer have anything to do with your acceptance
] into the church?
]
] More importantly, do the church leaders honestly think that
] Jesus Christ would deny this little girl communion on account
] of a digestive order?
]
] [ Because, dude, if it's not wheat it won't *actually*
] transmute into the body of Christ. Only wheat has the power
] to become the flesh of Jesus. Rice wafers only transmute into
] Jesus' sweat, or if you're really lucky, a hair or something.
] And that's just not sufficient. I guess she'll just have to
] burn in hell.
]
] Stupid religion. Morons seem to attribute a lot of hateful
] and malicious viewpoints to Jesus. If the word Christian
] actually meant "follower of the teachings of Jesus" rather
] than "psychotic, rigid, moralist who conflates any part of the
] bible necessary to reinforce hate and bigotry" i might still
] call myself one. -k]

RE: CNN.com - Church says girl's communion not valid - Aug 19, 2004

bucy wrote:
]
] This pretty much sums up why I hate apple weenies.

I agree that apple should licence out its drm sooner or later... But I REALly hate REAL media. REAL makes microsoft look almost ethical. If apple decided to put out a full version REAL player without the shity bugs the real REAL player has and started selling subscriptions through apple, REAL would sue.
Even though its probably a bad idea to delay the licencing of the DRM for a prolonged period of time, Its still really up to apple. It was sort of a dumb shitty thing for REAL to do though.

RE: Apple zombies attack RealNetworks

] Today, the only way for media companies to survive is to
] own everything up and down the media chain--from
] broadcast and cable networks to the sitcoms, movies, and
] news broadcasts you see on those stations; to the
] production studios that make them; to the cable,
] satellite, and broadcast systems that bring the programs
] to your television set; to the Web sites you visit to
] read about those programs; to the way you log on to the
] Internet to view those pages. Big media today wants to
] own the faucet, pipeline, water, and the reservoir. The
] rain clouds come next.

'My Beef With Big Media' by Ted Turner

"TORONTO -- A man caught driving naked from the waist down while watching kiddie porn on his laptop computer has become the first man in Toronto charged with allegedly stealing an Internet connection. Toronto police laid a theft of communications charge after busting a man driving the wrong way down a one-way street, downloading child porn using stolen wireless Internet signals"

Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Man takes wrong turn

] A police officer stops you on the street, then taps
] something into a device in the palm of his hand.
]
] The next minute, he knows who your relatives are, who
] lives in your house, who your neighbors are, the kind of
] car you drive or boat you own, whether you've been sued
] and various other tidbits about your life.

"Sir, what is your name?"

CNN.com - Cop on the beat now a walking database - Jul 1, 2004

] And so it's come to this. The American people -- proud
] heirs of a bold revolutionary spirit now marking the
] 228th anniversary of its fiery eruption into the world --
] have been reduced to thanking the robed Olympians on the
] U.S. Supreme Court for preserving a few crumbs of the
] nation's once-vast ancient liberties.

Damn...

A Russian view of the Supreme Court Decision