tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99972982011-07-08T11:10:38.517-07:00Blogging Boardgames, Politics, and Electronic Rights with a philosopher's view.Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12256958404067365959noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9997298.post-31119317215453397622009-11-03T18:15:00.001-08:002009-11-03T18:15:03.703-08:00

Our Zombie Containment Camp Halloween Party.

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From: File sharing per saldo positieve economische effectenTranslate with: Google TranslateFull Report: Currently the 142 page full report is only available in Dutch. I am hoping for an English version soon. Its available at the TNO site.File sharing net positive economic impactThe economic effects of file sharing on the Dutch welfare in the short and long term net positive. Consumers will

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Small WorldIt's a World of SlaughterA World of tears...It's a World of DopesAnd a World of fears...There's TOO much that we shareSo beware...It's a Small World after all...

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I often am complaining about how technology is evaluated. I am not an Apple fan (except their iPod, which was well designed and a very well thought through device when it was released). A friend of mine sent this to me the other day and it nailed how ludicrous defining good technology has become..... the Apple Wheel.Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

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This is a famous debate and while obviously dated, I was watching and pondering whether it applies to modern times. Foucault's point of systems of power, specifically around knowledge, seems to define contemporary times. While western democracy has propagated freedom and rights, knowledge has been constructed as a market "good." Thus, knowledge can be owned in our society and another who

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I realize I haven't posted in a while and that is something I am going to try to be better at. I have been ruminating on many different current issues recently and feel that this is a good place to attempt to articulate my thoughts on where the world is going, specifically the USA (where I live).It was a relief to have Obama elected as the next President of the USA not because of political views

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I am grateful to have a politician call out how base American political election cycles have become. Although, ironically the video ends with "let's talk about something serious and something real....."

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.... for the living only.I only wish to say that the stories shared here are the exact reason that I believe war is not a tool for a civilization or society to influence, change, or assist another civilization and/or society. War is to destroy, annihilate, and eradicate an enemy. Morality and ethics are a concern of the living.I am find it hard to express the deep disgust I have for leaders of

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I have been pondering the issues of Intellectual Property Rights, copyrights, piracy, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) as of late. I have come to some conclusions and have decided to share my views.Critique #1 - Creation in a VacuumThe concept of intellectual property rights is a continued assumption that the individual is the primary agent. That is to say the individual being is the

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If you don't care for the reasons, you can just go to the book I am suggesting here: Geek Mafia by Rick DakanFor about a year now I have been struggling with a few concepts and while I am not done struggling I have come to a few conclusions along the way. I will post the thoughts, reasons, and insights later; but for now just the conclusions and what that means. The current conception of

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I am wiped from doing homework all weekend and not really into writing up a long intellectual justification for why I find these types of things not only despicable but ethically and epistemically bankrupt. So, today, I will just link to the video of the RIAA explaining their new idea to put filters on your PC.

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The season turned like the page of a glossy fashion magazine.In the park the daffodils came upand in the parking lot, the new car models were on parade.Sometimes I think that nothing really changes -The young girls show the latest crop of tummies, and the new president proves that he's a dummy.but remember the tennis match we watched that year?Right before our eyessome tough little

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If I have to hear from one more person: "I bet you are grateful to be alive." I am going to fucking punch them in the head (and not emotionally speaking to reference the 40 Year Old Virgin). My god people! I know you are trying to be understanding and caring and positive. But let me spell it out for everyone so they can get it.On May 25th, 2007 I died. I accepted my life had come to an end.

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I am broken, have healed.... still have not mended.

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The night before..... it is an experience in and of itself. The night before the first day of school. The night before Christmas. The night before the first day of a new job. All my fears, all my aspirations, all my concerns, all the possibilities swirl around keeping me from sleeping. I know I should be rested for tomorrow, but the anticipation and trepidation keep me from my

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Tick…..tick…..tick…..tick…..”do not tax their lives with forethought of grief”…. Tick…. Tick…. Tick…… tick…… “Forethought of grief”. Tick…. Tick…. Tick…. Tick…. “free”….. tick… tick… tick…. Escape the forethought of grief? Why? I lay here, watching the sun dance through the leaves above me. The grass against my skin, the tick… tick… tick… tick… A bumble bee flies near me… tick… tick… tick…

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I swear every day I believe that organizations, government, and marketing firms think I get more stupid. The new one is the "Dust to Dust Automotive Energy Report." You can read a little about this here:Hummer versus Prius:“Dust to Dust” Report Misleads the Media and Public with Bad ScienceThe anti-hybrid “dust-to-dust” cost study that just won’t dieWhile there are a million blogs debunking the

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Recently, I went to the ER because I didn't feel "right". Nothing more, nothing less. No extreme pain. No specific symptom. My expectation was that I had some infection or something and they would give me some medication. I ended up having an aneurysm and needed open heart surgery to replace my ascending aorta and my aortic valve. Reduced down, I accepted in a very brief amount of time (a

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"At each stage of human existence the adult man is off on his quest of his holy grail, the way of life he seeks by which to live. At his first level he is on a quest for automatic physiological satisfaction. At the second level he seeks a safe mode of living, and this is followed in turn, by a search for heroic status, for power and glory, by a search for ultimate peace; a search for material

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Spate of Suicide Bombings Threaten "Surge" I would never over simplify the situation in the Middle East and the current situation in Iraq. To be fairly blunt, I have not studied the nuances of the situation and thus in determining what is the best course of action is not within my current capacity. I do, on the other hand, have read some history; which might offer some insight to war in Iraq

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This parody marries two of the most idiotic strategies currently in the world into a "synergy" of stupidity. Now if only it could gain "traction" in the market place.

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How many times have I heard the retort: "Love it or leave it!" I guess Halliburton has heard this and answered:Halliburton Moves to DubaiI don't understand debating whether Halliburton moved to avoid taxes, investigation, to put them closer to the action, or they just got tired of their surroundings. This debate is pointless and reduces to a he-said/she-said argument. Halliburton is moving

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Any day now I will become a father to a girl. It is probably one of the first times, in a long time, that I am out of control in the fullest sense. When she arrives is out of my hands, how she arrives is out of my hands. In a world of instant information and "knowledge" of everything; we can't schedule the birth of a child. It happens when it happens. The simplicity of this is both

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When did policy debates get reduced down to: "what about the children?" I was reading the news today and two articles referenced this line of argument once again:Residents near Rainier are getting fed up with their naked neighborLawmakers take aim at 'distracted' driversThe first story I can understand more than the second. A man walking around nude (there are references to exposure, but this

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Beautiful downtown kennewick. Hockey let's you travel to the most wonderful places!

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Some public stations, as well as commercial stations, program the "Neighborhood" at hours when some children cannot use it ... I have always felt that with the advent of all of this new technology that allows people to tape the "Neighborhood" off-the-air, and I'm speaking for the "Neighborhood" because that's what I produce, that they then become much more active in the programming of their

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Who will cry for the little boy?Lost and all alone.Who will cry for the little boy?Abandoned without his own?Who will cry for the little boy?He cried himself to sleep.Who will cry for the little boy?He never had for keeps.Who will cry for the little boy?He walked the burning sand.Who will cry for the little boy?The boy inside the man.Who will cry for the little boy?Who knows well hurt and

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You may be thinking I am referencing the Democratic wins in last night's election, but I am not. I am referencing the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld. Whether or not the election pushed towards this is speculation, the simple fact is that Rumsfeld is now on his way out officially and maybe the US can start writing a new chapter in our history that is a little more sensible and respectable.US

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I actually find this question to be kind of a pointless question as there is no set ruler for what denotes smart or dumb. But what we can look at is the educational level of the military versus citizens. I want to preface this with: ALL STATISTICS ARE BULLSHIT! Numbers can be manipulated to say whatever you want. I started analyzing the numbers due to this article:John Kerry: U.S. Soldiers

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Registered sex offenders told to ignore HalloweenThis story made me ask a few questions: Are Athiests going to be told to ignore Christmas? Are Christians going to be told to avoid going to Coliseums? Are murderers going to be prevented from going to movies with violence? Are abusive spouses going to be told to avoid relationships?I find this type of "protect the children" ideology to be

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Everyone has heard the same idea a lot lately: "We live in troubled times." What is meant by this? That we are at war? That the country is polarized? A plethora of scandals from torture to sexual misconduct? Or is it the totality of it all that makes it a troubling time?I don't believe it is any of these issues that make it troubling. I believe it is that when the war on terror began, so

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This is the rebirth of my blog. We will see how this life version is treated.- image by Exidos.

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