Dirty Red Commie

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has a petition regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

ACTA is an attempt to regulate pretty much everything electronic. It has been drafted behind closed doors and has, for the most part, been kept completely secret. It attempts to, among other things, require countries to impose a 3 strikes law (if you're accused of an illegal file copy 3 times, you're in trouble, regardless of guilt). It also attempts to require DRM for just about everything.

I urge everyone to sign the FSF petition on ACTA.

Here are some links to more information:
FSF on ACTA
has some information on ACTA
Wikipedia ACTA page
Public Knowledge ACTA page
Office of the US Trade Representative on ACTA
Intellectual Property Office (UK)

I groaned when I saw the headline for this video.  I didn't know how bad it was going to get though.

First off, I don't know if you heard but Michael Jackson died last week. Apparently that is the only important thing going on in the world right now. Forget that the House passed a Cap and Trade bill on Friday because that doesn't really matter.

CNN does some really stupid things with their videos. So, instead of a nice embedded video, you get a link. Oh, and turn off flashblock before following the link as CNNs site doesn't play well with it.

Get ready to feel like breaking stuff:
Freaky clouds show dead singer's face?

It's reports like this that cause people to lose faith in humanity and go on killing sprees

Jesus does not keep appearing in shit. Mr. Jackson won't either. They're fucking clouds. The world isn't going to end tomorrow. Get over it.

Update:

Round 2: Image in a tree Michael Jackson? Jesus?

Oh god it's too painful.  Full disclosure, I didn't watch that one. Using quantum mechanics as a guidline, there's a chance that the video is good. But there's also a chance that my computer falls right through my desk completely unchanged too. More than likely, the video would make me want to kill myself (the title almost does that), and my computer is staying right where it is.

Almost all of these (that I got to) made me laugh out loud.

I don't know how so many were made without getting on my radar yet but I felt that it was necessary to share them here.

Play-Him-Off Keyboard-Cat  

Maybe I just like it because it relives so many other great videos.

As many of you know, when I moved to Helena, I moved into a loft and promptly decided that a TV that only stays on one floor was lame. I have solved this lameness.

If you want the story and lots of writing about you you can check out my webpage.

If you think about my other stories and realize that you just want to see the pictures, I've a picture page for the project.

It's coming.

Are you ready?

September 19th is the big day.

It's less than two weeks away!

So grab a parot and a pint of rum!

Sit back and yell, "Arrr matey!"

Talk like a Pirate Day

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879

It's a little over 25 minutes.   Colbert makes fun of Bush with him sitting two people away.