October 30th, 2007
Secure-p2p
You know what sucks about BitTorrent ? Well frankly, a lot of stuff, but it’s the best thing we have right now. The fine folks from The Pirate Bay are hard at work designing the next evolutionary step in P2P file sharing, and I for one, could not be happier! Say what you will about copyright, but The Pirate Bay folks have a vision that transcends the petty greed of any MP3 collector or Warez kiddie. I will gladly welcome a P2P system that eludes ISP filtering, speed limits and those sneaky sons of bitches at MediaSentry.
If any of you have any skills or knowledge worth contributing to the project, please jump in. It may not seem like much, but Secure-p2p will likely have a very real impact on the future of the Internet. We’re getting crushed by draconian, corporate-sponsored laws and Canadian dumbasses who were born on the wrong side of the US border (seriously). A little file-sharing program can be a powerful way to get people thinking about their freedoms, about what copyright really means and what laws should and shouldn’t be.
October 29th, 2007
Reimagining the Automobile Industry by Selling the Electricity - New York Times
Here’s something fist-worthy: some high-powered smartass with a suit wants to turn the auto industry into the cell phone industry. He wants to promote electric vehicles and then sell us the “electric fuel”.
Okay, so how many people here like the cell phone industry ? “Get a free (three-dollar) phone if you sign your life away for 3 years!” Or if you like flashy phones, it sounds more like “Give us $600 for the shiny (eight-dollar) phone, and sign your life away for 3 years!”
The… Read the rest of this entry »
October 18th, 2007
Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 14
Okay, time out! Can someone please tell me why these worthless South African war mongers have autonomous robotic machine gun thingies ?
Who makes these things ? How much does one cost ? What kind of bottom-feeding Mercedes-driving sack of shit would design and build such a thing ? And who got the brilliant idea of outsourcing the software development to some backyard meth lab in China ?
How about we stick them all together on a remote island and napalm these sons of bitches on live TV ? I’d… Read the rest of this entry »
October 6th, 2007
Energy giant rages against plan to hike Alberta royalties
Energy cartels are trying to coax the Government of Alberta into not hiking royalty rates on gas and oil. For those of you just tuning in, that’s essentially a tax on oil, only it’s collected from the producer rather than the consumer.
To the cartels I say: pay the royalty or find somewhere else to dig! Surely there are plenty of oil-rich countries that would gladly let you rape and pillage their soil for free, to support your profiteering ways… they must be all lined up in front… Read the rest of this entry »
October 5th, 2007
Jury penalises music file-sharer - BBC NEWS
A Minnesota woman just lost in court against the RIAA, and has been slapped with a quarter-million dollar judgement.
Now I don’t care how much music she was sharing (it wasn’t much!) or how badly she may have messed up her testimony, there’s just no fucking way she could have “cost” the music industry $222,000.
The interesting bit is that this was a jury trial. That means there was a group of people in that court, who decided by majority that this woman was guilty, while the judge set the penalty. I’m… Read the rest of this entry »
