The 30 minute video here is not to be missed.

America's Secret War - George Friedman - Author interviews

"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

A bunch of the reviews just got hosed. The ann rice post and all reply's are gone. Like it never happened.
dmv wrote:
] ] Seldom do I really answer those who criticize my work. In
] ] fact, the entire development of my career has been fueled
] ] by my ability to ignore denigrating and trivializing
] ] criticism as I realize my dreams and my goals. However
] ] there is something compelling about Amazon's willingness
] ] to publish just about anything, and the sheer outrageous
] ] stupidity of many things you've said here that actually
] ] touches my proletarian and Democratic soul. Also I use
] ] and enjoy Amazon and I do read the reviews of other
] ] people's books in many fields. In sum, I believe in what
] ] happens here. And so, I speak. First off, let me say that
] ] this is addressed only to some of you, who have posted
] ] outrageously negative comments here, and not to all. You
] ] are interrogating this text from the wrong perspective.
] ] Indeed, you aren't even reading it. You are projecting
] ] your own limitations on it.
]
] Anne Rice doesn't like people trashing her latest novel on
] Amazon.
]
] But really, she should know that regarding criticism -- and
] the inevitable trolls -- the only way to win is not to play at
] all
] (hers is comment between 211-220 when sorted oldest-first if
] this link doesn't work)

RE: Amazon.com: Books: Blood Canticle (The Vampire Chronicles)

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Russ Meyer, who helped spawn the "skin flick" with such films as "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" and "Vixen," has died. He was 82.

CNN.com - Legendary filmmaker Russ Meyer dead - Sep 22, 2004

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. - First light revealed that the "Dome Home" made it through the night and did exactly what it was designed to do -- survive even the worst hurricane.

MSNBC - 'Dome Home' weathers storm

k wrote:
] ] For the first time, MIT researchers have incorporated a
] ] plant's ability to convert sunlight to energy into a
] ] solid-state electronic %u201Cspinach sandwich%u201D
] ] device that may one day power laptops and cell phones.
] ]
]
] [ Cool science... -k]

The world needs Popeye physics.

RE: PhysOrg: Spinach May Soon Power Mobile Devices

Punk Legend Johnny Ramone Dies At 55

Guitarist Co-Founded The Ramones In 1974

NBC 4 - Entertainment - Punk Legend Johnny Ramone Dies At 55

People suck.

A History of Secret Human Experimentation

WASHINGTON The Bush administration, while preparing for talks soon with North Korea, is also stepping up military pressure with plans for a joint naval exercise next month to train for interdicting arms and other materials going to and from the North.

The new drum.

IHT: U.S. plans joint sea exercise as signal to North Korea on arms program

] The plus: the multidimensional topology of space in three
] dimensions will seem simple at last and a million dollar
] reward will be there for the asking. The minus: the
] solver does not claim to have found a solution, he
] doesn't want the reward, and he certainly doesn't want to
] talk to the media.

http://www.math.purdue.edu/ftp_pub/branges/apology.pdf

Maths holy grail could bring disaster for internet