24 songs. 1.9 million dollars. Wake up folks.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jammie-thomas-retrial-verdict.ars

wow... just... wow.

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posted by Frankie @ 10:49 PM   0 Comments

My you-tube video of Charlie's first steps just got disabled due to copyright infringement (the video has a 30 second clip of Fats Domino's "I'm Walking").

I took the time to send in a dispute citing the four factors of fair use, so we'll see what happens. In my comments I told them I was pretty sure Fats Domino would have no issue with it.

I'm pretty sick of the RIAA running the world.

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posted by Frankie @ 7:48 AM   1 Comments

this is indeed very scary:


I am very concerned about hyper-inflation... and the very human reaction that will come after. If it happens, people will be ready to blame, even though this seems very predictable to me.

For anybody that wants to get as worried as I am, read about the Weimar Republic.

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posted by Frankie @ 8:01 AM   1 Comments

My Saints lost last night. Boy did they lose. They fell apart.

Of course, Peyton Manning just seems superhuman. It's like watching Joe Montana all over again.

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posted by Frankie @ 10:02 PM   0 Comments

Why does this make me depressed about our society?

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPage.jsp?assetId=P4110014

And the image at the top... geez... it makes me sick to my stomach.

Update 9/9/07: Well, they've changed the picture to be some young, childless people out watching a football game. But the picture _WAS_ a picture of a mom, dad, and kids, running out to the beach, with the dad holding his portable satellite TV system.

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posted by Frankie @ 8:40 PM   0 Comments