Ann Coultre = omgwtf

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003657196

FTA: "COULTER: No, we think -- we just want Jews to be perfected, as they say."

So now, being Jewish isn't enough - you have to 'perfect' yourself into a Christian.

And, alas, I digress.

Jo.ts

TSA can't legally require ID for domestic flights

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9769089-46.html?tag=recentPosts

I think I'll 'forget' my ID next time...just because.

Google Secrets

Neat little things you might not know.



Google Secrets - Funny bloopers are a click away

The Blind Leading the Courts? wtf

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071003-lawsuit-over-website-accessibility-for-the-blind-becomes-class-action.html

Target vs The Blind...GO

Copying your own music is 'stealing'

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071002-sony-bmgs-chief-anti-piracy-lawyer-copying-music-you-own-is-stealing.html

FTA: "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a copy" of a purchased song is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'," said Jennifer Pariser, the head of litigation for Sony BMG.

And us not buying your CDs is a a 'nice way of saying, "fuck you"'.

From now on, you may not rip CDs that you buy to your computer so you can iTunes them up, no more copying your CDs over to listen to your iPod, no more making a backup copy so if your CD gets scratched you still have a copy - all of that is 'stealing'.

How much longer can this go on? Granted, this is the first case that has ever gone to jury trial, so some of us are hoping for the best, but how ludacris is it say that making a copy of music you purchased, for your own personal use (not selling for profit or giving to friends), is stealing?

What is wrong with us?

Oh yeah, MegaCorps can do whatever they want.

joTs

Are we living in a computer simulation?

http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

Very interesting read, albeit you might want to have a dictionary handy. Lots of complicated arguments inside.

Grab a cup of Joe, pop on your iPod, relax and prepare to be confused.

JoTs

Please say no martial law...

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/podhoretz-bush-iran-attack/

FTA: "I believe President Bush is going to order air strikes [on Iran] before he leaves office."
--Norman Podhoretz

If we do attack Iran before the elections, it would be a safe bet that ol' George W. and his cronies, I mean lolwut, would greatly benefit from martial law and the elections postponed indefinitely.

Scardicatness ensues...

jots

No iTunes for your $100 'early purchase credit' explained

Well, maybe not explained, but with a splash of opinion:

So a lot of people are upset about not being able to use their $100 early iPhone credit on iTunes. Being an iPhone owner, and avid user, I was turned off after realizing this as well. I did, however, do some thinking and came to a possible conclusion.

Let's say that, on a $.99 cent song, Apple has to pay the record labels $.33, costs to run the website total $.33, and they profit $.33. Yes, those are fictitious numbers, but only to help explain why I think they didn't allow iTunes purchases with the credit.

If they did give us the credit to use on iTunes, I think Apple would have actually lost money, and not just profit, but cash out of pocket.

So, if they basically profit $.33 cents from the sale, use $.33 for the website, and pay out $.33 to the labels the dollar loss for giving out the discount would be $33 per customer who bought an iPhone.

Let's say it's 1/2 of the million iPhones that were sold were bought on the day of, or shortly thereafter, release. That's a $16.5m payout to the record labels. Not a good day for the shareholders.

This might just be speculation, but to some, an easier way to swallow not being able to use the 'free' cash for iTunes. If I'm wrong, then just let me know what you think, or better yet, what you know.

Jots