Today marks the 15th anniversary of the Web. It has come a long way.
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Here is an interesting link for the Intellectual Property and the Patents are Evil folks. In one of the more bizzare bits of reportage the NYT is reporting United Health has lower profits and is losing customers because its health care products are too expensive. Since it former CEO was fired over options trading, everybody from the customers to the providers are complaining that its coverage and payments suck, and UnitedHealth’s business unit that makes pronouncements of what services are worth, is under investigation by the state of New York, they somehow think that they deserve to profit. Compact Fluorescent Lights contain a small amount of Mercury. They may save energy, but they do require a little common sense in using. Here is an interesting tidbit about research into Mercury toxicity done in the Amazon. I have a interest in Copyright for a number of reasons. Folks who work with their brains and their hearts rather than their backs have an opportunity to earn a living. My fond dream of working in my bathrobe at the computer and watching the money roll in, still eludes me.
Here is a gentleman who knows Copyright and as Senior Copyright Counsel at Google is up to his neck in current Copyright issues and writes very well. Saving posts strips out the formatting. Whose fucked up idea was that? Learn that shit from TypePad? Multi Media does not mean that the only media is available by internet connection. I have a 42” 1080p TV and a digital cable connection. I have something like 200 channels. I have always watched TV, as it is not entirely a dead media. Digital TV means that commercials are crisper in sight, but just as annoying in content as they have always been. Out of my 200 channels, there are a dozen home shopping channels, 40 sports channels, 25 Spanish channels, and 70 music channels in a wide variety of types including uncensored, none of which I watch or listen to. Like I really need to listen to some assholes demonstrate how many times they can say ‘bitches’ or rhyme ‘fuck’. There are a few gems in the digital cable wasteland. Sundance, which has Terminal City , which is a show about a woman with breast cancer who has a TV show that shows all, as she goes the discovery, surgery and aftermath. It is a 10 episode show that I am sure will show up on DVD soon. The plot seems simple, the writing and acting is crisp, and the acid wit poking fun at television production is worth the time. On Network Television is FOX’s Canterbury’s Law , starring Julianna Margulies, which is a great show and will probably be cancelled because of the complex characters, sharp writing and adult themes. Yeah I know nobody ever promised me that Americans can handle adult themes, especially with American Idol and other reality shows whose reality resides only in the minds of the producers. Last but not least is Battlestar Galactica , which enters it’s final season. I am waiting for new episodes of Bones, House, and NCIS. Yes. I like episodic television. Out of 4800 hours of TV, of which I have no interest in 3528, leaving me 1272 hours to choose from, finding a few hours makes the cable bill worth it. almost. In my universe a couple of notes: Ken Camp is getting married. Congratulations!! Shelley Powers has a New Book coming out . The Quote of the Week
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