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October 31st, 2007

unixronin: Closed double loop of rotating gears (Gearhead)
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 12:23 pm

Ever get lost in the alphabet soup of UXGA, WXGA, WSGXA+, WUXGA and wonder WTF they all actually mean?

Here's a handy key (along with an explanation of how we got into this mess).

unixronin: Galen the technomage, from Babylon 5: Crusade (Default)
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 09:56 pm

It's becoming a more common sentiment.  Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has come out as a big supporter of direct music distribution via the Internet.  He has publicly complained that CDs are too expensive, and told fans at a concert to go ahead and steal his music.

This comes on the heels of Reznor quitting his record label, and Radiohead releasing a digital version of their latest album via the Net and asking fans to pay "whatever they think it's worth".

Hey, 100% of $3 vs. maybe 3% of $15, even assuming your record company doesn't cook the books so that you never actually see any of it at all?  It's a no-brainer.

Fuck the RIAA.

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unixronin: Dogbert - Demons of stupidity (Fear The Stupid)
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 10:03 pm

I understand the House of Lords announced today the complete success of its program against liquid explosives.  As proof of this success, they declare there has not been a single terrorist attack using liquid explosives.

On this basis, I hereby announce the complete success of my personal anti-terrorist program to prevent terrorists from swimming down to the bottom of Lake Michigan and pulling the plug out.  I shall now expect a nice fat seven-figure grant from Homeland Security.