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Jul. 5th, 2005 11:37 pmWell, something like that, anyway. If we hit the ground running with interesting things, over the weekend that I was gone, Sandra Day O'Connor announced her intended retirement from the Supreme Court. Many liberals, or at least Democrats, cried out as another of the seals of the Conservaclype came to be: G.W. Bush gets a long-lasting legacy by being able to appoint a Supreme Court judge. A few pundits forecast that this would re-open debates on things like legalized abortions and other matters that passed narrowly and that the conservatives think they have a shot of getting overturned, or at least some new leverage to use against the world. So it could be an age of darkness yet to come, but I don't think it will happen. The Court can be notoriously fickle when it comes to deciding to hear a case.
There's a plethora of possibilities here, though. If you want to follow the tangent of the Court, then you can have a gander at a CNET Columnist who thinks that the MGM v. Grokster decision is a punt rather than a touchdown for either side.
From there, technology shows itself in a myriad number of ways, most of which probably aren't related to P2P. Things like a lightweight alcohol stove are neat to see, as examples of creativity in action. The iToilet is sure to aggravate several Mac users, while the possibilities of biometric data forgery provide a renewed interest in trying to get one's privacy back, or at least to slow down the National ID Chain, err, Card. It might end up that we have to have the robot doctor examine us to make sure that we are who we are. (Incidentally, I'm not surprised that it's Michigan State University coming up with that particular idea - it lends itself to some crude jokes.)
If that tangent's not up to your liking, then perhaps you'll follow the horror ideas that some people are positing - you'll end up perhaps in a place where Katie Holmes is a spy against the Scientology Illuminati. Or the matter may drive you to the point where you start seeing some tell-tale signs that the world's starting to crack. I suspect, though, that this way lies towards people who find Kanga to be attractive, not because she's a marsupial, but because she's an older anthropomorph. Meaning that we need a certain amount of these people to keep the Greyfaces off-balance.
Horror's not my strong suit - and apparently while the Court dabbles in it, their real focus is politics, as is G.W. Bush's. Sometimes they appear to have equal disdain for the Constitution. This prompts people to tell us to ignore the government (and perhaps it'll go away), but most of the time it leads into meta-issues like dominance, complacency, unlocking human potential, and avoiding contributions to the poisonous culture. There are those who provide the philosophical underpinnings and those who exhort us all to action. And there are the people who enlighten us.
Hmm... seems that my Pinocchio phone has grown long. I must be accused of lying a tad too much here. I'll have to talk to the True Lies service providers about this. Right after I finish this game of Fractal Tic-Tac-Toe. There's one more thing that I've saved in reserve for tomorrow. Because it would be a large annoyance for me to strike with all these links, and then go into a discussion. Plus, it's getting later, and I might want to go to bed soon.
There's a plethora of possibilities here, though. If you want to follow the tangent of the Court, then you can have a gander at a CNET Columnist who thinks that the MGM v. Grokster decision is a punt rather than a touchdown for either side.
From there, technology shows itself in a myriad number of ways, most of which probably aren't related to P2P. Things like a lightweight alcohol stove are neat to see, as examples of creativity in action. The iToilet is sure to aggravate several Mac users, while the possibilities of biometric data forgery provide a renewed interest in trying to get one's privacy back, or at least to slow down the National ID Chain, err, Card. It might end up that we have to have the robot doctor examine us to make sure that we are who we are. (Incidentally, I'm not surprised that it's Michigan State University coming up with that particular idea - it lends itself to some crude jokes.)
If that tangent's not up to your liking, then perhaps you'll follow the horror ideas that some people are positing - you'll end up perhaps in a place where Katie Holmes is a spy against the Scientology Illuminati. Or the matter may drive you to the point where you start seeing some tell-tale signs that the world's starting to crack. I suspect, though, that this way lies towards people who find Kanga to be attractive, not because she's a marsupial, but because she's an older anthropomorph. Meaning that we need a certain amount of these people to keep the Greyfaces off-balance.
Horror's not my strong suit - and apparently while the Court dabbles in it, their real focus is politics, as is G.W. Bush's. Sometimes they appear to have equal disdain for the Constitution. This prompts people to tell us to ignore the government (and perhaps it'll go away), but most of the time it leads into meta-issues like dominance, complacency, unlocking human potential, and avoiding contributions to the poisonous culture. There are those who provide the philosophical underpinnings and those who exhort us all to action. And there are the people who enlighten us.
Hmm... seems that my Pinocchio phone has grown long. I must be accused of lying a tad too much here. I'll have to talk to the True Lies service providers about this. Right after I finish this game of Fractal Tic-Tac-Toe. There's one more thing that I've saved in reserve for tomorrow. Because it would be a large annoyance for me to strike with all these links, and then go into a discussion. Plus, it's getting later, and I might want to go to bed soon.
