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Once again, another day at work survived. Haha, haha. I think it’ll be storytime that kills me, if anything does. And I feel pretty good about storytime. So hopefully, all goes well. Onward, once again, to the news.
Yesterday, 17 September, was the day that Norton I assumed the throne as Emperor of the United States. I wonder how many pretenders to his throne have tried and failed to create the second Empire of the United States, with the Protectorate of Mexico.
For those without Imperial ambitions, it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, arr.
We request a demystification on the following - changes are being made to he way LJ collects statistics, and it sounds like it may be a bit more invasive than before. Could someone put that post in plain English for the rest of us to understand whether we want to opt-out or not?
Possible phasing-out of petrol and diesel cars in the UK by 2040, assuming the Liberal Democrats in the country can keep sufficient numbers to put such a programme through. And we’ll see how well adherence is, and whether companies drag their feet on the matter.
The precursors to spending many hours a day on social-networking and virtual worlds? Little cute sites that offer free things for peoples to do, and some game-playing. With the hook, generally, of customizing some space or avatar with the credits one earns at the arcade games. Getting accustomed to it for a few hours here and there, then turning it into a good way to spend lots of time at X amount of dollars per month. Younger and younger, we go...
...or perhaps not. A Thai maid cafe is shut down as a result of arrests regarding minors having access to age-restricted manga. Guess it’s back to the equivalents of Playboy. And the students from the nearby college may have to find other work. Or they could become cosplay idols and booth attendants.
Proving that nobody is quite what they seem, a blind man flipped and held a would-be mugger. The mugger thought he would be an easy mark, not being able to see. The man, however, is a master of blind judo. Can’t pick on anybody these days. Might bring the crime rate down if we get a few more accounts of “helpless” people beating the tar out of would-be attackers.
Of course, it’s not great that a taser was used against a student who was going to have his question answered by Mr. Kerry, despite his alloted time being up. The article does mention that the student didn’t leave the mic and wasn’t really willing to go. But as soon as Mr. Kerry agreed to answer his question, that should have been the end of the matter. No need to remove or restrain the student.
The ACLU has done something to express how much they feel the country is going downhill and set the "Surveillance Society Clock" to six minutes before midnight. Basing it on the idea of the Doomsday Clock, which currently is set to five minutes to midnight, the ACLU is trying to raise the awareness of the people. Good luck to them on it. It’ll take a paradigm shift, really. With the kind of opinions we hold about the freedoms of the First Amendment, it’s going to take quite some time before people start seriously talking about some of the ways that technology are being used for already.
Creation Science museum founder is attempting to renege on placing his works in the public domain by deleting the statements that he has made. As noted in the post, it may not matter, assuming that usage of portions of films and materials for critical purposes is considered a fair use argument, and thus still usable even if copyrighted. If this is so... neener, neener, suckers.
The District of Columbia... remains unrepresented in the Legislature as a bill to give them such fails.
A goodie for our Mac friends who have laptops with motion sensors - netPong - tilt one’s laptop to move the paddle. If you have someone else run the software on your network, it will detect and the two of you will play a match.
For those looking for perhaps more useful goals (although playing Pong with new technology has a certain geek cred to it all by itself, and may be somewhat Zen in nature), The Happiness Project offers some advice on how to make your resolutions stick.
The New York Times is opening up some of its website material to the public for no charge. Thanks to search engines (and industrious linkers, no doubt), the “pay-to-see” wall was a big frustration.
The following, however, takes home the winning prize for this entry - Senator from Nebraska sues God. God, however, has not yet responded with any comment on the matter.
Anyway, that’s what I have for you tonight. More to arrive tomorrow, no doubt.
Yesterday, 17 September, was the day that Norton I assumed the throne as Emperor of the United States. I wonder how many pretenders to his throne have tried and failed to create the second Empire of the United States, with the Protectorate of Mexico.
For those without Imperial ambitions, it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day, arr.
We request a demystification on the following - changes are being made to he way LJ collects statistics, and it sounds like it may be a bit more invasive than before. Could someone put that post in plain English for the rest of us to understand whether we want to opt-out or not?
Possible phasing-out of petrol and diesel cars in the UK by 2040, assuming the Liberal Democrats in the country can keep sufficient numbers to put such a programme through. And we’ll see how well adherence is, and whether companies drag their feet on the matter.
The precursors to spending many hours a day on social-networking and virtual worlds? Little cute sites that offer free things for peoples to do, and some game-playing. With the hook, generally, of customizing some space or avatar with the credits one earns at the arcade games. Getting accustomed to it for a few hours here and there, then turning it into a good way to spend lots of time at X amount of dollars per month. Younger and younger, we go...
...or perhaps not. A Thai maid cafe is shut down as a result of arrests regarding minors having access to age-restricted manga. Guess it’s back to the equivalents of Playboy. And the students from the nearby college may have to find other work. Or they could become cosplay idols and booth attendants.
Proving that nobody is quite what they seem, a blind man flipped and held a would-be mugger. The mugger thought he would be an easy mark, not being able to see. The man, however, is a master of blind judo. Can’t pick on anybody these days. Might bring the crime rate down if we get a few more accounts of “helpless” people beating the tar out of would-be attackers.
Of course, it’s not great that a taser was used against a student who was going to have his question answered by Mr. Kerry, despite his alloted time being up. The article does mention that the student didn’t leave the mic and wasn’t really willing to go. But as soon as Mr. Kerry agreed to answer his question, that should have been the end of the matter. No need to remove or restrain the student.
The ACLU has done something to express how much they feel the country is going downhill and set the "Surveillance Society Clock" to six minutes before midnight. Basing it on the idea of the Doomsday Clock, which currently is set to five minutes to midnight, the ACLU is trying to raise the awareness of the people. Good luck to them on it. It’ll take a paradigm shift, really. With the kind of opinions we hold about the freedoms of the First Amendment, it’s going to take quite some time before people start seriously talking about some of the ways that technology are being used for already.
Creation Science museum founder is attempting to renege on placing his works in the public domain by deleting the statements that he has made. As noted in the post, it may not matter, assuming that usage of portions of films and materials for critical purposes is considered a fair use argument, and thus still usable even if copyrighted. If this is so... neener, neener, suckers.
The District of Columbia... remains unrepresented in the Legislature as a bill to give them such fails.
A goodie for our Mac friends who have laptops with motion sensors - netPong - tilt one’s laptop to move the paddle. If you have someone else run the software on your network, it will detect and the two of you will play a match.
For those looking for perhaps more useful goals (although playing Pong with new technology has a certain geek cred to it all by itself, and may be somewhat Zen in nature), The Happiness Project offers some advice on how to make your resolutions stick.
The New York Times is opening up some of its website material to the public for no charge. Thanks to search engines (and industrious linkers, no doubt), the “pay-to-see” wall was a big frustration.
The following, however, takes home the winning prize for this entry - Senator from Nebraska sues God. God, however, has not yet responded with any comment on the matter.
Anyway, that’s what I have for you tonight. More to arrive tomorrow, no doubt.
