Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Best Wiki Entry Ever!

I was just watching the Simpsons and homer was complaining that he could be sent to the South Pacific as a missionary becasue he did not believe in "Jebus" -- a quick Google search led to this entry:

List of neologisms on The Simpsons

Thought I'd share.

Friday, January 20, 2006

Extreme Pacifism

Ah. Love it when an idea in my head is manifested somewheres by some nuts:

Non-violet Protest-bots

Of course, this is happening in Spain, and the original post is in Spanish (click image on above Engadget link for translation):

"European activists are considering to unfold robots supplied with placards to protest against the leaders of the G8. A twenty of robots of meter fifty of height, equipped with stabilizers and being able to be mounted or to be operated by remote control, will be unfolded this summer in Edinburgo, according to information of the office of communications of activistasa.
The American military are considering to unfold robots armed with machine guns to fight against the Iraqian insurgents. A twenty of robots of a meter of height, equipped with cameras and operated by remote control, will be unfolded this spring in Iraq, according to information of agency Associated Press."


ANA Project 2007

Okay you facist clowns -- try to gas these troops!

Sunday, January 15, 2006

The "Annoying" Law

I've had several (more like a never-ending series) of discussions with people about writing laws that require people to be "good". You can't legislate "goodness" -- it's stupid to try cause you end up with unbelievable arcane and useless laws that makes life complicated and frustrating. Like the "Blue Laws" here in Massachusetts. So I was really disturbed by this op-ed new item by Declan McCullagh on CNet:

Create an e-annoyance, go to jail
"Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.

In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small favors, I guess.

This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of Usenet, is buried in the so-called Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act. Criminal penalties include stiff fines and two years in prison."
FAQ: The new 'annoy' law explained
Here is the language from the law:
"Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person...who receives the communications...shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
Man, there's so much annoying crap on the internet, how they gonna make this law work? And then why have the law at all? The key is, in order to be illegal, it must be the intent of the author to annoy. It's extra strange cause it sounds like you can be as annoying as you want so long as you reveal your identity. So, you gotta just feel sorry for the guy who runs "annoy.com". I means, it's annoy-dot-com -- what else is that site gonna be about?

Or how about the "best blonde joke ever" thing? I find that whole thing incredibly annoying. But like P2P file sharing, how they really gonna root it out and completely remove it from the internet -- it's linked everywhere!

Two years in Federal prison.

Friday, January 06, 2006

Googling Winston Chou

Oh no! Another Winston Chou -- and this guy is a real @-hole:

Forum on Peaceful Reunification

It's not me, Mom! I'd never accept the title of President of the Hong Kong Region China Peaceful Reunification Association. Wait. Huh? The what?

"It is an undeniable fact that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China," Chou said, noting that "the future of Taiwan only lies in reunifying with the motherland." He said the practice of the "one country, two systems" principle in Hong Kong and Macao demonstrates the tremendous success of the principle and that it is applicable to Taiwan as well.

When political toadies use words like "undeniable fact", " inalienable part", and "reunifying with the motherland", it sounds so damned sincere, right? And I guess it doesn't explain this:


Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a march in Hong Kong to demand a fully democratic political system. [BBC]

Check the Wikipedia entry
Organized by the CHRF
Also checkout: Hong Konger Front

I hope *my* posts and identity are messin *him* up! -- maybe get his butt elected President of the Hong Kong Region China Painful Re-education Association. Yeah. But, I suppose this is what I get for Googling my own name from time to time. And if you go to Google images, you'll find my long lost other-brother:


Larry Chou


The dude went to Winston Churchill High. What are the odds? And now by adding all this to my blog, I'm gonna totally screw it up. Yay! Google anarchy!

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Worlds Apart Screening at WPL

The screening for the movie tonight (Jan 3rd) has been cancelled. It has been rescheduled for February 7th. Below is more info from the WP&J Press Reelase:
The Walpole Peace and Justice Group is continuing their speaker series ... at the Walpole Public Library. This month’s talk will be given by Tom Jackson. Mr. Jackson will screen his documentary, “Worlds Apart: 9/11 First Responders Against War”.
The film documents his trip to Afghanistan with 9/11 first responder, Megan Bartlett. It is a brutal and honest look at Afghanistan post U.S. invasion. Mr. Jackson will allow time for a discussion after the film with the goal of presenting ideas for taking nonviolent action for peacemaking. The speaker series is held the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 at the Walpole Public Library. All talks are open to the public and the press is always welcome.
Here is a link to the film's web site with clips and more: Joe Public Films