Music: David Gilmour - The Blue - On An Island
Mood: Bien
1. A Perfect Circle is no more. In an interview with a French magazine, Maynard remarked that the band have exhausted the recording and touring processes, and would only get back together in the future to record covers. While it really pains me to hear that one of my favorite bands is nevermore, this news pretty much paved the way for:
2. The Smashing Pumpkins announcement that they are officially back together, minus schizophrenic original bassist D'Arcy. According to their website, they are slated to start recording new material this summer, and will release an album at an undetermined time in the future.
I don't think it's a coincidence that SP announced this 'news' the week before Coachella is slated to happen. Bear in mind that when the original Coachella lineup was revealed, many industry pundits were certain that the Pumpkins would be the special guest performer on Saturday night. But the news was shot down by many people close to Billy Corgan, and subsequent media outfits. Now, with the planets and stars aligning in such a convincing fashion, I would not be surprised if they made an appearance.
Mood: Bien
1. A Perfect Circle is no more. In an interview with a French magazine, Maynard remarked that the band have exhausted the recording and touring processes, and would only get back together in the future to record covers. While it really pains me to hear that one of my favorite bands is nevermore, this news pretty much paved the way for:
2. The Smashing Pumpkins announcement that they are officially back together, minus schizophrenic original bassist D'Arcy. According to their website, they are slated to start recording new material this summer, and will release an album at an undetermined time in the future.
I don't think it's a coincidence that SP announced this 'news' the week before Coachella is slated to happen. Bear in mind that when the original Coachella lineup was revealed, many industry pundits were certain that the Pumpkins would be the special guest performer on Saturday night. But the news was shot down by many people close to Billy Corgan, and subsequent media outfits. Now, with the planets and stars aligning in such a convincing fashion, I would not be surprised if they made an appearance.
Music: Band of Horses - The Great Salt Lake - Everything All the Time
Mood: Dangereux
If you're wondering where I've been lately, I think under a rock would be an apt description. I'm not really feeling up to sharing much of anything these days. It seems that the more I insulate myself from the propaganda of the world, the better I sleep at night, and the stronger-willed I feel. It's strange, I know. So, then, this 'experiment' will continue, even if it's in vain. I may write here again soon, or not, depending on my mood. Right now, I'm tired, a bit bored, slightly depressed, and in need of something to come by and pick my spirits up. I think I'm just in a funk. One of those hardcore trips that doesn't go away easily; the kind you have to fight off with tangible memories of good times. Maybe I can write my way out of it........or not.
Mood: Dangereux
If you're wondering where I've been lately, I think under a rock would be an apt description. I'm not really feeling up to sharing much of anything these days. It seems that the more I insulate myself from the propaganda of the world, the better I sleep at night, and the stronger-willed I feel. It's strange, I know. So, then, this 'experiment' will continue, even if it's in vain. I may write here again soon, or not, depending on my mood. Right now, I'm tired, a bit bored, slightly depressed, and in need of something to come by and pick my spirits up. I think I'm just in a funk. One of those hardcore trips that doesn't go away easily; the kind you have to fight off with tangible memories of good times. Maybe I can write my way out of it........or not.
Intellectual Property on the Internet
0 Comments Published by Devin on Monday, April 10, 2006 at 9:06 PM.
Music: Radiohead - The Fog (Again) - Com Lag EP
Mood: Malhereusement
http://www.researchoninnovation.org/iippap2.pdf
I stumbled upon this awesome article via Google Scholar this evening, discussing the evolution of intellectual property laws as they pertain to the internet. I have only read the first few pages, but it looks promising, and anyone interested should check it out. I plan on posting more articles in the coming weeks as I find them. Below is an excerpt from the introduction of the paper, written in 2004 by James Bessen and Eric Maskin.
"The growth of the Internet has put pressure on traditional intellectual property protections such as copyright and patent. Some forms of information, when made accessible on the Internet, are easily copied. Because the costs of copying are low and because copying is often anonymous, publishers have often responded with more aggressive enforcement of existing intellectual property rights and with calls for extensions of those rights to cover additional content, new media and new forms of access. This effort can actually be seen as part of a twenty-year trend toward tighter intellectual property enforcement and extensions of intellectual property rights.
Yet this response and this trend toward tighter intellectual property rights are not always appropriate, especially on the Internet. This paper argues that the Internet and World Wide Web possess characteristics that may make such policy inappropriate—the Web is a "community" that is highly interactive and dynamic. Indeed, much of the software that runs the web is Free/Open Source software. This paper summarizes a formal economic model applied to such an interactive and dynamic environment. The model suggests that both individual publishers and society more generally may benefit from weak intellectual property enforcement and protection in such an environment."
Mood: Malhereusement
http://www.researchoninnovation.org/iippap2.pdf
I stumbled upon this awesome article via Google Scholar this evening, discussing the evolution of intellectual property laws as they pertain to the internet. I have only read the first few pages, but it looks promising, and anyone interested should check it out. I plan on posting more articles in the coming weeks as I find them. Below is an excerpt from the introduction of the paper, written in 2004 by James Bessen and Eric Maskin.
"The growth of the Internet has put pressure on traditional intellectual property protections such as copyright and patent. Some forms of information, when made accessible on the Internet, are easily copied. Because the costs of copying are low and because copying is often anonymous, publishers have often responded with more aggressive enforcement of existing intellectual property rights and with calls for extensions of those rights to cover additional content, new media and new forms of access. This effort can actually be seen as part of a twenty-year trend toward tighter intellectual property enforcement and extensions of intellectual property rights.
Yet this response and this trend toward tighter intellectual property rights are not always appropriate, especially on the Internet. This paper argues that the Internet and World Wide Web possess characteristics that may make such policy inappropriate—the Web is a "community" that is highly interactive and dynamic. Indeed, much of the software that runs the web is Free/Open Source software. This paper summarizes a formal economic model applied to such an interactive and dynamic environment. The model suggests that both individual publishers and society more generally may benefit from weak intellectual property enforcement and protection in such an environment."
Music: Telepopmusik - Smile - Genetic World
Mood: Bored
***An actual quote from tonights NBA on TNT broadcast, found on Niketalk.com***
Ernie: "Just a quick reminder, next week on T..."
Charles: "HELL NO. OH HELL NO. We showin' the Knicks. That ain't right."
Mood: Bored
***An actual quote from tonights NBA on TNT broadcast, found on Niketalk.com***
Ernie: "Just a quick reminder, next week on T..."
Charles: "HELL NO. OH HELL NO. We showin' the Knicks. That ain't right."
Music: Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands (Acoustic) - CG Soundtrack
Mood: Illin
HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet,which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and t he rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a
member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks
loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you, and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
This student received the only "A"
Mood: Illin
HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet,which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and t he rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a
member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks
loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you, and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
This student received the only "A"
Music: Band of Horses - The Funeral - Everything All The Time
Mood: Sick
Download Band of Horses new album "Everything All The Time". It will not dissapoint you. I promise. Pinky swear.
Mood: Sick
Download Band of Horses new album "Everything All The Time". It will not dissapoint you. I promise. Pinky swear.
Music: Red Hot Chili Peppes - Dani California - Stadium Arcadium
Mood: Dissapointed
Damn you UCLA Bruins!
You make it to the championship game by riding a stingy defense and great team play. You get into the game with Florida, and you let them have 36 points in the first half! Noah blocks 5 shots on you fools, and you don't even attempt to challenge him, or the refs. And then, to make matters worse, Afflalo and Mbah a Moute don't show up until the second half! How can you expect to win with that garbage effort. You played so poorly that John Wooden had to hit the Emergency Room tonight for chest pains! C'mon!
But alas, I am not full of hate. I am surprised you even made it this far. My hats off to Ben Howland for getting this team to play hard throughout the tourney. I think next year, the combination of recruits and returning players will enable us to make another run deep into the tourney. If Farmar and Afflalo stick around, Josh Shipp gets healthy, and Darren Collison learns how to pass, we maybe, just maybe, can get it done in '07.
I'm sad to see Cedric Bozeman and Ryan Hollins leave. Those guys were great players and waited through years of turmoil to make it to this night. Bozeman is probably my favorite player in college today, and I doubt he'll make it into the league because he's a softer version of Boris Diaw (if there is such a thing). But, silver lining, there's always the prospect of a second round draft pick.
If Farmar, Afflalo, and Shipp dedicate themselves in the offseason, then we could do it. We'll need big men, but, I don't care about then. I care about now, and how you lost to Florida. FLORIDA. That stings my friends, it really does. Joakim Noah punked you fools, and you did absolutely nothing about it. You know what the expectation of playing for UCLA is? It's winning. Not losing in the finals. If you're going to lose, by the way, let Kelvin Kim into the game. At least the fans will get to watch a Korean gangsta running around frantic.
Bill Walton is not pleased. Reggie Miller is not pleased. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not pleased. Hell, Troy Aikman is not pleased.
**** UCLA.
Mood: Dissapointed
Damn you UCLA Bruins!
You make it to the championship game by riding a stingy defense and great team play. You get into the game with Florida, and you let them have 36 points in the first half! Noah blocks 5 shots on you fools, and you don't even attempt to challenge him, or the refs. And then, to make matters worse, Afflalo and Mbah a Moute don't show up until the second half! How can you expect to win with that garbage effort. You played so poorly that John Wooden had to hit the Emergency Room tonight for chest pains! C'mon!
But alas, I am not full of hate. I am surprised you even made it this far. My hats off to Ben Howland for getting this team to play hard throughout the tourney. I think next year, the combination of recruits and returning players will enable us to make another run deep into the tourney. If Farmar and Afflalo stick around, Josh Shipp gets healthy, and Darren Collison learns how to pass, we maybe, just maybe, can get it done in '07.
I'm sad to see Cedric Bozeman and Ryan Hollins leave. Those guys were great players and waited through years of turmoil to make it to this night. Bozeman is probably my favorite player in college today, and I doubt he'll make it into the league because he's a softer version of Boris Diaw (if there is such a thing). But, silver lining, there's always the prospect of a second round draft pick.
If Farmar, Afflalo, and Shipp dedicate themselves in the offseason, then we could do it. We'll need big men, but, I don't care about then. I care about now, and how you lost to Florida. FLORIDA. That stings my friends, it really does. Joakim Noah punked you fools, and you did absolutely nothing about it. You know what the expectation of playing for UCLA is? It's winning. Not losing in the finals. If you're going to lose, by the way, let Kelvin Kim into the game. At least the fans will get to watch a Korean gangsta running around frantic.
Bill Walton is not pleased. Reggie Miller is not pleased. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not pleased. Hell, Troy Aikman is not pleased.
**** UCLA.
Music: Band of Horses - I Go To The Barn - Everything All The Time
Mood: Awake
So this was Google's April Fools prank for 2006. Have a look and see what you think. At first I thought they were serious, but it's so wacky. See for yourself, and make sure to read the user testimonials for a good laugh. Andiamo.
http://www.google.com/romance/
Mood: Awake
So this was Google's April Fools prank for 2006. Have a look and see what you think. At first I thought they were serious, but it's so wacky. See for yourself, and make sure to read the user testimonials for a good laugh. Andiamo.
http://www.google.com/romance/
Music: Bang Gang - Follow - Something Wrong
Mood: Careless
I picked you out of a crowd and talked to you.
I said, "I like your shoes."
You said, "Thanks can I follow you?"
So it's up the stairs and out of view-
No prying eyes
I poured some wine
I asked your name, you asked the time...
Now it's two o'clock-
The club is closed and we're up the block
Your hands on me; I'm pressing hard against your jeans
Your tongue in my mouth, trying to keep the words from coming out
You didn't care to know who else may have been you before
I want a lover I don't have to love.
I want a girl who's too sad to give a fuck.
Where is the kid with the chemicals?
I thought he said to meet him here, but I'm not sure
I got the money if you've got the time
You said, "It feels good."
I said, "I'll give it a try."
Then my mind went dark-
we both forgot where your car was parked
Let's just take the train
I'll meet up with the band in the morning
Bad actors with bad habits
Some sad singers they just play tragic
and the phone's ringing and the van's leaving
Let's just keep touching; let's just keep, keep singing...
I want a lover I don't have to love
I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk
Where is the kid with the chemicals
I got a hunger and I can't seem to get full
I need some meaning I can memorize
The kind I have always seems to slip my mind
But you..
But you...
You write
Such pretty words
But life's no storybook
Love's an excuse to get hurt
and to hurt
Do you like to hurt?
I do, I do
Then hurt me..
Then hurt me...
Then hurt me...
It didn't hurt me.
Mood: Careless
I picked you out of a crowd and talked to you.
I said, "I like your shoes."
You said, "Thanks can I follow you?"
So it's up the stairs and out of view-
No prying eyes
I poured some wine
I asked your name, you asked the time...
Now it's two o'clock-
The club is closed and we're up the block
Your hands on me; I'm pressing hard against your jeans
Your tongue in my mouth, trying to keep the words from coming out
You didn't care to know who else may have been you before
I want a lover I don't have to love.
I want a girl who's too sad to give a fuck.
Where is the kid with the chemicals?
I thought he said to meet him here, but I'm not sure
I got the money if you've got the time
You said, "It feels good."
I said, "I'll give it a try."
Then my mind went dark-
we both forgot where your car was parked
Let's just take the train
I'll meet up with the band in the morning
Bad actors with bad habits
Some sad singers they just play tragic
and the phone's ringing and the van's leaving
Let's just keep touching; let's just keep, keep singing...
I want a lover I don't have to love
I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk
Where is the kid with the chemicals
I got a hunger and I can't seem to get full
I need some meaning I can memorize
The kind I have always seems to slip my mind
But you..
But you...
You write
Such pretty words
But life's no storybook
Love's an excuse to get hurt
and to hurt
Do you like to hurt?
I do, I do
Then hurt me..
Then hurt me...
Then hurt me...
It didn't hurt me.
