Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide http://m.gizmodo.com/5546244/how-to-watch-hulu-in-android-in-3-easy-steps
Should be “how lawyers and marketing are making a killing by killing innovation and competition.”
BTW, I loved how I got three warnings how it wouldnt work in pop-UPS, but my palmtop computer (like the laptops of old) kept acting like “hey, I got this”.
And it does. Other flash based video works just fine, thank you. No lawyers or exclusive distribution deals necessary.
Apple loses bid to criminalize iPhone jailbreaking – Computerworld
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179694/Apple_loses_bid_to_criminalize_iPhone_jailbreaking –
“When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made purely for the purpose of such interoperability are fair uses,” Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, wrote in the ruling approved by Billington (download PDF).
UPDATE: Here’s an excellent link of the updates, a bit of history, and a list of the other exemptions. (thanks, Derek). This is probably the biggest news for most.
You can rip your own DVDs, and nobody will stop you.
First, and arguably most importantly, is an exemption for DVDs you legally own, giving everyone (not just film and media studies majors!) the right to break DRM for the purposes of “short” use in both “documentary filmmaking” and original “noncommercial videos.” The first is rather specific, of course, but the broadness of the latter is impressive—although for now you can’t appropriate the entire film. But as long as you aren’t charging money for it or profiting off it, it’s noncommercial. So go ahead, rip and remix a scene from Inception so that it actually makes sense.
Now, to be sure, most of the informed tech folk already were doing this (and committing a felony each time), but it looks like they are in the clear now. I don’t know of anybody who was prosecuted for this, but as far as common-sense exemptions go, this was at the top of the list.
And yes, I did lol a little to myself.
I’ve been a bit lax (ha!) in keeping up the blog lately. My apologies for withholding from you.
As mentioned previously, the saving the world bit is on the tiring side, and the writing stuff is on the high energy side, and seldom did the ‘twain meet.
When one is pouring all of one’s emotional energy into the real world at large, it leaves scarce little for casting such things into the semi-real state of internet literature. Fortunate however for you, dear reader, the saving the world (at least in the manner recently mastered) shall be put on hold for a bit as more pressing matters are attended to.
Matters like revolution.
Matters like the health of a nation. (to be explored further, the debate on this one seems to have veered in a strange direction, and I’d like to try and do my nudge thing back another way)
Matter like that crazy former Mayor of the meth capital of Alaska, Wasilla, Sarah Palin. As you can tell from the tags over there on the right, Palin has been a favorite of mine. Not only in she smokin’ hot, she represents all that is wrong with the country and neo-conservatism. O.k. not really, but she is a wonderful foil to play against. The rampant anti-intellectualism is the biggest draw. It’s like have one’s very own “fool” to play with.
Matters like the new phase of evolution of mankind, which is something of a personal interest of mine, being a RPN. Lots more on that one, and soon.
I also want to spend a bit of time closing this gap for future generations.
And, of course, there’s plenty of war stuff going on. So it’s good to find a bit of time to write, and have the loving energy to do so.
Finally, and this is for the internet folks in the audience, Hulu is very solid. Now there is no real excuse for not having seen most, if not all, of Arrested Development (currently finishing up the first season). The media convergence of Internet as a direct competitor to cable and satellite is upon us. Given the rise of pseudo-pirate sites, I’ve also caught up on my True Blood fetish. If you want to save a few bucks and stop paying Rupert Murdoch for a channel you never watch (yea…everyone who has cable in pitching into the cable coffers), cancel that cable and watch the good stuff online (hooked to your big screen, of course). Spend the rest of the time reading books, or watching good movies, or outside, etc.
For those that like to complain about the “MSM” and “those crappy cable news channels” there’s really only one way to get rid of them. Cancel that shit.
Hmmm…that pretty much clears off the desktop. Time to get to work.
Rules:
Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.
Done in the third person, for effect.
1. Roy likes some plot in his porn. Hey, what can I say, I’m a romantic.
2. Roy is a bit too honest sometimes. I’m working on being a better liar.
3. Roy is absolutely sure the next statement is true.
4. Roy is totally positive the previous statement is false.
5. Roy has been studying infinite self-referential loops for a while now.
6. Roy has been studying consciousness for a while now.
7. Roy sometimes repeats himself. In the third person. Sometimes even in fourth.
8. Simon says start over. From the top.
9. Roy wrote a short proof for the existence of evil (according to Simon) in this list. He also posted a longer one to Flickr a while back.
10.Roy has been accused of a crime he didn’t commit, and not accused of one he’s sure he committed. He’s also been accused of a crime he committed, was honest about it, and went to prison for a few days.
11.Roy likes to tell stories. Some of which are based on true stories, some of which I pull out of my ass.
12.Roy would like to mention the POMA stories are usually the happy ones.
13.Roy enjoys discussing politics and religion, but only if the people in the conversation follow simple rules. Rule #1: Define terms.
14.Rule #1 means you usually don’t actually talk about politics or religion, but what words mean. It’s like Fight Club, but in real life and with characters instead of actors. Err, English characters…you know…letters. Fighting makes you tougher, and what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Suck it up.
15.Roy is pretty sure Rule #1 ends most discussions before they begin, and certainly before they become violent.
16.Roy is almost positive that most bad arguments and many wars come from two people, or two groups of people, using the same word to define different things. “God” is a big one, in this context.
17.Roy has some rather curious, and rational, definitions of God. Yes, there is more than one that applies. Hence the confusion and the killing. Sooooo much killing.
18.Roy is pretty sure our species has figured it out again, just in time for us to self-annihilate and let the turtles take over. Again.
19.Roy doesn’t really think there are Aliens, but if there are, he’s pretty sure he knows where they are hiding.
20.Roy has friends from all over, and is rather adept at making new ones. It’s about one word, and projecting that word into the minds of others. Smiles work, as does honesty, kind words and sincere interest.
21.Roy also knows how to shatter minds and hearts. Hey, it comes with the territory. You have to learn how to break it before you can put it back together.
22.Roy is like an ogre and a troll. He’s got layers and they regenerate.
23.Roy has watched New York City sleeping. It was cute and cuddly. Then it nearly killed him.
24.Roy kept re-creating himself until he was happy. Then he started freaking people out with what he had created, and how he did so.
25.Roy is like a computer with feelings. Yea, computers have feelings. Well, one of them, anyway.
26.Roy is pretty sure he found a serious flaw in Newton’s math and is absolutely positive Newton was a nutjob.
27.Roy doesn’t believe in imaginary numbers. And thinks rules are made to be broken and fixed later.
28.Roy is totally positive he has solved that whole “moral relativism” problem. And the mind/body one.
29.Roy spent twenty years in a cave studying light and the things light does. He also read his first book on quantum mechanics at about 15. He didn’t tell anyone. Intellectualism was a dirty word in his home.
30.Roy likes to calculate things in his head, and made up a system of calculus to do so. But it’s more of a metaphorical calculus than a mathematical one. It does, however, work for math too. Solves it, in a sense.
31.Roy can prove that P=NP and that it sometimes doesn’t. The solution, curiously enough, includes an infinite number of zeros. Also, you need at least one time dimension.
32.Roy thinks the Buddha was hilarious and that Jesus had a better sense of humor than most modern Jewish comedians.
33.Roy knows that without a brain to process reality, it looks a whole lot different. This is why he values his time here so much it often looks like he’s wasting it. And why he doesn’t believe in traditional versions of Heaven or Hell. They are both real, and here. I’ve been to both and lived to tell about it…for some god-damned reason.
34.Roy thinks that if you can’t explain your theory to an eight-year old, it’s either not a very good theory, or you don’t understand it yourself. Eight-year-olds, dude.
35.Uncle Roy is a big hit with his nieces and nephews. Roy is not so much a big hit with his own family. See his list of “25” things for a few hints. What, it wasn’t supposed to be in base 22.5? Says who?
36.Roy got the fuck out of Texas after college to free his mind. He came back after he freed his soul.
37.Roy knows a bit more, and a bit less, than he lets on.
38.Roy is really fun to watch football with.
39.Roy decided to go with RobotPirateNinja because it’s the coolest thing ever and was bored shitless watching the economy collapse around him. It was only a matter of time, people.
40.Roy has probably written more online that most people will read in a lifetime. If you factor in the illiterates. What?! It’s not like they are going to read this and get all pissy about it.
41.Roy thinks making fun of illiterate people is mean and should certainly not be done in prose.
42.Roy is mean sometimes, for comedy’s sake. Comedy is a right bastard.
43.Roy has been very blessed and is moderately cursed.
44.Roy acts like a slacker but is a cave-dwelling over-achiever.
45.Roy has lived in a cave since about 10. He thought everyone did. Then he realized it’s only most people, and they live in caves of their own creation.
46.Roy likes it better outside. A lot better.
47.Roy is an Eagle Scout. This got him his first real job. Which then got him his second. Which then got him his third (repeat until last summer).
48.Roy sometimes thinks N-dimensionally, which is tiring and stressful, and more fun than people might imagine. Kinda like sex.
49.Roy is pretty sure he talks too much, but he’s got a lot to say. Spending twenty years in a cave will do that do a man.
50.Roy is a big fan of the number fifty. It’s waaay cooler than twenty-five, although hyphens are fun too.
0. Thanks for reading. I could do this all day. Did it for a month, turned it into a book.
And of course….
I like the soundtrack on the second one much better.
You can begin to catch up here.
I would HIGHLY recommend you catch up before joining in, this is a conversation that had been going on for a while, and it would behoove one to read up before joining in.
Thanks.
Do I look like a writer yet? Maybe a philosopher? Like, a *real* one?
Y’all remember that time that i bartered the *idea* of my book for a great afternoon of beer and discussion? And a *really* shitty football game?
I remember it, like it was yesterday. All of it. Sometimes it just takes a little hint, or 50,000 of ’em.
I’m selling copies of my book for $100 each/and you get to pick the title. Taking pre-orders now.
Delivery should be by the end of the month (of January). Let me know if you have any questions, I came up with a good way of answering them.
Oh, and just to whet your appetite, part of the book is a proof that P=NP (and the obvious corrallary P != NP) and another part of the book is a “graphic novel”.
Oh, and there’s some sex and violence and romance in there as well.
I’m hoping it has rather wide appeal.
Thanks for listening.
peace,
-Roy
UPDATE: I’m giving away the first three chapters for free. Look up if you can’t find them. Errr, scroll up. There is also pre-order information around here somewhere.
I just thought of another good one, “Philosophy is an Action.”
If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I’ve already written down some predictions of what people will think of it, and I want to check my work.
Joel, you first. 🙂
or as some people call it “Gay Marriage.”
Just a quick follow up to a conversation I’ve been having. I don’t think this is going to make the first version of the book (although it might, because I like the phrasing). The setup is this post over here (yes, I’ve been engaging in various theological debates lately, why do you ask?).
This is a bit of my linguistic ju-jitsu, at its (IMHO) best.
The set up….
The Response…
You are most likely, right, Roy. I don’t believe that He actually addressed the issue directly; however, I do believe that His mission was not to address each and every issue, but to free us from sin.
I like this, because we had already agreed on a rather poignant point regarding the life of Jesus, which I ran into following up my false prophets post earlier (wordpress shares tags and its easy to find people interesting in talking about the same stuff you are).
I had read the bio over at that site for the proprietor and I felt him to be an honest believer, and a capable opponent. It’s no fun beating up on people who don’t study this stuff, and can make good references and understand others. He also seems to be a good man, which is important for this kind of stuff. I found his handling of some “trolls” to be exemplary (check the about and bio pages for a good lesson on how to deal with such blog annoyances. I usually don’t have that much patience (and I’m a patient man), and go for the virtual throat immediately.)
The Setup….it’s always good to be clear on terms….
Do you consider being gay a sin?
[serious question]
And maybe a bit on why?
Simple, to the point. Give them enough room to draw the playing field…
I do (as I do corporate greed, among other things). It is against God’s order, His image for Christ and the Church. It is roundly condemned in the Old Testament (and the New – albeit I understand that some will differ with me concerning interpretive issues.) One of the commands in Eden was to multiply. It is impossible for two members of the same sex to multiply naturally.
To be sure, unless you have read the rest of my blog, I do not consider the Christian moral system that I hold to be a political system in any way and would not attempt to push my morality on others – as I also hold to the holiness tradition of the Wesleyans, some Pentecostals, etc…
And then bring in the nuclear weapons (well, recall that I already set us up the bomb, now one can set it off, like in Megaton)
Corporate greed is very well covered in the concept of the “the love of money” thing.
I would counter that “God’s Order” is now understood to be quite a bit more complex than Jesus could ever have understand [sp]. This was my point in bringing up other topics upon which no sermon was ever given. We have a knowledge of the workings of the Universe that far surpasses those of two-thousand years ago. Jesus gave no sermons on quantum mechanics, nor plate tectonics, not did he ever reference such modern and accurate conceptions of how the Universe functions.
I would also counter that the order to “replenish the Earth” has been accomplished and there are now humans everywhere from pole to pole and meridian to meridian. I would further counter that because of our zeal to “replenish” we now have enough humans living such a lifestyle as to put our own planet in peril (at least as a worthwhile ecosystem for our species).
In that context, how can it be a sin to live by one’s nature? In that context, would it not make sense in God’s infinite wisdom to have a class of human that would not add additional pressure to a “replenished” Earth?
There are many other factors that would make it impossible for a couple to multiply, including that disease of “life out of control” called cancer (which can destroy both ovary and teste).
Should they, too, be denied the right of marriage?
I appreciate your understanding of the difference between faith and politics, and am glad to hear it. However, it seems there is quite a bit of interpretation of “God’s Order” being done here that is not backed up by direct statements.
And Deb, if one’s body is a temple, obesity and gluttony are probably the worst and most common sins of the modern world. Yet I don’t see anyone keeping people who have no respect for their own bodies in that regard being considered “sinful.” Nor do I see people using this “sin” to deny them the rights of all other citizens(I realize you aren’t of that slant, polycarp).
And no, Deb, I don’t consider being gay to being in any way similar with being a killer or a thief. I would also ask how many gay people have told you, personally, they chose to be gay [ed. other than in the sense of finally accepting it] In my experience, that percentage is exactly 0.
I’ve seen love in many forms and that includes the love of a man for a man and woman for a woman.
Do you not see that love, or do you consider it to be false?
I also think we both agree on how using the Old Testament in a discussion of Christ’s teachings is a bit of a non-starter. 🙂
Always end with a smilie.
Maybe a winkie. Particularly if what you just said might go down sideways.
Question marks are used to trigger the automatic “query” response. The data is provided and the argument begins to process before one *really* knows what one is reading.
Joel, I eagerly await your response. As you are thinking, so am I. Anticipating your next move, and readying my fusion weapons. 😉
This is a really sad day. Not that Steve is dead yet, but having some personal history and knowledge of pancreatic cancer, it’s not a good sign that he isn’t speaking at Macworld.
One of the first computers I ever used was one he (and his nerd buddy, Steve Wozniak) designed and sold. It was a good machine and if not for Mr. Jobs and Mr. Wozniak, I wouldn’t be the person I am today.
Look, I don’t want to be debbie downer, but all the legions of Mac faithful need to be prepared. The day is coming soon when one of the more powerful reality field distorters is going to leave us forever. Please, be prepared.
And pay homage if you can, before he wanders off into that good night.
NOTE: Apple will keep this as quiet as possible for as long as possible (again) as their stock price and value as a company will plummet with his passing.
UPDATE: Apple has officially canceled Christmas…
CUPERTINO, California—December 16, 2008—Apple® today announced that this is the last year for Christmas. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, spoke at a joint press conference held with Santa Claus at the North Pole this morning. He announced: “Apple has been honored to work with the North Pole the last several years to make Christmas possible, however, we have decided together that this is the last year for Christmas.”
Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, Christmas has become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers. The increasing popularity of Apple’s Retail Stores, which more than 3.5 million people visit every week, and the Apple.com website enable Apple to directly reach more than a hundred million customers around the world in innovative new ways, throughout the year.
BTW, the only one I’ve seen so far to say this isn’t about a particular organ going bad in Jobs’ abdomen is…wait for it…quoting Apple PR flacks. The real ones, not the parody above.
Industry analyst types have thrown out a few explanations, many focused on Steve Jobs’ yielding the keynote stage on such short notice. For instance, EWeek’s Joe Wilcox suggested that Jobs’ health was the real reason–an issue also raised by Time’s Josh Quittner but rejected by CNBC’s Jim Goldman.
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Goldman’s “reasoning:”
Also not a surprise: swirling rumors that Jobs was pulling out of the conference, the last Macworld, because of health concerns.
I can tell you that sources inside the company tell me that Jobs’ decision was more about politics than his pancreas. Sources tell me that if Jobs for some reason was unable to perform any of his responsibilities as CEO because of health reasons, which would include the Macworld keynote, I should “rest assured that the board would let me know.”
You want to name those sources, or just link to them? “Sources” in the PR department trying to keep the stock price happy do not good sources make. Riiight, it sounds plausible that a guy who really, really gets off talking to his faithful decided that it just wasn’t fun anymore. CNBC, the channel that oh-so-accurately predicted that we could borrow and spend forever and it would be o.k. This is a channel that gave both Larry Kudlow (of “Big Poverty is to blame” Fame) and Jim Cramer (of “Watch TV, Get Rich” Fame) jobs.
[Alternate post title….Wah vs Leo]
Some of you may remember my efforts to help a fellow human being stop making a fool of himself a few days ago. That post, and argument, is here.
As the Supreme Court today made it official that there is no constitutional crisis regarding the definition of a “natural born citizen.” It seems they are comfortable with the case law as it stands, born here (like Obama) or born to two “active” Americans abroad (like McCain). Chief Justice John Roberts will do his duty to swear in Barack Hussein Obama on January 20th, 2009 to the office of Presidnet of the United States.
Knowing this was going to be the case, Leo Donofrio’s mind fell to pieces and he wrote this post on Saturday…
I have archived it in the event that he follows the advice of a large number of posters who suggest he should delete it, as it makes him, and them, look crazy (he already knows he is [1], which is why he’s comfortable leaving it up…).
After he made that post, I did a bit of googling and reading and found the real motivating factor for his quest. He is pretty sure that Obama is the literal Anti-Christ. He tries to claim that the post linked above, where he hopes “That One” gets assassinated by the beast (yup, Leo, the Secret Service *will* be visiting…they don’t take that stuff lightly) is satire.
Sadly for Leo, the Internet has a long and literal memory. Once you get a couple of the search terms right, the Truth opens before one like a flower in springtime.
To wit…and this is a repost of a comment on my original thread in response to another avid follower of these shenanigans….
Actually, Leo posted the bad news yesterday in this rather stunning admission that he is totally off his rocker, as I suggested in the title of this post….
After he posted that, I was able to find out a couple of his other online aliases and a bit more about him, and read some of his other “work”.
Like his stringent defense of the golf skills of Michelle Wie….
http://www.wieblogging.com/2006/09/15/its-time-to-stop-making-excuses-michelle-wie-2/
He goes by the name “Jet Wintzer” sometimes according to this the blurb about his band, Schizo Fun Addict. His World Series of Poker bio, thoughtfully linked in the meltdown, mentions the band name. Reading the bands background leads us to “Jet Wintzer” [note: He says “Jet Schizo” in the meltdown, but the band bio says othersie.]
https://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/leo-donofrio/42071/player-profile.asp
http://onlinerock.com/musicians/suddenbliss/bioquotesgigs.shtml
All of this leads to the final nail in the coffin of crazy….
He also considers himself to be an embodiment of the “Holy Spirit” in his post under the pseudonym “the Paraclete.” [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraclete ] and is tasked with telling of the coming of the Messiah.
To wit…and this is long….and incredibly revealing….note the “failed lawyer” part…
http://iodrakon.proboards15.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=8
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The following are liner notes to the film I’m submitting to Trigger Street in the next cycle. I think you’ll be into it
*********************I am the author of internet cult phenomenon “ONELOVESTORY”, written under the alias BURNWEED. In 1994 I was at a low point in my life, a failed law career led to me being a singer in a failed rock band inspired by the 89/90 Manchester Rock/Rave explosion.
In 1994 my band broke up and I was in a bad way. Angels intervened.
I was led by dream to the music, art and lyrics of my fav band, Manchester icons, The Stone Roses.I began to recognize a hidden concept within their work leading me to believe they were angels of the apocalypse and I was called to break the story, something like “Paul is Dead” by The Beatles or the Publius Enigma (Pink Floyd).
I spent 1995-1999 trying to break the story to the UK music press by using art terrorist tactis. In 1998 I realized I was The Paraclete and that my purpose was to prophecy the return of the Messiah. The angels led me to one ALLAN(Reni)WREN, reclusive drummer of The Stone Roses. Needless to say I never had a chance of getting ONELOVESTORY or my music any press as they all thought I was insane and trying to ride on the shoulders of another band’s dream as a charlatan.
So I changed my name and reincarnated myself as Jet Wintzer, leader of a fledgling New York City art noise lofi psychedelic group, SCHIZO FUN ADDICT.
Our music, not obviously tied to ONELOVESTORY because of our going under cover, finally captured media attention breaking through with rave reviews in major magazines such as UNCUT, Q, NME, and NEW YORK PRESS. Only after we released two critically accalimed CDs did I let the media know I was BURNWEED/PARACLETE, author of ONELOVESTORY. EVERET TRUE, Legendary journalist from England’s now defunct MELODY MAKER, having already sung our praises with a blistering rave of our second album “Diamond” in New York Press, finally broke ONELOVESTORY in print in the October 2001 issue of MOJO Mag, the UKs biggest rock publication.
Bizarre as this may sound, it’s all true and has been documented in Usenet newsgroup alt.music.stone-roses since 1996.
In the next Trigger Street I will present a 10 minute film we’ve made about my life and the metamorphosis I’ve gone through as a result of following the angels and trusting them. The film is called BIPOLAR PHOENIX. There are two ten second trailers for it at our site
http://www.onlinerock.com/musicians/suddenbliss
Love on you all day
THE PARACLETE
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Yes…the internet never forgets. Something that will most likely come back to bite *me* some day as well, but there ya go.
He’s a nut. A well-meaning nut, I think, but one who has got this weird idea that Obama is the Anti-Christ stuck very, very deep in his mind. He has been on a holy mission, which is why he’s put so much effort into his windmill tilting and why he totally frickin’ lost it when he lost that battle.
I tried to let him know that I was on to him in the thread on Saturday. He deleted my first couple attempts at congratulating him for leading so many people astray(?), so I quickly crafted a couplet that would both castigate him for deleting my previous responses, while simultaneously appearing to his other readers that it actually supported his position. He posted it, along with high praise….
RoPiNi Says:
December 14, 2008 at 3:14 pmTo be even more clear, denying the right of another to speak does not a stronger argument make.
Eh, “the Paraclete”?
[ed. If I don’t think somebody is being genuine, and is trying to confuse people for the sake of confusion just because they know how to play with words… they don’t get to speak on my blog. As to what’s posted here, I am the boss. If you don’t think I’ve been fair, leave. Word up.]
I got a hearty laugh out of that one, as MY ENTIRE PURPOSE for engaging in this argument was to keep Leo from trying to confuse people by playing with the Word. And yes, I am extremely adept at it.
C’mon Leo….you’ve had ten years….don’t you know who it is yet?
😉
Robot Pirate Ninja 
Can someone here quote me on what Jesus said, explicitly, about gay marriage?
And telecom laws, and wireless networks, and nuclear weapons, and stem cells, and evolution?
Thanks, and please make sure those words are in his, please keep the interpretations to yourself.
Yea, Joel, we probably aren’t going to agree on this one. 🙂