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@delicioussteak / Dan Brown noted in this video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTq9cGSIpwQ ) that ISPs plan to penalize what they consider to be copyright infringement via illegal downloading.  He also wants to know how to fight it.  I propose you fight it legally by mathematically pointing out that a series of ones and zeros does not equal copyrighted material.  It is the program that decodes it not the binary code all by itself.  

If I took a book and separated all the letters and organized them alphabetically and emailed you that set of letters in that order, is that copyrighted data?  

In the end this can boil down to intention.  What if you appear to be in possession of a set of binary code that could be decoded into copyrighted material, but you did not know because the decoder you are using translates it into something that is not copyrighted.  Is the act of decoding it illegal or possessing the binary code that has a potential to be decoded illegal?

fastcodesign:

A year ago, two MIT Media Lab graduates raised half a million dollars on Kickstarter to create Twine, a cigarette-pack-sized chunk of Internet magic that promised to turn any object in your home into a web-connected, interactive “smart product.” Want your basement pipes to send you a text message when they’re in danger of freezing up, or your garage door to ping you if you forget to close it? No problem: With Twine, building your own personal “Internet of things” is supposed to be easier than programming a VCR. And now that the product is available for purchase, it looks like creators John Kestner and David Carr have very nearly delivered on that ambitious promise.

maureenjohnsonbooks:

Because Moss.

edwardspoonhands:

Ooops…I totally forgot to link this in my video. HERE IT IS!

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We can recycle this logo; Don’t forget to vote, Australia; Don’t forget to vote, Amigo; Don’t forget to vote, Astronauts

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I saw this on Yahoo! News and had to add my own caption

fishingboatproceeds:

Next week’s New York Times bestseller list has just been released, and in its 41st week on the list, The Fault in Our Stars will be #2. Yay!

In a related story: I AM COMING FOR YOU, BILL O’REILLY.

John: Bill maybe old, but he is also a Mountain Giant that lives on BS Mountain!  You better equip your +3 Sword of Giant strength before starting that adventure.

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valerie2776:

thedailywhat:

Dear Ann Coulter of the Day: After Ann Coulter referred to President Obama as a retard in a tweet during Monday night’s presidential debate, Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens penned her this open letter:

Dear Ann Coulter, 

Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult? 

I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night. 

I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have. 

Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next. 

Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift. 

Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more. 

After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV. 

I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash. 

Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor. 

No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much. 

Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged. 

A friend you haven’t made yet, John Franklin Stephens Global Messenger Special Olympics Virginia

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hell yeah

Hey, Anne Coulter, here is some commercially available burn cream.