Archive for November 22nd, 2003

2003.11.22

A Few Links

What a wonderful notion! For those of you who have downloaded MP3s from the internet, why not send them back?

Here’s someone Colin Wilson might like:
The Zombie Within.

Kurzweil is already exploring the ethics of artificial intelligence and whether we should regard AI as just another machine or as something more. Here is the article. Didn’t Captain Picard already establish that androids have rights?

I’ve always been concerned about humanity in space. I strongly feel that whoever establishes themselves out there first will control the future of all of humanity. This general agrees. China has a clear path to becoming space faring. What are we doing about it? Not enough.

2003.11.22

U.N.K.L.E – Psyence Fiction

Unfortunately I’m not going to have much to say about this one. I liked it but at the time I was listening I wasn’t paying much attention… I was working too much on this site! It does make for wonderful background music at low levels, and some of them kick out when you turn them up. In particular the The Knock which features some Beastie Boys on vocals. This song will make it into several mixes I’ll create. If you like DJ Shadow you’ll love this album… click on the picture and pick it up!

2003.11.22

grendel

i’ve been reading through the grendel books by matt wagner. amazing stuff. with all the interest in creating movies from comic books like batman, x-men, spiderman, the hulk, daredevil, and even mystery men and the specials, you’d think someone would have written up a script for grendel. they are brilliant stories, and some -like devil tracks- are already story boarded in mr. wagner’s clear style.

hrmm… thinking juices flowing…

2003.11.22

Can I 0wnz3r Your Buttocks?

According to this article if you plan on using a third party to help you conduct business on the internet: don’t. AT&T will sue you (as they are eBay and PayPal) for infringing on their patent, “Mediation of transactions by a communications system.” It basically says that if you own a business (like eBay) and hire another company (like PayPal) to handle transactions of money (for convenience and security) you are infringing upon AT&T’s patent.

How bloody stupid is this! I suppose I should quickly get the patent on running a business on the internet so I can sue AT&T (and maybe a few other irritants). Further, I should patent, “Methods and processes of litigation for percieved patent infringement.” Hot damn, that sounds good! Does anyone have cash to make the patent application? I’ll split future proceeds 50/50 for 50 years though ownership remains 100% with me.

Other patents I should apply for that goto the root of everything stupid:

Mediation of communication between human beings. Will be used to get these idiots to shut up.

Method of causing a female to become pregnant. Will be used to prevent future generations of idiots from appearing. Existing (eg: already born) infringements will be sequestered in Greenland in perpetuity.

Process of cell respiration, specifically bringing gas (air) into a living cell. Could be used to prevent the buildup of greenhouse gasses as it is used to prevent these bloated windbags from breathing anymore.

What’s sad is that someone probably does own one or more of these patents!

I should note that these patent ideas are NOT covered by the Creative Commons License at the bottom of this page; they are mine by official US Copyright Law till the end of time (even if I won’t be around) and any infringement I don’t like will be vigorously prosecuted till I 0wnz3r your buttocks.