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This pretty much speaks for itself:

http://boss.streamos.com/download/federal/aspen/slom_h_1.mov

Quoth the ONDCP: "Well folks, there is no rational or reasonable argument we can use, so lets make people think that using drugs is like putting leeches on themselves. (Intern sucks up:) Yeah yeah - that'll work! They'll fall for that, for sure."

For more of the recent ones:

http://www.mediacampaign.org/mg/television.html

I was really looking for the 2003 Superbowl commercial that with a straight line basically told teens that pot got them pregnant, and completely avoided the possibility that, oh, let's see, condoms might be a good thing to mention, or that when you're 14 and do mess up and get pregnant, then abortion is an option to take seriously.

Video:
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/ula/18488/56_ ula-atlas_v_stp_070306.asx (56k)
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/ula/18488/300 _ula-atlas_v_stp_070306.asx (300k)

Play-by-play
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/070308_atlas5 _stp1_cntdwn.html

Video:
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/ula/18488/56_ ula-atlas_v_stp_070306.asx (56k)
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/ula/18488/300 _ula-atlas_v_stp_070306.asx (300k)

Play-by-play
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/070308_atlas5 _stp1_cntdwn.html

"As for musicians, we are left to wonder how many more people could be listening to our music if it weren't such a hassle"

A lot. OK Go is a reasonably popular indie band. I don't think any radio stations played their music until very recently.

How do you think they got their popularity? Chances are that it's the same way I heard of them. A friend emailed me a few mp3s from their most recent album. I liked it a lot, and brought a few of their tracks off of iTunes.

When I heard that they were playing in town, I went down to see them, brought their older CD, met up with and chatted with the guys from the band afterward, and they saw us holding our CDs, and offered to sign them. They're really good guys (and funny too).

THIS is the future of music. It's much more personable and community-oriented. I know for a fact that for the same amount of money as it would have cost to go out and buy all their music on CD, I got to see them live, share a few laughs with the members of the band, and still wind up with one of their CDs (signed) --- and the artists without a doubt received a bigger portion of that money this way.

The record companies are scared shitless because their illusion that there are very few talented musicians is beginning to fail. Granted, musical talent IS a rare gift, but it is certainly not limited to the Top 40 signed artists.

I've heard of him. His band, OK Go, is pretty popular among the college indie kids. I went up to see him and his band play with Rufus Wainwright in Northampton, MA (I go to school in New Haven, CT) and I swear half the kids were there to see OK Go dance. Link via OKGo.net, where you'll find both the band's albums in streamable format, the whole things, as well as a bunch of movies, a podcast, a blog... these guys like thier listeners.

Here's a video of the hearings, nearly 2 hours long (show your love of the committee by slashdotting it!) (only available in real video): Oversight Hearing on Content Protection in the Digital Age
They talk about the broadcast flag as well, but is from Thursday and about plugging the analog hole.
From http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=202

Like how Trent (of Nine Inch Nails) released "The Hand That Feeds" as a GarageBand file http://boss.streamos.com/download/interscope/nin/w ith_teeth/nin_garageband.sit
From the README file: "For quite some time I've been interested in the idea of allowing you the ability to tinker around with my tracks - to create remixes, experiment, embellish or destroy what's there. I tried a few years ago to do this in shockwave with very limited results. After spending some quality time sitting in hotel rooms on a press tour, it dawned on me that the technology now exists and is already in the hands of some of you. I got to work experimenting and came up with something I think you'll enjoy. What I'm giving you in this file is the actual multi-track audio session for "the hand that feeds" in GarageBand format. This is the entire thing bounced over from the actual Pro Tools session we recorded it into. I imported and converted the tracks into AppleLoop format so the size would be reasonable and the tempo flexible."

I think Eminem's new video, "Mosh" is one of the best constructed political anthem's I've heard for our time. Watch it here.

Some disclaimers: It's Eminem, and it's uh, kind of anti-Bush. Whatever you think about either, I still think it's worth watching.

Don't worry, this judge who is "legislating from the bench" will be "retired" once the neocons complete their takeover of the US of A next week.

Unless you get out and vote boyee!

MnM fires up the youth vote

Maynard wanted me to show you guys this:

Imagine - Real Stream

Treat others as you want to be treated.

Maynard, of Tool & A Perfect Circle wanted me to show you guys this:

Imagine - Real Stream

Treat others as you want to be treated.

Maynard wants you to see this:

Imagine.ram

Counting bodies like sheep.ram

Maynard wants you to see this:

Imagine.ram

Counting bodies like sheep.ram

Here are the direct links:

• aprilfools_greedo_04.wvx
• aprilfools_jabba_01.wvx
• aprilfools_redemption_02.wvx
• aprilfools_deathstar_03.wvx

Here are the direct links:

• aprilfools_greedo_04.wvx
• aprilfools_jabba_01.wvx
• aprilfools_redemption_02.wvx
• aprilfools_deathstar_03.wvx

Here are the direct links:

• aprilfools_greedo_04.wvx
• aprilfools_jabba_01.wvx
• aprilfools_redemption_02.wvx
• aprilfools_deathstar_03.wvx

Here are the direct links:

• aprilfools_greedo_04.wvx
• aprilfools_jabba_01.wvx
• aprilfools_redemption_02.wvx
• aprilfools_deathstar_03.wvx

I swear I'm not karma whoring, but this'll help out for those unfortunate folks (like myself) whose browser won't play embedded windows media files.

Greedo veruses Han
The Trench
I am your father
Jabba's Dance Number
Redemption of Vader

I swear I'm not karma whoring, but this'll help out for those unfortunate folks (like myself) whose browser won't play embedded windows media files.

Greedo veruses Han
The Trench
I am your father
Jabba's Dance Number
Redemption of Vader

I swear I'm not karma whoring, but this'll help out for those unfortunate folks (like myself) whose browser won't play embedded windows media files.

Greedo veruses Han
The Trench
I am your father
Jabba's Dance Number
Redemption of Vader

I swear I'm not karma whoring, but this'll help out for those unfortunate folks (like myself) whose browser won't play embedded windows media files.

Greedo veruses Han
The Trench
I am your father
Jabba's Dance Number
Redemption of Vader

I swear I'm not karma whoring, but this'll help out for those unfortunate folks (like myself) whose browser won't play embedded windows media files.

Greedo veruses Han
The Trench
I am your father
Jabba's Dance Number
Redemption of Vader

For those who still aren't sure, check out the filenames of the video streams : eg.
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ugo/ugo/misc/april fools/aprilfools_greedo_04.wvx

Here are the links...
Father
Redemption
Deathstar
Greedo

Here are the links...
Father
Redemption
Deathstar
Greedo

Here are the links...
Father
Redemption
Deathstar
Greedo

Here are the links...
Father
Redemption
Deathstar
Greedo

Seven years jail, $150,000 fine if you don't tell the world your email and home address

By Kieren McCarthy
Posted: 05/02/2004 at 22:13 GMT

If you don't tell the world your email, home address and telephone number you could face a seven-year jail sentence and a $150,000 fine under new legislation that the US Congress is trying to push past today.

Senator Lamar Smith of Texas - chairman of the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee - yesterday produced from nowhere extensions to the 1946 Trademark Act that would make giving false contact information for a domain name a civil and criminal offence.

His bill (HR 3754) was discussed today at 10am Washington time in his Subcommittee. It was live here.

No you're not dreaming, this is what the Bill proposes. Mr Smith's attempt to "provide additional civil and criminal remedies for domain name fraud" may be laudable, but his approach is as unthinking and blinkered as the Intellectual Property lobbyists that have his ear.

The extensions to the Trademark Act would make the provision of misleading contact details when registering a domain an offence. Not only that but a "willful" offence - which in American law means three-times normal payout. Also, anyone "acting in concert with the violator" or "maintaining or renewing such registration" would also be guilty. In the case of a trademark infringement on the domain "the maximum imprisonment otherwise provided by law for a felony offense shall be increased by 7 years".

The intention for this legislation is clearly peer-to-peer sharing networks, but by making the provision so wide, it is pulling in millions of normal Internet users and businesses. Not to mention registrars.

While the provision of nonsense registration details has proved an irritation - particularly to IP lawyers - many millions of people do not provide their full details because it is freely available to anyone on the Internet and so intrudes on their privacy. Domain name details are also regularly farmed by spammers.

Minding the farm

In fact, the entire WHOIS issue has been controversial for years; and only recently have new systems been introduced to make Internet domains fully functional yet not wide open to abuse. One example is the extra password people have to type in to get at WHOIS information, which cuts down automated email farming.

However, Mr Smith - who can be neatly summed up by pointing to the fact that he introduced the Clean Airwaves Act banning eight profanities from being broadcast, and that he proudly describes himself as a fifth-generation Texan - sees everything from the IP lawyers' point of view.

In fact, invited to speak at the American Intellectual Property Law Association in November last year, he told the assembled: "The gravity of intellectual property crimes are too often dismissed by those who believe they have a right to work created and owned by others. We're going to do our best to bring IP crime to the forefront of the Congressional agenda and focus attention on it in a new way."

He went on: "There are billions of illegal file downloads every week on peer-to-peer networks. The result is lost jobs, lost sales to businesses and lost royalties to artists and copyright owners. One way to reduce this illegal activity is through the court system. Most people agree that stealing is wrong. We can all agree that it is wrong to walk into a record store, put a CD in your pocket, and walk out. It's just as wrong to illegally download a song from the Internet. But many people do not recognize that these actions are one and the same."

There is much more along this vein, but you get the idea. Smith also introduced the cybercrime legislation that was whisked through with the "Patriot" Act, which hugely expanded the authorit

• Crater over-predicted penetration of tile coating significantly
  • Initial penetration to described by normal velocity
    -- Varies with volume/mass of projectile(e.g., 200ft/sec for3cu. In)
  • Significant energy is required for the softer SOFI particle to penetrate the relatively hard tile coating
    -- Test results do show that it is possible at sufficient mass and velocity
  • Conversely, once tile is penetrated SOFI can cause significant damage
    -- Minor variations in total energy (above penetration level) can cause significant tile damage

Flight condition is significantly outside of test database
-- Volume of ramp is 1920cu in vs 3 cu in for test

• Crater over-predicted penetration of tile coating significantly
  • Initial penetration to described by normal velocity
    -- Varies with volume/mass of projectile(e.g., 200ft/sec for3cu. In)
  • Significant energy is required for the softer SOFI particle to penetrate the relatively hard tile coating
    -- Test results do show that it is possible at sufficient mass and velocity
  • Conversely, once tile is penetrated SOFI can cause significant damage
    -- Minor variations in total energy (above penetration level) can cause significant tile damage

Flight condition is significantly outside of test database
-- Volume of ramp is 1920cu in vs 3 cu in for test

Mr. KELLER. Okay. Let me walk you through a hypothetical and ask how the FBI would be involved. Next week, for example, a major movie called ''Sea Biscuit'' is going to be opening up by Universal, I think. Let's say that today it was posted on the Internet somehow, that an advance copy got out similar to what happened with ''The Hulk'' movie, and that the folks down at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida in my district found out about it through their own internal investigation. What would be their procedure for dealing with the FBI? Would they contact the Orlando FBI office, or is there some specialized FBI unit, some other location they would contact?
[...]
Mr. KELLER. I am wondering if there should be some sort of like an online intellectual property SWAT team in place that people like that could contact if they know that there is an imminent up loading of their movies, some group of FBI officials somewhere that this is their expertise, rather than some generic agent in Tampa.

I think it's great that NASA can recover so quickly from such a tragic incident. I think it's very important that they launch another shuttle to show the public they're still hanging around.

However, I think the CAIB Report released in August raises some very interesting points that need to be addressed (if they haven't already been). It mostly discusses long-term issues that will only be solved over the long term.

The last thing NASA wants to do is jump into anything to quickly. Let's face it: one more accident resulting in injury/death will destroy NASA's reputions for many, many years to come. Maybe they should elect to take some years off now, watching out for their own future? Let's just hope they've got 100 people thinking about this...and everyone else actually listening to them this time...

The videos are here (where the panel visibly ripples after the impact) and here.

The accompanying slide presentation has the details: the 1.7 pound foam block was fired at 531 mph and, where it struck a T-seal between two panels, displaced them and caused a 4/10 inch gap. This fake wing was made of fiberglass, but given the results, a test with actual shuttle wing material from the Space Shuttle Discovery is planned for today.

Here are some of the headlines from news.google.com:
Shuttle Wing Under Gun
Investigator Amazed by Shuttle Foam Force
Foam theory faces pivotal test
Tests Show Foam Causing Wing of Shuttle to Deform
Foam chunk was shuttle's undoing, tests indicate

The videos are here (where the panel visibly ripples after the impact) and here.

The accompanying slide presentation has the details: the 1.7 pound foam block was fired at 531 mph and, where it struck a T-seal between two panels, displaced them and caused a 4/10 inch gap. This fake wing was made of fiberglass, but given the results, a test with actual shuttle wing material from the Space Shuttle Discovery is planned for today.

Here are some of the headlines from news.google.com:
Shuttle Wing Under Gun
Investigator Amazed by Shuttle Foam Force
Foam theory faces pivotal test
Tests Show Foam Causing Wing of Shuttle to Deform
Foam chunk was shuttle's undoing, tests indicate

I recently saw an ad on TV that addresses this issue. It's part of an Ad Coucil series of PSAs put out after 9/11. Some of them are rather tame ("Freedom means a well-stocked supermarket") but others, like the Library spot, are quite effective and poignant. Hopefully, they will make people more aware of some of the frightening things that are going on nowadays that _our_ government is doing.

I recently saw an ad on TV that addresses this issue. It's part of an Ad Coucil series of PSAs put out after 9/11. Some of them are rather tame ("Freedom means a well-stocked supermarket") but others, like the Library spot, are quite effective and poignant. Hopefully, they will make people more aware of some of the frightening things that are going on nowadays that _our_ government is doing.

For those of you who have realplayer, this Ad Council clip never fails to amuse. It is not a matter of if, but when.

I am reminded of a public service ad which demonstrated how lucky Americans are that reading activities at libraries are kept private. Ads, such as this, were produced after 9/11 to show an appreciation of individual rights.

Ironically, the new government policies for our libraries seem to have, now, deteriorated our privacy. And the ad is, now, an excellent demonstration of how the current administration has run amok.

PSA's ad, "Library" is in realmedia format. And, no. America is no longer America.

Excatly, and that means he knows better than to question the US Government [real player]