Welcome to the 21st Century...
States rush to pass laws to fight spam. By the end of this year, all 50 states may have adopted antispam laws, and demand for a national, uniform law to regulate unsolicited e-mail is growing among industry groups. [Computerworld News]

I don't think people are getting the gist of the internet. They still try to carve out their little piece of it and say, "This is what you can do. This is what you can't do." The internet is now a global thing, without territory, without boundry. It is a world unto its own and basically, it's the wild west. Laws made in the physical world hold little if no meaning to the internet world.

But outlawing spam in the United States isn't going to stop it from originating in China, India, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, or any other country. Unless the United States can figure out some way to put a spam filter across the backbone of the internet, anti-Spam legislation will merely be one of those silly laws people laugh at in 50 years.

It's simply another case of a politician thinking it's a good idea and passing a law without researching their information first. Sad thing is, the states that pass similar legislation just because the first state did.

In reference to this article: Microsoft is a proponent of new email standards and anti -spam legislation. This from the people who brought us Front Page HTML (which only worked fully with MS IIS servers or servers running FPSE) and Interenet Explorer? I could see it now..."MS Email 9.0. Supports XHTML, XML, and ASP but not JSP, JAVA, PERL, PHP, or any other open source code." Sounds like the perfect marketing scheme. Get your foot in the door to develop standards that you can exploit to your fullest advantage and then do so.

10:25:18 PM   

Let's do the time warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show reference)...
I have this theory that there are time anamolies that center themselves around certain people. Said people tend to live in the past and believe that the best operating system in the world is Windows98 FIRST EDITION!!! ("Second edition has too many bugs.")

I kow of one such person. It's a very interesting case. If I were a Freudian Psychologist I'd make a ton of money. Well, lets be realistic. Not A ton. SEVERAL tons!

This guy tends to just ignore reality and live in his own little world. He's not dangerous per se, unless you're one of his clients or the IT guy following along in his footsteps trying to undo his wrongs.

6:43:51 AM   

6:25:22 AM   

Things I plan on doing (that will probably never get done):

mow the lawn
wash the cars
weedeat the back 40 acres
change the oil
organize the laundry room
organize ANY room

Things that WILL probably happen:

Play some RTCW Multiplayer (=SWAT= GO server...look for player "Payback")
Go to Yosemite
Watch some TV
Spend some time with my wife and son
Take some pictures
Enjoy my life

6:24:03 AM   

What's this?....
SocialDynamX: "FM RadioStation is a desktop application that enhances the Radio experience by integrating 3 applications: news aggregator, blog publishing tool, and web browser into a single, easy-to-use, unified experience." [Scripting News]

Anyone using this yet? And who is SocialDynamX?

5:39:45 AM