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  Sunday, 29 May 2005



This is probably because Johnny Depp is as mad as Hunter S Thompson was. I mean that in the nicest possible way. I guess Thompson did provide Depp with a
great role.

The ashes of legendary gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson are to be fired from a cannon housed in a giant fist-shaped monument paid for by movie star Johnny Depp. [ABC News: Offbeat]
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Web Pages That Suck - Daily Sucker


Daily Sucker for Friday May 27, 2005 -- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Their e-mail: All I wanted to do was check out some pictures of one of my favorite bands, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals. All I got was frustration. This site is sheer hell. Even if Flash is acceptable for bands, artists, or whatever, that doesn't mean it has to be harder than hell to use. My comments: I liked Whiskeytown, R...

[Web Pages That Suck -- Examples of Bad Web Design]
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First criminal BitTorrent bust in USA: Elite Torrents


I Won't put the whole quote here. Click through. Big implications for the future of BitTorrent though.

Xeni Jardin: Snipped from the Department of Homeland Security press release:

Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Michael J. Garcia, and Assistant Director Louis M. Reigel of the FBI's Cyber Division announced today the first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on peerto- peer (P2P) networks using cutting edge file-sharing technology known as BitTorrent.

This morning, agents of the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executed 10 search warrants across the United States against leading members of a technologically sophisticated P2P network known as Elite Torrents. Employing technology known as BitTorrent, the Elite Torrents network attracted more than 133,000 members and, in the last four months, allegedly facilitated the illegal distribution of more than 17,800 titles - including movies and software - which were downloaded 2.1 million times.

Link to copy of DHS press release (PDF).

More information in the public affairs section of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement website (DHS):

News Release (PDF Version)
Elite Torrents Video (AVI) Video Transcript

IPR Fact Sheet

(Thanks, Jason!) [Boing Boing]
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Saturnine


Saturnine: gloomy or sullen.

[Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
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