Thursday, July 24, 2003

5:38:45 PM    

The Kobe Trolls Michele has been going through "search engine hell"for blogging about Kobe Bryant's rape victim yesterday. They have even appeared over at Robyn's blog because she posted something about using HTML alphabet characters as a way of avoiding this problem. What really amazes me about these Kobe supporters is their inability to employ the English language to form even a simple sentence. Take "double standard" for example: I always thought u were even handed... now i see that shaping the world as u see fit is the way to go. Being fair and even dosnt necessarly fit ur agenda... Or how about that Mensa member "bill": Please...this is public information...why are u acting like its not? I dont see people not sheltering Kobe from the press or his family so I dont see why the accuser gets any different treatment. From what some friends have said she is someone who didnt seem to upset by it afterwards.. Hey, this isn't instant mail. "You" is not spelled "u." Also, please learn the difference between "its" and "it's." While you're at it, learn how to properly use the apostrophe. Later, "bill" attempted to write: Its all public records...so is Kobe information...so is any of our information through public records...i What exactly is the point you're trying to make? And what's that "i" hanging off the end there? And speaking of hanging, "Mike" must be hangin' with Stephen Hawking these days: Seems like more then "one guy from long island" feel that Kobe accuser should face the same treatment as Kobe. He has not been found guilty of anything yet some of you are ready to fry him. As far as a pic is not unusual. How many people wanna see a pic of the man who did the shooting at city hall yesterday or see a picture of Saddams dead sons. Selt serving remarks such as Jodi are pointless. Prehaps on your site (if you even have one) you love to censor but on this site I dont usually see ot/ Just what is a "selt serving remark" anyway? "Prehaps?" Prehaps you should aks someone for a dictionary. Or how about "Free Kobe's" post over at Robyn's site: shouldnt post unless u want people to find it Someone should tell this guy what a sentence is. Obviously, our public schools are failing us. I do believe these trolls have a future in the food service industry speaking unintelligibly while screwing up your Quarter Pounder With Cheese(tm) order. But, what the hell, let's just give them a free pass through the public baby sitting service and then let them wonder why they can't get a decent job. That's what America is all about these days. 5:38:45 PM    Go ahead, make my day  []

8:28:45 AM    

And Now, Your Moment of Zen 8:28:45 AM    Go ahead, make my day  []

12:06:50 AM    

Worth Repeating Here's part of an essay by Doc Searles for Linux Journal that I thought was worth repeating: What will it take to revitalize this understanding of property and to cause outrage against the damage done to it by Congress? I think we need a galvanizing issue. I suggest Saving the Net. To do that, we need to treat the Net as two things:       1. a public domain, and therefore    2. a natural habitat for markets In other words, we need to see the Net as a marketplace that has done enormous good, is under extreme threat and needs to be saved. The Internet has proven to be a fine marketplace for all kinds of stuff. Look up any product on a search engine, and you'll see free markets at work all over the place, with power growing on both the supply and the demand sides o every category you can name. Markets flourish on the Net or with the help of the Net because the Net is free. That's free as in beer, speech, liberty and enterprise. That freedom is guaranteed by the end-to-end nature of the Net, and the NEA principles it engenders: "Nobody owns it, Everybody can use it and Anybody can improve it." This may sound a bit like communism to conservative sensibilities, unless it is made clear that the Net belongs to that class of things (gravity, the core of the Earth, the stars, atmosphere, ideas) that cannot be owned; and that even thinking about owning it is ludicrous.... Saving the Net and the NEA goods that thrive on the Net should be a paramount concern for technologists everywhere. Those goods include Linux and every idea that's good enough to grow when it passes from one brain to another, gaining value along the way. Our work is cut out for us. Let's do it. Sounds good to me. 12:06:50 AM    Go ahead, make my day  []