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She opens up and pulls you in, dabs a napkin on your chin,
She's like an ornament on a hood, does the mambo like a piece of wood,
Taking you under, taking you under, for the duration,
The creamy liquid of your heart, the vital substance that was part,
of every beat and rhythm that has come unglued and riven,
Taking you under, taking you under, beyond sensation,
How could you lose so many things, your keys your car your diamond rings?
The very things that gave you inspiration,
How could you get sucked up like that, how could you get so fucked up,
and let her treat you like an aberration,
It's a character, character assassination.

The monkey's paw and the powdered tusks, the chicken feet and the corn husk,
The Spanish fly and the ginseng root, the snake oil and the lotus shoot,
Ran out of magic, ran out of magic and stimulation.
How could you lose yourself like that? It seemed so pure and violent,
Until she hit you up for small change and devastation,
How could you allow yourself to rot? Now you're vacant that's your lot,
Now you've got to stop this disintegration,
Like a character, character assassination.

How could you drops so many balls? How could you blow so many calls?
And take so many falls and still keep on tripping?
How could you miss so many shots? How could you write so many plots?
And wind up with a book that's less than gripping?
You drop her hand like a dead leaf, steal her heartbeat like a thief,
Crush the bones beneath her skin, the marrow and the calcium,
Now you're under, now you're under investigation,
For a character, character assassination.

Character Assassination - by Graham Parker

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Big Brother Is Watching You

Bill Gates has his hand in your pants, and this time he's not reaching for your wallet:

Latest MSFT "update" hands control of your box to others. Microsoft has issued an "update" to its operating systems that allow others to control what you may do with your computer, without your consent or ability to override. Called "Digital Rights Management," this is technology that requires backstopping from apocalyptically unconstitutional laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Microsoft is trying to get its users to opt-in to this, and over on Slashdot, the message boards are full of reasons not to.

Although it's not required or a 'critical' update, this just paves the road for all of Microsoft's software to require DRM technology on your computer. Quote from the details page: 'Installing this client allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and consuming RM-protected information.' This, dubbed 'Activation', entails that 'your computer will be automatically connected via the Internet ... in order to create and save on your computer a system component that is associated with your hardware.' Hmmm... me no like ..."

Link [Boing Boing Blog]

File under Geek Talk.

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