Thursday, May 08, 2003

I am, in redux, a poem.... Oh! and what sheer delight! Boing Boing was kind enough to link to a web app that creates poem from blogs. It's not static, either. I found myself repeatedly clicking on the "Generate" button. I've managed to stop myself after 5 poems from this blog. Here's a couple: Stars of their methods and blood at some of Jackson Pollock’s conclusion. [ a number of the gallant south, The first hand. I Saw about on principle, but not enough wars to listen to mention of the descriptions. Similarly, the but a good plot twists Rosenbergs . The more about my vote, and water; for stealing my car! Ignore them. Stars of the RIAA and hangups. They have an actual appeal. 4: 38:02 Strange Fruit I give a major plank of democracy. Which generally votes Democratic , when the grill of Oil. But, not all the Interior and artistic choices throughout. Stars of disproportionate firepower. These things taken by fighter jets and caught a movement is the , underlying advertisement itself is based on me. Or that I came down anyone to suck, For now, U.S. Marines were fired. 12:28:24 AM    comment [] Trojan Horses are for Lovers...... In a similar vein to the Madonna/FTC discussion is the not-so-new, but sadly reaffirmed, news that Big Five are actively "financing the development and testing of software programs that would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of people who download pirated music." "There are a lot of things you can do, some quite nasty," said Marc Morgenstern, the chief executive of Overpeer, [...]"at the end of the day, my clients are trying to develop relationships with these people." Let's see, I want to show you how much I care about you and my relationship with you by sabotaging your computer. At the end of the day, you'll realize I hurt you because I love you. It's easy enough to say that file trading has had a negative impact on the profits of record labels, and I'm sure that it is true. But is it true to the extent the RIAA says it is? I doubt it. Nor is file trading the sole reason for whatever hypothetical profit downturn may exist. But that's not the point here. What the RIAA is saying is that it is in their right to disrupt the functioning of your computer at some untold cost to you if they feel you have stolen from them. By that same reasoning, I should also be within my rights to hack into the systems of federal agencies, large multi-national corporations, media outlets, and any number of environmental polluters, bringing them to a grinding halt for stealing my clean air, soil, and water; for stealing my labor; for stealing my constitutional rights; for stealing my access to a truthful and trustworthy media; for stealing my country and planet; and for stealing my entire electoral system. If this comes to be, I'll be ready to hop on the Direct Action Train. If the corporations don't have to mess with going through the legal system for recompense, I see no reason for it myself. Hell, why bother with those pesky laws? I'm just going to go out and bring down anyone who has ever possibly inflicted damage on me. Or anyone whoever might. You can't be too safe. Pre-emptive recuperation. 12:11:46 AM    comment []

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