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Somehow, I don't think he's going to find what he's looking for

randy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:11:26 +0000

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I’m just sayin’

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Gary Coleman arrested in Utah on domestic assault warrant; In jail working on bail

randy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:18:41 +0000

Gary Coleman arrested in Utah on domestic assault warrant; In jail working on bail

By Katie Nelson
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, January 24th 2010, 9:02 PM

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Whatchu talkin’ ’bout Willis?

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Porn video shown on Moscow highway billboard

randy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:07:11 +0000

MOSCOW (AP) — Drivers in downtown Moscow were squinting in disbelief
as an electronic highway billboard blazed a two-minute pornographic
video in place of the regular advertising clips.

Late-night traffic on one of the Russian capital’s busiest roads
slowed Thursday as a couple’s explicit escapades appeared across the 9-
by-6-meter (yard) display.

The screen’s owner — the 3 Stars advertising agency — has told The
Associated Press that a hacker attack is likely to blame. City police
say they have yet to receive any complaints and have not opened an
investigation.

Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted a city official as saying that
Moscow will bolster security of data transmission to ad screens.

Mobile phone camera footage has been posted on popular video-sharing
Web sites.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100115/eu_odd_russia_porn_in_the_city.html?.v=1via shakeit

Kodak challenges Apple and RIM on patent: Digital Photography Review

randy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:51:13 +0000

The Kodak complaint, filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), specifically claims that Apple’s iPhones and RIM’s camera-enabled BlackBerry devices infringe a Kodak patent that covers technology related to a method for previewing images. Separately, Kodak filed two suits today against Apple in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York that claim the infringement of patents related to digital cameras and certain computer processes.

via dpreview.com

Good luck Kodak.

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Scare Tactics and Proposition 8

randy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:36:29 +0000

**WARNING**: Political rant.

From a *cause* on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com) :

> We oppose the deterioration of our society and culture by the destruction of marriage by the inclusion of homosexual marriage.

What a crock of shit! The amount of [FUD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUD_factor) being televised on this is insane. I seriously doubt any school will include gay marriage in their curriculum let alone teach your child to **be** gay. It’s retarded people. Whether you believe that being gay is a choice or is learned, it’s a fact of life all over the globe and no matter how hard you try, your precious Timmy is going to find out about homosexuals sooner or later. I don’t understand the reasoning.

Furthermore, a lot of this anti-gay marriage bullshit is based on religious beliefs. What happened to separation of church and state? Keep your religious ideals to yourself, do not impose your silly belief system on others (or we will be forced to group you with the rest of the Jehovah’s Witnesses).

Here’s another bit from the description of the *cause*:

> This is a cause for everyone who believes that marriage, as a tradition, should be preserved as between one man and one woman.

Again, you’re imposing your religious beliefs on others. Now you’re excluding Mormons. Fortunately (for you), no one cares about them because they’re all crazy. Hey, if I told you I talked to God in the forest and he gave me some magic stones, would you believe me?

No, you can’t see the stones. They are only for me, but trust me, they’re magic.

If you ask me, there are far more larger issues with this state than gay marriage. Why don’t you redirect your homophobic energies towards something more productive, like say, illegal immigration.

Oh, the joys of being a peer

randy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:18 +0000

Today, I am one of the many fortunate people selected for jury duty. There were about 250 of my peers here this morning before they started raffling off spots in specific court rooms. Apparently, today is a slow day and this waiting room usually sees more than 500 people and is standing room only. I guess it’s not that bad; I don’t have to be at work, they have free WiFi for the jurors and, it’s Thursday. What does Thursday have that other days don’t? Usually, most cases have already been scheduled and a jury picked earlier in the week. Come Thursday, there’s few to no cases needing jurors. Take today for instance: Volume of prospective jurors is low (250 vs the normal 500-600), there was ONE case that was picking a jury panel and actually starting today, two cases that were just picking jurors today and two court rooms that have the rest of us in the ~~poop~~ pool on “stand-by.” It’s now close to 2 PM and we were instructed to be back from lunch by 1:30 PM. Nothing is really happening. Just a bunch of people watching a Wil Smith movie (the one with his son in it, the name escapes me). We’re all just sitting around waiting (hoping) for them to send us all home. It’s all very interesting.

Oh, on the wireless note: The courts here use some third-party provider for access. Kind of like you would see in a hotel. You connect, open a browser and they intercept the initial network traffic and direct you to a page where you either pay or enter in some access code to get connected to the outside world. Well, I had gotten the access code for today and began working on the side gig. Just before lunch, I had closed out all my windows to get ready to leave when I notice a Verify Certificate dialog that had been sitting there for a while. I’ve seen these before, nothing new there. But, this one took me as a surprise and I’m not sure if I should be concerned about it. At the very least, it “super unprofessional.”

Trust me ...it's super unprofessional

71 Days Until Next Sunrise, 16,500 Prophylactics to the Rescue

randy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:58:55 +0000

From the “[scientist are people too][1]” department:

> One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year’s supply of condoms… [that] would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them.

I imagine it’s _still_ going to be uncomfortable the day after.

[1]:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25054286/?GT1=43001

Amazon is Down

randy — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:25:20 +0000

It appears that [Amazon][1] is having some issues. Their site has been down for well over an hour now. I can’t imagine how much money this kind of downtime has on a company as large as Amazon. Maybe in the millions by now.

[1]:http://www.amazon.com

![Amazon is down](/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/amazon-is-down.png)

This screen shot was grabbed at approximately 12:10PM PST on 06 June 2008. About 30 minutes ago I was simply getting a “HTTP/1.1 Service Unavailable.”

**Update**: I did manage to get the home page at about 12:22PM PST, but after clicking a link, I get the same “We’re Sorry!” page.

[Techcrunch][2] has a post on it as well with a note from Amazon PR (if you can call it a note).

[2]:http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/trackback/

**Update #2**: [Cnet][3] speculates Amazon could potentially have missed out on close to $1.4M USD in the 90 or so minutes they were offline.

[3]:http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9962010-7.html

> Based on last quarter’s revenue of $4.13 billion globally, a full-scale global outage would cost Amazon more than $31,000 per minute on average. For North America, it would be more than $16,000 per minute. (To be fair, those figures don’t include revenue from other sources such as search or contextual advertisements or Amazon Web Services.)

I feel bad for the poor schmucks who had to sweat this one out.

MPAA Accuses University Laser Printer of Piracy, Printer Goes on Toner Binge

randy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:39:50 +0000

Is it really that surprising that M.P.A.A, R.I.A.A and others use flawed methods to determine who violates Copyright laws? These are some of the same companies that want to charge you more for a song purchased over a wireless network versus from a computer. Why? Just because. Assholes.

> The researchers rigged the software agents to implicate three laserjet printers, which were then accused in takedown letters by the M.P.A.A. of downloading copies of “Iron Man” and the latest Indiana Jones film.

[The Inexact Science Behind DMCA Takedown Notices - Bits][1]

[1]:http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/the-inexact-science-behind-dmca-takedown-notices/