(Link Dead) Two thoughts on this. 1. Someone saw someone weaker being attacked by ruffians on the subway and helped defend them. Regardless of what religion they’re in, we need more people like that in the country. Good people should be encouraged to come here, regardless of where they come from. (As long as they are willing to live in our system of freedom and not oppress the freedoms of others.

Stupid wired story (Link Dead)First, the link I clicked on to get to the story was “Wired: US can’t get it’s Greenhouse Act Together.” This kind of irritated me, so I wanted to see what kind of misleading garbage it was. The most absurd part is that it’s not the US, but the rest of the world that can’t get its act together. Most of them signed the Kyoto treaty, and can’t meet its goals.

Eve Online has teamed up with Cedega to provide Linux and OSX support for their game. For those that don’t know, Cedega is a variant of WINE that you have to subscribe to for $5 per month. In exchange, you get the program and updates for future games support.You also get to vote on what games will be supported next. This creates a catch-22 that is the crux of my problem.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/live-coverage-of-googles-android-gphone-mobile-os-announcement/It looks like Google has swooped in and stole their thunder a bit, along with getting support from a carrier and several phone component manufacturers, all while OpenMoko has the hardware, but not the software to compete.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/apple-refusing-to-accept-cash-for-iphone-limits-em-to-two-per/I’m a bit tired of all the nonsense surrounding the Iphone. They’re being horribly restrictive and anti-consumer with the thing. My views on the product can be done by clipping a bit out of the article, and taking it out of context.More specifically, spokeswoman Natalie Kerris stated that the company is “requiring a credit or debit card for payment to discourage unauthorized resellers,” so don’t even bother […] lookin’ to grab an iPhone from Apple.

Is there anything positive they won’t take credit for?http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_7193956That might be the Republican’s problems back in the day though. It’s hard to take credit for getting the heck out of the way and letting the system work without your interference. Modern republicans get in the way as much as democrats do though. ;)To be honest though, it’s largely demographic. Baseball teams are put places because they have large population centers. Large population centers overwhelmingly go democrat.

With all the nonsense RIAA has pulled, you might think that Common Sense is dead when it comes to copyright laws in America.Well, it’s not just here that has nonsensical laws with regard to copyrights. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7029892.stmFrankly though, given the likely choice of music of people working at a shop like this, I don’t consider it any sort of competitive advantage for them to be playing the music. It probably drives customers away.

I’ve been tossed at two of these “Make your mind up on the candidates” polls recently. I’ve found them both rather lacking. The most recent is USA Today’s thingie. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/candidate-match-game.htmThe shortcomings of this one are many. Such as the fact that you can only select one answer. It starts on Question 1 for me. This is a question about history, but some of the answers apply to future choices. None of the answers match my views.

If you’re someone who wants to play Disgaea, and didn’t heed my last message on the subject, They’ve remade Disgaea for PSP, with added features like playing a “what if Etna accidentally killed Laharl instead of waking him up”Here’s the preorder site for this incarnation. (Link Dead)

I don’t have time to watch or listen to much stuff anymore. On MythTV and on my PS3 I use a technique that speeds up the content, while adjusting the sound pitch to keep it from sounding chipmunky. I was recently watching an episode of mythbusters at 150%, and accidentally kicked it back to normal speed. It seemed like everything was going in slow motion. I boosted it up to 200% and was still able to keep up.