Boston Dynamics' Big Dog
I was transfixed while watching this creation that sprung (literally) from Boston Dynamics with DARPA funding. It reminds me of both the Imperial Walkers on Hoth and a deer running around with its head cut off. Dubbed the “Big Dog“, it will surely haunt my dreams. Definitely worth a look.
In yet another asinine regulatory decision handed down by our stifling federal bureaucracy, the Copyright Royalty Board ruled on March 5, 2007 to increase the royalty paid by online radio stations. The increase to $0.14 per song per listener goes into effect retroactively to 2006 and stays in place until 2008, at which time the rates get another double-digit increase.
This decision will have two clear effects: 1) many online radio sites (Pandora, for instance) will go overseas to avoid this onerous pillaging by the recording industry and 2) those that can’t make the jump overseas will simply go out of business.
I know this makes me the anachronism that I am, but I thought this country was supposed to be about the free flow of information and the industrious pursuit of success and happiness? Damn! All that grade school propaganda got the better of me.
What about my former radio station, KJHK? They were nearly sunk back in 2002 when rates were jacked up the first time. Now, they have to worry about this back-dated bill? I suggest you get their stream on while you still can!
Be sure to check out the coverage of this issue over at BusinessWeek and Cnet.
We owe no allegiance to any government. They owe abject allegiance to us.
Corporations are not human. Non-humans have no inalienable rights.
Single-payer or bust!
It is impossible to awaken someone who is pretending to sleep.
The failure of the mainstream media is particularly clear after viewing illustrative videos such as this. Though this clip showcases Occupy Portland, it makes the point for the entire #Occupy movement. For today’s “One Day On Earth” events, I’ll point you to this video. This is what democracy looks like.
Any law that requires an individual to pay money to a private corporation or face criminal penalty is a bad law and must be struck down. I could write pages and pages about the healthcare issues with this bill…
That’s right, kiddies, copying is not theft! Time to forget the propaganda that you are fed every time you pop a dvd into the player. Oh, it is still a crime thanks to our draconian Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but it is not theft, so don’t feel like you are stealing, because you aren’t. Case in point: Nina Paley….
“Sibel Edmonds has a story to tell…It is about massive and systematic corruption of our elected officials and senior bureaucrats with the active connivance of the media. Worse, the corruption was carried out by agents of several foreign governments and involved nuclear secrets stolen from American defense laboratories and military bases that were, in some cases, sold to the highest bidder…”
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I am the Assistant Professor of Interactive Media at Johnson County Community College and an independent multimedia communications consultant. Politically, I defy labels. Philosophically, I believe that Ella Wheeler Wilcox was correct when she said, "To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men."
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