Random noise, incoherent thoughts, whatever.
28813 days and 20 hours.
That’s how long the nice laptop running Windows Vista [1] says copying 74 files from an USB drive to the hard drive will take. I’m tempted to wait the time and see, if the estimate is accurate.
-TPP
1. No, it wasn’t my choice to run Windows Vista. I’d rather get waterboarded.
One of gadget blog Gizmodo’s writers, Jesus Diaz, managed to score an invitation to Lego’s Memory Lane. It’s a climate controlled vault storing practically all lego sets ever made.
I had pretty much the same reaction than Jesus describes in his article about the visit when I saw the Space Epxlorer sets in the video. Lots of great memories came to mind some 30 years after I played with those sets.
It’s amazing how these simple toys can act as a platform of imagination running wild. Even now.
-TPP
Tim Russert passed away today.
He was about the only political journalist, who always remained focused on issues rather than personalities or partisan bickering.
It’s a sad day for his family and sad day for anyone interested in great political journalism.
-TPP
The Canadian Formula One Grand Prix was interesting to say the least. Lewis Hamilton decides to become color blind approaching a red light at the pit exit and rams Kimi Raikkonen’s car taking both of them out of the race.
Says Lewis Hamilton after the race:
I apologise to Kimi if I ruined his race.
Way to go spinmeister! There are no ifs about it. He did ruin Kimi’s race.
Good luck in Magny Cours. I hope one of those backmarkers you’re starting with pushes you around a little.
-TPP
A study by a group of University of Washington staffers reveal how flimsy the process of identifying copyright offenders used by RIAA/MPAA really is.
During their investigation on who is using and how are BitTorrent trackers used the research team’s automated bots received 400 MPAA DMCA takedown notices without having actually downloaded or uploaded a single pirated movie. Moreover MPAA also sent DMCA takedown notices about files being shared by IP addresses belonging to printers the researchers “framed” to have shared pirated content.
The research team’s findings should ring alarm bells within the justice system. It is clear the methodology used by RIAA/MPAA to identify copyright infringers is completely inadequate and does in no way meet even the lowest standards of burden of proof.
-TPP
