random quotes ... to amuse, inspire, enrage:
In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
tagged: government, military-industrial complex, power
—Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961 Farewell Address.
Archive for July, 2008
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
how on earth does blizzard keep winning these horrible cases? do they bribe the courts?
Patry covers the new case on software cheats, MDY Industries v. Blizzard.
How one might ask can there be a violation of the Copyright Act if no rights granted under the Act have been violated? Good question.
To [...]
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copyright,
bad decisions, Blizzard, computer games, copyright, licensing, litigation, Ninth Circuit, World of Warcraft.
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
in the middle of a blogging break (for good reasons! welcome ada marie) i bring you this article from salon.com which is scary as fuck and makes me fear for little ada’s future:
Apocalypse Now by Mike Davis.
Davis does not buy any of the Gore-style cheerleading that we might avert a climatically disastrous future through [...]
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environment,
capitalism, economics, environment, future, geology, Global South, hell in a handbasket, personal, politics, poverty.
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