SOPA & PIPA

http://sopastrike.com/strike

Sites like this one cannot publicize themselves fairly under the restrictions suggested by the SOPA and PIPA bills. I’ve had a song removed under YouTube’s take-down-first guilty-until-you-swear-you’re-innocent system, and the notion that a Congressman can think that sort of arrangement is constitutionally acceptable is disturbing. I worry that this kind of protesting will continue to fall on deaf ears, but if this does reach an appropriate politician, understand that every day that a non-violent demonstration is ignored is a day closer to the day when our activists decide that we should resort to other measures.

Ask a soldier, protection of the US Constitution is worth dying for.

See you next time.

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It's more than just the whole country i.imgur.com/vEpSp.jpg—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) October 28, 2011

@chunter16 what is more than three thirds? 133%?—
Joe Schott (@joe_schott) October 28, 2011

@joe_schott The article doesn't say, as little as 100.0001% is more than three thirds…—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) October 28, 2011

@chunter16 we are the >100%—
Joe Schott (@joe_schott) October 28, 2011

 

Commenters talk about Apple like they didn't exist in the 90's. They learned their trade through a couple decades of failure.—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) October 04, 2011

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose." – Steve Jobs (RIP)—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) October 06, 2011

Please support cancer research.—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) October 06, 2011

 

This autocomment is supposed to be about a song:

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US death penalty humiliates us in the eyes of much of the world—
Alec Baldwin (@AlecBaldwin) September 22, 2011

@BrownSquirrel Yes, it's so refreshing to know that the accused in my state are guilty even if proven innocent. </sarcasm>—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

@chunter16 Im sorry if Ive offended cos so many good ppl there – this decision is just so wrong tho—
  (@BrownSquirrel) September 22, 2011

@BrownSquirrel There was evidence of a mistrial that went completely ignored even through the appeals process, it's terrible—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

@BrownSquirrel I'm not offended, I'm embarrassed. I'm originally from New Jersey, there are aspects of culture here that… don't suit me.—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

@chunter16 could say same about anywhere – different things in different places Just so sad about it all—
  (@BrownSquirrel) September 22, 2011

@BrownSquirrel Yes, sad is a nice way to say it. For the record, Savannah, GA is about 90 miles north of me.—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

@chunter16 must be horrendous there for you all right now for so many reasons Pls stay strong try get thru it all—
  (@BrownSquirrel) September 22, 2011

@BrownSquirrel tbh the local news spent more time complaining about Google Street View and a NASA satellite orbit decaying.—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

@chunter16 huh? thats not news guess its all moot point now though nothing can bring him back—
  (@BrownSquirrel) September 22, 2011

@BrownSquirrel Local news are now reading from a twitter search—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

@chunter16 oh dear need I say anything? Thats bad REALLY bad—
  (@BrownSquirrel) September 22, 2011

@chunter16 I dont know about the midnight thing – havent heard exact rulings of it all (trying to read it all & keep up cos big news here)—
  (@BrownSquirrel) September 22, 2011

@BrownSquirrel fwiw you may know more about it than I do, which is just as terrible—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

http://twitter.com/#!/BrownSquirrel/status/116718558335074304

@BrownSquirrel Fourth line of front page. I will try to get a look at my town's paper tomorrow for comparison.—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

Edit: I forgot to get a photo of the paper, but this story was run today, click here to read.

@BrownSquirrel My fiancee is surprised that it is a global story but in a way I'm glad that it is—
Christopher Hunter (@chunter16) September 22, 2011

@chunter16 most places as far as I know dont have the death penalty any more so thats possibly why?—
  (@BrownSquirrel) September 22, 2011

This robot comment came from an artificial fan of Shel Silverstein:

I bought this book along with “The Missing Piece” almost 10 years ago, when I was in college. My friend introduced me to those books, and I had to get my own copies. In fact, a good number of people among my circle of friends got their own copies as well.I think those two books are the only “children’s books” I have in my possession, but they are among the most touching and most memorable of all the books I own and read. And even though they’re labeled as children’s books (and they sure look that way too), I feel they’re a better fit (haha, no pun intended) for grown-ups.If you plan on getting this book (as you well should), then definitely get “The Missing Piece” as well. I don’t think the story and the message of The Missing Piece fable is complete with just one book. You gotta get both books to fully appreciate it.Highest utmost recommendations. God, I love this book.

I’m sure it was based on a search of the title of this song.

Pie Meets Face

I think a few mistakes have been made regarding the “News of the World” scandal:

• News of the World are being confused with an actual newspaper, which is expected to adhere to standards of journalist integrity.
• The Parliament committee that had the hearing is being confused with an actual lawmaking body qualified to protect a people’s privacy.
• The Murdochs were being confused with people who need and care about tabloid print. They explained that it was such a tiny fraction of their business that they could have relieved themselves of it years ago and prevented the whole ordeal.

What if a malicious visitor to the House of Commons was armed with more than whipped cream?

Why was there no such stunt against Bernard Madoff?

I’m sure I’m not the only one to bring this up, but it’s worth mention. What credibility did UK politicians gain in those hearings?

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Found in the blocker:

I used to be happy to find this web-site.I wanted to good time because of this wonderful read!!

I wanted to “good time” last night too, but my fiancée had a headache.

If you’re not finished crucifying Casey Anthony yet…

Forgive me, I’m going to be Devil’s Advocate for a moment.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome:

Missing white woman syndrome (MWWS) or missing pretty girl syndrome is a vernacular term for the disproportionately greater degree of coverage in television, radio, newspaper and magazine reporting of a misfortune, most often a missing person case, involving a young,attractive, white, upper-middle classwoman or girl. This degree of coverage is contrasted with cases concerning a missing male, or missing females of other ethnicities, socioeconomic classes or physical attractiveness.

I’m not a believer in the phrase “stupid people shouldn’t breed” or that people should be singled out and removed from society in genocidal fashion.  I look forward to a day when the presumption of guilt is no longer a problem but willingly concede that it always will be an issue.

Since most people have cared enough to follow this case have allowed the extreme prejudice of photographs and emotion to conquer them in whole, let me share some of my ill feelings about today’s news.

When I look at a photograph of Caylee Anthony, I see a girl who would have grown up to look like Casey Anthony, and become just like her mother. If you think that sounds cruel, consider how quickly so many people wanted to remove Casey Anthony from the gene pool entirely.  Were you one of them?

I don’t like to sound like I’m judging so many people in a single stroke, though I’m afraid I have. The only thing that is certain is that everyone’s perception is clouded and that it is now impossible to find the real truth. Sorry, determining that “nobody else could have done it” is not evidence that undeniably ties a culprit to a murder, no matter how clear that may seem to be in your mind, heart, or whatever, and what remains are unanswerable questions. I admit, I have no idea what happened, and I insist that neither does anyone else. I can assume that people who know something have successfully collaborated to keep the secret, but sadly, without evidence of the collaboration, it is no different.

I do know that a lot of social and psychological energies have been wasted over a single person while the abduction and murder of children continues to happen, even in the town I live in.

You remember Christopher Barrios, Jr., don’t you?  Or do you?  That’s what MWWS means.

Sorry, I don’t mean to judge, I want to ask, when bombarded with so many stories and photographs, do you really think that you are able to be impartial?

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RE: Found my old diary and it turns out I was lame then, too

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Click to read the full Found my old diary and it turns out I was lame then, too.

“See, that’s the problem: I have no follow-through.  I’ve tried a bazillion things and moved on from just about all of them.  Honestly, the things that I’ve managed to stick with I’m either legally obligated to do (like paying my mortgage), need the money (like my day job), simply can’t reverse (like being a parent), or would die if I stopped (like eating and, while I have been testing this theory, bathing).”

I know more people for whom the above is true than otherwise, and I am certain it is true for everyone at some point in time.  There are things that I have wanted to try where I simply lost interest and moved on to the next hobby.

The “excuse” that goes with changing hobbies a lot is impatience, but if that’s all there is to it, then that means everyone is impatient!  If you find something really, really interesting, it becomes easier to stay with it, finish a task, and get good at it over time.  Perhaps people who never manage to do this mistakenly call your long-time hard-earned proficiency “talent” when the truth has always been, anyone can be that good at any craft if you spend the same amount of time on it. If you think you’ve lost a lot of time marveling or otherwise thinking about how much you have yet to learn, the best time to get started is immediately.

It doesn’t matter if you take up a craft so late in life that you can’t be as good as someone who started off as a child prodigy, that’s as silly as thinking that someday you’ll out-age an older sibling and isn’t anything worth getting upset over.  If you become frustrated, just spend a bit less time on it, but make a point to spend some minimum, maybe a half-hour per day, until you find some sort of breakthrough.

My decision to release music on the internet was based upon meeting (in the internet chat sense) other people who already were doing that, with the personal realization that I get more satisfaction from finishing up a piece of music than I get from performing it.  Prior to than moment, I had a lot of little fragment bits of music that I didn’t like very much, and about four or five underpromoted pop songs.

My unfinished business from being school-aged includes a long list of science projects and incomplete computer programs.  Do you leave a lot of things unfinished?  Do you think of unfinished things as regrets or just a natural part of growing up?