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Open letter to libraries: boycott DRM!

May 13, 2008 6:56pm

The problem is that the libraries are stuck in the middle. The service providers only offer DRM products. Sure you can get free stuff from Archive.org, but that isn't what the patrons are asking for. The patrons want current music, videos and audio books.

The libraries also have to agree to lengthy contracts in order to provide a large selection to its patrons, so even if someone comes up with a DRM free system, they are stuck in a contract.

I am in government IT and have been looking for the answer to this for the last year so if anyone has a better idea, I am all ears.

FCC may do-over Comcast Net Neutrality hearing due to presence of paid Comcastards

February 27, 2008 1:40pm

Judging by the pictures and how the people were dressed, I would venture a guess that the attendees were installers and linemen from Comcast. But since they are rarely seen in the wild, the only real indication that they were Comcast employees was the fact they were sleeping!

Irreverant Disneyland insider tees

December 29, 2007 3:35pm

@Cory Thanks for the corrections. I never really spent much time in the Haunted Mansion while the ride was actually working. ( I worked in Maintenance) I completely forgot about the stretching room because never entered that way. And by the way people were always told it didn't matter which side you sat on, but cast members all knew the left side was the best!

Irreverant Disneyland insider tees

December 29, 2007 7:07am

@Proto, I worked at Disneyland in the late 80's and got them all after a little thought (except the redhead one). The wilderness one refers to what you are told as you leave the station at Thunder Mountain railroad, the Hippo one refers to the Jungle ride when the "guide" shoots a hippo trying to capsize your boat, the left side one refers to the Matterhorn where everyone asks the operator which side is better to sit on, the Imagination one refers to the ride with figment in it where they ask if the room is stretching and lastly, Rosita is a parrot that one of the birds in the tiki room asks about. This is all from memory so correct me if I am wrong on any of these... (redhead = haunted mansion?)

Video: How a Triumph Motorcycle Is Not Actually Made

October 10, 2007 7:35pm

I have owned this bike since May 2005, and I have to say it is always the center of attention anywhere I go. If only they could reproduce. I would have a garage full of them!

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