"People are messy and unpredictable, until you have something like the Dungeons & Dragons character sheet."

Interesting. It just occurred to me that this is probably why there are so many geeks who follow the finer points of astrology and casting star charts.

Component video looks just as good, it's cheaper to run, and there's no DRM.

The youtube and the comments here are equally funny to me. Silly kid on video, responded to by aging hipsters who just don't get what's wrong with the kids today.

'Course, I'm one to talk, having recently turned 33, and only vaguely remembering being her age. :)

Interesting to see that Obama voted correctly, Clinton didn't vote, and McCain voted for the wrong side. This basically sums up exactly how the three of them would behave if they won the presidency.

Rogers, the ISP where the name admits that you're getting fucked.

There may have been good reasons for him to not keep his own backups. Keeping a local archive could put himself in danger, for example.

As for the videos being gone, what about sites like deltube? Isn't it possible to recover "deleted" YouTube videos?

I always cheer on the animals in such situations. There just aren't enough organized animal uprisings against humans.

But is the condemnation of the condemnation distinguishable from a celebration?

By reading this comment, you agree to cook me dinner every night for a week.

It's sad but it's up to the citizens of Thailand to pressure their government to change their local laws, and up to the citizens of America to pressure our government to link trade status with human rights. The voluntary whims of business owners to "do the right thing" is no substitute for the democratic process.

YouTube certainly could choose to refuse to do business in Thailand, but that won't help the Thai people. They'd either get cut off from even more information, or someone else would start a competing business offering censored video content. Nothing will change until the fix happens in the only place where it will be effective: with governments. I know this may be considered unhip with the libertarians and the corporate responsibility set (two groups who are more alike than they know), but there it is.