How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Whereas the party of the first part, also known as “Lawyer”, and the party of the second part, also known as “Light Bulb”, do hereby and forthwith agree to a transaction wherein the party of the second part shall be removed from the current position as a result of failure to perform previously agreed upon [...]

Legal Music equals Prison

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

It’s approximately too early on the 1st of August, and I feel like a moan. DRM or Digital Rights Management - I hate it. Seems I’m not the only one either.
DRM, for those not in the know, is the technology which manages access to your music and video, enabling it to be securely played. Now [...]

The Internet - It’s not a truck.

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Theodore Fulton Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is an American politician from Alaska. He is currently the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate. In addition he has a highly avant-garde knowledge of the Internet. For example: did you know that the indeed is “not a truck”, and in fact consists of a “series of [...]

Volume Up - Damaged Hearing - Obvious?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

I’m not a big fan of Apple overall, in fact I’m quite against some of the way they do business as anyone who is a frequent reader will know. However, in this case I somewhat support them.
John Kiel Patterson, a Louisiana man has sued Apple for damage to hearing. This would be bad enough, being [...]

Computer Misuse Act To Be Amended

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

‘The UK Government plans to toughen up computer crime laws under proposals outlined in the Police and Justice Bill on Wednesday. The bill would double the maximum jail sentence for hacking into computer systems from five years to ten years, a provision that will classify hacking as a more serious offense and make it easier [...]

Evolution Theory Not Accepted By The Majority

Friday, January 27th, 2006

According to a recent UK survey asking people what best described their view of the origin and development of life:

48% selected evolution theory (Darwinism)
22% believed in creationism
17% opted for some other form of intelligent design (ID)
13% did not know

It surprises me by how people most people are remain unconvinced on evolution, even though evidence is [...]

Google gives in to China

Friday, January 27th, 2006

China’s technological side is well known for its government’s censorship of the Internet. This is sometimes referred to as The Great Firewall Of China.
It seems, unfortunately, that Google have given in to pressure from the Chinese government to censor their search results. Google’s Chinese site now shows a variety of differing results, despite Google prior [...]

Have you been looking at the results of a stalker?

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

This may scare you. People do not often believe this actually happens, but in fact it does. For a moment, use your inner eye, read slowly and imagine the scene depicted below.
It’s quite dark, and you are following someone… a girl… everyone knows her… *snap* She doesn’t know who you are… You still follow her…
*snap*
You [...]

Microsoft to be fined £1.4 million daily

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

“Microsoft was yesterday threatened with fines that could rise to €2m (£1.4m) a day as the European Commission escalated a confrontation with the world’s largest software makers over a landmark competition ruling.”
Independant Online Edition
Power to the EU! Finally, they’re making a stand against Microsoft. Microsoft have previously been legally attacked by the U.S. Department of [...]

Violent Pornography

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Our government over here in the UK are trying to ban ‘violent pornography’. How you can possibly classify that is a mystery. Child pornography could be recognized instantly by authorities in obvious ways - but violent pornography? Violence is a relative term. Personally, I see this potentially law to be one that will be very [...]