A change in direction

I had started this blog in order to share thoughts on a variety of issues that interest me. I really have not paid quite so much attention to that so I thought that I would capture my work thoughts, to better remind me and perhaps be helpful to others on some problem solving related to emergency planning. I am more likely to make entries is I think of it as a requirement for my job.... we shall see.

Pirate Bay

There is no doubt that the Pirate Bay trial in Sweden has created ripples. Initially, many torrent sites closed, especially those located in Sweden. Interestingly, it has now been revealed that the judge in the matter has ties to copywrite advocacy groups and therefore may be biased in favor of copywrite holders.

Even if this verdict holds on appeal, I suspect the movement of servers into locations where similar lax copywrite laws exist. Even if the operators are located in one country and the gear is located in another, the complexities will be astounding. There will always be a movement to circumvent a product or service that is too expensive in the mind of the end user. Open source software will progressively take a larger bite of the windows market, music companies who are perceived as screwing the artist and the consumer will be involved in a running battle with a wide variety of pirates as will the film industry.

I continue to watch and hope for a balanced outcome.....

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
- Isaac Asimov

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
- Socrates

Bailout issues

So, we have given billions of dollars to the banks and the auto companies. Why don't we just give a quarter mil to each person who paid taxes? The stupid would buy dope and drink and have fun: The purchase of goods and services. The smart would pay off debt, put some in savings and invest....

Bailout

After seeing the recent news where the banks have not shared how they are using the money, it just seems that we should be providing the bail out funds to the end user. Use the Alaska plan or the tax rolls and give every tax payer a big chunk of money. The smart ones would pay off debt, save it and invest it....the knuckleheads would just spend it, but that too buys goods and services......

Almost a year gone...

The nears its end. It seems that time moves more quickly as we get older; perhaps because a year is such a small percentage of one's overall life.

All goes generally well and I hope it goes well with all others......