While I am unsure why, a picture of Dom and I suckin' face has made its way into the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. It's probably some kind of statement about myspace, privacy on the internet, modern women, blah blah SCANDAL! Teaching us a lesson of some kind. Modern artists and their novel ideas.
I'm in a winter coat, so it's not a flesh thing. I'm not embarrassed of such a picture. So what was the criteria? Why was my profile picture one of the chosen ones, out of... how many people are on myspace now? All the down-the-shirt boob shots and emo angles and legitimate non-myspace photos.
It's Interesting.
I guess I'm art to someone then. Now that's a strange concept.
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Saturday, September 1, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Torrential Downpour
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Due to persecution from the U.S. Government, and fear of legal attack by large U.S. Corporate Interests, this site has no choice but to block all connections that appear to come from within the U.S.A. or any of it's territories or occupied countries. We regret any inconvenience, and suggest you work to change your government from within. Goodbye.
You will now be redirected to an appropriate internet site for Americans.
www.aol.com/sanitizedandprotected/kiddiezone.htm
Due to persecution from the U.S. Government, and fear of legal attack by large U.S. Corporate Interests, this site has no choice but to block all connections that appear to come from within the U.S.A. or any of it's territories or occupied countries. We regret any inconvenience, and suggest you work to change your government from within. Goodbye.
You will now be redirected to an appropriate internet site for Americans.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Big Brother and Kites
Sometime shortly after I downloaded the most recent episode of Kyle XY from Torrentspy, I took a nap. I've downloaded most episodes of the season from this site, since I don't get cable here at the apartment, and I was unable to drive to watch it at my parents house. I didn't know I would wake in a world barring my access to such a lovely site...
Torrentspy, after much bullying from the US government and the MPAA, has blocked all users from US IP addresses.
The site is based in Europe. I'm not mad at them, I think it's a nice "fuck off" to the US government, and I wait for some kind of press conference (aka blog floating somewhere on the internet, since I can't even read their forums) thanking us for our usage, time and torrents. US users accounted for %15 of all users. Basically, the move was made to protect its other users from being tracked by our control-freak government.
Back in june, "A complaint issued by TorrentSpy suggests the MPAA paid a hacker $15,000 to steal e-mail correspondence and trade secrets. The hacker admitted that this was true." Ridiculous?
It's not the end of the torrent world, for there are already many other sources. After all, with the downfall of Napster in 2001 thanks to the RIAA, LimeWire, Kazaa, i Mesh and Morpheus rose from the ashes.
http://torrentfreak.com/torrentspy-blocks-searches-from-us-visitors/
Also amusing:
http://torrentfreak.com/getamnestycom-mpaa-extortion-at-its-finest/
Funny thing is, without Torrentspy, I never would have even watched the first season of Kyle XY, never would have downloaded every episode from Torrentspy, and never would have purchased the DVD set when it came out.
Weird how these things turn out.
Torrentspy, after much bullying from the US government and the MPAA, has blocked all users from US IP addresses.
The site is based in Europe. I'm not mad at them, I think it's a nice "fuck off" to the US government, and I wait for some kind of press conference (aka blog floating somewhere on the internet, since I can't even read their forums) thanking us for our usage, time and torrents. US users accounted for %15 of all users. Basically, the move was made to protect its other users from being tracked by our control-freak government.
Back in june, "A complaint issued by TorrentSpy suggests the MPAA paid a hacker $15,000 to steal e-mail correspondence and trade secrets. The hacker admitted that this was true." Ridiculous?
It's not the end of the torrent world, for there are already many other sources. After all, with the downfall of Napster in 2001 thanks to the RIAA, LimeWire, Kazaa, i Mesh and Morpheus rose from the ashes.
http://torrentfreak.com/torrentspy-blocks-searches-from-us-visitors/
Also amusing:
http://torrentfreak.com/getamnestycom-mpaa-extortion-at-its-finest/
Funny thing is, without Torrentspy, I never would have even watched the first season of Kyle XY, never would have downloaded every episode from Torrentspy, and never would have purchased the DVD set when it came out.
Weird how these things turn out.
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