Author: Randolph

I got this in my mailbox today:

Dear ,

I stole this idea from Scott Adams, who asked for ideas of what to do at a funeral. This is my list of songs that must be played at my funeral (in no particular order):

I'm still grumpy.

Dear [name deleted]

I PASSED MY HISTORY EXAM!

So you will have noticed I've been quiet the past few days. We moved house last Thursday, and what with all the preparations and such, not to mention the lack of a Sentech signal at the new place, well the blog has had to wait.

ACLS: Would you ever appear on a general knowledge show, such as 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'?

If Microsoft was forced to exclude Internet Explorer from Windows, how would I download Mozilla Firefox? With their arcane command-line FTP utility? Bah!

This post was originally in response to a Slashdot article, referring to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the law. I have reproduced it here (edited for length) for educational purposes. The original posting can be found by following the related link below.

Yes, you read the title properly. ISPs, in league with law enforcement officials, want to create a database of child pornography images. Apparently (though I haven't made this leap of logic in my own head), this will assist them in catching perverts, because if any files that the pervert downloads, match the files in the database, then they will either be notified, or will block it, or something.