So it's 4 something AM and I'm sitting around at someone's house waiting for their parents to go to work so that I can sleep on the couch. It's actually a handy place in a way because the friend whose house it is tends to sleep rather early (midnightish) so I end up sitting around with nothing to do trying to be quiet for a while, then end up ( Read more... )

yeah my phone got shut off cause my ass is broke. Going to trade some house cleaning for cash.

Speaking of cash, I'm applying at various places again. Since the holidays are over people are actually posting ads again.

We'll see how it goes. I'm pretty fail at finding a job, what with trying for the last year...
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There are a lot of things I'd like to say right now and they are all kinda of jumbled.
I keep trying to sit down and write about what's going on, but around one paragraph into it the whole thing ends up getting deleted.
so rather than try to organize them into some long explanation I'm going to just type out the key points.

I'm fucking bored
want a ( Read more... )

An undercover Maryland State Police trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups and labeled dozens of people as terrorists.

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Right, I've been wanting to write something about this job but haven't really had the energy and motivation. In fact I still don't, but if it doesn't get done now it probably get done at. At least not until I say, " Fuck this shit" and quit. Heh that probably won't be all that long from now.

Guess the place to start is orientation.
Basically it felt ( Read more... )

*Note: The following is only a short term fix that would appeal to our silly capitalist country and it's way of thinking. What is really needed is broad social, political, and economic reform. Unfortunately that's a much more complicated problem to fix ( Read more... )

The problem of piracy, in all forms of media, is a tough one. It's tough to make a dent in it by suing individual infringers, though the RIAA seems intent on trying. Activision Blizzard has been taking notes, as the software giant seems to have begun quietly suing individual citizens who have pirated copies of Call of Duty 3. Don't worry, it gets e

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Electronic Arts says that it understands how an illegally downloaded copy is not, in any way, a copy that was lost as a sale to the company.

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The anti-piracy lobby has been putting pressure on ISPs to act against customers who download copyright infringing content. Thus far, most ISPs have simply forwarded the takedown requests they receive, but Cox Communications is taking it one step further, by disconnecting alleged copyright infringers.

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The rumblings you've been hearing in the criminal underground since July indeed are true: At long last, we are seeking new applicants to the League. Aspirants to new heights of Evil should submit a video application that meets the terms.....

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