Hot on the heels of my rant about the issue a bit ago, comes some amusing discussion regarding the Wikipedia page about the “Universal Image Format.” Most of the editors there think it reads like an advertisement, yet a fanboi (very likely the format’s author or a friend) keeps changing the page back (removing the advertisement tag and the “disadvantages” section).

In the ensuing “discussion” about the repeated defacement, the idiot who keeps repeatedly changing the article back to his/her vision of how it should appear also refuses to answer even the simplest of questions (just repeating that one of the editors is spewing “bullshit”), or even to log in. Read the full story...

Ah, yes, the great American dream. When you can’t get your way by providing a better product or service, just abuse the fucking legal system to crush people with fewer resources than you. That seems to be what Microsoft thinks these days — according to the software company (the same one who brought us wonderfully unstable/slow/buggy-as-hell products Windows XP, Windows Genuine Advantage, the soon-to-be-a-flop Zuna media player, proponents of Digital Restriction Management (DRM), and bedmates of the content cartel), every Linux user is somehow infringing on a patent owned by Microsoft. Read the full story...

Friday night of course saw lots and lots of strange behavior from the Kelley’s crowd, but it carried over into Saturday at the flea market. It ties back into the “rude behavior” crap I notice in lots and lots of people here.

Just Whine Until You Get Your Way

Selling CDs, whether music, software, or karaoke, is risky business these days. The average consumer won’t buy something off your store’s shelves unless it’s brand new and shrinkwrapped.

No major retailer (or even small ones) these days will let customers bring back a CD for a refund once they’ve opened it up. There’s two major reasons for this: Read the full story...

I suppose in a very stereotypically male way, this article is somewhat funny, but it’s also a great example of why women think we suck and why they sometimes treat us like nothing more than cattle in need of wrangling.

Let’s stretch copyright’s “fair use” notion to its limit as I quote, verbatim, all 29 of these stupid rules and rip them the fuck apart. Read the full story...

Sorry for the lack of updates these past couple of days, my intrepid readers; I’ve been swamped with work and Real Life^TM and haven’t had a chance to post. That changes now that I have a bit of breathing room.

Tonight was a very strange night at the karaoke show. Very different than usual. The crowd was different, the mood was different, and the antics were consistently annoying, stupid, and rude. Read the full story...