a few sane words about Freedom.

Freedom and information sharing versus theft are hard topics that I've had long discussions with people about, trying to point out that everything has context.

Charlie Stross has written the piece I've always wanted to have written. It's the best outline of common sense for these topics I have ever seen. You really should read this:
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/02/information-freedom-flame-bait.html

Pretty Bad Taste

This title is a pretty good summary of how I feel about most of the public's responses to #Amazonfail. This quote comes from a great post by yuki_onna in her post The End of the World As We Know It (And I feel fine)

Tweets

• 12:43 This is the article I've been trying to write for years. You should read: bit.ly/d4gkC9 #
• 14:08 @sotsogm When Amazon pulls merchandise to hurt a vendor, they are exerting control over me the purchaser. Which I reject. #Amazonfail #
• 18:13 Lift tickets - check. New gloves - check. Head for Tahoe... #

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