The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the Atmosphere. Thomas Jefferson [...]
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The Ethics Of Vigilantism: How Anonymous Is Like Batman, Israel (it’s thin but it’s there) And The American Revolution
Posted: January 22, 2012 in Culture, Politics, TechnologyTags: Anonymous, Batman, Censorship, Israel, Occupy, Revolution, revolutionary, SOPA, vigilante, vigilantism
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Mega Upload Is Dead: A Quick Reminder That You Don’t Run Your Government Anymore
Posted: January 19, 2012 in Culture, Politics, Random Thoughts, TechnologyTags: America, Bankers, crime, Financial Crisis, Hana Amal, Hulu, Mega Upload, Ninjavideo, Occupy Wall St, PIPA, Sony, SOPA, Time Warner, Universal
First, read this. Then, if you have time, read the very long: http://dearthey.com/2010/07/29/government-assasinates-ninjas-to-catch-pirates-its-not-stealing-if-it-isnt-real/ which was my eulogy of sorts for Ninjavideo last year. I’ve been meaning to come back to this for a while. The very real consequence of internet piracy, as we’ve learned from Ninjavideo, and now Mega Upload, is that they’re not just going to [...]
SOPA V. Soapy: In 2012 Government and Big Business Will Understand How Powerless They Are In The Face Of Human Ingenuity
Posted: January 13, 2012 in Culture, TechnologyTags: BitTorrent, Censorship, Congress, GoDaddy, Kazaa, Napster, Netflix, Piracy, Soapy, SOPA
SOPA. The Stop Online Piracy Act. If you have a web browser open for most of the day, or you just happened to have badly misspelled soap in a Google search, you’ve come across SOPA. In short, it’s bad. Cauliflower bad or (if you’re a some kind of deviant who actually likes the flavor of cream [...]
Anticipating Evil: What Happens When Google Wins?
Posted: September 22, 2011 in Culture, Media, TechnologyTags: AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google Docs, Google+, Mallrats, Walled Garden
With great power comes great responsibility-Spiderman (Or Possibly Stan Lee) You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain-Harvey Dent Today, I evangelized for Google. I don’t approve, in general, of selling products for companies for free. I’ve made a career out of doing the opposite, in fact. But [...]
On Chrome, Clouds and the Future of Computing: A Crosspost From the Tumblogs
Posted: September 6, 2011 in Culture, TechnologyThe following is a four part series originally posted at www.dearthey.tumblr.com. Part One: On Cloud Computing And Why I Was Wrong I laughed when Chrome OS was announced; A great big hearty mwah ha ha. Why, I pondered (as I choked on the effervescent bubbles of funny rolling up from my belly), would anyone spend [...]
I’ll Be A Good Cyborg As Soon As I’ve Finished Vlogging: How Digital Power Has Become The New Opiate
Posted: April 7, 2011 in Culture, Politics, TechnologyI haven’t been here for a while. I mean, I’ve been here, sitting in front of my computer, doing…stuff (yes, fine, there’s been some porn involved) but I haven’t been blogging. And it’s not because I haven’t had anything to say; I’ve drowned Twitter with my inanity and the things I’ve learned just at my [...]
Government Assasinates Ninjas To Catch Pirates: It’s Not Stealing If It Isn’t Real
Posted: July 29, 2010 in Culture, TechnologyTags: copyright, crime, Download, library, Limewire, Movies, Ninjavideo, Piracy, theft, TV, Vuze
Three years ago I went on a crime spree. It started with a simple mugging; a cab driver. I pistol whipped him in the head from the backseat of his car and bolted with his money clip. The police became involved rather quickly and, in order to escape, I shot a couple of officers; young [...]
