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Annoyances
So, last night I was in a CD store, and came across Merle Haggard’s new CD Chicago Wind. Hag has been on a great song-writing streak lately so I was about to buy it, but then I see the warning label
[CONTENT/COPY-PROTECTED CD]
This product limits your ability to make multiple digital copies of its content, and you will not be able to play this disc or make copies onto devices not listed as compatible. Content/ copy protected CDs should allow limited burning, as well as ripping into secure Windows Media Audio formats for playback with most compatible media players and portable devices. In rare cases, these CDs may not be compatible with computer CD-ROM players, DVD players, game consoles, or car CD stereos, and often are not transferable to other formats like MP3.which annoyed me to no end. Who would buy something with that label? I haven’t listened to music directly off a cd in years, everything gets ripped when I first get the CD and then put on a shelf for safekeeping.
UPDATE : Yes, I have seen theSony rootkit news, quite extensively actually. I did not realize that the warning was actually on the CD, which just goes to show I’ve been buying nothing topical lately. I thought it was just when you tried to play it in a computer.
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Abramoff
It’s odd to see who Jack Abramoff was actually representing. All of the big industries (construction, military, healthcare, unions) are absent. He represented the small fish on the great leviathan food chain, which makes me think that the big fish are so entwined with the existing legislators that they don’t need to lobby.
I predict that this will have no effect whatsoever on the party make-up of anything, even if people do go to jail. Sadly, no one will think of this as a good reason to resort to term limits either, which would help matters a lot.
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Does anyone I already know….
Need a new monitor? My 19″ is currently unused and would like a new home. It’s a 3 and a half year old Samsung.
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Public declaration
LCD monitors are the coolest, best, and most eye-saving thing ever. Thanks Mike!
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2 things that annoy me
- When pundits, wags, and periodically me use the term “unintended consequences” as a rhetorical trump card. It’s a well established concept by now, and it is usually used to refer to a foreseen, but unpleasant risk, not anything unexpected.
- When people say “It’s more complicated than that” when they really mean that the set of options or outcomes is different than what the original speaker thinks. The situation is not necessarily more complicated, and it could even be simpler than originally thought, just different.
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Wow
The music genome project.
Via Althouse.
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Pathetic
Apparently CNN expects us to take them seriously when they run a headline of
“Give me an O! U! C! H! — Cheerleading injuries on the rise“. The preceding sentence is on their main page, not the article page.A cost of story would be the greatest thing for news possible. Not perfect sure, but an improvement.
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Two odd things
- The fact that Bolivia has elected a president that wants to legalize coca production is receiving very little attention.
- The Cisneros Independent Counsel investigation from the Clinton era is finally wrapping up. And they’re not releasing all of the report either. We really need standing ICs to investigate whatever comes up.
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I’m in the market for a new…
Cell phone, and possibly plan. Anyone know of any good ones? I’m currently on Cingular, but all of their re-up options are quite crappy, as are their phone prices. I would happily switch.
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Quotes of the moment
La Brigada has the best baby lamb intestines you can imagine.
You have a status quo bias. And like most people, you probably overinvest in goods and underinvest in experiences. Get off your bum and go. Many major cities in the USA have direct connections to Buenos Aires. You fly overnight and sleep on the plane. You wake up in a new universe.