yonmei

04:05 pm: This explains why I was so depressed yesterday.
Well, that and Landmark Forum.

Tags: bloody bloody bloody, landmark forum

09:38 pm: Thank god I'm wearing black jeans.
And that's all I'm going to say about that.

Mike asked me recently what I would do if someone proved to me that God exists.

Well, if God exists (and accepting for the sake of this hypothetical that someone could prove it to me) I would not be an atheist any more.

I don't think that anything else would be likely to change.

Tags: bloody bloody bloody

01:44 pm: No, not just sour grapes
I have a Youtube account: every video uploaded to it is my own copyrighted material.

I use Youtube to watch vids: primarily, I use it to watch Johnny Cash sing. (Occasionally, Willie Nelson.)

As of last Tuesday, Viacom gets to know exactly what my viewing patterns are. And yours. And everyone's.

"To build its case, Viacom asked for a list of all the login IDs belonging to YouTube's users, along with the company's log of which videos they watched, when, and from which IP (Internet Protocol) address. With that logging database, it hopes to show that its copyright content is of more interest to YouTube's users than video created by the users themselves." - link

So an American judge got to make an order that handed over identifying data about people living outside the US to an American corporation which is minded to really, really, annoy the people who used to be its customer base. Well, if you're still on Livejournal, you should be used to that. To quote someone else: "Now every part of the world is subject to US law. Except Guantanamo Bay."

"That data includes every YouTube username, the associated IP address and the videos that user has watched on YouTube. Google will also be required to hand over copies of every video removed from Youtube for any reason (DMCA notices or user-initiated deletions). Stanton dismissed Google’s argument that the order will violate user privacy, saying such privacy concerns are merely 'speculative.'" - link

Simon Davies does a big I Told You So: "Governments and organisations are realising that companies like Google have a warehouse full of data. And while that data is stored it is under threat of being used and putting privacy in danger." link

I was recommended to the Tor Project to improve your privacy online.

I was interested to see if Organisation for Transformative Works had anything to say about this, but they don't.

Tags: bloody bloody bloody, cool things people do with software, evil american politics, fannishness, youtube videos

08:26 am: Oh yeah, that was one thing...
Tearful and bleeding, how jolly.

Tags: bloody bloody bloody

03:01 pm: The Final Word on Nutrition
After an exhaustive review of the research literature, here's the final word on nutrition and health:
1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
3. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
4. Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us
5. Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

( speaking of which )

Tags: being ill, bloody bloody bloody, i write fanfic, just my life really, not dieting just losing weight, recs, yarg, you live longer overweight

07:56 pm: Bloody hell
My period just started, and - as last time - I've barely been bleeding for six hours and I have painful cramps. (My previous experience is that the first 12-24 hours is a very light flow with no cramps or at least ignorable cramps.) I have taken 400mg of ibuprofin, and expect that by the time West Wing is over, I'll be fine. But I'm taking another 400mg tomorrow morning. Uch.

Tags: bloody bloody bloody