There is currently a few people in this world who seem to feel that they need to establish rules of conducts and norms on the rest of us to the exclusion of the social trends that are going on around them. While I can’t speak to individual cases, it would seem to me that in [...]
I just recently came across a posting by Dusan Writer (11.02.07) in which he was talking about real death, avatar death and the absence of symbols in the passage of people within virtual spaces. As part of this however he brings up an interesting prospect on the nature of being virtual. Dusan wrote “Many of us [...]
Ah yes – after a few weeks of doing the holidaze thing I finally came back to check on comments and to make a new blog post and what do my wondering eyes do appear but 550 spam messages awaiting moderation.
Note to Spammers: What part of ALL COMMENTS ARE MODERATED are you failing to understand. [...]
Right now there is a war brewing in your backyard. You may not be aware of it. You may not even realize that you are a part of it. But it is there. A grassroots movement which threatens the fabric of governments, businesses, human liberties, and the very nature of how we view our social [...]
It was reported on Wired today that a judge has ruled, in the case of Viacom v. YouTube (Google), it is okay for online service providers to turn over lock, stock, and barrel all information related to the online activities of individuals. This includes personally identifying information which could subsequently be used for other litigation [...]