current desktop | 04.05.12
workspaces: “transparent” monitors.
love it, but personally wouldn’t have so many icons on that desktop.
the internet as imagined in 1969. some of the concepts are spot on, but the analog execution of it all is amusingly ridiculous.
re-installed my OS and now i have to deal with a shitload of windows updates.
:(
but everything else is running smoothly
going to be reinstalling the laptop today
because i can’t stand how slow it’s become. consider it spring cleaning.
can we call it something other than petabyte tho? cuz all that reminds me of are the crazy Peta people.
via creativeinspiration
“I think my blackness is interfering with the computer’s ability to follow me,” Desi says in the clip.
Apple’s market share. i appreciate the design and ingenuity Apple has unleashed in the past few years, but i still prefer PCs. via.
Secret Copyright Treaty Details Leak: ISPs Worldwide to Become Copyright Cops?
New negotiations for an international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) kick off today, and this round focuses on a secretive Internet piracy plan drafted by the U.S government. No text has been released, but leaks have surfaced. It’s not looking good.
The leaks suggest that countries who sign up to the U.S promoted plan would have to force ISPs to proactively police copyright on user-generated content, cut off those accused (or face liability), and put “graduated response” clauses in customer contracts. An example of a graduated response is France’s “three strikes and you’re out” law. There, you get two warnings if caught sharing music or movies, then you’re banned for up to two years.
This provision would mean that every country that signs up to ACTA must allow content owners such as record companies and Hollywood studios to sue ISPs for failing to stop their subscribers from illegally sharing copyright-protected material such as music and movies.
By the way, two major sources of counterfeiting—Russia and China—aren’t in the talks.
via Gizmodo
ISPs really shouldn’t be forced to police the internet. but even if these new policies were implemented, someone somewhere will find a way around it. viva la piracy. viva la free media. viva people and bands like this.
