Thursday, November 13, 2008

Feedback for BBC's 'Digital Planet' because they only allow 500 characters on their feedback form:

"I can't believe you did an entire feature on illegal music downloads without once mentioning DRM'd music downloads. It's the perceived evils of DRM technology that are the root of the problem, and the illegal downloaders will consider themselves to hold the moral high ground as long as it continues. As an example, I enthusiastically used the Nokia Music download service when it started up, but as a result of technical glitches and re-flashing my phone a couple of times, I ended up losing two albums with a value of £16. Now Bill rightly says to be careful with use of the word "steal", but I would go so far as to say that I have been defrauded of £16 of my hard-earned money. As it happens, I'm such an angel that I didn't turn to BitTorrent because Play.com now offer a DRM-free download service, but others don't have such scruples once they have been ripped-off."

Monday, November 03, 2008

It just occurred to me. The rednecks are very fond of saying that Obama was born a muslim. Well, if that was the case, and he adopted christianity, then surely he's committed apostasy, which is punishable by death in islam. So shouldn't they admire him for being such a brave man?
Dear Yanks,

Whoever you vote for, please vote. You have a responsibility to the world as well as yourselves.