NotNormal’s Comments

• Dec 28th, 2011 @ 2:15pm

  Sadness

  on Senator Joe Lieberman Follows Up His 'Report Blog As Terrorist' Letter By Asking Twitter To Block Pro-Taliban Feeds

  As a veteran of the US Army all I can say is: These feel-good do-nothing measures sadden me. I strongly believe in the freedom of speech. I believe upholding our "American" ideals means applying them equally to everyone, even non-Americans. At a minimum, we should not be trying to take-away rights from other people while claiming these rights are fundamental. At best we should be encouraging others to adapt these ideals as their own. Using our influence to encourage greater freedom throughout the world. Our government is failing us; and making hypocrites of us all. These public servants no longer serve the public nor uphold the Constitution to both they are sworn to do. SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, PATRIOT Act, we are quickly sacrificing our liberties for the promise of greater security. In doing this, we deserve neither liberty, nor freedom.
  
  I may not agree with what you say, but I will give my life to protect your right to say it.

• Dec 29th, 2010 @ 5:07am

  More Information

  on Algerian Gets Patent On Building Pyramids?

  This article (in French) seems to have more information: including the INAPI patent number. I wasn't able to lookup the patent through the INAPI website however.
  
  http://algerie-focus.com/2010/12/20/la-technique-de-construction-des-pyramides-decouvert e-par-une-constantinoise-obtient-le-brevet-dinvention/

• Nov 12th, 2010 @ 7:18am

  Re: There is no door...

  on Guy Fined For Posting Links To Official Broadcast Of Hockey Games

  In Japan, they would turn it in to the police so the owner can claim it. All depends on the culture.

• Aug 27th, 2010 @ 9:31am

  Problem with Numbers

  on Why Does The NY Times Rely So Often On Single Anecdote Trend Pieces Not Supported By The Data?

  These numbers only reflect a meaning trend if the park attendance remained constant during the time period covered. You may have had @00k visitors on 1998, but only 100k visitors on 2008... Yes the total number of S&R missions decreased, but the percentage in proportion to the number of visitors went up.

• Jul 19th, 2010 @ 6:13am

  Go Ahead... Levy the Tax.

  on File Sharing Is Not Pollution, And You Don't Need An ISP 'Tax' To Deal With It

  I currently purchase all my music through iTunes (Unless the artist is doing something right (Trent Reznor, Radiohead, etc.). This'll save me a TON of money in the long run. Hell, I'd be paying for it: why not torrent it? Plus I can throw in my TV shows and movies, because it'd be a blanket media license right? Treat me like a child and I will respond as a child...