Another online magazine weighs in on the legality of allofmp3.com. This time it’s Microsoft’s ‘Slate’. Their verdict: They dunno either. But they did go as far as name their article ‘Barely Legal’. It seems that for now, allofmp3 remains in that grey area of untested law, maybe legal, maybe illegal, but nobody knows. I wonder how long it has to remain in that state before it becomes ‘de facto’ legal?
Barely Legal – The hottest trend in file sharing. By Dana Mulhauser
I love the icons this guy makes. A genius.
deviantART: weboso
Read another fascinating article today. I loved way the author introduces it, so I won’t try to improve on it:
Destroying the Earth is harder than you may have been led to believe.
You’ve seen the action movies where the bad guy threatens to destroy the Earth. You’ve heard people on the news claiming that the next nuclear war or cutting down rainforests or persisting in releasing hideous quantities of pollution into the atmosphere threatens to end the world.
Fools.
The Earth was built to last. It is a 4,550,000,000-year-old, 5,973,600,000,000,000,000,000-tonne ball of iron. It has taken more devastating asteroid hits in its lifetime than you’ve had hot dinners, and lo, it still orbits merrily. So my first piece of advice to you, dear would-be Earth-destroyer, is: do NOT think this will be easy.
This is not a guide for wusses whose aim is merely to wipe out humanity. I (Sam Hughes) can in no way guarantee the complete extinction of the human race via any of these methods, real or imaginary. Humanity is wily and resourceful, and many of the methods outlined below will take many years to even become available, let alone implement, by which time mankind may well have spread to other planets; indeed, other star systems. If total human genocide is your ultimate goal, you are reading the wrong document. There are far more efficient ways of doing this, many which are available and feasible RIGHT NOW. Nor is this a guide for those wanting to annihilate everything from single-celled life upwards, render Earth uninhabitable or simply conquer it. These are trivial goals in comparison.
This is a guide for those who do not want the Earth to be there anymore:
Sam’s Archive – How to Destroy the Earth (Google Cache)
Just thought I’d add another reminder to Sony Ericsson users that might be reading this (hi, isimons!). If you have a Sony Ericsson and a computer, you really really need FMA and a bluetooth aerial (or a cable). Seriously, you will thank me for this. bluetooth aerials only cost a few quid from dabs, amazon or novatech.
I’ve seen FMA working like a dream on K700s, and heard first hand how good it is on T610 and Z1010, and according the site it works on several more.
It’s Free Software, under the Gnu GPL, and amongst other things it will allow you to:
Transfer and kind of file between your PC and your phone, including games, music, videos and more.
Send and receive SMS from your computer, back up and archive your messages, contacts, calander and more.
Control almost any operation of your phone from your computer, and even control your computer from your phone – very useful as a remote control for enjoying music or video on your computer.
And loads of other things…
floAt’s Mobile Agent
BTW… I’m nothing to do with FMA, I just love innovative useful software like this.
Google Desktop Search on steroids. GDS has been updated and can now search virtually any part of your file system, thanks to specific plugins. Get the updated version from desktop.google.com. Great stuff. But to make it really useful, here are the power toys:
Index any text file – allows GDS to index any text file on your system, including log files, source code, or anything else.
Google Kongulo plugin – allows GDS to index web sites, such as your corperate intranet.
Geekzone – how to use GDS to index network drives
and the ultimate…
DNKA – remote desktop search tool – Access GDS remotely! Install at home, and search your home PC from work, and vice versa!
Hook that lot up and you will have extreme search at your fingertips.
UPDATE: Another add-on for firefox users: a Mycroft plugin (The search box in Firefox)
Already posted on Slashdot, this looks really nice.
Wing Commander Universe – Privateer Remake
UPDATE: I downloaded and installed this, and it seems like quite a polished game. Haven’t really done too much with it but it seems very promising.
Another interesting read.
The Great Scam
Gmail has launched HTML only access, Picasa integration, and annoying capatchas on every login.
HTML good. Capatchas bad. First annoyance they have added, hopefully the last.
Gmail: Help Center
UPDATE: Since I saw that capatcha, I’ve logged in a few times, and not seen it again. I wonder if it was just a trial?
