Of course, it was addressed "Dear Golf Club Express Member" or some such... and I don't do golf, and I've never told anything that I do. *sigh*

I can't believe it; I just recieved my first spam marked ADV:, in accordence with the new Colorado law. Wow.

Does this violate any concievable rights we may have?

Why do so many companies think that as soon as you run their installation program, they can do anything they want to your computer? Why does Real Player install 7 icons and take over the treatment of 10-15 file types, without ever asking?

Microsoft's ActiveX Too Active?: "Microsoft says it will fix its ActiveX installation program after a Spanish Web developer discovered that it modifies users' computers without asking for their permission."

Wow, cool! I have to admit I fully expected it to pass with flying colors.

"The latest news is, I'm not surprised to say, the usual dismal stuff."

I'll take a shot at that. Weblog community-links along which negative energy flows tend to break themselves. Rather then leaving two antagonists in a more conventional community, neither of whom will leave and neither of whom will back down, the link between the two will simply sever... possibly with a great deal of noise and smoke, but sever it will. *Shazam*, no more contact, yet the meta-community remains more-or-less intact, and is even better off for having less negative energy flowing through it. Weblog community-links along which positive energy flows will tend to reinforce themselves; we see this in the list of links to other weblogs which seem almost redundent because the 'blogger links to them so often anyhow. It's not redundency, it's a sign of the strength of the bond between the two community-units.

More Thoughts on ETP as Community: On Deciding... Better: "And there's respect and politeness here. I don't know how we get along without alcohol as social lubricant."